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Relation Between Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale Wind Speeds and Peak 3-s Gust Speeds Over Open Terrain

July 1, 2007

Author(s)

Emil Simiu, Peter J. Vickery, A Kareem

The Saffir-Simpson scale for categorizing hurricane intensity and damage potential is increasingly being used by hurricane forecasters and emergency managers...

Field-free ringing of nanomagnets

July 1, 2007

Author(s)

Thomas J. Silva

Ever since William Gilbert's 16th century treatise "De Magnete," it has been known that magnetic fields can be used to manipulate the magnetic orientation of...

Perfusion Flow Bioreactor for 3D In Situ Imaging: Investigating Cell/ Biomaterials Interactions

July 1, 2007

Author(s)

J S. Stephens, James A. Cooper, Frederick R. Phelan Jr., Joy P. Dunkers

The capability to image cell/material interactions real time in a three-dimensional (3D) culture environment will aid in the further advancement of tissue...

Semantic Web for the Life Sciences Hype, Why, How and Use Case for AIDS Inhibitors

July 1, 2007

Author(s)

Talapady N. Bhat, John Barkley

There is considerable interest in the Semantic Web as a solution to the growing information technology needs of biological data and drug discovery. However, the...

Automated Patterning of Nanoscale Metal-Molecule-Metal Junctions on Self-Assembled Monolayers

July 1, 2007

Author(s)

J C. Garno, Christopher D. Zangmeister, J Batteas

Automated scanned probe lithography has been employed to form nanoscale Cu structures through electroless metal deposition onto patterned carboxylic acid...

Implementing a Multiplexed System of Detectors for Higher Photon Counting Rates

July 1, 2007

Author(s)

V Schettini, Sergey Polyakov, Ivo P. Degiovanni, Giorgio Brida, Stefania Castelletto, Alan L. Migdall

Photon counting applications are often limited by detector deadtime to operate at count rates of a few MHz, at best, and often at significantly lower levels...

The Role of Water in the Thermodynamics of Drug Binding to Cyclodextrin

July 1, 2007

Author(s)

Niya Tordorova, Frederick P. Schwarz

The thermodynamic parameters, DBGo, DBHo, and DBSo, of the drugs flurbiprofen (FLP), nabumetone (NAB), and naproxen (NPX) binding to b-cyclodextrin (bCD) and to...

RFID Devices and Systems in Homeland Security Applications

July 1, 2007

Author(s)

Kate Remley, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Dylan Williams, David R. Novotny, Anthony B. Kos, Nelson Bryner, Nader Moayeri, Michael Souryal, Kang Lee, Steven Fick

This article reports on activities being carried out by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to ensure secure, reliable use of Radio-Frequency...

Rapid Structural Mapping of Ternary Metallic Alloy Systems Using Combinatorial Approach and Cluster Analysis

July 1, 2007

Author(s)

C Long, H Hattrick-simpers, Makoto Murakami, S Ramesh, Ichiro Takeuchi, Vicky L. Karen

Effect of Cross-linking Ultra-high Molecular Weight Polyethylene: Surface Molecular Orientation and Wear Characteristics

July 1, 2007

Author(s)

S Sambasivan, Aiguo Wang, Daniel A. Fischer, Stephen M. Hsu

Transverse stress fiber Bragg grating sensor with high-spatial resolution and temperature stability

July 1, 2007

Author(s)

Robert J. Espejo, Shellee D. Dyer

We demonstrate a new method for measuring transverse stress with 10.2 υm spatial resolution in a fiber Bragg grating sensor, without the use of polarization...

Operational analysis of a quantum dot, optically gated, field-effect transistor as a single-photon detector

July 1, 2007

Author(s)

Eric Gansen, Mary A. Rowe, Marion Greene, Danna Rosenberg, Todd E. Harvey, Mark Su, Robert Hadfield, Sae Woo Nam, Richard Mirin

We report on the operation of a novel single-photon detector, where a layer of self-assembled quantum dots (QDs) is used as an optically addressable floating...

Fatigue Damage in Ceramic Coatings From Cyclic Contact Loading With Tangential Component

June 30, 2007

Author(s)

Yu Zhang, J P. Kim, J H. Kim, Brian R. Lawn

The role of a tangential load component in cyclic contact-induced failure of a brittle coating layer is investigated. Tests are conducted on model bilayer...

Failure Modes in Ceramic-Based Layer Structures: A Basis for Materials Design of Dental Crowns

June 30, 2007

Author(s)

Brian R. Lawn, Sanjit Bhowmick, M T. Bush, T Qasim, E D. Rekow, Yang Zhang

A research program on failure modes induced by spherical indenters in brittle layer structures bonded to polymeric substrates, in simulation of occlusal...

Gold Nanostructures Created by Highly Charged Ions

June 28, 2007

Author(s)

Joshua M. Pomeroy, Holger Grube, A C. Perrella, John D. Gillaspy

Nanometer sized structures produced by individual highly charged ion (HCI)impacts are reported for the first time on a high conductivity surface andexamined by...

