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Bin Li, Qiu Zhao, Huai Huang, Zhiquan Luo, Jay Im, Michael W. Cresswell, Richard A. Allen, Min K. Kang, Rui Huang, Paul S. Ho
Silicon nanostructures are essential building blocks for nanoelectronic devices and nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS). Mechanical characterization at
Mariona Coll Bau, Christina A. Hacker, Lauren H. Miller, Daniel R. Hines, E. C. Williams, Curt A. Richter
In the emerging area of molecular electronics, fabrication of reliable metallic contacts remains one of the most critical challenges. Nanotransfer printing (nTP
Stacy S. Schuur, Paul R. Becker, Michael B. Ellisor, Amanda J. Moors, Rebecca S. Pugh, David G. Roseneau
Gull eggs have been used to monitor contaminants in many parts of the world. The Seabird Tissue Archival & Monitoring Project (STAMP) is a long-term program
Jason G. Kralj, Audrey Player, Hope Sedrick, Matt S. Munson, David Petersen, Samuel P. Forry, Paul Meltzer, Ernest Kawasaki, Laurie E. Locascio
We show single-cell level linear amplification of gene expression libraries immobilized on a microfluidic packed bed. This is a critical step in the Eberwine
Daniel W. Bearden, Mark Viant, Jacob Bundy, Ian Burton, Tim Collette, Drew Ekman, Tobias Karakach, Ching Y. Lin, Simone Rochfort, Jeff de Ropp, Quincy Teng, Ron Tjeerdema, John Walter, Huifeng Wu
Several fundamental requirements must be met so that NMR-based metabolomics can be formally adopted into environmental monitoring and chemical risk assessment
Jennifer M. Lynch, Aurore Guichard, Jennifer Yordy, Michele M. Schantz, John R. Kucklick, Robert R. Swarthout, Brianna K. Carlson
An increasing number of studies use blood obtained non-invasively to monitor organohalogen contaminants. However, blood can be a difficult tissue to analyze for
A common technique in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of fire is to assume single step, infinitely fast combustion, in which case the transport
Daniel A. Fischer, C Patridge, Cherno Jaye, H Zhang, Amy Marschilok, E Takeuchi, S Banerjee
Single-crystalline copper vanadium oxide nanowires β'-CuxV2O5 (x ~ 0.60) have been synthesized by the hydrothermal reduction of bulk CuV2O6 using small-molecule
In this paper, the DC internal inductance for conductors with rectangular cross-section is investigated. Using a quasistatic Green's function, the magnetic
N Poli, M.G. Tarallo, M. Schioppo, A. Alberti, Giorgio Ferrari, V. Ivanov, Christopher W. Oates, G.M. Tino
While existing optical lattice clocks demonstrate a high level of performance, they remain complex experimental devices. In order to address a wider range of
Paul C. DeRose, Melody V. Smith, Klaus Mielenz, Douglas H. Blackburn, Gary W. Kramer
Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2940 is a cuvette-shaped, Mn-ion-doped glass, recommended for use for relative spectral correction of emission and day-to-day
Evan L. Thomas, Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Daniel P. Phelan
The effect of cobalt doping (0.05 ≤ x ≤ 0.50) on the thermopower of the newly discovered superconductor FeSe0.82 is investigated through electrical and thermal
Edwin R. Williams, Darine El Haddad, V Generalova, Pierre Gournay, C. Hauch, F. Villar, Richard L. Steiner, Ruimin Liu
This paper describes a new method to damp out balance pan oscillations even when the balance is operated in vacuum. The key is to tune the wavelength of the
Andrew M. Dienstfrey, Tammy L. Oreskovic, Herbert S. Bennett, Lawrence T. Hudson
In 2007, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the International Society for Clinical Densitometry designed a survey to prioritize seven
Matthew S. Kirchner, Danielle Braje, Tara M. Fortier, A.M. Weiner, Leo Hollberg, Scott A. Diddams
Optical filtering of a stabilized 1 GHz optical frequency comb produces a 20 GHz comb with ~40 nm bandwidth (FWHM) at 960 nm. Using a low finesse Fabry-Perot
NIST has upgraded its measurement capability of noise parameters on low-noise amplifiers with a variable termination unit (VTU) in the 1 to 12.4 GHz frequency
Patrick J. Abbott, Zeina J. Kubarych, Ruimin Liu, Edwin R. Williams, Joe Chalfoun
We describe a mass comparison system in which a test mass artifact in air can be directly compared to a standard mass artifact in vacuum using the same high
The availability of reliable materials data is key to the successful design of materials and manufacturing processes. Commercial alloys rarely consist of only
The SIM Time Network (SIMTN) has been one of the great success stories of the Sistema Interamericano de Metrologia (SIM), a regional metrology organization (RMO
Samuel P. Benz, Jifeng Qu, Horst Rogalla, D. R. White, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Weston L. Tew, Sae Woo Nam
We have developed a Johnson noise thermometry (JNT) system that is calibrated by precision waveforms synthesized with a quantized voltage noise source (QVNS)
Samuel P. Benz, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Alain Rufenacht, Norman F. Bergren, Joseph R. Kinard Jr., Regis Landim
We present a new record rms output voltage of 275 mV, which is a 25 % improvement over the maximum achieved with previous ac Josephson voltage standard (ACJVS)
Alain Rufenacht, Charles J. Burroughs, Samuel P. Benz, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Bryan C. Waltrip, Thomas L. Nelson
We have developed a precision technique to measure sine wave sources with the use of a quantum-accurate ac programmable Josephson voltage standard. This paper
Charles J. Burroughs, Alain Rufenacht, Samuel P. Benz, Paul D. Dresselhaus
We have measured stepwise-approximated sine waves generated by a Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard (PJVS) with several different output configurations
Luke A. Shokere, Marcia J. Holden, G. Ronald Jenkins
Isogenic NK603 DNA was degraded by sonication or heat and quantified using A260 and a fluorescent dye method. qPCR experiments were conducted by amplifying an
Temperature dependence of AC susceptibilities χ' and χ'' are reported using frequencies fm = 0.1 Hz, 1 Hz, 99 Hz, 499 Hz and 997 Hz for nanoparticles (NPs) of
Alper Karul, Kar T. Tan, Christopher C. White, Donald L. Hunston, Steve marshall, Bulent Akgun, Sushil K. Satija, Christopher Soles, Bryan D. Vogt
Ambient moisture is known to accumulate at the interface between polymers and metal oxides, leading to detrimental consequences on physical properties such as
Jon H. Shirley, Thomas P. Heavner, Steven R. Jefferts
Many high performance atomic frequency standards, including cesium fountains and most optical standards, operate with pulsed measurements, that is, an atomic
We describe measurements with a pulse-driven Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer (JAWS) that uses a ternary arbitrary bit-stream generator as the bias
Bryan C. Waltrip, Bo Gong, Thomas L. Nelson, Yicheng Wang, Charles J. Burroughs, Alain Rufenacht, Samuel Benz, Paul Dresselhaus
This paper describes the implementation of a new quantum-based system for the generation of 120 V rms, 5 A rms, sinusoidal, active and reactive power over the