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Journals

Measuring the Extent of Exfoliation in Polymer/Clay Nanocompsites Using Real-Time Process Monitoring Methods

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Anthony J. Bur, T Y. Lee, S C. Roth, P R. Start

Polymer/Clay nanocomposites were compounded using a twin screw extruder that was instrumented with multiple sensors. The sensors were situated in a slit die...

Fabrication of GaN-Based Nanoscale Device Structures Utilizing Focused Ion Beam Induced Pt Deposition

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Abhishek Motayed, Albert Davydov, Mark D. Vaudin, Igor Levin, John Melngailis, S N. Mohammad

In this work we have demonstrated nanoscale GaN device structures made from individual GaN nanowires and electrical contacts utilizing Focused Ion Beam (FIB)...

Elastic and Anelastic Properties of a Copper-Precipited Alloy Steel

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

H M. Ledbetter, Sung Kim, H Ogi

We studied the elastic and anelastic properties of an alloy steel containing 1.1 mass % copper subjected to various isothermal agings. The steel's hardness...

Schlieren Imaging in Materials Processing

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Steven P. Mates

Even before Ernst Mach used it to visualize sock waves cast by a supersonic bullet in 1888, the schlieren optical technique has been a valuable diagnostic tool...

The Effect of Bi Contamination on the Solidification Behavior of Sn-Pb Solders

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Kil-Won Moon, Ursula R. Kattner, C A. Handwerker

This paper presents experimental results and theoretical calculations that evaluate the effects of Bi contamination on the solidification behavior of Sn-Pb...

Reference Materials and Reference Data for Tissue Engineered Medical Products

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

John A. Tesk

finition for reference materials and the need for reference materials and reference data for tissue engineered medical products are given. The information...

Entanglement Effects on the Dewetting of Polymer Thin Films

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

K A. Barnes, Alamgir Karim, Jack F. Douglas, Da-Wei Liu, Eric J. Amis

We investigate the dewetting of entangled and unentangled polymer films from model viscous polymer and inorganic substrates. Linear and hypergraft...

Examination of Sn Electrodeposit on a Substrate Not Forming Intermetallic

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Maureen E. Williams, Kil-Won Moon, William J. Boettinger, Daniel Josell

Intermetallic compound (IMC) formation at the interface between the tin (Sn) plating and the copper (Cu) substrate of electronic components has been thought to...

Pulp Capping Treatments of Sound and Inflamed Teeth With a Remineralizing Resein-Based Ca-Po₄ Cement

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Sabine H. Dickens, Glenn M. Flaim, Gary E. Schumacher, F Eichmiller, Duane R. Schafer, R B. Rutherford

The pulp capping activity of an adhesive resin-based Ca-PO4 cement (RCPC) was evaluated on sound dog teeth after (7, 28 or 90) d, and on inflamed and sound...

Edge Saturation Fields and Dynamic Edge Modes in Ideal and Non-Ideal Magnetic Film Edges

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Robert D. McMichael, Brian B. Maranville

This paper describes modeling of the micromagnetic behavior near edges of ferromagentic thin films when uniform fields are applied in plane and perpendicular to...

High Order Shape Functions for Finite Element Analysis

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Frederick R. Phelan Jr.

A formalism for high-order shape functions used in finite element analysis is developed. The formalism allows the shape functions to be conveniently expressed...

Setting Kinetics of Calcium Phosphate Cement by Dielectric Spectroscopy

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

H J. Mueller, R W. Hirthe

Calcium phosphate cements (CPC) are useful because of their excellent biocompatibility and self-hardening behavior. The setting reaction involving equimolar...

Titanium's b.c.c. Monocrystal Elastic Constants

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Sudook A. Kim

The 1998 American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting--A Centennial Celebration

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Winnie Wong-Ng

The 1998 annual meeting of the American Ceramics Society (ACerS) and exposition represented a unique milestone. It was the beginning of the centennial...

