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A phenomenological potential is constructed for interatomic interactions in silicon, germanium, and their binary alloy. The potential is based upon the same...
Jason S. Pelc, Lijun Ma, C. R. Phillips, Q. Zhang, C. Langrock, Oliver T. Slattery, Xiao Tang, M. M. Fejer
We demonstrate upconversion-assisted single-photon detec¬tion for the 1.55 lm telecommunications based on a periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) waveguide...
We describe a tunable broadband mid-infrared laser source based on difference-frequency mixing of a 100 MHz femtosecond Yb:fiber laser oscillator and Raman...
James E. Maslar, William A. Kimes, Brent A. Sperling
This report describes the performance of a technique for the simultaneous, rapid measurement of major gas phase species present during titanium nitride thermal...
Bin Wu, Xin Li, Changwoo Do, Tae-Hwan Kim, Chwen-Yang Shew, Yun Liu, Jun Yang, Kunlun Hong, Lionel Porcar, Chun-Yu Chen, Emily L. Liu, Gregory S. Smith, Kenneth W. Herwig, Wei-Ren Chen
An experimental scheme using contrast variation small angle neutron scattering technique (SANS), is developed to investigate the structural characteristics of...
We have investigated the mechanism of the first order transition and proton conductivity in copper rubeanate hydrates from microscopic and dynamical points of...
Jung-Chul An, Alia Weaver, Byungnam Kim, Aaron Barkatt, Dianne L. Poster, Wyatt N. Vreeland, Joseph Silverman, Mohamad Al-Sheikhly
Studies of the radiation-induced synthesis of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) nanogels, intended to provide a basis for obtaining intra-molecular cross-linked...
Deepak Singh, A. Thamizhavel, Jeffrey W. Lynn, S. K. Dhar, Jose A. Rodriguez, Tobias K Herman
Quantum-mechanical fluctuations in strongly correlated electron systems cause unconventional phenomena such as non-Fermi liquid behavior, and arguably high...
A rapidly-solidified Mg-Ni-Pd alloy is shown to exhibit reversible hydrogen-storage of 5 mass % H near atmospheric pressure at a temperature of 473 K, nearly...
An amorphous Mg85Ni15 melt-spun hydrogen storage alloy, processed by submersion in an aqueous solution of NH4+, is able to absorb >5 wt. % hydrogen at 473 K...
A particularly challenging sample presentation in analytical chemistry is a flowing stream that consists of both a gas and liquid phase, in the situation in...
The recent emergence of manufactured nanoparticles (NPs) as materials that can be released into the environment and lead to exposure in organisms has...
The present investigation was undertaken to construct a new and improved Dragons LAIR facility. This entailed removing the NIST Baby Dragon from the wind...
Romil Bhandavat, William Kuhn, Elisabeth Mansfield, John H. Lehman, Gurpreet Singh
We demonstrate synthesis of a polymer-derived ceramic (PDC)-multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) composite using microwave irradiation at 2.45 GHz. The process...
The Computer Forensic Tool Testing (CFTT) project at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been active since 2000. The project develops...
Over a half-century ago, Balazs proposed a thought experiment to deduce the form of electromagnetic momentum in a transparent and loss- less slab by imposing...
James D. Benson, Charles T. Benson, John K. Critser
A mathematical and conceptual model of water and solute transport for whole hamster pancreatic islets has been developed and experimentally validated...
Elijah J. Petersen, Andrew Whelton, Liwen Zhang, Qingguo Huang, Nasir M. Uddin, Nikolai Mattison, Denis O'Carroll, Theodore Henry, Tinh Nguyen, Richard D. Holbrook, Kai Chen
Carbon nanotubes are currently being used in a number of consumer products, and exponentially higher production masses and a broader range of applications are...
We present a system for molecular spectroscopy using a mid-infrared broadband frequency comb source with near infrared detection. Difference frequency...
Carl G. Simon Jr., Kaushik Chatterjee, Christopher K. Tison, Girish Kumar, Patrick S. Pine, Marc L. Salit, Jennifer H. McDaniel, Marian F. Young
Cells are sensitive to tissue scaffold architecture and these cell-material interactions drive cell functions critical in tissue regeneration. Results presented...
Ryan P. Koseski, William Alexander Osborn, Stephan J. Stranick, Frank W. DelRio, Mark D. Vaudin, Thuy Dao, Vance H. Adams, Robert F. Cook
The stress in silicon surrounding a tungsten-filled through-silicon via (TSV) is measured using confocal Raman microscopy line scans across the TSV both before...
L. S. Wu, Y. Janssen, C. Marques, M. C. Bennett, M. S. Kim, K. Park, Songxue Chi, Jeffrey W. Lynn, G. Lorusso, G. Biasiol, M.C. Aronson
We present measurements of the specific heat, magnetization, magnetocaloric effect and magnetic neutron diffraction carried out on single cyrstals of...
Samuel L. Manzello, Seul-Hyun Park, Sayaka S. Suzuki, John R. Shields, Yoshihiko Hayashi
Attempting to experimentally quantify the vulnerabilities of structures to ignition from firebrand showers has remained elusive. The coupling of a two unique...
Pragya R. Shrestha, Adaku Ochia, Kin P. Cheung, Jason P. Campbell, Helmut Baumgart, Gary Harris
Accurate measurements of the transient details of switching a memristive switch are crucial to the elucidation of the switching mechanism. Such high-speed...
Lili Wang, Xin Xiang Wang, Y Li, Min Mo, Yiyuan Yi, Qian Wang, W Gao, Roy A. Mariuzza
Helper T cell activation generally requires the co-receptor CD4, which binds MHC class II molecules. A remarkable feature of the CD4MHC class II interaction is...
Wendy R. Altman, John M. Moreland, Stephen E. Russek, Bruce W. Han, Victor M. Bright
Trapping, release, and transport of individual or ensembles of 2.8 υm superparamagnetic beads functionalized with streptavidin were demonstrated using an...
Sergey V. Polyakov, Andreas Muller, Alexander E. Ling, Natalia B. Rutter, Edward B. Flagg, Edward Van Keuren, Alan L. Migdall, Glenn S. Solomon
In quantum mechanics, particles in identical states are indistinguishable, giving rise to effects with no classical analog. Single photons produced by...
Guillaume Messin, Stephanie S. Watson, Amanda L. Forster, John R. Sieber
In recent years, there has been concern in the soft body armor community that copolymer fibers based on 5-amino-2-(p-aminophenyl)-benzimidazole can release...
Evacuation models, including engineering hand calculations and computational tools, are used to evaluate the level of safety provided by buildings during...
Harshita Kumari, Steven R. Kline, Nathaniel J. Schuster, Jerry L. Atwood
Stability of copper-seamed C-alkylpyrogallol[4]arene hexamers with varying chail lenghts in solution has been studied using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS...