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The chemical analysis of process streams is a common task that must be completed thousands of times every day in the chemical industry. In refineries, at gas
Peter D. Moeller, Kevin Beauchesne, Kevin Huncik, William Davis, Steven J. Christopher, Andrew Gelasco, Pamela Riggs-Gelasco
Pfiesteria piscicida represents one of many dinoflagellate species inhabiting inter-coastal waterways and estuaries. This organism has been implicated in the
Molecular dynamics simulations of ions in water are reported for solutionsof varying solute concentration at ambient conditions for6 cations and 4 anions in 10
Douglas T. Smith, Gordon A. Shaw, Richard Seugling, Jon R. Pratt, Dan Xiang
We describe the development, performance and application of an accurate SI-traceable force calibration and verification system for potential use in the field
L Bellaiche, Jorge Iniguez, Eric J. Cockayne, Benjamin P. Burton
A first-principles-based model is developed to investigate the influence of lead vacancies on the properties of relaxor ferroelectric Pb(Sc1/2Nb1/2)O3 (PSN)
This paper describes the detection of single photons, which have been transmitted through standard fiber at the telecom wavelength of 1310 nm. Following
Srinivas Vanapalli, Michael A. Lewis, Zhihua Gan, Ray Radebaugh
A pulse tube cryocooler operating at 120 Hz with 3.5 MPa average pressure achieved a no-load temperature of about 49.9 K and a cooldown time to 80 K of 5.5
Simone Lee, Thomas M. Wallis, John M. Moreland, Pavel Kabos, Y. C. Lee
Magnetic field imaging probes are developed in this work. Multi-material, MEMS-based cantilever probes were developed for high frequency magnetic field imaging
Igor Vayshenker, John H. Lehman, David J. Livigni, Xiaoyu X. Li, Kuniaki Amemiya, Daiji Fukuda, Seiji Mukai, Shinji Kimura, Michiyuki Endo, Jacques Morel, Armin Gambon
We describe the results of a comparison of reference standards between three National Metrology Institutes: the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Students of the experimental sciences have a need to learn how to interface multiple instruments to computers for the purpose of building effective data
Shuhui Kang, B D. Vogt, Vivek Prabhu, Eric K. Lin, Wen-Li Wu, David L. VanderHart, Ashwin Rao, Karen Turnquest
We demonstrate a general approach to characterize compositional heterogeneity in polymer thin films using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy
We have determined the scattering length of the a3Sigma+ potential of 87RbCs based on experimental observations from the literature and the known value for the
In this paper, closed-form expressions for the current density on the ground planes of an asymmetric stripline structure are derived. The derivation utilizes
When a Ne:NCCN sample is codeposited at 4.3 K with neon atoms that have been excited in a microwave discharge, the infrared and near infrared spectra of the
Hyun Wook Ro, K Char, Eun-Chae Jeon, H C. Kim, Dongil Kwon, Hae-Jeong Lee, J. H. Lee, Hee-Woo Rhee, Christopher L. Soles, Do Y. Yoon
An increasing number of technologies demand nanoporous materials with vastly improved physical, mechanical and thermal properties. This manuscript develops the
Bottom-up superfill during electrodeposition that is used for industrial processing of damascene copper interconnects has also been demonstrated during
Studies of the infrared spectra of small molecular ions offer valuable information regarding the structures and chemical bonding properties of these species
Chuang Liang, Fook L. Kim, Milja Medic, Prem Kumar, Robert Hadfield, Sae Woo Nam
We demonstrate the suitability of fiber-generated entangled photon pairs for practical quantum communications in the telecom band by measuring their properties
Jason Benkoski, Steven Bowles, Bryan Korth, Ronald L. Jones, Jack F. Douglas, Alamgir Karim, Jeffrey Pyun
Polymer-coated ferromagnetic colloids are first assembled with an applied magnetic field and then permanently fixed into one-dimensional mesostructures using a
We performed a detailed study of the effect of annealing (at temperatures up to 300°C) on 0.2-3.0 nm thick epitaxial Fe layers deposited on GaAs(001). Using
Silicon is rather inefficient light emitter due to the indirect-band gap electronic structure, requiring a phonon to balance electron momentum during interband
A general theory is presented to estimate the uncertainty of a frequency comparison in the presence of dead time or time offset in the measurement. The
Christine M. Mahoney, Albert J. Fahey, John G. Gillen, Chang Xu, James Batteas
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) employing an SF polyatomic primary ion source was used to depth profile Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) at a series of
Christine M. Mahoney, Albert J. Fahey, John G. Gillen
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) employing an SF5+ polyatomic primary ion source was used to depth profile Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) at a series of