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Cost-Effective Commissioning for Buildings-Latest Developments in EDBCS Annex 47

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti

NIST Sampling System for Accurate AC Waveform Parameter Measurements

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

David I. Bergman

This paper summarizes efforts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop a waveform sampling and digitizing system with accuracy...

A Refinement-tree Based Partitioning Method for Dynamic Load Balancing with Adaptively Refined Grids

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

William F. Mitchell

The partitioning of an adaptive grid for distribution over parallel processors is considered in the context of adaptive multilevel methods for solving partial...

Multiwall carbon nanotube absorber on a thin-film pyroelectric detector

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

John H. Lehman, Katie Hurst, Anne Dillon, A. M. Radojevic, R M. Osgood

Multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) were applied in a bulk layer to a pyroelectric film to increase the detector sensitivity nearly fourfold without a...

Toward the SI system based on fundamental constants: weighing the electron

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

Edwin R. Williams

Abstract--A modified International System of units, SI, based on simply specifying exact numeric values of seven physical constants, is described. This ?set of...

Vibration of Tensioned Beams with Intermediate Damper. II: Damper Near Support

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

Joseph A. Main, Nicholas P. Jones

Exact analytical solutions are used to investigate the complex eigenfrequencies of tensioned beams with a viscous damper attached transversely near a support...

Vibration of Tensioned Beams With Intermediate Damper. I: Formulation, Influence of Damper Location

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

Joseph A. Main, Nicholas P. Jones

Exact analytical solutions are formulated for the complex eigenmodes of tensioned beams with an intermediate viscous damper. The problem is formulated using the...

Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt/Gold Bimetallic Nanoparticles

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

Guangjun Cheng, Angela R. Hight Walker

Cobalt/gold (Co/Au) bimetallic nanoparticles are prepared by synthesizing Au via chemical reduction in the presence of pre-synthesized Co nanoparticles...

Alignment of Fiducial Marks in a Tomographic Tilt Series with an Unknown Rotation Axis

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

Zachary H. Levine, Peter Volkovitsky, Howard Hung

Alignment for tomography using a transmission electron microscopy frequently uses colloidal gold particles as fiducial reference marks. Typically, there is an...

Mistakes Encountered During Automatic Peak Identification in Low Beam Energy X-Ray Microanalysis

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

Dale E. Newbury

Automated peak identification in electron beam excited x-ray microanalysis with energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry is subject to occasional mistakes even on...

Development and Application of an Ultratrace Method for the Speciation of Organotin Compounds in Natural Cryogenic Homogenized Biological Materials

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

David Point, William C. Davis, Steven J. Christopher, Michael B. Ellisor, Rebecca S. Pugh, Olivier F. Donard, Paul R. Becker, Barbara J. Porter, Stephen A. Wise

Determination of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Environmental Standard Reference Materials

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

H M. Stapleton, Jennifer M. Lynch, Michele M. Schantz, John R. Kucklick, Stefan D. Leigh, Stephen A. Wise

10th International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Reference Materials (BERM 10)

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

Stephen A. Wise, Hendrik Emons

Discovering and Integrating Distributed Manufacturing Services with Semantic Manufacturing Capability Profile

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

Boonserm Kulvatunyou, J Jang, B Jeong, J Chang, Hyunbo Cho

Integrating distributed manufacturing systems is a longstanding dream of industrial engineers. The advent of Internet technologies has provided opportunities to...

Resistance-Based Scaling of LF-and MF-Band Thermal Noise Powers

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

John Labenski, Weston L. Tew, Sae Woo Nam, Samuel P. Benz, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Charles J. Burroughs

A conventional technique for scaling thermal noise power in Johnson Noise Thermometry (JNT) is via resistance ratios. We describe measurements in the low to...

Progress on Implementation of a Reference Measurement System based on a Critical-dimension Atomic Force Microscope

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

Ndubuisi G. Orji, Angela Martinez, B Bunday, J Allgair, Theodore V. Vorburger

The NIST-NOAA Resilient Communities Cooperative Initiative and Its Contribution to Coastal Community Resilience

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

John Gaynor, Emil Simiu

Inspired by the development of a collaborative plan on understanding wildland fires, their interaction with weather and the built environment, the National...

On-Wafer Measurement of Transistor Noise Parameters at NIST

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

James P. Randa, Dave K. Walker

NIST has developed the capability to measure noise parameters on a wafer int he 1-12.4 GHz range. We describe the measurement method and the uncertainty...

Neutron Collimation With Microchannel Plates: Calibration of Existing Technology and Near

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

A S. Tremsin, Daniel S. Hussey, David L. Jacobson, Muhammad D. Arif, Robert Gregory Downing, W B. Feller, David F. Mildner

A new type of high performance and compact neutron collimator can be manufactured from Gd- or B-doped microchannel plates (MCPs). Structures only a few mm thick...

Intermodulation Distortion in Coupled-Resonator Filters with Non-Uniform Distributed Nonlinear Properties: Use in HTS IMD Compensation

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

Jordi Mateu, James Booth, Carlos Collado, David Seron, Juan M. O'Callaghan

This work presents a general procedure for calculating intermodulation distortion in coupled-resonator filters with non-uniform distributed nonlinear properties...

Industry Case Studies in the Use of Immersive Virtual Assembly

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

Sankar Jayaram, Uma Jayaram, Young J. Kim, Charles Dechenne, Kevin W. Lyons, Craig Palmer, Tatsuki Mitsui

In this paper we report on two engineering case studies that have been conducted as part of a Virtual Assembly Technology Consortium. The objectives of the case...

X-Ray Standing Wave Analysis of Overlayer Induced Substrate Relaxation: The Clean and Bi-covered (110) GaP Surface

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

A Herrera-Gomez, Joseph Woicik, T Kendelewicz, K E. Miyano, W E. Spicer

X-ray Diffraction Study of the Optimization of MgO Growth Conditions for Magnetic Tunnel Junctions

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

O S. Lee, C -. Shapiro, A J. Egelhoff, Mark D. Vaudin, Jennifer L. Klamo, J Mallett, P. W. Pong

Dissipation Factors of Fused-Silica Capacitors in the Audio Frequency Range

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

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...

The Seventh Intercomparison of Josephson Voltage Standards in North America

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

Yi-hua D. Tang, Clark Hamilton, David Deaver, Harold Parks, Barry Wood

The 7th interlaboratory comparison (ILC) of Josephson Voltage Standards (JVS) at 10 V, sponsored by the National Conference of Standard Laboratories...

Your Homework Assignment Monte Carlo Minimization and Counting: One, Two, ..., Too Many

March 30, 2007

Author(s)

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...

Ionization of Silicon, Germanium, Tin and Lead by Electron Impact

March 30, 2007

Author(s)

Yong Sik Kim, Philip M. Stone

Cross sections for electron impact ionization of neutral atoms are important in modeling of low temperature plasmas and gases. Cross sections for ionization...

Development of the NIST Rocky Flats Soil Standard

March 29, 2007

Author(s)

Svetlana Nour, James J. Filliben, Kenneth G. Inn

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Rocky Flats Soil-II Standard Reference Material (SRM) is being certified through a statistical...

Investigation of Radioactivity in Selected Drinking Water Samples From Maryland

March 29, 2007

Author(s)

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...

Crystallization of Polyethylene Oxide Patterend by Nanoimprint Lithography

March 28, 2007

Author(s)

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...

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