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Enhancing molecular flux through nanopores via attractive interactions

November 1, 2006

Author(s)

John J. Kasianowicz, Tam Nguyen, Vincent M. Stanford

The classic experiments by Galvani and his colleagues in the 1790s led him to suggest that neural conduction and muscle contraction are governed by a form of...

Metrology in the Nanoelectronics Era: Collaborative Innovation Between NIST and Industry

November 1, 2006

Author(s)

David G. Seiler, John S. Suehle

This special article in Semiconductor International discusses NIST's role in metrology for the semiconductor industry as it moves to the nanoscale regime.

Special Section on the International Conference on Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics

November 1, 2006

Author(s)

David G. Seiler

Since 1995, the International Conference on Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics (formerly titled "Characterization and Metrology for...

Determination of the Superconducting Penetration Depth From Coplanar-Waveguide Measurements

November 1, 2006

Author(s)

Kenneth Leong, James C. Booth, John H. Claassen

We introduce a novel transmission line method for measurements of the penetration depth of thin high temperature supervonducting (HTS) films. The method is...

Characterizing Fiber Bragg Grating Index Profiles to Improve the Writing Process

November 1, 2006

Author(s)

Robert J. Espejo, Mikael Svalgaard, Shellee D. Dyer

We demonstrate an accurate method for identifying both systematic and random errors in a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) writing system and show its application to...

Access Control in BACnet

November 1, 2006

Author(s)

David Ritter, Bernhard Isler, Hans-Joachim Mundt, Stephen J. Treado

This article discusses the proposed additions to the BACnet standard to accommodate access control systems. The relationship of the BACnet model to typical...

Correction to: Closed-Form Expressions for the Current Density on the Ground Plane of a Microstrip line, with Application to Ground Plane Loss

November 1, 2006

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Christopher L. Holloway, Edward E. Kuester

In a publication we derived and presented two closed-form expressions for the current distribution on the ground plane of a microstrip line. One expression was...

On the Use of Reverberation Chambers to Simulate a Controllable Rician Radio Environment for the Testing of Wireless Devices.

November 1, 2006

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway, David A. Hill, John M. Ladbury, Perry F. Wilson, Galen H. Koepke, Jason Coder

With the proliferation of wireless devices in recent years, there is a growing need to test the operation and functionality of these various devices in...

Structure of phosphorylated enzyme I, the phosphoenolpyruvate: sugar phosphotransferase system sugar translocation signal protein

October 31, 2006

Author(s)

A Teplyakov, K. Lim, P-P. Zhu, G. Kapadia, Celia Chen, J. Schwartz, A. Howard, Prasad T. Reddy, A. Peterkofsky, O Herzberg

Efficient Green?s Function Modeling of Line and Surface Defects in Multilayered Anisotropic Elastic and Piezoelectric Material

October 31, 2006

Author(s)

B. Yang, Vinod Tewary

Green?s function (GF) modeling of defects may take effect only if the GF as well as its various integrals over a line, a surface and/or a small volume can be...

Study of BGP Peering Session Attacks and Their Impacts or Performance

October 28, 2006

Author(s)

Kotikalapudi Sriram, Douglas C. Montgomery, Oliver Borchert, Okhee Kim, David R. Kuhn

The Effect of Deprotection Extent on Swelling and Dissolution Regimes of Thin Polymer Films

October 28, 2006

Author(s)

Ashwin Rao, Shuhui Kang, B D. Vogt, Vivek M. Prabhu, Eric K. Lin, Wen-Li Wu, M Muthukumar

The response of unentangled polymer thin films to aqueous hydroxide solutions is measured as a function of increasing weakly-acidic methacrylic acid comonomer...

Accurate Modeling of Benchmark X-ray Spectra from Highly-Charged Ions of Tungsten

October 26, 2006

Author(s)

Y Ralchenko, Joseph N. Tan, John D. Gillaspy, Joshua M. Pomeroy, E Silver

We present detailed collisional-radiative modeling for the benchmark x-ray spectrum of highly-charged tungsten ions in the range between 3 \AA \ and 10 \AA...

