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Anthony D. Patrick, Xiao Dong, Thomas C. Allison, Estela Blaisten-Barojas
A tight-binding model Hamiltonian is newly parametrized for silicon carbide based on fits to a database of energy points calculated within the density functional
Christopher D. Zangmeister, Savelas A. Rabb, Du Bingchen, YuYe Tong
Controlled Pt adlayers were deposited on commercial Ru nanoparticles (NPs) using an industrially scalable one-pot ethylene glycol (EG) reduction based method
Alexana Roshko, Todd E. Harvey, Brittany L. Hyland, Lehman Y. Susan, Keith D. Cobry
The lateral uniformity of self-assembled InGaAs quantum dots grown by molecular beam epitaxy(MBE) was assessed as a function of growth conditions. Variations in
Daniel Josell, Carlos R. Beauchamp, Suyong S. Jung, Behrang H. Hamadani, Abhishek Motayed, Lee J. Richter, Maureen E. Williams, John E. Bonevich, Alexander J. Shapiro, Nikolai B. Zhitenev, Thomas P. Moffat
Cadmium-telluride photovoltaic cells were deposited on substrates patterned with two interdigitated electrodes. Deposition involved application of different
Our results show that growth of horizontal ZnO nanowires on sapphire a-plane takes place epitaxially with misfit dislocations much fewer than theoretically
Michael J. Biercuk, Hermann Uys, Aaron Vandevender, Nobuyasu Shiga, Wayne M. Itano, John J. Bollinger
We present a detailed experimental study of the Uhrig Dynamical Decoupling (UDD) sequence in a variety of noise environments. Our qubit system consists of a
Daniel W. Bearden, John E. Oatis, Pam Brunsfeld, James W. Rushing, Peter D. Moeller, Thomas N. Gallien, George W. Cooper
The Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway is essential for embryogenesis and tissue homeostasis in the adult. However, it may also induce malignancies in a number of
Paul D. Hale, Dylan F. Williams, Tomoko Borsa, B. J. VanZeghbroeck
A novel nano-structured metal-semiconductor-metal photodetector consisting of interdigitated metal fingers and nanodots is successfully fabricated on a semi
Arno Godeke, D. Turrioni, T. Boutboul, Najib Cheggour, A. K. Ghosh, Loren F. Goodrich, M Meinesz, A. den Ouden
We report on a multi-institute comparison of critical current data, measured on a modern Large Hadron Collider (LHC) NbTi wire that has shown a standard
Nicolai N. Martovetsky, Daniel R. Hatfield, John R. Miller, Chen-yu Gung, Joel S. Schultz, Najib Cheggour, Loren F. Goodrich, Pierluigi Bruzzone, Boris Stepanov, Rainer Wesche, Bernd Seeber
The US Domestic Agency is one of six parties supplying TF cable-in-conduit conductors (CICCs) for ITER. Previous tests have shown that measured performance of
Jeffrey Parrell, Y. Zhang, Michael Field, M Meinesz, Yonghua Huang, H Miao, Seungok Hong, Najib Cheggour, Loren F. Goodrich
The critical current density (Jc) of Nb3Sn strand has been significantly improved over the last several years. For most magnet applications, high Jc internal
Various aspects of the single-electron tunneling pumps based on Al junctions studied at NIST over the past 15 years are covered in this review. The operation of
James C. Booth, Mu Hong Lin, Peter E. Bradley, H.-j Wu, Ray Radebaugh, Y.C. Lee
One of the smallest Joule Thomson (J-T) micro cryogenic coolers (MCC) utilizing a hollow-core fiberbased heat exchanger (HX) is designed, fabricated, assembled
Here I discuss a new technique by which light-induced gauge potentials allow systems of ultra-cold neutral atoms to behave like charged particles in a magnetic
Raymond Cao, Jason Hattrick-Simpers, Richard Bindel, Bryan E. Tomlin, Rolf L. Zeisler, Rick L. Paul, Leonid A. Bendersky, Robert G. Downing
Cold neutron prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA) was used to determine the amount of hydrogen in thin film Mg hydrides with varying hydrogenation times. The
Maria E. Nadal, Carl C. Miller, Richard Harold, Paul Gossen
The cost of corrosion control to the Department of Defense (DOD) is estimated to be $20B/yr. Eliminating coating defects during the coating application job is
Absolute radiative transition probabilities are reported for 559 strong lines of neutral cerium covering the wavelength range 340 nm to 880 nm. These transition
Therese P. McAllister, Robert S. MacNeill, Omer O. Erbay, Andrew T. Sarawit, Mehdi S. Zarghamee, Steven W. Kirkpatrick, John L. Gross
This paper presents the structural analysis approach used and results obtained during the investigation conducted by the National Institute of Standards and
Statistical analysis of inter-laboratory comparisons (e.g. Key Comparisons, Supplemental Comparisons) is required to produce an estimate of the measurand called
Katarina Cicak, Michael S. Allman, Joshua Strong, Kevin Osborn, Raymond W. Simmonds
Low-loss microwave components are used in many superconducting resonant circuits from multiplexed readouts of low-temperature detector arrays to quantum bits
Catherine A. Remley, C. Michael Olsen, Susan L. Sweeney
We demonstrate a method to characterize and represent bias-tees, and other components in the signal path, in an accurate and practical fashion in circuit
The absolute force sensitivities of colloidal probes comprised of atomic force microscope, or AFM, cantilevers with microspheres attached to their distal ends
Geoffrey B. McFadden, Christopher Smith, Barbara A. Fink, Jason J. Nichols, Richard J. Braun
The purpose of this study is to investigate the origin of the tear film thinning between blinks, which can lead to tear film breakup and ocular surface damage
Marko Vujasinovic, Nenad Ivezic, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Michele Missikoff, Francesco Taglino, Zoran Marjanovic, Igor Miletic
The authors discuss a semantic-mediation architecture to advance traditional approaches for standards-based business-to-business (B2B) interoperability. The
Technological advances found in mobile devices today, equal or exceed that of the computing power present in desktop computers of less than a decade ago. As
JP-7 is a hydrocarbon-based kerosene fraction with a low volatility and high thermal stability. JP-7 was developed in the 1950s to meet the more stringent
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Z Yang, Y F. Hu, Qingzhen Huang, Nathan Lowhorn, Makoto Otani, James A. Kaduk, Martin L. Green, Q Li
The search for thermoelectric materials for power generation and for solid-state cooling have led to the increased interest of layered cobalt-containing oxides
Marcia L. Huber, Eric W. Lemmon, Andrei F. Kazakov, Lisa S. Ott, Thomas J. Bruno
We present an equation-of-state approach to modeling the thermodynamic properties of a biodiesel fuel. Preliminary Helmholtz-type equations of state were
The NIST program for environmental Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) includes environmental materials covering a range of different matrices and mass fraction