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Journals

Relating Complex Fluid Composition and Thermophysical Properties with the Advanced Distillation Curve Approach

March 17, 2010

Author(s)

Thomas J. Bruno, Lisa S. Ott, Tara M. Lovestead, Marcia L. Huber

Complex fluids have long posed a significant challenge in our ability to characterize and model fluid properties. Here, we consider complex fluids to be

Toward scalable ion traps for quantum information processing

March 16, 2010

Author(s)

Jason Amini, Hermann Uys, Janus H. Wesenberg, Signe Seidelin, Joseph W. Britton, John J. Bollinger, Dietrich G. Leibfried, Christian Ospelkaus, Aaron Vandevender, David J. Wineland

The basic components for a quantum information processor using trapped ions have been demonstrated in a number of experiments. To perform complex algorithms

You Say You Want a Revolution

March 16, 2010

Author(s)

Isabel M. Beichl

The hp-Multigrid Method Applied to hp-Adaptive Refinement of Triangular Grids

March 16, 2010

Author(s)

William F. Mitchell

Recently the hp version of the finite element method has received increasing attention. This is an adaptive finite element approach in which adaptivity occurs

The mouse ortholog of NEIL3 is a functional DNA glycosylase in vitro and in vivo

March 16, 2010

Author(s)

Minin Liu, Viswanath Bandaru, Jeffrey Bond, Pawel Jaruga, Xiaobei Zhao, Plamen P. Christov, Cynthia Burrows, Carmelo J. Rizzo, Miral M. Dizdar, Susan Wallace

To protect cells from oxidative DNA damage and mutagenesis, organisms possess multiple glycosylases to recognize the damaged bases and to initiate the Base

Investigation of Gd3N@C2n family by Raman and inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy

March 15, 2010

Author(s)

James G. Kushmerick, Brian G. Burke, Tsz-Wah Chan, Keith A. Williams, Jiechao Ge, Chunying Shu, Wujun Fu, Harry C. Dorn, Alexander Puretzky, David B. Geohegan

The structure and vibrational spectrum of Gd3N@C80 is studied through Raman and inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy (IETS) as well as density functional

Enhancing Image Contrast Using Coherent States and Photon Number Resolving Detectors

March 15, 2010

Author(s)

Aaron Pearlman, Alexander E. Ling, Elizabeth A. Goldschmidt, Jingyun Fan, Christoph Wildfeuer, Alan L. Migdall

We experimentally map the transverse profile of diffraction-limited beams using photon number resolving detectors. We observe strong compression of diffracted

An Approximation Algorithm for the Coefficients of the Reliability Polynomial

March 15, 2010

Author(s)

Brian D. Cloteaux, Isabel M. Beichl, F Sullivan

The reliability polynomial gives the probability that a graph remains connected given that each edge in it can fail independently with a probability p. While in

The Color Quality Scale

March 15, 2010

Author(s)

Wendy L. Davis, Yoshihiro Ohno

The Color Rendering Index (CRI) has been shown to have deficiencies when applied to white light-emitting diode (LED) based sources. Further, evidence suggests

Analysis of key comparisons: Estimating laboratories biases by a fixed effects model using Bayesian Model Averaging

March 11, 2010

Author(s)

Blaza Toman, Clemens Elster

We propose a novel procedure for the analysis of key comparison data. The goal of the procedure is to detect biases in the reported measurement results which

Rectangular Distribution Whose End-points Are Not Exactly Known: Curvilinear Trapezoidal Distribution

March 11, 2010

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker, James F. Lawrence

The state of knowledge concerning a quantity about which scant specific information is available is often represented by a rectangular probability distribution

An efficient, low profile, electrically small, three-dimensional, very high frequency magnetic EZ antenna

March 10, 2010

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway

A very high frequency (VHF) version of the electrically small, coax-fed, three-dimensional (3D) magnetic EZ antenna was designed and tested. The fabricated

The NIST 2008 Metrics for Machine Translation Challenge - Overview, Methodology, Metrics, and Results

March 10, 2010

Author(s)

Mark A. Przybocki, Kay Peterson, P. S. Bronsart, Gregory A. Sanders

This paper discusses the evaluation of automated metrics developed for the purpose of evaluating machine translation (MT) technology. A general discussion of

Manipulation of crystallinity boundary via process space investigations of pulsed laser deposited high-k HfO2-TiO2-Y2O3 combinatorial thin films

March 10, 2010

Author(s)

Jennifer L. Klamo, Peter K. Schenck, Peter G. Burke, Kao-Shuo Chang, Martin L. Green

Combinatorial library films of HfO2-TiO2-Y2O3, a high-k dielectric system, grown by pulsed laser deposition, exhibit visible boundary lines separating amorphous

Molecular Simulation Study of Anisotropic Wetting

March 10, 2010

Author(s)

Eric M. Grzelak, Vincent K. Shen, Jeffrey R. Errington

We study anisotropic wetting in systems governed by Lennard-Jones interactions. Molecular simulation is used to obtain the macroscopic contact angle a fluid

A Capacitive Probe for Measuring the Clearance Between the Piston and the Cylinder of a Gas Piston Gauge

March 10, 2010

Author(s)

