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Yicheng Wang, Andrew D. Koffman, Gerald FitzPatrick
We describe dissipation factor measurements of 10 pF fused-silica capacitance standards from 50 Hz to 20 kHz, using a toroidal cross capacitor and a 10 pF
Isabel M. Beichl, Dianne M. O'Leary, Francis Sullivan
This is a tutorial article on Monte Carlo methods for optimization. Topics covered include Lipschitz conditions, simulated annealing and combinatorial counting
Cross sections for electron impact ionization of neutral atoms are important in modeling of low temperature plasmas and gases. Cross sections for ionization
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Rocky Flats Soil-II Standard Reference Material (SRM) is being certified through a statistical
Iisa Outola, Svetlana Nour, Hiromu Kurosaki, Kenneth G. Inn, J J. La Rosa, Larry L. Lucas, Peter Volkovitsky, Kevin Koepenick
In 2004, levels of radioactivity exceeding federal drinking water standards were found in two separate areas of Maryland through gross alpha and beta screening
Brian C. Okerberg, Christopher L. Soles, Jack F. Douglas, Hyun Wook Ro, Alamgir Karim
The crystallization behavior of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) films patterned by nanoimprint lithography is studied. The imprinted PEO film consists of parallel
K Fahy, E Sokell, G O'Sullivan, A Aguilar, Joshua M. Pomeroy, Joseph N. Tan, John D. Gillaspy
At the NIST Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT), extreme-ultraviolet spectra of xenon ions have been recorded using a flat-field spectrometer. The electron beam
The paper by Ma et al. [1] made a number of contributions to iris recognition including a novel iris recognition algorithm, a benchmark of standard approaches
H Su, D O. Welch, Winnie Wong-Ng, Lawrence P. Cook, Z Yang
The conventional Debye temperature, customarily estimated using an isotropic approximation, fails to account for the trend of melting temperatures for the high
James A. Cooper, Forrest A. Landis, Marcus T. Cicerone, Sheng Lin-Gibson
Abstract (2000 characters maximum - spell out acronyms the first time) A systematic investigation of the structures and properties of tissue engineering
Nanobubbles on a hydrophilic surface immersed in water are inferred from the response of the surface to two consecutive heat pulses with a variable separation
Thomas M. Wallis, Stephen E. Russek, Pavel Kabos, Paul Rice
The electrical response of an individual multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNT) and its contacts, welded to a coplanar waveguide (CPW), was measured up to 24 GHz
Paul Rice, T. M. Wallis, Stephen E. Russek, Pavel Kabos
We have welded an individual multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNT) onto a microlithographically-patterned coplanar waveguide (CPW) and measured the electrical
Yi-Lei Zhao, Stephen L. Garrison, Carlos A. Gonzalez, William D. Thweatt, M Marquez
Gas-phase nitrosation implies an alternative non-ionic pathway different from the nitrosonium-nitrosation by acidification of nitrite. Electronic structure
W G. Mumme, I E. Grey, Robert S. Roth, Terrell A. Vanderah
The crystal structures of the title phases have been determined as part of a general study of the photoelectrochemical activities of niobates and tantalates
Sangcheol Kim, R M. Briber, Alamgir Karim, Ronald L. Jones, H C. Kim
We demonstrate a simple and fast methodology to control the orientation of cylindrical microdomains in thin block copolymer films using environment-controlled
After characterizing the Raman scattering in a fused silica polarization-maintaining microstructure optical fiber, we built a fiber-based two-photon light
Dean M. DeLongchamp, Regis J. Kline, Eric K. Lin, Daniel A. Fischer, Lee J. Richter, Leah A. Lucas, Martin Heeney, Iain McCulloch, John E. Northrup
We exploit the unprecedented crystallinity of poly(2,5-bis(3-alkylthiophene-2-yl)thieno[3,2-b]thiophenes) (pBTTTs) high performance semiconducting polymers to
An approach to increasing the spatial resolution attainable with infrared (IR) microscopy involves the application of hemispherical solid immersion lenses (SIL)
Stephen E. Stein, Valeri I. Babushok, Robert L. Brown, Peter J. Linstrom
We have constructed a group contribution method for estimating Kov ts retention indices by using observed data from a set of diverse organic compounds. Our
Yu L. Iunin, Yury P. Kabanov, Valerian I. Nikitenko, X M. Cheng, Alexander J. Shapiro, Robert D. Shull, C L. Chien
The features of magnetization reversal in Pt/[CO/Pt]_n}/Pt multilayers (n = 1, 2, 4) have been studied using magneto-optical Kerr microscopy. Asymmetric
The thin-film deposition and photodecomposition of cesium azide are demonstrated and used to fill arrays of miniaturized atomic resonance cells with cesium and
G Wilpers, Christopher W. Oates, Scott A. Diddams, A Bartels, Tara M. Fortier, Windell Oskay, James C. Bergquist, Steven R. Jefferts, Thomas P. Heavner, Thomas E. Parker, Leo W. Hollberg
We report an absolute frequency measurement of the optical clock transition at 657 nm in 40Ca with a relative uncertainty of 7.5x10 -15, the most accurate
The primary goal of this work is to extend two methodsof random effects models to multiparameter situation. These methods comprise the DerSimonian-Laird