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Giorgio Brida, Ivo P. Degiovanni, Marco Genovese, Alan L. Migdall, Fabrizio Piacentini, Sergey Polyakov, Paola Traina
We present the first experimental test that distinguishes between an Event-Based Corpuscular Model (EBCM)9) of the interaction of photons with matter and
It is a long accepted tenet of scientific practice that every measurement result ought to include a statement of uncertainty associated with the measured value
Kukka Pakarinen, Elijah Petersen, L Avila, Greta Waissi-Leinonen, J Akkanen, Matti Leppanen, Jussi Kukkonen
Increasing usage of fullerenes (C60) increases their opportunities to be released into the environment. For risk assessment, it is important to understand the
Photo Thermal Induced Resonance (PTIR), recently attracted great interest for enabling chemical identification and imaging with nanoscale resolution. In this
Francesca Tavazza, Shmuel Barzilai, Douglas T. Smith, Lyle E. Levine
The conductance of monoatomic gold wires has been studied using ab initio calculations and the transmission was found to vary with the elastic strain. Counter
Molecular dynamics simulations of aqueous acetonitrile confined in a planar silica slit are presented. It is found, in agreement with experimental observations
Lisa C. Ng, Amy Musser, Andrew K. Persily, Steven J. Emmerich
Sixteen commercial reference buildings were created in the multizone airflow and contaminant transport program CONTAM in order to support physically based
Gregory T. Linteris, Nicolas Ball, J. Raynard, Jose L. Torero, P. Boulet, G. Parent, Z. Acem, M. Forsth
The sample-heater interaction for radiative heat transfer has been experimentally investigated for clear PolyMethylMethAcrylate (PMMA) samples with two
Model selection is an important part of model building for Bayesian linear models when the number of possible model terms is large. Most current approaches
Laura J. Wood, Katrice A. Lippa, Melissa M. Phillips, Catherine A. Rimmer, Nathanael A. Heckert, Stefan D. Leigh, Amanda J. Moors, Rebecca S. Pugh
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has established a Dietary Supplement Laboratory Quality Assurance Program (DSQAP) in collaboration
Airborne ultrafine particles (UFP) have been associated with human mortality and morbidity. Human exposure to ambient UFP occurs indoors due to entry of UFP
One approach to quantum information processing is to use photons as quantum bits and rely on linear optical elements for most operations. However, some optical
Ryan J. Lewis, Yunda Wang, Peter E. Bradley, Marcia L. Huber, Ray Radebaugh, Y. C. Lee
Micro Cryogenic Coolers (MCCs) can achieve very small sizes and high efficiencies when operating with a refrigerant mixture, but micro-scale compressors have a
Muruganathan Ramanathan, Bradley S. Lokitz, Jamie M. Messman, Christopher Stafford, S. M. Kilbey
We report a simple, one step process for developing wrinkling patterns in azlactone-based polymer thin films and brushes in 2D and 3D surfaces. The polymer used
DNA replication plays an essential role in all life forms. Research on archaeal DNA replication began about twenty years ago. Progress was hindered, however, by
R. P. Shi, C. P. Wang, Daniel Wheeler, X. J. Liu, Y. Wang
Formation mechanisms of self-organized core/shell (CS) and core/shell/corona (CSC) microstructures observed in liquid droplets of immiscible Cu-Fe based alloys
Gregory A. Sanders, Brian A. Weiss, Craig I. Schlenoff, Michelle P. Steves, Sherri Condon
One of the most difficult challenges that military personnel face when operating in foreign countries is clear and successful communication with the local
Ke Zhang, Lei Cheng, Satoshi Imazato, Joseph M. Antonucci, Nancy Lin, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Yuxing Bai, Hockin H. Xu
Objectives: Secondary caries at restoration margins is the main reason for restoration failure. Antibacterial bonding agents are promising to inhibit biofilm
The unit of mass, the kilogram, is the last remaining SI base unit defined by an artifact [1]. This artifact, the primary mass standard, suffers from long term
Bryant C. Nelson, Donald H. Atha, John T. Elliott, Bryce J. Marquis, Elijah J. Petersen, Danielle Cleveland, Stephanie S. Watson, I-Hsiang Tseng, Andrew Dillon, Melissa Theodore, Joany Jackman
Well-characterized, nanoparticle reference materials are urgently needed for nanomaterial toxicity studies. The National Institute of Standards and Technology
Brian G. Bush, Frank W. DelRio, Cherno Jaye, Daniel A. Fischer, Robert F. Cook
The interfacial properties of n-alkylsilane self-assembled monolayers on silicon were investigated by normal force spectroscopy and lateral force measurements
Steven J. Emmerich, David Heinzerling, Jung-il Choi, Andrew K. Persily
Control of airborne infectious agents in hospitals is critical both to effective health care and to the control of direct and indirect health care costs
Donguk Kim, Carlos M. Hangarter, Ratan K. Debnath, Jong Y. Ha, Carlos R. Beauchamp, Matthew D. Widstrom, Jonathan E. Guyer, Nhan Van Nguyen, B. Y. Yoo, Daniel Josell
This paper details the fabrication and properties of CdSe/CdTe thin film photovoltaic devices with a dual back contact geometry. Device fabrication involves
Ulrich J. Warring, C. Ospelkaus, Yves Colombe, Kenton R. Brown, Jason Amini, M Carsjens, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David J. Wineland
In Ospelkaus et al. [Nature 476, 181 (2011)] a microwave near-field quantum control of spin and motional degrees of freedom of one and two 25Mg+ ions enabled
Erica D. Kuligowski, Richard D. Peacock, Jason D. Averill
This paper provides an analysis of the evacuation of the World Trade Center towers culled from telephone and face-to-face interviews with survivors. A decedent
Richard D. Peacock, Jason D. Averill, Erica D. Kuligowski
This paper provides an analysis of the evacuation of the World Trade Center towers culled from telephone and face-to-face interviews with survivors. A decedent
We demonstrate numerically that bulk plasmon losses in noble metal films can be significantly reduced through the addition of a graphene coating and hexagonal
Sujitra J. Pookpanratana, Joseph W. Robertson, Cherno Jaye, Daniel A. Fischer, Curt A. Richter, Christina A. Hacker
We have used Flip Chip Lamination (FCL) to form monolayer and bilayer molecular junctions of carboxylic acid-containing molecules with Cu atom incorporation
The ITRS has organized a MEMS Technology Working Group (TWG), which has developed a new chapter on MEMS for its 2011 report. The report focuses on MEMS
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, James A. Kaduk, Qingzhen Huang, Laura Espinal, Martin L. Green
The crystal structure of dehydrated NaY zeolite (Na-FAU structure type) with and without adsorbed CO2 has been determined at room temperature (RT) and at 4 K