Walter J. Bowers Jr., Douglas A. Olson

We propose a method of determining the radial clearance between the piston and cylinder of a gas piston gauge using a capacitive technique. This method allows a

Thin lm dielectric microstrip kinetic inductance detectors

March 8, 2010

Author(s)

David P. Pappas, Jiansong Gao, Benjamin Mazin, Daniel Sank, Erik Lucero, John M. Martinis, Andrew Merrill, Sunil Golwala, David Moore, Jonas Zmuidzinas

Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors, or MKIDs, are a type of low temperature detector that exhibit intrinsic frequency domain multiplexing at microwave

Vertically Graded Anisotropy in Co/Pd Multilayers

March 8, 2010

Author(s)

Brian J. Kirby, Joseph E. Davies, Kai Liu, Shannon Watson, G. T. Zimanyi, Robert D. Shull, Paul A. Kienzle, Julie A. Borchers

It has been theoretically predicted that depth-grading the magnetic anisotropy in perpendicular magnetic media should reduce the field required to write data

Synthesis of Photoactive Magnetic Nanoparticles with Atomic Layer Deposition

March 8, 2010

Author(s)

Yun Zhou, David M. King, Jianhua Li, Kathryn S. Barrett, Ronald B. Goldfarb, Alan W. Weimer

Iron-based magnetic nanoparticles have been produced by decomposition of iron oxalate powder. The micron-sized iron oxalate powder was first ground using a

Broadband Characterization of Individual Platinum Nanowires

March 7, 2010

Author(s)

Kichul Kim, Thomas M. Wallis, Paul Rice, Chin J. Chiang, Atif A. Imtiaz, Pavel Kabos, Dejan Filipovic

Conductivity and contact resistance of 100 nm and 250 nm diameter platinum (Pt) nanowires (NWs) are investigated computationally and experimentally. Finite

Accelerator Surface Phase Associated with Superconformal Cu Electrodeposition

March 5, 2010

Author(s)

Thomas P. Moffat, Liang Yueh Ou Yang

Superconformal film growth is a key process in state-of-the-art Cu metallization of electronic devices. Superfilling of recessed surface features results from

Low-loss superconducting resonant circuits using vacuum-gap -based microwave components

March 4, 2010

Author(s)

Katarina Cicak, Dale Li, Joshua Strong, Michael S. Allman, Fabio Altomare, Adam J. Sirois, Jed D. Whittaker, Raymond W. Simmonds

We have produced high quality resonant microwave circuits through developing a vacuum-gap technology for fabricating lumped-element capacitive and inductive

Energy dissipation of highly charged ions on Al oxide films

March 3, 2010

Author(s)

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

Slow highly charged ions carry a large amount of potential energy that can be dissipated within femtoseconds upon interaction with a surface. HCI-insulator

Normal-state conductance used to probe superconducting tunnel junctions for quantum computing

March 3, 2010

Author(s)

David P. Pappas, Jeffrey S. Kline, Seongshik Ohy, Carlos Chapraro, Richard Bavier, Yong Kim, Eunyoung Kim

Here we report normal-state conductance measurements of three different types of superconducting tunnel junctions that are being used or proposed for quantum

Diffusion-controlled reference material for VOC emissions testing: proof of concept

March 3, 2010

Author(s)

Steve Cox, Zhe Liu, John Little, Cynthia H. Reed, Steven J. Nabinger, Andrew K. Persily

Because of concerns about indoor air quality, there is growing awareness of the need to reduce the rate at which indoor materials and products emit volatile

Wind Driven Fire Research: Hazard and Tactics

March 2, 2010

Author(s)

Daniel M. Madrzykowski, Stephen Kerber

Fires in high-rise buildings create unique safety challenges for buillding occupants and fire fighters. Smoke and heat spreading through the corridors and the

The Nanomechanical Properties of Thin Film of Type I Collagen Fibrils

March 2, 2010

Author(s)

Koo-Hyun Chung, Kiran Bhadriraju, Tighe Spurlin, Robert F. Cook, Anne L. Plant

Cells sense and respond to the mechanical properties of the substrate to which they adhere. Matrices composed of collagen have been an important experimental

Erratum: Scintillation time dependence and pulse shape discrimination in liquid argon

March 2, 2010

Author(s)

W. H. Lippincott, Kevin Coakley, D. Gastler, A. Hime, E. Kearns, D. N. McKinsey, J. A. Nikkel, L.C. Stonehill

We have found an error in the code used to perform the multibin method analysis of Sec. III C in which events were compared to a template trace calculated from

Scintillation time dependence and pulse shape discrimination in liquid argon

March 2, 2010

Author(s)

W. H. Lippincott, Kevin Coakley, D. Gastler, A. Hime, E. Kearns, D. N. McKinsey, J. A. Nikkel, L. C. Stonehill

Using a single-phase liquid argon detector with a signal yield of 4.85 photoelectrons per keV of electronic-equivalent recoil energy (keVee), we measure the

Recommendations for Fluorescence Instrument Qualification: The New ASTM Standard Guide

March 1, 2010

Author(s)

Paul C. DeRose, Ute Resch-Genger

Aimed at improving quality assurance and quantitation for modern fluorescence techniques, ASTM is about to release a Standard Guide for Fluorescence, reviewed

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