Journals

Automated Spectral Smoothing with Spatially Adaptive Penalized Least-Squares

June 1, 2011

Author(s)

Aaron A. Urbas, Steven J. Choquette

A variety of data smoothing techniques exist to address the issue of noise in spectroscopic data. The vast majority, however, require parameter specification by

Boundary Effects on the Determination of the Effective Parameters of a Metamaterial from Normal Incidence Reflection and Transmission

June 1, 2011

Author(s)

Sung Kim, Edward E. Kuester, Christopher L. Holloway, James R. Baker-Jarvis, Aaron D. Scher

This paper presents a method for the determination of the effective electromagnetic parameters of a metamaterial, taking boundary effects at the interfaces

Multigate Communication Network For Smart Grid

June 1, 2011

Author(s)

Hamid Gharavi

It is envisioned that one of the most important issues in Smart Grid will be to design a network architecture that is capable of providing secure and reliable

Extinguishment of Methane Diffusion Flames by Inert Gases in Coflow Air and Oxygen-Enriched Microgravity Environments

June 1, 2011

Author(s)

Gregory T. Linteris, Fumiaki Takahashi, Vishwanath R. Katta

Extinguishment of laminar coflow diffusion flames in microgravity (μg) have been studied experimentally and computationally. The μg experiments were conducted

Pulse Metrology, Part 1

June 1, 2011

Author(s)

Nicholas G. Paulter Jr., Donald R. Larson

Pulse metrology refers to the science of the measurement of pulses, which are transient phenomena. This article describes concepts important for pulse metrology

Incoherent Neutron Scattering from Multi-Element Materials

June 1, 2011

Author(s)

Charles J. Glinka

Critical capture distances for highly charged ions above dielectric covered metal surfaces

June 1, 2011

Author(s)

Russell E. Lake, Joshua M. Pomeroy, C E. Sosolik

We model the first stage of the electronic interaction between an ion and a metal surface covered with a thin dielectric layer. Specifically, we seek to answer

Identity Management and Privacy: A Rare Opportunity To Get It Right

June 1, 2011

Author(s)

Ari M. Schwartz

Since 1976, when Whitfield Diffie and Martin Helleman, first surmised the possibilities for the potential uses for digital signatures in an IEEE publication

Graphene Production for Electrical Metrology

June 1, 2011

Author(s)

Randolph E. Elmquist, David B. Newell, George R. Jones, Felipe L. Marquez-Hernandez, Mariano A. Real, Tian T. Shen

Many material and electronic contributions must be favorable to produce devices with strong quantum Hall effect (QHE) plateaus that are suitable for precise

HIGHLY CHARGED ION INTERACTIONS WITH THIN INSULATING FILMS

June 1, 2011

Author(s)

Joshua M. Pomeroy, Russell E. Lake, C E. Sosolik

The electrical conductance of magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) devices whose ultra-thin aluminum oxide tunnel barrier was irradiated by highly charged ions (HCIs)

SEISMIC ENERGY ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES WITH NONLINEAR FLUID VISCOUS DAMPERS ALGORITHM AND NUMERICAL VERIFICATION

June 1, 2011

Author(s)

Kevin K. Wong

To protect structures from suffering significant damage during a major earthquake, fluid viscous dampers (FVDs) have been used in both newly constructed and

Development of Domain-Specific Scenarios for Training and Evaluation of Two-Way, Free Form, Spoken Language Translation Devices

June 1, 2011

Author(s)

Brian A. Weiss, Marnie Menzel

To create effective and accurate two-way, free form, spoken language translation devices, the technologies must have appropriate training data. The goal of the

Relationship between machinability index and in-process parameters during orthogonal cutting of steels

June 1, 2011

Author(s)

Eric P. Whitenton, Iban Arriola, Jarred Heigel, Pedro Arrazola

Temperature and plastic strain maps were obtained during orthogonal cutting of two AISI 4140 steels with different machinability indexes using a high-speed dual

Electromechanical Characterization of Bi-2212 Strands

June 1, 2011

Author(s)

Xifeng Lu

The uniaxial strain dependence of the critical current was measured both in tension and compression in Bi-2212 high-temperature superconducting round wires. We

Metrology Needs and NIST Resources for the Forensic DNA Community

June 1, 2011

Author(s)

Michael D. Coble, Margaret C. Kline, John M. Butler

With the advent of Forensic DNA profiling in the mid-1980s, this technology has had a positive impact on the criminal justice system, helping to convict the

A Model for NBTI in Nitrided Oxide MOSFETs Which Does Not Involve Hydrogen or Diffusion

June 1, 2011

Author(s)

Patrick M. Lenahan, Jason Campbell, A.T. Krishnan, S. Krishnan

The negative bias temperature instability (NBTI) is, arguably, the single most important reliability problem in present day metal oxide silicon field effect

