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Journals

Static Analyzers: Seat Belts for Your Code

January 10, 2012

Author(s)

Paul Black

Just as seat belt use is wide spread, we argue that the use static analysis should be part of ethical software development. We explain some of the procedures of...

Atom-number amplification in a magneto-optical trap via stimulated light forces

January 10, 2012

Author(s)

Elizabeth A. Donley, Tara C. Liebisch, Eric M. Blanshan, John E. Kitching

We have decelerated an atomic beam of 87 Rb using a stimulated-emission slowing technique that makes use of a bichromatic standing light wave of high intensity...

Pilot Estuarine Mesocosm Study on the Environmental Fate of Silver Nanomaterials Leached from Consumer Products

January 10, 2012

Author(s)

Danielle Cleveland, Stephen E. Long, Paul L. Pennington, Emily Cooper, Michael H. Fulton, Geoffrey I. Scott, Elijah J. Petersen, Timothy M. Brewer, Jeffrey M. Davis, Laura J. Wood

Although nanosilver consumer products (CPs) now enjoy widespread availability, little work has been done to determine the environmental fate and leaching of...

Mathematical Optimization of Procedures for Cryoprotectant Equilibration Using a Toxicity Cost Function

January 10, 2012

Author(s)

Adam Z. Higgins, James Benson, Anthony J. Kearsley

Cryopreservation nearly universally depends on the equilibration of cells and tissues with high concentrations of permeating chemicals known as cryoprotective...

Conclusive quantum steering with superconducting transition-edge sensors

January 10, 2012

Author(s)

Devin H. Smith, Marcelo de Almeida, Gillett Geoff, Branciard Cyril, Allesandro Fedrizzi, Weinhold J. Till, Adriana Lita, Brice R. Calkins, Thomas Gerrits, Wiseman H, Sae Woo Nam, Andrew G. White

Quantum steering allows two parties to verify shared entanglement even if one measurement device is untrusted. A conclusive demonstration of steering through...

Dynamical Arrest, Percolation, Gelation, and Glass Formation in Model Nanoparticle Dispersions with Thermoreversible Adhesive Interactions

January 9, 2012

Author(s)

Aaron Paul Rust Eberle, Ramon Castaneda-Priego, Jung M. Kim, Norman J. Wagner

We report an experimental study of the dynamical arrest transition for a model system consisting of octadecyl coated silica suspended in n-tetradecane from...

A Semantic Product Modeling Framework and Its Application for Behavior Evaluation

January 9, 2012

Author(s)

Jae H. Lee, Steven J. Fenves, Conrad E. Bock, Sudarsan Rachuri, Hyo-Won Suh, Xenia Fiorentini, Ram D. Sriram

Supporting different stakeholder viewpoints across the products entire lifecycle requires semantic richness to represent product related information and thus...

Predictive Gold Nanocluster Formation Controlled by Metal-Ligand Complexes

January 9, 2012

Author(s)

John M. Pettibone, Jeffrey W. Hudgens

The formation of ligand-protected transition metal nanoclusters in size-selective syntheses is driven by the inherent properties of the protecting ligands. We...

Effect of elastic deformation on frictional properties of few-layer graphene

January 9, 2012

Author(s)

Alexander Y. Smolyanitsky, Jason P. Killgore, Vinod K. Tewary

We describe the results of Brownian dynamics (BD) simulations of an AFM tip scanned on locally suspended few-layer graphene. The effects of surface compliance...

Monoammoniate of Calcium Amidoborane - Synthesis, Structure and Hydrogen-Storage Properties

January 9, 2012

Author(s)

Yong Shen Chua, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Terrence J. Udovic, Guotao Wu, Zhitao Xiong, Ming Wah Wong, Ping Chen

The monoammoniate of calcium amidoborane, Ca(NH 2BH 3) 2¿NH 3 was synthesized by ball milling an equimolar mixture of CaNH and AB. Its crystal structure has...

