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Test Results of the First US ITER TF Conductor in SULTAN

June 22, 2009

Author(s)

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...

Internal tin Nb3Sn conductors engineered for fusion and particle accelerator applications

June 22, 2009

Author(s)

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...

Practical Aspects of Counting Electrons with a Single-Electron Tunneling Pump

June 21, 2009

Author(s)

Mark W. Keller

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...

DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND ASSEMBLY OF A HOLLOW-CORE FIBER-BASED MICRO CRYOGENIC COOLER

June 21, 2009

Author(s)

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...

Raman Processes and Effective Gauge Potentials

June 19, 2009

Author(s)

Ian B. Spielman

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...

Combinatorial Study of Thin Film Metal Hydride by Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis

June 19, 2009

Author(s)

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...

Measurement Standards for Optically Active Coatings to Improve Shipboard Tank Preservation

June 18, 2009

Author(s)

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 transition probabilities for 559 strong lines of neutral cerium

June 17, 2009

Author(s)

John J. Curry

Absolute radiative transition probabilities are reported for 559 strong lines of neutral cerium covering the wavelength range 340 nm to 880 nm. These transition...

Analysis of Structural Response of WTC 7 to Fire and Sequential Failures Leading to Collapse

June 17, 2009

Author(s)

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...

Laboratory Effects Models for Interlaboratory Comparisons

June 16, 2009

Author(s)

Blaza Toman, Antonio M. Possolo

Statistical analysis of inter-laboratory comparisons (e.g. Key Comparisons, Supplemental Comparisons) is required to produce an estimate of the measurand called...

Vacuum-Gap Capacitors for Low-Loss Superconducting Resonant Circuits

June 16, 2009

Author(s)

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...

Representing Bias-Network Baseband Characteristics when Simulating Intermodulation Distortion

June 15, 2009

Author(s)

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...

Accurate Noncontact Calibration of Colloidal Probe Sensitivities in Atomic Force Microscopy

June 15, 2009

Author(s)

Koo-Hyun Chung, Gordon A. Shaw, Jon R. Pratt

The absolute force sensitivities of colloidal probes comprised of atomic force microscope, or AFM, cantilevers with microspheres attached to their distal ends...

The contribution of lipid layer movement to tear film thinning and breakup

June 15, 2009

Author(s)

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...

Semantic-Mediation for Standards-based B2B Interoperability

June 15, 2009

Author(s)

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...

Mechanism of Formation of Vesicle Fused Phospholipid Monolayers on Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayer Supports

June 15, 2009

Author(s)

John T. Woodward IV, Curtis W. Meuse

Hashing Techniques for Mobile Device Forensics

June 15, 2009

Author(s)

Richard Ayers, Shira Danker, Rick Mislan

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...

A Comparison of the Hypersonic Vehicle Fuel JP-7 to the Rocket Propellants RP-1 and RP-2 Using the Advanced Distillation Curve Method

June 15, 2009

Author(s)

Tara Lovestead, Thomas J. Bruno

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...

Thermoelectric and Structural Characterization of Ba2Ho(Cu3-xCox)O6+y

June 13, 2009

Author(s)

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...

Model for Thermodynamic Properties of a Biodiesel Fuel

June 12, 2009

Author(s)

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...

ASSESSMENT OF STABILITY OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN TWO NIST NATURAL MATRIX ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS: SRM 1547 PEACH LEAVES AND SRM 1566A OYSTER TISSUE

June 12, 2009

Author(s)

Elizabeth A. Mackey, Rabia Oflaz

The NIST program for environmental Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) includes environmental materials covering a range of different matrices and mass fraction...

CHALLENGES AND SUCCESS FOR NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS PROCEDURES IN VALUE ASSIGNMENT OF ANIMAL SERUM AND BOVINE LIVER STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS

June 12, 2009

Author(s)

Rolf L. Zeisler, Robert R. Greenberg, Elizabeth A. Mackey, Karen E. Murphy, Rabia Oflaz, Bryan E. Tomlin

Analyses for value assignment in the renewal SRMs 1598a Animal Serum and SRM 1577c Bovine Liver included extensive characterization by neutron ac-tivation...

Ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering at the Advanced Photon Source

June 12, 2009

Author(s)

Pete R. Jemian, Jan Ilavsky, Andrew J. Allen, Fan Zhang, Lyle E. Levine, Gabrielle G. Long

The design and operation of a versatile ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering (USAXS) instrument at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory...

Optimal Surface-Electrode Trap Lattices for Quantum Simulation with Trapped Ions

June 12, 2009

Author(s)

Roman Schmied , Janus H. Wesenberg, Dietrich Leibfried

Trapped ions offer long internal state (spin) coherence times and strong inter-particle interactions mediated by the Coulomb force. This makes them interesting...

Multi-Scale Microstructure Characterization of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Assemblies with Ultra Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering

June 11, 2009

Author(s)

Andrew J. Allen, Jan Ilavsky, Artur Braun

The structure of three solid oxide fuel cell assemblies with 200 micrometers nominal thick-ness in the transverse plane, before and after operation, and with...

Probing the Growth and Aging of Colloidal Cobalt Nanoparticles

June 11, 2009

Author(s)

Guangjun Cheng, Cindi L. Dennis, Robert D. Shull, Angela R. Hight Walker

We have combined transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and magnetic measurements to characterize the growth of colloidal cobalt (Co) nanoparticles during...

Selective Binding of RNAse B Glycoforms by Polydopamine-immobilized Concanavalin A

June 10, 2009

Author(s)

Todd A. Morris, Alexander W. Peterson, Michael J. Tarlov

Glycoanalysis is important in the manufacture and quality control of protein therapeutics. An emerging method for glycoanalysis is the use of lectin arrays...

Superconformal Electrodeposition of Co and Co-Fe Alloys using 2-Mercapto-5-benzimidazolesulfonic Acid (MBIS)

June 10, 2009

Author(s)

Chang H. Lee, John E. Bonevich, Joseph E. Davies, Thomas P. Moffat

Superconformal Co(Fe) filling of submicrometer trenches by electrodeposition is demonstrated in the presence of 2-mercapto-5-benzimidazolesulfonic acid (MBIS)...

Time-Domain Free-Field Measurements of the Relative Permittivity of Building Materials

June 10, 2009

Author(s)

Chriss A. Grosvenor, Robert Johnk, James R. Baker-Jarvis, Michael D. Janezic, Billy F. Riddle

Free-field measurements were made on several materials using dual-ridged guide antennas and 1 m x 1 m samples placed on an optical table loaded with absorber...

Osteoblast response to polymeric composites varying in composition, conversion and roughness using a combinatorial approach

June 10, 2009

Author(s)

Nancy J. Lin, Sheng Lin-Gibson

Dimethacrylates typically used in dental composites are seeing increased applications in orthopedics, applications where cell-material contact is highly likely...

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