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Journals

Wetting and Nowetting near Critical Points in Solids

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

John W. Cahn

A simple phenomenological theory of eleastic effects is used to examine wetting near critical points in the solid state.

Moldable, Resorbable, Composite Bone Grafts Consisting of Calcium Phosphate Cement and Polymeric Microspheres: Mechanical Properties, Degradation Kinetics and Release of Bioactive Molecules

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Francis W. Wang, C A. Khatri, J F. Hsii, S Hirayama, Shozo Takagi

We have developed new moldable, resorbable, composite bone grafts made of calcium phosphate cement (CPC) and poly(d,l-lactide-co-glycolide) [PLGA] microspheres...

Young Modulus of a thin plate in the through-thickness direction

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Sudook A. Kim, H M. Ledbetter

We give a new approach to obtain the through-thickness-direction along the Young modulus of a thin orthotropic plate. The method minimizes errors because eight...

Dentin Adhesion and Microleakage of a Two-Paste Resin-Based Calcium Phosphate Cement

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Sabine H. Dickens, S R. Kelly

A two-paste resin-based Ca-PO4 cement was examined for microleakage and shear bond strength (SBS). For microleakage, dentin cavities (Group A, no acid...

Laser-Pulse Technique for Measuring the Thermal Boundary Resistance of a Dielectric-Semiconductor Interface

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Erik K. Hobbie, A S. DeReggi

We describe a technique for simultaneously measuring the bulk and interfacial thermal transport coefficients of semiconductor supported dielectric films...

Assessment of Structure Steel From the World Trade Center Towers. Part V: Forensic Photographic Evidence of Tower Collapse Initiation and Progression

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Timothy J. Foecke, Stephen W. Banovic, Frank W. Gayle

Photographic forensic evidence for the global collapse of the building structures was also developed as part of this investigation. The image library...

Polymeric Liquids and Networks: Structure and Properties by William W. Graessley

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Jack F. Douglas

Given the constantly evolving nature of polymer science, it is difficult to construct a unified description of its basics concepts and phenomenology. Graessley...

Glass Pocket Evolution in Vitreous Bonded Sapphire

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Jong S. Lee, M K. Kang, Sheldon M. Wiederhorn, B Hockey, J Blendell

This paper discusses the evolution of glass filled pockets formed by the growth of sapphire through polycrystalline aluminum oxide bonded by anorthite glass...

Report From NIST to The Medical Devices Standards Board, July 15, 2004

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

John A. Tesk

Polymers Division Activities of interest to the Medical Devices Standards Board are summarized: The status of ASTM Task Force F04.42.06, Development of...

Realization of Reliable GaN Nanowire Transistors Utilizing Dielectrophoretic Alignment Technique

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Abhishek Motayed, Maoqi He, Albert Davydov, John Melngailis, S N. Mohammad

We have utilized dielectrophoretic force for assembling long (50 microns-200 microns) GaN nanowires for device fabrication. These catalyst free nanowires were...

Robustness of the Sheet Metal Springback Cup Test

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Timothy J. Foecke, Thomas H. Gnaupel-Herold

The robustness of a proposed test for elastic springback characterization of sheet metal has been examined using a matrix of defined experimental errors. A...

Fabrication of Spintronic Devices - Etching Endpoint Detection by Resistance Measurement for Magnetic Tunnel Junctions

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Philip Pong, Moshe Schmoueli, William F. Egelhoff Jr.

Magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) have received tremendous interest since the discovery of substantial room temperature tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) due to...

Curvature Enhanced Adsorbate Coverage Mechanism for Bottom-Up Superfilling and Bump Control in Damascene Processing

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Thomas P. Moffat, Daniel Wheeler, Soo K. Kim, Daniel Josell

Superconformal electrodeposition is explained by the recently developed curvature enhanced adsorbate coverage (CEAC) mechanism. The model is used to...

Spinodal Dewetting on Chemically Patterned Substrates

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

A Sehgal, V Ferreiro, Jack F. Douglas, Eric J. Amis, Alamgir Karim

We utilize chemically patterned substrates with arrays of progressively narrower stripes (1-15 mm) to investigate the influence of pattern size on the...

Diffusional Creep: Stresses and Strain Rates in Thin films and Multilayers

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Daniel Josell, Timothy P. Weihs, H Gao

In this article, we discuss creep deformation as it relates to thin films and multilayer foils. We begin by reviewing experimental techniques for studying creep...

