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Vivek M. Prabhu, Jihoon Kang, Nayool Shin, Do Y. Yoon, Do Y. Jang
A comprehensive structural and electrical characterization of solution-processed blend films of 6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)pentacene (TIPS-pentacene) and...
We have recently introduced several important improvements in the measurement of distillation curves for complex fluids This new method is a significant...
The pair correlation functions for a mixture of two Lennard-Jones (LJ) particles were computed by both the Percus-Yevick equations and by molecular dynamics...
Ratio calibration of a digital voltmeter (DVM) is critical for some applications such as load cell response for force measurement. The NIST DVM ratio service...
Consider an ill-posed problem transformed if necessary so that the errors in the data are independent, identically normally distributed with mean zero and...
Pairwise testing has become a popular approach to software quality assurance because it often provides effective error detection at low cost. However, pairwise...
This paper compares work completed within NCSL International (formerly National Conference of Standards Laboratories) and Implementing the Metrology European...
Two different models of 190 L (50 gallon) residential electric water heaters were tested to investigate problems that arise in determining their energy...
We have recently introduced several important improvements in the measurement of distillation curves for complex fluids. The modifications provide for (1)...
Fundamental deflection behavior of an infinite two-dimensional graphene lattice subjected to a transverse point force has been analyzed using lattice statics...
Inga K. Vockenroth, Christian Ohm, Joseph W. Robertson, Duncan J. McGillivray, Mahias Losche, Ingo Koper
Tethered bilayer lipid membranes have been shown to be an excellent model system for biological membranes. Coupling of a membrane to a solid supports creates a...
Joseph R. Kinard Jr., Thomas E. Lipe, Yi-hua Tang, Samuel P. Benz, Peter Filipski
NIST recently reported the first application of a quantum ac Josephson Voltage Standard for calibration of thermal transfer standards in the 1 kHz to 10 kHz...
With new algorithms and tools, developers can apply high-strength combinatorial testing to detect elusive failures that occur only when multiple components...
Gregory T. Linteris, M D. Rumminger, Valeri I. Babushok
Some of the most effective flame inhibitors ever found are metallic compounds. Their effectiveness, however, drops off rapidly with an increase of agent...
We present and discuss the development an unconditionally stable algorithm to solving the evolution equations for the Phase Field Crystal (PFC) model. This...
Concrete is generally viewed as a durable and long-lasting construction material. However, the long-term performance of a concrete structure can be greatly...
A simple physics-based mathematical model is developed for prediction of the propagation of a grass-fire front driven by an ambient wind and by entrainment...
David Point, J. I. Garcia Alonso, William C. Davis, Steven J. Christopher, Aurore Guichard, O.F. X. Donard, Paul R. Becker, Gregory C. Turk, Stephen A. Wise
The origins and the processes driving the inadvertent transformations of inorganic mercury (iHg) and methylmercury (MeHg) in cryogenically stored and...
Ratio calibration of a digital voltmeter (DVM) is critical for some applications such as load cell response for force measurement. The NIST DVM ratio service...
Thomas E. Lipe Jr., Joseph R. Kinard Jr., Luciana Scarioni
Wet and dry etching are employed in the fabrication of new planar, thin-film multijunction thermal converters (MJTCs) on quartz membranes and crystalline quartz...
Neutron depth profiling (NDP) is a surface analysis technique based on the illumination of samples with thermal or sub-thermal neutrons, and subsequent release...
Samuel L. Manzello, William L. Grosshandler, Tensei Mizukami
The present paper discusses the results of a multiple laboratory test program aimed at determining the consistency of large scale furnace testing. The North...
Recognizing that the 32-bit addresses used by the current version of the Internet Protocol (IPv4) would soon be depleted, the Internet Engineering Task Force...
Richard D. Holbrook, Karen E. Murphy, Jayne B. Morrow, Kenneth D. Cole
Nanotechnological innovations depend largely on the unique chemical and physical properties of engineered nanomaterials. However, the same properties that make...
Danielle Braje, Matthew S. Kirchner, Tara M. Fortier, Scott A. Diddams, Leo W. Hollberg, Steve Osterman
Broad-band frequency combs are filtered to spectrographically resolvable frequency-mode spacing, and the limitations of using cavities for spectral filtering...
Anthony Birdwell, Christopher Littler, R Glosser, M Rebien, W Henrion, P Stauss, G Behr
Photoreflectance spectra obtained from epitaxial films of semiconducting Β-FeSi2 exhibit complex line shapes resulting from a variety of optical transitions...
Internal photoemission (IPE) spectroscopy is a powerful technique for investigating electronic properties at solid-solid interfaces. Upon photon excitation...