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Journals

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...

Accurate Stochastic Simulations Using Graphics Hardware: Nanoassembly With the Optical Tweezers

March 1, 2010

Author(s)

Arvind K. Balijepalli, Thomas W. LeBrun, Satyandra K. Gupta

Significant speedup is possible when using the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) for stochastic particle simulations. A simulation of freely diffusing spherical...

Uncertainty Analysis of Thermal Transmission Properties Determined by ASTM C 177

March 1, 2010

Author(s)

Robert R. Zarr

An uncertainty analysis for steady-state thermal transmission properties determined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 1016 mm Guarded...

The Use of 35S and Tnos Expression Elements in the Measurement of Genetically Engineered Plant Materials

March 1, 2010

Author(s)

Marcia J. Holden, Marci Levine, Tandace Scholdberg, Ross J. Haynes, G. Ronald Jenkins

An online survey was conducted by the International Life Sciences Institute International, Food Biotechnology Committee, on the use of qualitative and...

Direct measurement of vector polarization-mode dispersion from repeated random data by use of linear optical sampling

March 1, 2010

Author(s)

Paul A. Williams, Tasshi Dennis

Polarization-dependent optical sampling techniques measure the complex electric field, allowing one to monitor the degrading effects of a communication channel...

The wildland-urban interface fire problem - Current approaches and Research Needs

March 1, 2010

Author(s)

William E. Mell, Samuel L. Manzello, Alexander Maranghides, David T. Butry, Ronald G. Rehm

Wildfires that spread into wildland-urban interface (WUI) communities present significant challenges on a number of fronts. In the United States the WUI...

Weight Functions for Biases in Atomic Frequency Standards

March 1, 2010

Author(s)

Jon H. Shirley

Many perturbations that affect atomic frequency standards vary during the period of measurement. To include this time variation, we introduce three time...

Infrared imaging method of measuring growth rate of a hydride phase

March 1, 2010

Author(s)

Zhuopeng Tan

A method of studying growth rate of hydrides using in-situ infrared imaging of wedge-shaped films is presented. Hydrogenation experiments with Pd-capped Mg-Ti...

Life-Cycle Carbon and Cost Analysis of Energy Efficiency Measures in New Commercial Buildings

March 1, 2010

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel

Building energy efficiency has become a top priority due to the recent energy price spikes and increasing concern regarding climate change. It is easier and...

Optical performance monitoring of QPSK data channels by use of neural networks trained with parameters derived from asynchronous constellation diagrams

March 1, 2010

Author(s)

Jeffrey A. Jargon, Xiaoxia Wu, Alan Willner

We demonstrate a technique for optical performance monitoring of quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK) data channels by simultaneously identifying optical signal...

How Accurate is a Radio Controlled Clock?

March 1, 2010

Author(s)

Michael A. Lombardi

This paper discusses the factors that determine the accuracy of radio controlled clocks. The topics covered including the accuracy of the time signal station...

Pilot Study of Automated Bullet Signature Identification Based on Topography Measurements and Correlations

March 1, 2010

Author(s)

Wei Chu, Jun-Feng Song, Theodore V. Vorburger, James H. Yen, Susan M. Ballou, Benjamin Bachrach

A procedure for automated bullet signature identification is described based on topography measurements using confocal microscope and correlations calculation...

Automated Mapping of Explosives Particles in Composition C-4 Fingerprints

March 1, 2010

Author(s)

Jennifer R. Verkouteren, Jessica L. Staymates, Inho Cho

A method is described to perform automated mapping of RDX particles in C-4 fingerprints. The method employs polarized light microscopy and image analysis to map...

Comparison of Electronics Products Standards for Sustainability

March 1, 2010

Author(s)

Gaurav Ameta, Prabir Sarkar

This paper focuses on electronics product standards in relation to sustainability. Sustainability can be viewed as the ability of the current generation to meet...

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