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Correction to Comparison of Sub-Millimeter-Wave Scattering-Parameter Calibrations with Imperfect Electrical Ports

March 7, 2013

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Dylan F. Williams

Accurate, inexpensive testing of handheld lasers for safe use and operation

March 7, 2013

Author(s)

Marla L. Dowell, Joshua A. Hadler

An accurate, inexpensive test bed for measurements of optical power emitted from handheld lasers is described. Our test bed consists of a thermopile detector...

Improving the performance of bright quantum dot single photon sources using temporal filtering via amplitude modulation

March 7, 2013

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Serkan Ates, Imad I. Agha, Angelo Gulinatti, Ivan Rech, Antonio Badolato, Kartik Srinivasan

Quantum interference and light polarization effects in unresolvable atomic lines: Application to a precise measurement of the 6,7Li D2 lines

March 7, 2013

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Roger C. Brown, Saijun Wu, James V. Porto, Craig J. Sansonetti, Clayton Simien, Samuel M. Brewer, Joseph N. Tan, John D. Gillaspy

Towards Discrete Axial p-n Junction Nanowire LEDs Grown by Plasma-Assisted MBE

March 6, 2013

Author(s)

Matthew D. Brubaker

In this paper we investigate axial p-n junction GaN nanowires grown by plasma-assisted MBE, with particular attention to the effect of Mg doping on the device...

Thermo-chemical wear model and worn tool shapes for single-crystal diamond tools cutting steel

March 6, 2013

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Brandon M. Lane, Thomas A. Dow, Ronald O. Scattergood

An Arrhenius-type thermochemical wear model proposed by past researchers is evaluated for predicting diamond tool wear when machining low carbon steel. Tool...

Shifts of optical frequency references based on spectral hole burning in Eu3+:Y2SiO5

March 6, 2013

Author(s)

David R. Leibrandt, Michael J. Thorpe, Till P. Rosenband

Spectral hole burning laser frequency stabilization in Eu3+:Y2SiO5 is performed in a cryogenic environment with high temperature stability and low levels of...

Soliton dynamics of an atomic spinor condensate on a Ring Lattice

March 6, 2013

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Indubala I. Satija, Carlos L. Pando L., Eite Tiesinga

We study the dynamics of macroscopically-coherent matter waves of an ultra-cold atomic spin-1 or spinor condensate on a ring lattice of six sites and...

Analytical Methodology for Rapid Determination of Organic Aerosol Functional Group Distributions

March 5, 2013

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Alicia J. Pettibone, William S. McGivern

Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) particles result from the condensation of oxidized volatile organic compounds (VOC) and consist of a complex mixture that...

Two-port microwave calibration at milliKelvin temperatures

March 5, 2013

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Leonardo M. Ranzani, Lafe F. Spietz, Zoya Popovic, Jose A. Aumentado

In this work we introduce a system for 2-port microwave calibration at millikelvin temperatures operating at the coldest stage of a dilution refrigerator by use...

1932 A watershed year in nuclear physics

March 4, 2013

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Joseph Reader, Charles W. Clark

1932 was the year for an amazing series of discoveries in physics. This started with the announcement of the discovery of deuterium, followed by the discoveries...

Sensitivity Analysis for Biometric Systems: A Methodology Based on Orthogonal Experiment Designs

March 4, 2013

Author(s)

Yooyoung Lee, James J. Filliben, Ross J. Micheals, P J. Phillips

The purpose of this paper is to introduce an effective and structured methodology for carrying out a biometric system sensitivity analysis. The goal of...

Critical thermal-conductivity enhancement in molecular fluids

March 2, 2013

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Richard A. Perkins, Jan V. Sengers, Ilmutdin M. Abdulagatov, Marcia L. Huber

The available information for the thermal-conductivity enhancement is reviewed. We show that it can be represented by a simplified solution of the mode-coupling...

Standard Reference Material 2366 for Measurement of Human Cytomegalovirus DNA

March 1, 2013

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Ross J. Haynes, Margaret C. Kline, Blaza Toman, Calum Scott, Paul Wallace, John M. Butler, Marcia J. Holden

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of a number of human viruses that are ubiquitous in human populations, generally cause little illness upon infecting healthy...

Gradient Nanofiber Scaffold Libraries for Screening Cell Response to Poly(e-caprolactone)-Calcium Phosphate Composites

March 1, 2013

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Carl G. Simon Jr., Limin Sun, Laurence C. Chow, William Miles, Christopher K. Tison, Kaushik Chatterjee, Marian F. Young, Vinoy Thomas, Murugan Ramalingam

A 2-spinnerette approach has been developed for fabricating nanofiber scaffold gradients for use as 1) scaffold libraries for screening the effect of nanofiber...

Mass and momentum transport in microcavities for diffusion-dominant cell culture applications

March 1, 2013

Author(s)

Alvin G. Yew, Francisco J. Atencia, Alvin G. Yew, Adam Hsieh, Daniel Pinero

For the informed design of microfluidic devices, it is important to understand transport phenomena at the microscale. This letter outlines an analytically...

Chloride Ion Activity and Susceptibility of Al Alloys 7075-T6 and 5083-H131 to Stress Corrosion Cracking

March 1, 2013

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Richard E. Ricker, Eun Lee, R. Taylor, C. Lei, B. Pregger, E. Lipnickas

The influence of chloride ion activity on the susceptibility of aluminum alloys 5083-H131 and 7075-T6 to stress corrosion cracking was investigated by...

