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Chemical Imaging Beyond the Diffraction Limit: Experimental Validation of the PTIR Technique

February 11, 2013

Author(s)

Basudev Lahiri, Glenn Holland, Andrea Centrone

Photo Thermal Induced Resonance (PTIR), recently attracted great interest for enabling chemical identification and imaging with nanoscale resolution. In this...

The increase in conductance of a gold single atom chain during elastic elongation

February 7, 2013

Author(s)

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 simulation of water-acetonitrile mixtures in a silica slit

February 6, 2013

Author(s)

Raymond D. Mountain

Molecular dynamics simulations of aqueous acetonitrile confined in a planar silica slit are presented. It is found, in agreement with experimental observations...

Multizone Airflow Models for Calculating Infiltration Rates in Commercial Reference Buildings

February 6, 2013

Author(s)

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...

Experimental characterization of the interaction between a radiation source and a semitransparent solid

February 6, 2013

Author(s)

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...

Prediction-Based Model Selection for Bayesian Multiple Regression Models

February 5, 2013

Author(s)

Adam L. Pintar

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...

Breakfast Cereal Sampling Study for Nutritional Elements

February 5, 2013

Author(s)

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...

Indoor ultrafine particles of outdoor origin: importance of window opening area and fan operation condition.

February 5, 2013

Author(s)

Dong H. Rim, Lance L. Wallace, Andrew K. Persily

Airborne ultrafine particles (UFP) have been associated with human mortality and morbidity. Human exposure to ambient UFP occurs indoors due to entry of UFP...

Nonlinear Optics Quantum Computing with Circuit QED

February 5, 2013

Author(s)

Prabin Adhikari, Mohammad Hafezi, Jacob Taylor

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...

Experimental investigation of Low-pressure refrigerant mixtures for Micro Cryogenic Coolers

February 4, 2013

Author(s)

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...

Spontaneous wrinkling in azlactone-based functional polymer thin films in 2d and 3d geometries for guided nanopatterning

February 4, 2013

Author(s)

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...

Thermococcus kodakarensis DNA replication

February 2, 2013

Author(s)

Zvi Kelman, Lori Kelman, Zhuo Li

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...

Formation Mechanisms of Self-Organized Core/Shell and Core/Shell/Corona Microstructure in Liquid droplets of Immiscible Alloys

February 1, 2013

Author(s)

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...

Effects of dual antibacterial agents MDPB and nano-silver in primer on microcosm biofilm, cytotoxicity and dentin bond properties

February 1, 2013

Author(s)

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...

Evaluation Methodology and Metrics Employed to Assess the TRANSTAC Two-way, Speech-to-Speech Translation Systems

February 1, 2013

Author(s)

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...

A One-Kilogram Quartz Resonator as a Mass Standard

February 1, 2013

Author(s)

David A. Howe, J Vig

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...

NIST Gold Nanoparticle Reference Materials Do Not Induce Oxidative DNA Damage

February 1, 2013

Author(s)

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...

Interfacial Mechanical Properties of n-Alkylsilane Monolayers on Silicon Substrates

February 1, 2013

Author(s)

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...

Multizone Modeling of Strategies to Reduce the Spread of Airborne Infectious Agents in Healthcare Facilities

February 1, 2013

Author(s)

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...

Backcontact CdSe/CdTE Windowless Solar Cells

February 1, 2013

Author(s)

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...

Techniques for microwave near-field quantum control of trapped ions

January 31, 2013

Author(s)

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...

Modeling the Evacuation of the World Trade Center Towers on September 11, 2001

January 31, 2013

Author(s)

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...

Analysis of Egress From the World Trade Center Towers on September 11, 2001

January 31, 2013

Author(s)

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...

ELECTRICAL AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BILAYER CARBOXYLIC ACID FUNCTIONALIZED MOLECULAR LAYERS

January 30, 2013

Author(s)

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...

ITRS Chapter: MEMS

January 30, 2013

Author(s)

Michael Gaitan

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...

Stratified Graphene-Noble Metal Systems for Low-Loss Plasmonics Applications

January 30, 2013

Author(s)

Anna L. Rast, Timothy Sullivan, Vinod K. Tewary

We demonstrate numerically that bulk plasmon losses in noble metal films can be significantly reduced through the addition of a graphene coating and hexagonal...

Crystal Structure of NaY Zeolite with Adsorbed CO2 by Neutron Powder Diffraction

January 29, 2013

Author(s)

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...

An Apparatus for Concurrent Measurement of Thermoelectric Material Parameters

January 29, 2013

Author(s)

Raymond L. Kallaher, Cory A. Latham, Fred Sharifi

On a generalization of the generating function for Gegenbauer polynomials

January 28, 2013

Author(s)

Howard S. Cohl

We derive a Gegenbauer polynomial expansion for complex powers of the distance between two points in $d$-dimensional Euclidean space. The argument of the...

Simultaneous positioning and orientation of single nano-wires using flow control

January 28, 2013

Author(s)

Pramod Mathai, Peter T. Carmichael, Benjamin Shapiro, James A. Liddle

We present a method for manipulating both the position and orientation of nanowires (NWs) by feedback control of flows that does not require that the NWs have...

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