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Journals

Thermochemistry of Ammonium Nitrate, NH4NO3, in the Gas Phase

October 7, 2010

Author(s)

Karl K. Irikura

Hildenbrand and coworkers have shown recently that the vapor above solid ammonium nitrate includes molecules of NH4NO3, not only NH3 and HNO3 as previously...

Cold-Neutron Depth Profiling as a Research Tool for the Study of Surface Oxides on Metals

October 7, 2010

Author(s)

Robert G. Downing, Z Tun, J.J. Noel, Th Bohdanowicz, L.R. Cao

A recent experiment at NIST has demonstrated that neutron depth profiling (NDP) based on (n,α) reaction could be developed into a tool routinely used for the...

Contact Resistance of Flexible, Transparent Carbon Nanotube Films with Metals

October 7, 2010

Author(s)

Hua Xu, Lei Chen, Liangbing Hu, Nikolai B. Zhitenev

We studied the contact properties of different metals to flexible optically-transparent single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNTs) films. The SWCNT films are...

On Multiple-Method Studies

October 4, 2010

Author(s)

Chih-Ming Wang, Hariharan K. Iyer

In this paper we review statistical models that describe measurements from a multiple-method study such as in the development of a reference material. We also...

Analysis of the Beaucage Model

October 4, 2010

Author(s)

Boualem Hammouda

Structure and Mechanical Properties of Al Thin Films Synthesized by Electron Beam Evaporation and Ion Beam Assisted Deposition

October 4, 2010

Author(s)

C E. Kalnas, David T. Read, J E. Jones, G S. Was

The effects of an Ar ion assist beam during Al film growth by electron beam evaporation on the film composition, microstructure, and texture were assessed in...

Noise Performance of Lumped Element Direct Current Superconducting Quantum Interference Device Amplifiers in the 4 GHz-8 GHz Range

October 4, 2010

Author(s)

Lafe F. Spietz, Kent D. Irwin, Minhyea Lee, Jose A. Aumentado

We report on the noise of a lumped element Direct Current Superconducting Quantum Interference Device amplifier. We show that the noise temperature in the 4 GHz...

International Comparability in Circular Dichroism: II

October 4, 2010

Author(s)

Curtis W. Meuse, Jascindra Ravi, Paulina Rakowska, Tommaso Garfagnini, Alex E. Knight, Philippe Charlet, Julie D. Lorenz, Christopher Jones, David F. Plusquellic, Frank Wien, Liqing Wu

A previous inter-laboratory study, CCQM P59, showed that there was a poor level of comparability between laboratories in circular dichroism spectroscopy. In a...

Chromatographic Methods for the Quantification of Free and Chelated Gadolinium Species in MRI Contrast Agent Formulations

October 3, 2010

Author(s)

Danielle Cleveland, Stephen E. Long, Lane C. Sander, William C. Davis, Karen E. Murphy, Catherine A. Rimmer, Lorena Francini, Anil K. Patri

Speciation measurements of gadolinium in liposomal MRI contrast agents are complicated by the presence of emulsifiers, surfactants, and therapeutic agents in...

Quantum Transduction of Telecommunications-band Single Photons from a Quantum Dot by Frequency Upconversion

October 3, 2010

Author(s)

Matthew T. Rakher, Lijun Ma, Oliver T. Slattery, Xiao Tang, Kartik A. Srinivasan

The Stability and Surface Coverage of Polymer Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles

October 2, 2010

Author(s)

Karl B. Sebby, Elisabeth Mansfield

A Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Based Fluid Model with a Spatially Dependent Viscosity: Application to flow of a suspension with a non-Newtonian fluid matrix

October 1, 2010

Author(s)

Nicos Martys, William L. George, Byong-Wa Chun, Didier Lootens

A New Family of Metal Borohydride Ammonia Borane Complexes: Synthesis, Structures, and Hydrogen Storage Properties

October 1, 2010

Author(s)

Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Frederick E. Pinkerton, Martin S. Meyer, Gadipelli Srinivas, Taner Yildirim, Terrence J. Udovic, John J. Rush

Fire Effluent Component Yields from Room-scale Fire Tests

October 1, 2010

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann, Jason D. Averill, Erik L. Johnsson, Marc R. Nyden, Richard D. Peacock

Estimation of the time available for escape (ASET) in the event of a fire is a principal component in fire hazard or risk assessment. Valid data on the yields...

Determination of Inorganic Ions in Mineral Water by Gradient Elution Moving Boundary Electrophoresis

October 1, 2010

Author(s)

Paul M. Flanigan IV, David J. Ross, Jonathan G. Shackman

A sensitive method was developed for the determination of the major inorganic ions in commercial mineral waters using gradient elution moving boundary...

