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This paper introduces National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s Sustainable Process Analytics Formalism (SPAF) to facilitate the use of simulation
While XANES spectroscopy is an established tool for quantitative information on chemical structure and speciation, elemental concentrations are generally
A new model of 3D cement paste microstructure development is described and used to simulate the influence of leaching on hydrated cement pastes. In contrast to
A. V. Skripov, V. Paul-Bancour, Terrence J. Udovic, John J. Rush
The vibrational spectrum of hydrogen and the parameters of H jump motion in the C15-type compound YFe 2H 2.6 have been studied by means of inelastic and
Bonghwan Chon, Kimberly Briggman, Jeeseong C. Hwang
We report on an experimental procedure in confocal single molecule fluorescence lifetime correlation spectroscopy (FLCS) to determine the range of excitation
Wyatt N. Vreeland, Renee R. Hood, Don L. DeVoe, Francisco J. Atencia, Donna M. Omiatek
A novel microscale device has been developed to enable the one-step continuous flow assembly of monodisperse nanoscale liposomes using three-dimensional
The NIST Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) 5-in-1 Reference Materials (RMs) were developed to assist users in validating their use of five documentary
Christopher D. Zangmeister, James G. Radney, Michael R. Zachariah
Large planetary seedlings, comets, microscale pharmaceuticals, and nanoscale soot particles are made from rigid, aggregated subunits that are compacted under
E. J. Moon, P. V. Balachandran, Brian Kirby, D.J. Keavney, R.J. Sichel-Tissot, C. M. Schleputz, E. Karapetrova, X. M. Cheng, James M. Rondinelli, S. J. May
We investigate structural coupling of the MnO 6 octahedra across a film/substrate interface and the resultant changes of the physical properties of ultrathin La
Malcolm G. White, Rodney W. Leonhardt, David J. Livigni, John H. Lehman
We describe the use of a silicon photodiode trap detector and digital storage oscilloscope as an absolute laser pulse energy meter, capable of repetition rates
Cynthia H. Reed, Zhe Liu, Steve Cox, Dennis D. Leber, Daniel V. Samarov, John Little
The measurement of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from building products and materials by manufacturers and testing laboratories, and the use of the
Marco Manzoni, Florentin Reiter, Jacob Taylor, Anders Sorensen
In analogy with electronic transistors, a single photon transistor is a device where the presence or absence of a single gate photon controls the propagation of
Melannie J. Bachman, Jennifer Lynch, Kristi West, Brenda Jensen
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic man-made chemicals that bioaccumulate and biomagnify in food webs, making them a ubiquitous threat to the marine
William Loh, Pascal P. Del'Haye, Scott B. Papp, Scott A. Diddams
We investigate the phase and coherence properties of microresonator combs using a combination of theoretical analysis, numerical simulation, and experimental
B. G. Ueland, A. Kreyssig, K. Prokes, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Leland Harriger, D.K. Pratt, D.K. Singh, T.W. Heitmann, S. Sauerbrei, S.M. Saunders, E. D. Mun, S. L. Bud'Ko, R.J. McQueeney, P. C. Canfield, A. I. Goldman
We report results from neutron scattering experiments on single crystals of YbBiPt that demonstrate antiferromagnetic order characterized by a propagation
Recently, dynamic secondary ion mass spectrometry (D-SIMS) is being used to analyze ions simultaneously over a wide range of concentrations, from matrix level
A detailed understanding of the interfacial properties of think films used in magnetic media is critical for the aggressive component scaling required for
Young-Jin Kim, Ian R. Coddington, William C. Swann, Nathan R. Newbury, Joohyung Lee, Seungchul Kim, Seung-Woo Kim
We report a time-domain method of stabilizing the carrier-envelope phase (CEP) of femtosecond pulses. Temporal variations of the pulse envelope and the carrier
C W. Teplin, Sachit Grover, Adrian Chitu, Alexander Limanov, Monical Chalal, James Im, Daniel Amkreutz, Stefan Gall, Heayoung Yoon, Vincenzo Lasalvia, H M. Branz, Paul Stradins, Kim M. Jones, Andrew G. Norman, David L. Young, Benjamin Lee
We fabricate thin epitaxial c-Si solar cells on display glass and fused silica substrates overcoated with a Si seed layer. We achieve an open circuit voltage
D. Kondratyev, O. Marchuk, Leonid Vainshtein, Igor Bray, Dmitry Fursa, Yuri Ralchenko, D. Fursa
In this work we present a collisional-radiative model constructed for all ionization stages of beryllium. Convergent close-coupling, K-matrix and Coulomb-Born
Yu-Chin Li, Yeon S. Kim, John R. Shields, Rick D. Davis
Layer-by-Layer (LbL) assembled multilayer thin films of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), chitosan (CHI), and montmorillonite (MMT), were studied in an effort to
Electrons in a so-called topological insulator circulate around the materials boundary without ever straying into the bulk. Uncharged photons can be induced to
David A. Long, Adam J. Fleisher, Kevin O. Douglass, Stephen E. Maxwell, Katarzyna E. Bielska, Joseph T. Hodges, David F. Plusquellic
Dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulators were utilized to produce power-leveled optical frequency combs (OFCs) from a continuous-wave laser. The resulting OFCs
John P. Lowe, Yingsi Liang, Oren Eliezer, Dinesh Rajan
WWVB is a broadcast station, operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, that has been broadcasting time information to radio-controlled
Thomas P. Heavner, Steven R. Jefferts, Jon H. Shirley, Thomas E. Parker, Elizabeth A. Donley, Neil Ashby, Stephan E. Barlow, Filippo Levi, Giovanni Costanzo
We report the first accuracy evaluation of NIST-F2, a second generation laser-cooled Cesium fountain primary standard developed at NIST with a cryogenic (Liquid
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently constructed the Net Zero Energy Research Test Facility (NZERTF) to demonstrate a range of
We present an improved model for characterizing fundamental antenna parameters based on the concept of a passive realizable two-port network. The proposed model
The orientation, stress, and strain in a single crystalline sample of barium titanate, containing relatively large (0.5 μm to 14.5 μm), parallel, lamellar