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VALIDATION AND TRACEABILITY OF XRF AND SEM-EDS ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS RESULTS FOR SOLDER IN HIGH-RELIABILITY APPLICATIONS

September 9, 2014

Author(s)

John R. Sieber, Adam Mortensen

A procedure and calibration samples have been developed for X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive...

Sensitivity analysis for guarded-hot-plate apparatus: A methodology based on orthogonal experiment designs

September 9, 2014

Author(s)

Robert R. Zarr, James J. Filliben

Results and analyses of a sensitivity study of six control factors on the response of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 500 mm guarded-hot...

Determining sample alignment in X-ray Reflectometry using thickness and density from GaAs/AlAs multilayer certified reference materials

September 8, 2014

Author(s)

Donald Windover, David L. Gil, Yasushi Azuma, Toshiyuki Fujimoto

X-ray reflectometry (XRR) provides researchers and manufacturers with a non-destructive way to determine thickness, roughness, and density of thin films...

Fire Modeling for the Fire Research, Fire Protection, and Fire Service Communities

September 8, 2014

Author(s)

Kevin B. McGrattan, Randall J. McDermott, Glenn P. Forney, Kristopher J. Overholt, Craig G. Weinschenk, Jason E. Floyd

The Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) was first publicly released in 2000, and it has recently undergone its fifth major revision. Since its first release, FDS has...

Reflections on a Measurement of the Gravitational Constant Using a Beam Balance and 13 Tons of Mercury

September 8, 2014

Author(s)

Stephan Schlamminger, Ralph E. Pixley, Frithjof Nolting, Juergen Schurr, Ueli Straumann

In 2006, a final result of a measurement of the gravitational constant G performed by researchers at the University of Zuerich was published. A value of G=6.674...

Robust Ferromagnetism in the Compressed Permanent Magnet Sm₂Co₁₇

September 8, 2014

Author(s)

Jason R. Jeffries, L.S.I. Veiga, G. Fabbris, D. Haskel, P. Huang, Nicholas Butch, S.K. McCall, K. Holliday, Z. Jenei, Y. Xiao, P. Chow

The compound Sm 2Co 17 displays magnetic properties amenable to permanent magnet applications owing to both the 3d-electrons of Co and the 4f-electrons of Sm...

Environment-assisted quantum control of a solid state spin via 2-color coherent dark states

September 7, 2014

Author(s)

Jacob M. Taylor, Jack Hansom, Carsten Schulte, Claire Le Gall, Clemens Matthiesen, Edmund Clarke, Maxime Hugues, Mete Atature

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) offer an efficient and scalable interface between single spins and optical photons. However, the solid-state environment of the...

Nanoscale Kirkendall effect and oxidation kinetics in copper nanocrystals characterized by real-time, in-situ optical spectroscopy

September 5, 2014

Author(s)

Katherine P. Rice, Andrew Paterson, Mark Stoykovich

The low-temperature oxidation of ~10 nm diameter copper nanocrystals was characterized using in-situ UV-vis absorbance spectroscopy and observed to lead to...

Detection of the dc inverse spin Hall effect due to spin pumping in a novel meander-stripline geometry

September 4, 2014

Author(s)

Thomas J. Silva, Mathias A. Weiler, Hans Nembach, Justin Shaw

The dc voltage obtained from the inverse spin Hall effect (iSHE) due to spin pumping in ferromagnet/normal-metal (NM) bilayers can be unintentionally...

Insights into capacity loss mechanisms of all-solid-state Li-ion batteries with Al anodes

September 3, 2014

Author(s)

Marina S. Leite, Dmitry A. Ruzmetov, Zhipeng Li, Leonid A. Bendersky, Norman C. Bartelt, Andrei A. Kolmakov, Albert A. Talin

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Assessment of Uncertainties of an Aircraft-Based Mass-Balance Approach for Quantifying Urban Greenhouse Gas Emissions

September 2, 2014

Author(s)

Antonio M. Possolo, Daniel V. Samarov, James R. Whetstone

Urban environments are the primary contributors to global anthropogenic carbon emissions. Because much of the growth in CO2 emissions will derive from cities...

High throughput measurements of thermochromic behavior in V_{1-x}Nb_xO_2 combinatorial thin film libraries

September 2, 2014

Author(s)

Sara C. Barron, Justin M. Gorham, Martin L. Green, Mitul P. Patel

We describe the high-throughput characterization of near infrared thermochromism in V1-xNbxO2 combinatorial thin film libraries. The oxide thin film libraries...

Pairwise Alignment of Chromatograms using a Fisher-Rao Metric

September 2, 2014

Author(s)

William E. Wallace, Anuj Srivastava, Kelly H. Telu, Yamil Simon

A new approach to aligning chromatograms is introduced and applied to examples of metabolite identification by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC MS)...

Structure, Phase Transition, and Controllable Thermal Expansion Behaviors of Sc_2-xFe_xMo₃O₁₂

September 2, 2014

Author(s)

Meimei Wu, Xinzhi Liu, Dongfeng Chen, Qingzhen Huang, Hui Wu, Yuntao Liu

The crystal structures, phase transition and thermal expansion behaviors of solid solutions Sc 2-xFe xMo 3O 12(0less than or equal to}xless than or equal to}2)...

