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We define and calculate sensistivity for several actual and simulated probes. Probe sensitivity can have a significant impact on measurement uncertainty in near...
We define and calculate sensitivity for several actual and simulated probes. Probe sensitivity can have a significant impact on the measurement uncertainty...
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Yonggao Yan, Makoto Otani, Joshua B. Martin, Kevin R. Talley, Sara C. Barron, David L. Carroll, C Hewitt, Howard Joress, Evans L. Thomas, Martin L. Green, Xinfeng Tang
A suite of complementary high-throughput screening systems for combinatorial films was developed at NIST to facilitate the search for efficient thermoelectric...
Michael C. Varney, Qiaoxuan Zhang, Mykola Tasinkevych, Nuno M. Silvestre, Kristine A. Bertness, Ivan I. Smalyukh
Although nematic and cholesteric liquid crystals are three-dimensional fluids, they also possess long- range orientational ordering of their constituent...
Matthias Rosslein, John T. Elliott, Marc L. Salit, Elijah Petersen, Cordula Hirsch, Harald Krug, Peter Wick
An important consideration in developing standards and regulations that govern the production and use of commercial nanoscale materials is the development of...
Rana NMN Ashkar, Mansour Abdul Baki, Madhu Sudan Tyagi, Antonio Faraone, Paul Butler, Ramanan Krishnamoorti
The inclusion of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) in a polymer, with interchain distances comparable to the SWNT diameter, can significantly perturb the...
Joel Helton, Daniel M Pajerowski, Yiming Qiu, Yang Zhao, Dmitry A. Shulyatev, Yakov M. Mukovskii, Georgii L. Bychkov, Sergei N. Barilo, Jeffrey W. Lynn
Neutron spectroscopy measurements reveal short-range spin correlations near and above the ferromagnetic-paramagnetic phase transition in manganite materials of...
C. H. Wang, L. Poudel, A. E. Taylor, J .M. Lawrence, A. D. Christianson, Sung Chang, Jose Rodriguez Rivera, Jeffrey W. Lynn, A. A. Podlesnyak, G. Ehlers, R. E. Baumbach, E. D. Bauer, K. Gofryk, F. Ronning, K. J. McClellan, J. D. Thompson
Inelastic neutron scattering experiments were performed on a single crystal of the heavy Fermion compound Ce(Ni 0.935Pd 0.065) 2Ge 2 in order to study the spin...
Robert G Brinson, John P. Marino, Zvi Kelman, Gary Giulian
The minimization of impurities in biotherapeutics, such as host cell proteins (HCPs) and other molecules, is critical due to potential toxicity and/or...
The location, number, and migrating behavior of the sextets in the cata-condensed benzenoid polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with available bay regions have...
The coupling of ultrasonic nebulization and extractive electrospray ionization (EESI) for the mass spectrometric (MS) detection and analysis of inorganic...
We demonstrate all-optical multilogic gate operations and transistor functionalities using a Kerr phase gate method in a room-temperature 85Rb vapor. Two...
Dale P. Bentz, Ahmad Ardani, Tim Barrett, Scott Z. Jones, Didier Lootens, Max A. Peltz, Taijiro Sato, Paul E. Stutzman, Jussara Tanesi, Jason Weiss
Limestone (calcium carbonate) has long been a critical component of concrete, whether as the primary raw material for cement production, a fine powder added to...
Static analysis testing of software source code is necessary but not sufficient. Over 40 percent of the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) are likely to be...
FNU Kumaraguru, Sudarsan Rachuri, David J. Lechevalier
Sustainability characterization of manufacturing processes is key to the inventory data development for life cycle analysis of products and processes in...
Fred B. Bateman, Bruce R. Thomadsen, Ravinder Nath, Jonathan Farr, Cal Glisson, Mohammad K. Islam, T. LaFrance, M. E. Moore, X. G. Xu, Mark Yudelev
External-beam radiation therapy mostly uses high-energy photons (x-rays) produced by medical accelerators but many facilities now use proton beams and a few use...
Fred B. Bateman, Allan D. Carlson, N. A. Kornilov, S M. Grimes, T N. Massey, C E. Brient, D E. Carter, J E. O'Donnell, R. C. Haight, N Boukharouba
A new approach to neutron detector effciency has been taken. A neutron detector has been calibrated with a Cf-252 source at low energy. The calibration was...
Joseph A. Stroscio, Robert Celotta, Stephen B. Balakirsky, Aaron P. Fein, Frank M. Hess, Gregory Rutter
A major goal of nanotechnology is to develop the capability to arrange matter at will by placing individual atoms at desired locations in a predetermined...
Based on spin-dependent transport theory and thermodynamics, we develop a generalized theory of the Joule heating in the presence of a spin current. Along with...
Kiyotaka Akabori, Kun Huang, Bradley W. Treece, Michael S. Jablin, Brian B. Maranville, Arthur Woll, John F. Nagle, Angel E. Garcia, Stephanie Tristram-Nagle
Peter Ott, Mohammed H. Al Shakhs, Henri Lezec, Kenneth J. Chau
It is sometimes possible to image using a flat lens consisting of planar, uniform media. There is conceptual division between theoretical flat lens proposals...
Eric J. Ching, Michael J. Carrier, C. T. Avedisian, James R. Young, Bruce R. Land, Richard E. Cavicchi
This study describes the use of stress-minimized thin film platinum (Pt) membrane configurations (200 nm thick, 150 μm long, 10 μm wide) for promoting bubble...
Alexander Peterson, Michael Halter, Alessandro Tona, Anne Plant
Background Surface plasmon resonance imaging (SPRI) is a label-free technique that can image refractive index changes at an interface. We have previously shown...
Edward Garboczi, Zhiwei Qian, Erik Schlangen, Guang Ye
The mesostructures of mortar and concrete can be represented by a model consisting of particles (sand, gravel) embedded in a cement paste matrix. Traditionally...
Vitamins are essential for improving and maintaining human health, and the main source of vitamins in the diet. Measurement of the quantities of water-soluble...
The current interest in the combustion chemistry of hydrocarbon fuels, including the various alcohol and biodiesel compounds, motivates this review of the...
This paper provides a brief assessment of the metrics for measuring probability, degree, and severity of collisions as applied to autonomous and intelligent...