Interaction of Zinc Vapor with Zircaloy and the Effect of Zinc Vapor on the Mechanical Properties of Zircaloy

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Robert J. Schaefer, Richard J. Fields, Maureen E. Williams

Spent fuel rods removed from reactor cores are loaded under water into steel casks, which are then removed from the water, vacuum dried, and welded closed for...

Properties of Calcium Phosphate Carbonate Cements

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Milenko Markovic, Shozo Takagi, Laurence C. Chow

The physicochemical and mechanical properties of two calcium phosphate carbonate cements (CPCC-1 and CPCC-2) formed in solution reaction of (1) [alpha]...

A Guide to Phenomenological Damping Formulations

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

J O. Rantschler, C Alexander

There are several phenomenological damping formulations currently in use in the literature. Beyond the Landau-Lifshitz equation (LL) and the Bloch-Bloembergen...

Dental Ceramic Innovations

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

J R. Kelly

Truly widespread application of ceramics in dental practice (along with major esthetic improvements) awaited two important structural innovations that did not...

Compositional Control in Electrodeposition of FePt Films.

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

J Mallett, Erik B. Svedberg, S Sayan, Alexander J. Shapiro, William F. Egelhoff Jr., Thomas P. Moffat

A series of smooth Fe-Pt thin film alloys have been grown by electrodeposition at potentials positive to that required to deposit elemental Fe. XRD of 100 nm...

(235), Martensite: An Inclusion-Theory Explanation

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

H M. Ledbetter, Martin Dunn

We consider what is, perhaps, martensite's greatest crystallographic problem: ferrous martensites with a habit plane p near (225)f, or viewed more recently as...

Coordinated Fracture and Failure Initiation in Microcomposites

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Gale A. Holmes, Jae H. Kim, Chang K. Moon, Walter G. McDonough

In this paper, the failure behavior of glass fiber microcomposites is investigated. E-glass fibers treated with an epoxy compatible sizing were embedded in a...

1999 Bakhuis Roozeboom Medal Lecture, Amsterdam October 25, 1999 - Die Heterogenen Gleichgewichte a Century Later

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

John W. Cahn

Bakhuis Roozeboom's Die Heterogenen Gleichgewichte vom Standpunkte der Phasenlehre was a monumental work that established and taught many fundamental principles...

Maximum Force Technique for the Measurement of the Surface Tension of a Small Droplet by AFM

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

P M. McGuiggan, Jay Wallace

An atomic force microscope (AFM) is used to measure the force on a quartz rod as the rod is pulled from an air/fluid interface. The rod is pulled into the...

Preliminary Design and Noise Considerations for an Ultrasensitive Magnetic Field Sensor

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Philip Pong, Robert D. McMichael, William F. Egelhoff Jr.

In this paper, we discuss the structural design including the materials, junction areas, and magnetic layers thicknesses, and various noise sources including...

Thermally Stable Ge/Cu/Ti Ohmic Contacts to n-type GaN

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Nadin Mahadik, M V. Rao, Albert Davydov

he performance of novel Ge/Cu/Ti metallization scheme on n-type GaN has been investigated for obtaining thermally and electrically stable low resistance ohmic...

Elastic Constants and Thermal Expansion Averages of a Polycrystal

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Roland deWit

This paper derives expressions for the overall average elastic constants and thermal expansion coefficients of a polycrystal in terms of its single crystal...

Dynamical Heterogeneity in the Ising Spin Glass

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

S C. Glotzer, N Jan, T Lookman, A B. MacIsaac, P H. Poole

We investigate the relationship between bulk and local relaxation in the Ising spin glass (in 2 and 3 dimensions) for temperatures above but approaching the...

The Periodic Table of Damping in Doped Ni₈₀Fe₂₀ Thin Films

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

J O. Rantschler, D Pulugurthaand, Andrew P. Chen, L M. Connors, Audie M. Castillo, Alexander J. Shapiro, William F. Egelhoff Jr., Brian B. Maranville, Robert D. McMichael

The effect of doping on the magnetic damping parameter of Ni80Fe20 is measured for 21 transition metal dopants:Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Cu, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag...

Diameter Dependent Transport Properties of GaN Nanowire Field Effect Transistors

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Abhishek Motayed, Mark D. Vaudin, Albert Davydov, John Meingailis, Maoqi He, S N. Mohammad

We report transport properties measurements of individual GaN nanowire field effect transistors and the correlation of the electron mobilities with the...

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