An NMR-based Metabolomic Assessment of Cultured Cobia Health in Response to Dietary Manipulation

January 8, 2012

Author(s)

Tracey Johnston, Sarah Newton, Karl Brenkert, John Leffler, Dan Bearden

Aquaculture produces a significant source of protein for global human consumption. Commercial fish diets rely heavily on fishmeal and fish oil, which can be...

Application of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis to protein adsorption on materials relevant to biomanufacturing.

January 5, 2012

Author(s)

Rebecca A. A. Zangmeister

The use of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) for the analysis of protein adsorption on materials relevant to biomanufacturing of protein drug products is...

Performing three dimensional measurements on micro-scale features using a flexible CMM fiber probe with ellipsoidal tip

January 5, 2012

Author(s)

Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Jack A. Stone Jr., Craig M. Shakarji, John R. Stoup

The tip of a traditional CMM probe used for measurements of macro-scale artifacts is generally a sphere of excellent geometry. Its known diameter (from a prior...

Biology and Genetics of New Autosomal STR Loci Useful for Forensic DNA Analysis

January 4, 2012

Author(s)

John Butler, Carolyn Steffen

Short tandem repeats (STRs) are accordion-like regions of the human genome that vary in length (through expansion or contraction) with a core repeated DNA...

TDRM/TDLM Workshop on Reference Materials and Laboratory Accreditation at the AOAC Annual Meeting 2011

January 4, 2012

Author(s)

Catherine A. Rimmer, Melissa M. Phillips, Hendrik Emons, Jane Weitzel, John Budin, Donna Zink

At the 2011 AOAC International Annual Meeting, the Technical Divisions on Reference Materials (TDRM) and Laboratory Management (TDLM) arranged a workshop...

Coverage-Dependent Morphology of PEGylated Lysozyme Layers Adsorbed on Silica

January 4, 2012

Author(s)

Sheetal S. Pai, Frank Heinrich, Adam L. Canady, Todd M. Przybycien, Robert D. Tilton

Neutron reflection was used to characterize the adsorbed layer structure for lysozyme conjugated at the N-terminus with a single perdeuterated methoxy poly...

Calibrated nanoscale dopant profiling using a scanning microwave microscope.

January 3, 2012

Author(s)

Pavel Kabos, Thomas M. Wallis, H P. Hubner, I. Humer, M. Hochleitner, M. Fenner, M. Moertelmaier, C. Rankl, Atif A. Imtiaz, H. Tanbakuchi, P. Hinterdorfer, J. Smoliner, Joseph J. Kopanski, F. Kienberger

The scanning microwave microscope (SMM) is used for calibrated capacitance spectroscopy and spatially resolved dopant profiling measurements. It consists of an...

FIRE PATTERN REPEATABILITY: A STUDY IN UNCERTAINTY

January 3, 2012

Author(s)

Daniel M. Madrzykowski, Charles Fleischmann

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is conducting a multi-year study, with the support of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the...

Theoretical optical and x-ray spectra of liquid and solid H2O

January 3, 2012

Author(s)

Eric L. Shirley, Joshua J. Kas, J. T. Vinson, Fernando D. Vila, John J. Rehr

Theoretical optical and x-ray spectra of model structures of water and ice are calculated using a many-body perturbation theory, Bethe-Salpeter equation (BSE)...

Controlling the Self-Assembly of Metal-Seamed Organic Nanocapsules

January 3, 2012

Author(s)

Harshita Kumari, Andrew V. Mossine, Steven R. Kline, Cindi L. Dennis, Drew A. Fowler, Simon J. Teat, Charles L. Barnes, Carol A. Deakyne, Jerry L. Atwood

Puzzling out the intricacies associated with formation of supramolecular structures provides insight into and control of the self-assembly process. Such control...

