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A modification of the conventional Damascene metallization process is described whereby selective removal of the thin wetting/seed layer from the sidewalls and
Conrad E. Bock, XuanFang Zha, Hyo-won Suh, Jae H. Lee
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Through analysis of digital images, camera-based single-particle tracking enables quantitative determination of transport properties of nanoparticles and
Christopher W. Oates, V. I. Yudin, A. V. Taichenachev, Zeb Barber, Nathan D. Lemke, Andrew D. Ludlow, U Sterr, Ch. Lisdat, F Riehle
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A new spectroscopic technique for the measurement of the sizes of hard X-ray sources produced by the irradiation of solid-density targets by intense laser
In this work we present a study of the determination of frequency transfer uncertainty in time series measurements. The first part of this paper is dedicated to
Stephen A. Wise, Dianne L. Poster, Stefan D. Leigh, Catherine A. Rimmer, Stephanie Mossner, Patricia Schubert, Lane C. Sander, Michele M. Schantz
SRM 1597 Complex Mixture of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Coal Tar, originally issued in 1987, was recently reanalyzed and reissued as SRM 1597a with 34
Stephen A. Wise, Dianne L. Poster, Stefan D. Leigh, Catherine A. Rimmer, Stephanie Mossner, Patricia Schubert, Lane C. Sander, Michele M. Schantz
SRM 1597 Complex Mixture of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Coal Tar, originally issued in 1987, was recently reanalyzed and reissued as SRM 1597a with 34
Kristine A. Bertness, Kevin C. Cossel, F Adler, M J. Thorpe, Jun Ye
Cavity-enhanced direct frequency comb spectroscopy (CE-DFCS) has demonstrated powerful potential for trace-gas detection based on its unique combination of high
What is the state of security engineering today? Are we as an industry making progress? What are prospects for the future? To address these questions we analyze
Because of the complexities involved in measuring and modeling the performance and properties of finished fuels, the scientific community must often use
In part I of this series of papers, we presented an evaluation strategy that can be applied to surrogate mixtures for finished fuels. This strategy uses the
A set of 209 dwellings that represent 80 % of U.S. housing stock was used to generate frequenc distributions of residential ventilation rates. The set of homes
Michael Metcalfe, Stephen M. Carr, Andreas Muller, Glenn S. Solomon, John R. Lawall
The dynamic response of InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots (QDs) to strain is studied by periodically modulating the QDs with a surface acoustic wave (SAW)
Statistical analyses of companion Bogue (ASTM C150) and quantitative X-ray powder diffraction (QXRD) estimates for cement phases are used to establish the most
Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Daniel S. Sawyer, Christopher J. Blackburn, Steven D. Phillips, Craig M. Shakarji, Ed Morse, Robert Bridges
A working group within the ISO TC 213 committee is developing a draft document [11] for evaluating the performance of laser trackers. The ASME B89.4.19 Standard
The NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) was established in May of 2007 to accelerate innovation in nanotechnology-based commerce. Located in
Steven Noel, Lingyu Wang, Anoop Singhal, Sushil Jajodia
Today's computer systems face sophisticated attackers who combine multiple vulnerabilities to penetrate networks with devastating impact. The overall security
Alexander W. Peterson, Michael W. Halter, Alessandro Tona, Kiran Bhadriraju, Anne L. Plant
Details of cellular interaction with a fibronectin coated surface were examined using surface plasmon resonance imaging (SPRI). SPRI is a label-free highly
Kristine A. Bertness, Aric W. Sanders, Devin M. Rourke, Todd E. Harvey, Alexana Roshko, Norman A. Sanford
The location of GaN nanowires was controlled with essentially perfect selectivity using patterned SiNx prior to molecular beam epitaxy growth. Growth was
The unified strain-and-temperature scaling law underlies the many pinning-force model expressions proposed to parameterize the dependence of the critical
James C. Booth, Nathan D. Orloff, Joel Cagnon, Jiwei Lu, Susanne Stemmer
We apply broadband measurement techniques to determine the dielectric permittivity of Bi1.5Zn1.0Nb1.5O7 (BZN) thin films over the frequency range 1 kHz to 40
Hiroyoshi Momida, Eric J. Cockayne, Naoto Umezawa, Takahisa Ohno
First-principles calculations were used to compute the dielectric permittivities of hypothetical [La,Sc]2O3 solid solutions in the cubic (bixbyite) and
Aaron Vandevender, Yves Colombe, Jason Amini, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David J. Wineland
Integration of fiber optics may play a critical role in the development of quantum information processors based on trapped ions, atoms, and quantum dots. Fibers
Fan Zhang, Bhagawan Sahu, Hongki Min, Allan H. MacDonald
The ABC-stacked N-layer-graphene family of two-dimensional electron systems is described at low energies by two remarkably flat bands with Bloch states that
Iftikhar A. Awan, William S. McGivern, Wing Tsang, Jeffrey A. Manion
The decomposition and isomerization reactions of the 5-methylhex-1-yl radical (1-5MeH) have been studied at temperatures of 889 K to 1064 K and pressures of 1.6
Particles of tricalcium silicate in water typically exhibit a relatively quiescent period (called Stage II) shortly after wetting, lasting up to several hours
The 2p5-3d1 excited state of the Ti4+ ion in SrTiO3 couples to e_g distortions of the oxygen cage leading to a Jahn-Teller splitting of the degenerate excited
JiYeon Huh, Angela R. Hight Walker, Hyun W. Ro, Jan Obrzut, Jeffrey Fagan
We present the separation of surfactant encapsulated double wall carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) synthesized by the high pressure carbon monoxide decomposition (HiPco