Electromagnetic Energy Density in Dispersive and Dissipative Media

June 1, 2011

Author(s)

Frederico D. Nunes, Thiago Vasconcelos, Marcel Bezerra, John Weiner

The description of the energy density associated with an electromagnetic field propagating through matter must treat two different phenomena: dispersion, the

Direct observation of phase transformation anisotropy in indented silicon using confocal Raman microscopy

May 31, 2011

Author(s)

Yvonne B. Gerbig, Stephan J. Stranick, Robert F. Cook

The theoretically-predicted anisotropic nature of the indentation phase transformation in silicon (Si) is observed directly in experiments using hyperspectral

HfFeGa₂ and HfMnGa₂: Transition-Metal-Based Itinerant Ferromagnets with Low Curie Temperatures

May 31, 2011

Author(s)

C. Marques, Y. Janssen, M.S. Kim, L. Wu, Song Xue Chi, Jeffrey W. Lynn, M.C. Aronson

Nanoscale-hydride formation at dislocations in palladium: Ab initio theory and inelastic neutron scattering measurements

May 31, 2011

Author(s)

Dallas R. Trinkle, Hyunsu Ju, Brent J. Heuser, Terrence J. Udovic

Hydrogen arranges at dislocations in palladium to form nanoscale hydrides, changing the vibrational spectra. An ab initio hydrogen potential energy model versus

Examining Capillary Depercolation in Cement-Based Materials: Measurement Techniques and Parameters which Influence their Interpretation

May 31, 2011

Author(s)

G Sant, Dale P. Bentz, Jason Weiss

The connectivity of the porosity in cement-based materials has an impact on material durability, the interpretation of experimental measurements such as

Mimicking Biological Design & Computing Principles in Artificial Olfaction

May 27, 2011

Author(s)

Baranidharan Raman, Stephen Semancik

Biology has been an inspiration for designing solutions to many engineering problems including chemical sensing. Modern approaches to chemical sensing have been

Anemia, Hypothyroidism and Immune Suppression Associated with Polychlorinated Biphenyl Exposure in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

May 25, 2011

Author(s)

John Kucklick, Lori Schwacke, Eric Zolman, Brian C. Balmer, Sylvain De Guise, Clay George, Jennifer Hoguet, Steve Lamb, Milton Levin, J. L. Litz, W E. McFee, Ned Place, Forrest Townsend, Teresa Rowles, Randall Wells, Aleta Hohn

Background: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other legacy organohalogens are often monitored in marine mammals both to understand health risks for

An Integrated Electrochromic Nanoplasmonic Optical Switch

May 25, 2011

Author(s)

Amit K. Agrawal, Benjamin James McMorran, Ceren Susut, Henri J. Lezec, Gery R. Stafford, Ugo Bertocci, Albert A. Talin

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Fluid interactions with metafilm/metasurfaces for tuning, sensing, and microwave assisted chemical processes

May 25, 2011

Author(s)

Joshua A. Gordon, Christopher L. Holloway, James C. Booth, James R. Baker-Jarvis, David R. Novotny, Sung Kim, Yu Y. Wang

In this paper we demonstrate tunability of a metafilm, which is the two-dimensional equivalent of a metamaterial, also referred to as a metasurface, by changing

Inelastic Neutron Scattering Study of Hydrogenated (Zr₅₅Cu₃₀Ni₅Al₁₀)_d99Y₁ Bulk Metallic Glass

May 25, 2011

Author(s)

Andrew Chih-Pin Chuang, Yun Liu, Terrence J. Udovic, Peter K. Liaw, Ge-Ping Yu, Jia-Hong Huang

Newkome-type dendron stabilized gold nanoparticles: Synthesis, reactivity, and stability

May 24, 2011

Author(s)

Tae Joon Cho, Rebecca A. Zangmeister, Robert I. MacCuspie, Anil K. Patri, Vincent A. Hackley

On Parameter Differentiation for Integral Representations of Associated Legendre Functions

May 24, 2011

Author(s)

Howard S. Cohl

For integral representations of associated Legendre functions in terms of modified Bessel functions, we establish justification for differentiation under the

Redox-Promoting Protein Motions in Rubredoxin

May 24, 2011

Author(s)

Jose M. Borreguero, Junhong He, F. Meilleur, Kevin Weiss, Craig Brown, D. A. A. Myles, Kenneth W. Herwig, Pratul K. Agarwal

Abstract Proteins are dynamic objects, constantly undergoing conformational fluctuations, yet the linkage between internal protein motion and function is widely

Observation of Collective Atomic Recoil Motion in a Degenerate Fermion Gas

May 23, 2011

Author(s)

Lu Deng, Edward W. Hagley

We demonstrate collective atomic recoil motion with a dilute, ultracold, degenerate fermion gas in a single spin state. By utilizing an adiabatically