Characterization of the NIST Shellfish Standard Reference Material 4358

March 1, 2013

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Svetlana Nour, Kenneth G. Inn, James J. Filliben, Hank dan der Gaast, Lee Chung Men, M.D. Calmet, P Povinec, Y Takata, M. Wisdom, K. Nakamura, Pia Vesterbacka, Ching-Chung Huang, S M. Vakulovsky

A new Shellfish Standard Reference Material (SRM 4358) was developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) via an international...

EXPERIMENTAL DATA VALIDATION AND PROPERTY PREDICTION MODELS IN THERMODYNAMICS

March 1, 2013

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Michael D. Frenkel

The article provides overview of the systems and software tools designed for global validation of the experimental data in the field of thermodynamics, and...

Discussion of Review of Methods to Assess, Design for, and Mitigate Multiple Hazards by Yue Li, Aakash Ahuja, and Jamie E. Padgett (J. Performance of Constructed Facilities, 26 104-117)

March 1, 2013

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Dat Duthinh, Long T. Phan, Emil Simiu

The authors have performed a useful service by providing a broad perspective on multi-hazard engineering. The discussers would like to complement that...

Organosilicate Polymer E-Beam Resists with High Resolution, Sensitivity and Stability

February 28, 2013

Author(s)

Christopher Soles, Richard Kasica, Hae-Jeong Lee, Jae H. Sim, Sung-Il Lee, Ki-Bum Kim, Hyun-Mi Kim, Do Y. Yoon

Hydrogen silsesquioxane (HSQ) is an attractive electron-beam (e-beam) resist for sub-20 nm lithography due to its high resolution, excellent line-edge-roughness...

Frequency-Modulated Charge Pumping: Defect Measurements with High Gate Leakage

February 28, 2013

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Jason T. Ryan, Richard G. Southwick, Jason P. Campbell, Kin P. Cheung, John S. Suehle, Anthony Oates

Charge pumping is one of the most relied upon techniques used to quantify interface defects in metal-oxide-semiconductor devices. However, conventional charge...

Experimental Study of the Thermal Conductivity of Water +Ammonia Refrigerant Mixtures at Temperatures from 278 K to 356 K and at Pressures up to 20 MPa

February 28, 2013

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F. N. Shamsetdinov, Z. I. Zaripov, Ilmutdin M. Abdulagatov, Marcia L. Huber, F. M. Gumerov, F. R. Gabitov, Andrei F. Kazakov

The thermal conductivity of binary water + ammonia mixtures was measured over the temperature range from 278 K to 356 K and at pressures up to 20 MPa using the...

Modification of tethered bilayers by phospholipid exchange with vesicles

February 27, 2013

Author(s)

David J. Vanderah, Rima Budvytyte, Mindaugas Mickevicius, Gintaras Valincius, Frank Heinrich

Phosphatidylcholine and cholesterol exchange between vesicles and planar tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLMs) was demonstrated from electrochemical...

Effect of atomic coherence on "temporal cloaking" in atomic vapors

February 27, 2013

Author(s)

Runbing Li, Lu Deng, Edward W. Hagley, Joshua C. Bienfang, M G. Payne, Mo-Lin Ge

We discuss a different scheme to achieve temporal cloaking in warm atomic vapors. Instead of creating a temporal-spatial window in a patched broadband short...

Concentration Dependent Neural Differentiation and Neurite Extension from mouse ESC on Primary Amine-derivatized Surfaces

February 27, 2013

Author(s)

Laura A. Smith Callahan, Yanrui Ma, Christopher Stafford, Matthew L. Becker

We demonstrate a versatile, well controlled, and highly reproducible surface density gradient fabrication strategy that allows for precise control over surface...

Modification of Tethered Bilayers by Phospholipid Exchange with Vesicles

February 27, 2013

Author(s)

Rima Budvytyte, Mindaugas Mickevicius, David J. Vanderah, Frank Heinrich, Gintaras Valincius

Macroscale refrigeration by nanoscale electron transport

February 26, 2013

Author(s)

Peter J. Lowell, Galen C. O'Neil, Jason M. Underwood, Joel N. Ullom

Nano- and Micro- Electromechanical devices (NEMS & MEMS) have become ubiquitous; examples include automobile accelerometers, inkjet printer heads, infrared...

Advanced Calibration, Adjustment, and Operation of a Density and Sound Speed Analyzer

February 26, 2013

Author(s)

Tara J. Fortin, Arno D. Laesecke, Malte B. Freund, Stephanie L. Outcalt

Benchtop measurement systems have emerged as powerful tools in the ongoing quest for thermophysical property data. We demonstrate that these instruments can...

Detecting Single Infrared Photons with 93 % System Efficiency

February 25, 2013

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Francesco F. Marsili, Varun B. Verma, Jeffrey A. Stern, Sean D. Harrington, Adriana E. Lita, Thomas Gerrits, Igor Vayshenker, Burm Baek, Matthew D. Shaw, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam

Single-photon detectors (SPDs) are nonlinear transducers that respond to the absorption of one or more photons with an electrical signal1. SPDs at near infrared...

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