Effect of modified interfaces on electromigration of passivated Al lines

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

C E. Kalnas, J M. Phelps, T N. Marieh, A Ho

Al interconnect lines, 2.6 υm wide, 0.5 υm thick, and 300 υm long, were synthesized with modified metal/passivation interfaces. The interface modifications are...

Structural Characterization of Deep Sub-Micron Lithographic Structures Using Angle Neutron Scattering

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Eric K. Lin, Ronald L. Jones, Wen-Li Wu, John Barker, P J. Bolton, Z Barclay

As critical dimensions continue to decrease with each technology node, the precise characterization of line width and profile becomes an increasingly...

Effects of the Acetone Content of Single Solution Dentin Bonding Agents on the Adhesive Layer Thickness and the Microtensile Bond Strength

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

B H. Cho, Sabine H. Dickens

Objectives: This study investigated the hypothesis that varying the acetone content of single solution dentin bonding agents may affect the adhesive layer...

NIST/ACerS Crystalline Silica Workshop: A Synopsis

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Stephen W. Freiman, R Haber, J Flatley

This paper represents a summary of a Workshop held in Gaithersburg, MD, on May 30-31, 2002, to discuss technical issues relative to the potential health issues...

Edge Toughness and Material Properties of Dental Ceramics

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Janet Quinn, Isabel K. Lloyd

Objectives: In the edge chipping test, an increasing load is applied near the edge of a material until a chip is formed. Higher loads are required to form chips...

Computational Materials Science and Industrial R&D: Accelerating Progress

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

S C. Glotzer, James A. Warren

Computtional materials research has made major advances over the past decade in accelerating the design, processing and performance of technologically important...

The Quantification of Cellular Viability and Inflammatory Response to Dental Bonding Resins

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

L A. Bailey, Michael Weir, N Washburn

The biocompatibility of dental resins is one of the fundamental requirements for effective use in the oral environment. The goals of this work are to quantify...

Effects of Regional Tooth Structure and Sectioning Orientation on Micro-Shear Bond Strength

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Joseph M. Antonucci, Walter G. McDonough, Gary E. Schumacher, Y Shimada

Enamel and dentin are anisotropic materials because of their highly oriented microstructures that arises from the prismatic apatite structure of enamel and the...

Directional Solidification in a AgCuSn Eutectic Alloy

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Robert J. Schaefer, D J. Lewis

An experimental study of microstructures in a directionally solidified, near-eutectic solder Ag-Cu-Sn alloy has been completed. This material is an important...

High-Temperature, Tensile, Constitutive Data for World Trade Center Steels

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

William E. Luecke, Stephen W. Banovic, Joseph D. McColskey

This paper reports high-temperature tensile constitutive data for nine steels recovered from the fire and impact floors of the World Trade Center...

Elastic-Strain Tensor and Inhomogeneous Strain in Thin Films by X-ray Diffraction

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Davor Balzar, N Popa

Major International Lead (Pd)-Free Solder Studies

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

C A. Handwerker, E E. de Kluizenaar, K Suganuma, Frank W. Gayle

Beginning in 1991, the microelectronics community worldwide became increasingly aware of the possibility of being required, by law, by tax, or by market...

Defect-Related Lattice Strain and the Transition Temperature in Ferroelectric Thin Films

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Davor Balzar

We propose an extension to the phenomenological thermodynamic Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire theory to include the contribution of inhomogeneous strains caused by...

Multi-Scale Dislocation Dynamics Plasticity: Application to Frank's Dislocation Boundaries

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

S M. Khan, H M. Zbib, D A. Hughes

Experimentally observed Frank's dislocation boundaries in fcc single crystal are analyzed using a multi-scale discrete dislocation plasticity model. It is shown...

Special Grain Boundaries Based on Local Symmetries

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Leonid A. Bendersky, John W. Cahn

We propose that the operational local symmetries, rather than a coincidence site lattice (CSL), is important for the creation of special, low energy, grain...

The Angular Degrees of Freedom and Symmetries of Boundaries Between Grains of Layer Structures

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

John W. Cahn

The five angles which are needed to characterize interfaces between two crystals are reduced to three angles for interfaces between two layer structures with...

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