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Qiliang Li, Sang-Mo Koo, Curt A. Richter, Monica D. Edelstein, John E. Bonevich, Joseph Kopanski, John S. Suehle, Eric M. Vogel
Nanowires and nanotubes are being intensively investigated for nanoelectronic transport applications. The integration of such nanostructures into circuitry...
This paper focuses on the automation and upgrades performed on the 27.1kN (6100 lbf) dead weight machine located at the National Institute of Standards and...
This is an answer key to questions posed in our previous article in the "Your Homework Assignment" series. We discuss simulated annealing and annealing...
Reducing the operating voltage and power consumption of organic-based logic circuits for portable applications is a critical step towards organic electronics...
Dennis P. McDaniel, Gordon A. Shaw, John T. Elliott, Kiran Bhadriraju, Curtis W. Meuse, Koo-Hyun Chung, Anne L. Plant
Cells receive signals from the extracellular matrix through receptor-dependent interactions, but they are also influenced by the mechanical properties of the...
Donald R. Larson, Nicholas G. Paulter Jr., Kenneth C. Blaney
We report the results of an investigation into the signal characteristics and behavior of an instrument used to calibrate Optical Time Domain Reflectometers...
The properties of two balanced randomization schemes which allocate the known number of subjects among several treatments are compared. According to the first...
Andrew K. Persily, Dennis Stanke, Gordon Holness, Richard Hermans
ASHRAE Standard 62 was first published in 1973, with the title Standards for Natural and Mechanical Ventilation [REF]. The most recent version (designated as 62...
An information model of a building automation system (BAS) was created. It encapsulates several views of the system: the device list, network topology, points...
The electrical measurements required during the primary calibrations of laboratory standard microphones by the reciprocity method can be influenced by power...
Mary W. Kamande, David J. Ross, Laurie E. Locascio, Mark Lowry, Isiah M. Warner
We report the use of a molecular micelle for the simultaneous separation and concentration of neutral and hydrophobic analytes using micellar affinity gradient...
Mark H. Salley, Jason Dreisbach, Kendra Hill, Bijan Najafi, Francisco Joglar, Anthony Hamins, Kevin B. McGrattan, Richard Peacock, Robert Kassawara
Both domestically and worldwide, there is a movement to introduce risk-informed and performance-based analyses into fire protection engineering practice. One...
Automation is being increasingly explored as a possible solution for safely increasing productivity in structural steelwork erection. The research investigates...
Atomic displacements, strains and strain energies in the neighborhood of near-spherical, coherent germanium ¿quantum dots¿ (QD) in crystalline silicon and near...
Advanced vehicle-based safety and warning systems use laser scanners to measure road geometry (position, curvature), and range to obstacles in order to warn a...
Qiliang Li, Sang-Mo Koo, Curt A. Richter, Monica D. Edelstein, John E. Bonevich, Joseph Kopanski, John S. Suehle, Eric M. Vogel
The integration of nanowires and nanotubes into electrical test structures to investigate their nanoelectronic transport properties is a significant challenge...
Jeffrey A. Fagan, Matthew Becker, Jae H. Chun, Erik K. Hobbie
A recent article by Arnold et al. (Nature Nanotech., 1, 60-65, 2006)1 demonstrated the use of ultracentrifugation on single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) within...
Michael Schneider, Matthew Pufall, William Rippard, Stephen E. Russek, Jordan A. Katine
In spin valve nanopillars, temperature affects the spin torque reversal of the free magnetic layer. The authors compare values of zero temperature critical...
Wenyong Wang, Hao Xiong, Monica D. Edelstein, David J. Gundlach, John S. Suehle, Curt A. Richter, Woong-Ki Hong, Takhee Lee
Field effect transistors (FETs) of single-crystalline ZnO nanowires have been fabricated and low frequency (f) noise characterizations of the ZnO nanowire FETs...
A Type B standard uncertainty is determined from a probability distribution specified by scientific judgment based on all available information. The ISO-GUM...
P Schwindt, Brad Lindseth, Svenja A. Knappe, V Shah, John E. Kitching, Li-Anne Liew
We discuss the fabrication and performance of a miniature optically pumped atomic magnetometer constructed using microfabricated components. This device...
Faraday waves in a cigar-shaped Bose-Einstein condensate are created. It is shown that periodically modulating the transverse confinement, and thus the...
S Rendon, Robert A. Bubeck, L S. Thomas, W R. Burghardt, A Hexemer, Daniel A. Fischer
Injection molding of thermotropic liquid-crystalline polymers (TLCPs) can result in molded articles the exhibit complex orientation states that vary...