Grism-based Pulse Shaper for Line-by-Line Control of More than 600 Optical Frequency Comb Lines

October 1, 2010

Author(s)

Matthew S. Kirchner, Scott A. Diddams

We construct a line-by-line pulse shaper using a grism dispersive element, which provides constant angular dispersion over 13.4 THz centered at 311 THz (965 nm)...

Calorimetric Studies of Powder Additions to Mitigate Excessive Retardation in High Volume Fly Ash Mixtures

October 1, 2010

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz

While high volume fly ash (HVFA) concrete mixtures are attractive from a sustainability viewpoint, they are sometimes plagued by long delays in finishing...

Characterization of a Soluble Anthradithiophene Derivative

October 1, 2010

Author(s)

Brad Conrad, Calvin Chan, Marsha A. Loth, Sean R. Parkin, Xinran Zhang, John E. Anthony, David J. Gundlach

The structural and electrical properties of a new solution processable material, 2,8-diflouro-5,11-tert-butyldimethylsilylethynl anthradithiophene (TBDMS), were...

Simplified progressive collapse simulation of RC frame-wall structures

October 1, 2010

Author(s)

Yihai Bao

Effect of Phase Change and Solute Diffusion on Spreading on a Dissolving Substrate

October 1, 2010

Author(s)

Walter Villanueva, William J. Boettinger, James A. Warren, Gustav Amberg

Dissolutive wetting is investigated numerically using a diffuse-interface model that incorporates fluid flow, solute diffusion, and phase change. A range of...

An example crossover experiment for testing new vicarious calibration techniques for satellite ocean color radiometry

October 1, 2010

Author(s)

Kenneth Voss, Scott McLean, Stephanie J. Flora, Michael Feinholz, Mark A. Yarbrough, Charles Trees, Mike Twardowski, Dennis Clark, Marlon Lewis, B. Carol Johnson

Vicarious calibration of ocean color satellites involves accurate surface measurements of water-leaving radiance to update and improve the system calibration of...

The Anti-Perovskite Type Hydride InPd₃H_0.89

October 1, 2010

Author(s)

H. Kohlmann, Alexander V. Skripov, A. V. Soloninin, Terrence J. Udovic

Diffusion in Single Solid Supported Lipid Bilayers Studied by Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering

October 1, 2010

Author(s)

Clare L. Armstrong, Martin D. Kaye, Michaela Zamponi, E. Mamontov, Madhu Sudan Tyagi, Timothy Jenkins, Maikel C. Rheinstadter

It seems to be increasingly accepted that the diversity and composition of lipids play an important role in the function of biological membranes. A prime...

Early Deuteration Steps of Pd- and Ta/Pd- Catalyzed Mg₇₀Al₃₀ Thin Films Observed at Room Temperature

October 1, 2010

Author(s)

Christopher Harrower, Eric Poirier, Helmut Fritzsche, Peter Kalisvaart, Sushil K. Satija, Bulent Akgun, David Mitlin

Depletion of Abundant Plasma Proteins and Limitations of Plasma Proteomics

October 1, 2010

Author(s)

Chengjian Tu, Paul A. Rudnick, Misti Y. Martinez, Kristin L. Cheek, Stephen Stein, Robert J. Slebos, Daniel C. Liebler

Immunoaffinity depletion of high abundance plasma proteins is frequently employed to enhance detection of lower abundance proteins in both shotgun and targeted...

Atomistic Factors Governing Adhesion between Diamond, Amorphous Carbon, and Model Diamond Nanocomposite Surfaces

October 1, 2010

Author(s)

Pamela L. Piotrowski, Rachel J. Cannara, Guangtu Gao, Joseph J. Urban, Robert W. Carpick, Judith A. Harrison

Complementary atomic force microscopy (AFM) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were conducted to determine the work of adhesion for diamond(111)(1x1) and...

Thermal Noise and Noise Measurements a 2010 Update

October 1, 2010

Author(s)

Anthony R. Kerr, James P. Randa

1. Introduction 2. Noise Temperature as a Measure of Noise Power 3. Available Noise Power from a Resistor 4. The Zero-Point Noise Term and the Minimum Noise of...

All-optical Generation of States for "Encoding a Qubit in an Oscillator"

October 1, 2010

Author(s)

Hilma M. Vasconcelos, Liliana Sanz, Scott Glancy

Both discrete and continuous signals are used to carry classical information. Analogously, discrete and continuous systems can be used to encode quantum...

Impossibility of a pure resistance measurement: The charge-pileup model

September 30, 2010

Author(s)

Neil M. Zimmerman, Denis Mamaluy

Recently, we have experimentally demonstrated the existence of a capacitance between conductors, in the absence of an insulator. We show that a combination of...

Ethics and the Cloud

September 30, 2010

Author(s)

Keith Miller, Jeff Voas

Cloud computing is an idea that's rapidly evolving. Still, the amount of money and attention devoted to this topic makes it seems sensible to discuss how...

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