Of Art and CS Educations

January 2, 2012

Author(s)

Isabel M. Beichl

Comparison of Diesel Fuel Oxygenates with Composition-Explicit Distillation Curve Method Part 4: Alcohols, Aldehydes, and Butanoic Acid

January 2, 2012

Author(s)

Thomas J. Bruno, Jessica L. Burger, Evgenii Baibourine

There is a great deal of interest in formulating oxygenated diesel fuels that produce low particulate emissions. In this paper, the fourth in a series of papers...

NIST/TRC SOURCE Data Archival System: the Next-Generation Data Model for Storage of Thermophysical Properties

January 2, 2012

Author(s)

Andrei F. Kazakov, Chris D. Muzny, Kenneth G. Kroenlein, Vladimir Diky, Robert D. Chirico, Joe W. Magee, Ilmutdin M. Abdulagatov, Michael D. Frenkel

A new data model for storage of experimental thermophysical and thermochemical property data was developed and implemented for NIST/TRC SOURCE data archival...

Preparation and Value Assignment of Standard Reference Material 968e Fat-Soluble Vitamins, Carotenoids, and Cholesterol in Human Serum

January 2, 2012

Author(s)

Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David Duewer, Lane Sander, Katherine Sharpless, Lorna T. Sniegoski, Michael J. Welch, James Yen, Mugenya O. Isaac

Standard Reference Material 968e Fat-Soluble Vitamins, Carotenoids, and Cholesterol in Human Serum provides certified values for total retinol, γ- and α...

A Streamlined Hydrolysis Procedure for the LC/MS/MS Analysis of Cocaine in Wastewater Samples

January 2, 2012

Author(s)

Katrice A. Lippa, Kevin Bisceglia, A. Lynn Roberts

We report a streamlined procedure for the routine analysis of cocaine in municipal wastewater. By adding NaOH (to 0.025 M) and incubating wastewater samples at...

Fine Limestone Additions to Regulate Setting in High Volume Fly Ash Mixtures

January 2, 2012

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz, Taijiro Sato, Igor de la Varga, Jason Weiss

High volume fly ash (HVFA) concrete mixtures are being considered more frequently due to their cost and sustainability advantages. While the long term...

PROBING MATERIAL PROPERTIES WITH SHARP INDENTERS: A REVIEW

January 2, 2012

Author(s)

Brian R. Lawn, Robert F. Cook

A review on the use of sharp, fixed-profile indenters as materials probes is presented. Indentation is proposed as a simple but powerful methodology for...

Towards clean and crackless transfer of graphene

January 2, 2012

Author(s)

Xuelei X. Liang, Brent A. Sperling, Irene G. Calizo, Guangjun Cheng, Christina Hacker, Qin Zhang, Yaw S. Obeng, Kai Yan, Hailin Peng, Qiliang Li, Xiaoxiao Zhu, Hui Yuan, Angela R. Hight Walker, Zhongfan Liu, Lianmao Peng, Curt A. Richter

We present the results of a thorough study of wet chemical methods for transferring chemical vapor deposition grown graphene from the metal growth substrate to...

Density and water content of nanoscale solid C-S-H formed in alkali-activated slag (AAS) paste and implications for chemical shrinkage

January 1, 2012

Author(s)

Andrew Allen, Jeffrey J. Thomas, Hamlin M. Jennings

Alkali-activated slag (AAS) paste was analyzed using small-angle neutron scattering. The scattering response indicates that the microstructure consists of a...

The BIOREMA project part 3: International interlaboratory comparison for bio-ethanol test methods

January 1, 2012

Author(s)

Michele M. Schantz, Adriaan van der Veen, Hugo Ent, Annaratia Baldan, Valnei Cunha, Romeu Daroda, Manuela Ulberth-Buchgraber, Brian E. Lang, Andrea Held, Ruth Hearn, Richard Brown, Paul Brewer

The main objective of the BIOREMA (Reference Materials for Biofuel Specifications) project is the development of two test materials (one bio-ethanol material...

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