Benchmarks for the Third Industrial Fluids Simulation Properties Challenge

June 28, 2007

Author(s)

Peter A. Gordon, Martin Schiller, Chien-Ping Chai Kao, Scott Bair, Daniel G. Friend

We outline the procedures used to establish benchmark physical property data for the Third Industrial Fluids Simulation Challenge. For both challenge problems...

Infrared Spectra of CICN⁺, CINC⁺, and BrCN⁺ Trapped in Solid Neon

June 27, 2007

Author(s)

Marilyn E. Jacox, Warren E. Thompson

When a mixture of ClCN or BrCN with a large excess of neon is codeposited at 4.3 K with a beam of neon atoms that have been excited in a microwave discharge...

Detection of C₈H^- and Comparison With C₈H Toward IRC+10216 With the Green Bank Telescope

June 27, 2007

Author(s)

A Remijan, J M. Hollis, Francis J. Lovas, M A. Cordiner, J Millar, A J. Markwick-Kemper, P R. Jewell

We report the detection of new transitions of octatetraynyl(C8H) toward the circumstellar envelopeIRC+10216 using data taken with the RobertC.Byrd 100m Green...

Domain Ordering of Strained 5ML SrTiO₃ Films on Si(001)

June 26, 2007

Author(s)

P Ryan, Joseph Woicik, D Wermeille, J.-W Kim, C S. Hellberg, H Li

We present high resolution X-ray diffraction data indicating regularly ordered square shaped coherent domains approximately 1200A in length co-existing with...

A Call Admission Control Algorithm for WLAN in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

June 25, 2007

Author(s)

SuKyoung Lee, David W. Griffith, Kyungsoo Kim, Nada T. Golmie

One major challenge in the integration of wireless LAN (WLAN) and cellular networks is call admission control (CAC). Without a suitable CAC mechanism for the...

Frequency-Tunable Josephson Junction Resonator for Quantum Computing

June 23, 2007

Author(s)

Kevin Osborn, Joshua Strong, Adam J. Sirois, Raymond W. Simmonds

We have fabricated and measured a high-Q Josephson junction resonator with a tunable resonance frequency. A dc magnetic flux allows the resonance frequency to...

Probing the Electronic Structure of Peptide Bonds Using Methyl Groups:Experimental Measures of Resonance Weights

June 23, 2007

Author(s)

David F. Plusquellic, David W. Pratt

The observed V3 torsional barriers reported for nine methyl groups attached alpha to peptide bond linkages in five gas phase biomimetics are interpreted at the...

Gain-Asisted Large and Rapidly-Responding Kerr Effect Using a Room-Temperature Active Raman Gain Medium

June 22, 2007

Author(s)

Lu Deng, Marvin G. Payne

A four-level $N$-scheme with a two-mode active-Raman-gain-core is investigated for large and rapidly-responding Kerr effect enhancement at room-temperature. The...

The Polarizability of Helium and Gas Metrology

June 22, 2007

Author(s)

James W. Schmidt, R Gavioso, E May, Michael R. Moldover

Using a quasi-spherical, microwave cavity resonator, we measured the refractive index of helium to deduce its molar polarizability A ε in the limit of zero...

Role of Interfacial Water in the Adhesion Loss of Polymer/Substrate Systems and Composites

June 21, 2007

Author(s)

Tinh Nguyen, Joannie W. Chin, E Byrd, David Alshed, Cyril Clerici, Jonathan W. Martin

Water at the polymer/substrate interface in coatings, adhesives, and fiber-reinforced polymer composites is often the main cause of adhesion loss in these...

Delamination strength of YBCO coated conductors under transverse tensile stress

June 21, 2007

Author(s)

Daniel C. van der Laan, John (Jack) W. Ekin, Cameron C. Clickner, Theodore C. Stauffer

We present a new experimental technique to measure the delamination strength under transverse tensile stress of YBa 2Cu 3O 7-δ coated conductors for electric...

Electrodeposition of Bismuth from Nitric Acid Electrolyte

June 20, 2007

Author(s)

E Sandnes, Maureen E. Williams, Ugo Bertocci, Mark D. Vaudin, Gery R. Stafford

Extending the Limits of Image-Based Optical Metrology

June 20, 2007

Author(s)

Richard M. Silver, Bryan M. Barnes, Ravikiran Attota, Jay S. Jun, Michael T. Stocker, Egon Marx, Heather J. Patrick

We have developed a set of techniques, referred to as scatterfield microscopy, in which the illumination is engineered in combination with appropriately...

Multifunctional ferrimagnetic-ferroelectric thin films for microwave applications

June 20, 2007

Author(s)

Ranko R. Heindl, S. Witanachchi, P. Mukherjee, A. Heim, G. Matthews, S. Balachandran, S. Natarajan, T. Weller

Ferrimagnetic and ferroelectric structures based on barium strontium titanate and barium hexaferrite are investigated for potential applications in tunable...

Comparison of absolute spectral irradiance responsivity measurement techniques using wavelength-tunable lasers

June 20, 2007

Author(s)

V Ahtee, Steven W. Brown, Thomas C. Larason, Keith R. Lykke, E A. Ikonen

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