Transcriptional Analysis of the Global Regulatory Networks Active in Pseudomonas Syringae During Leaf Colonization

September 1, 2014

Author(s)

Steven Lund

The plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a grows and survives on leaf surfaces and in the leaf apoplast of its host, bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)...

BQP-completeness of Scattering in Scalar Quantum Field Theory

September 1, 2014

Author(s)

Stephen P. Jordan, Keith S. Lee, John Preskill

Recent work has shown that quantum computers can in polynomial time compute scattering probabilities in massive quantum field theories. One can translate this...

Zooming in on Disordered Systems: Neutron Reflection Studies of Proteins Associated with Fluid Membranes

September 1, 2014

Author(s)

Frank Heinrich, Peter M. Loesche

Neutron reflectometry (NR) is an emerging experimental technique for the structural characterization of proteins interacting with fluid bilayer membranes under...

A 40 GHz Air-Dielectric Cavity Oscillator with Low Phase Modulation

September 1, 2014

Author(s)

Archita Hati, Craig W. Nelson, Billy F. Riddle, David A. Howe

We describe the design of a low-phase modulated (PM) noise, 40 GHz oscillator that uses a conventional air-dielectric cavity resonator as a frequency...

Real-World Considerations for Predicting Service Life of Steel-Reinforced Concrete Exposed to Chlorides

September 1, 2014

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz, W. S. Guthrie, Scott Z. Jones, Nicos Martys

The prediction of concrete service life is of paramount importance for upgrading our nations built infrastructure. Although computer models for predicting the...

Efficient diffractive phase optics for electrons

September 1, 2014

Author(s)

Tyler R. Harvey, Jordan S. Pierce, Amit Agrawal, Benjamin McMorran, Peter Ercius, Martin Linck

Electron diffraction gratings can be used to imprint well-defined phase structure onto an electron beam. For example, diffraction gratings have been used to...

High-Density Biosynthetic Fuels: The Intersection of Heterogeneous Catalysis and Metabolic Engineering

September 1, 2014

Author(s)

Benjamin G. Harvey, Heather A. Meylemans, Raina V. Gough, Roxanne L. Quintana, Michael Garrison, Thomas J. Bruno

Biosynthetic valencene, premnaspirodiene, and natural caryophyllene were hydrogenated and evaluated as high performance fuels. The parent sesquiterpenes were...

WIND DIRECTIONALITY FACTORS FOR NON-HURRICANE AND HURRICANE-PRONE REGIONS

September 1, 2014

Author(s)

filmon habte, Arindam Chowdhury, DongHun Yeo, Emil Simiu

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF HYDRAULIC CEMENTS BY X-RAY FLOURESCENCE ANALYSIS

September 1, 2014

Author(s)

Paul E. Stutzman

Bulk oxide determinations from two pairs of ASTM C150 portland cements are used to calculate precision and accuracy values for X-ray fluorescence (XRF) by both...

Promising times for Neutron Scattering

August 30, 2014

Author(s)

Ken H. Anderson, John Barker

Rbm24a and Rbm24b are required for normal somitogenesis

August 29, 2014

Author(s)

Samantha D. Maragh

We recently demonstrated that the gene encoding the RNA binding motif protein 24 (Rbm24)¬¬ is expressed during mouse cardiogenesis, and determined the...

CORROSION OF COPPER AND STEEL ALLOYS IN A SIMULATED UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK SUMP ENVIRONMENT CONTAINING ACID PRODUCING BACTERIA

August 29, 2014

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Sowards, Elisabeth Mansfield

Much of the gasoline sold in the U.S. is blended with ethanol. Some components associated with underground storage tanks (UST) dispensing these blended fuels...

Reference Correlation of the Viscosity of Benzene from the Triple Point to 675 K and up to 300 MPa

August 29, 2014

Author(s)

S. Avgeri, Marc J. Assael, Marcia L. Huber, Richard A. Perkins

This paper contains new, representative reference equations for the viscosity of benzene. The equations are based in part upon a body of experimental data that...

Structural characterization of Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 as a Function of Temperature Using Neutron Powder Diffraction (NPD) and Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) Techniques

August 28, 2014

Author(s)

Winnie Wong-Ng, Azzam Mansour, Qingzhen Huang, Weihua Tang, Jeff Sharp, Alan Thompson

The structure of Bi2Te3 (Seebeck coefficient Standard Reference Material (SRM™ 3451)), and the related phase Sb2Te3 have been characterized as a function of...

Fracture Toughness Characterization of High-Pressure Pipe Girth Welds Using Single-Edge Notched Tension SE(T) Specimens

August 28, 2014

Author(s)

Enrico Lucon, Timothy S. Weeks, James Gianetto, W. R. Tyson, D. Y. Park

The safety and reliability of large-diameter pipelines for the transport of fluid hydrocarbons is being improved by the development of high-strength steels...

Assuring Confidence in Measurements in Biomedical Research

August 28, 2014

Author(s)

Anne L. Plant, Laurie E. Locascio, Willie E. May, Patrick D. Gallagher

Irreproducibility is a symptom of a broad challenge in measurement that needs to be addressed. Establishing a robust measurement process that will lead to...

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