Measurements of the Reaction-Diffusion Front of Model Chemically Amplified Photoresists With Varying Photoacid Size

October 26, 2006

Author(s)

B D. Vogt, Shuhui Kang, Vivek Prabhu, Eric K. Lin, Sushil K. Satija, Karen Turnquest, Wen-Li Wu

Neutron reflectivity and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy measurements are used to profile the deprotection reaction-diffusion front with a nanometer...

Two-Dimensional Tunneling Hamiltonian Treatment of the Microwave Spectrum of 2-Methylmalonaldehyde

October 26, 2006

Author(s)

Yung-Ching Chou, Jon T. Hougen

The molecule 2-methylmalonaldehyde (2-MMA) exists in the gas phase as a six-membered hydrogen-bonded ring [HO-CH=C(CH3)-CH=O] and exhibits two large-amplitude...

Cellular Immobilization Within Microfluidic microenvironments: Dielectrophoresis With Polyelectrolyte Multilayers

October 25, 2006

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Samuel P. Forry, D. R. Reyes, Michael Gaitan, Laurie E. Locascio

The development of biomimetic microenvironments will improve cell culture techniques by enabling in vitro cell cultures which mimic in vivo behavior1-3; however...

Single Photon Detector Comparison in a Quantum Key Distribution Link Testbed

October 25, 2006

Author(s)

Jonathan L. Habif, David S. Pearson, Robert Hadfield, Robert E. Schwall, Sae Woo Nam, Aaron J. Miller

We provide a direct comparison between the InGaAs avalanche photodiode (APD) and the NbN superconducting single photon detector (SSPD) for applications in fiber...

Cellular Immobilization within Microfluidic Microenvironments: Dielectophoresis with Polyelectrolyte Multilayers

October 25, 2006

Author(s)

Samuel P. Forrey, Darwin Reyes-Hernandez, Michael Gaitan, Laurie E. Locascio

Role of Indenter Material and Size in Veneer Failure of Brittle Layer Structures

October 24, 2006

Author(s)

Sanjit Bhowmick, Juan J. Melendez-Martinez, Ilja Hermann, Yu Zhang, Brian R. Lawn

The roles of indenter material and size in the failure of brittle veneer layers in all-ceramic crown-like structures are studied. Glass veneer layers 1 mm thick...

Unique File Identification in the National Software Reference Library

October 24, 2006

Author(s)

Steven L. Mead

The National Software Reference Library (NSRL) provides a repository of known software, file profiles, and file signatures for use by law enforcement and other...

Real Time Observation of Dendritic Solidification in Real Alloys by Synchrotron Microradiography

October 21, 2006

Author(s)

B Li, H D. Brody, David R. Black, H E. Burdette, C Rau

Effect of poly(acrylic acid) on the adhesion strength and electrochemical performance of a natural graphite negative electrode for lithium-ion batteries

October 20, 2006

Author(s)

J -. Lee, U Paik, Vincent A. Hackley, Y -. Choi

Experimental purification of two-atom entanglement

October 19, 2006

Author(s)

Rainer Reichle, Dietrich G. Leibfried, Emanuel H. Knill, Joseph W. Britton, Brad R. Blakestad, John D. Jost, C. Langer, R Ozeri, Signe Seidelin, David J. Wineland

Entanglement is one of the most counterintuitive features of quantum mechanics. It is a necessary resource for quantum communication and quantum information...

Kilohertz-level spectroscopy of cold atoms with a femtosecond optical frequency comb

October 19, 2006

Author(s)

Tara Fortier, Yann Le Coq, Jason Stalnaker, Davi Ortega, Scott Diddams, Christopher W. Oates, Leo W. Hollberg

We have performed sub-Doppler spectroscopy on the narrow intercombination line of cold calcium atoms using the amplified output of a femtosecond laser frequency...

Fiber-laser frequency combs with subhertz relative linewidths

October 15, 2006

Author(s)

William C. Swann, John J. McFerran, Ian R. Coddington, Nathan R. Newbury, Ingmar Hartl, Martin E. Fermann, Paul S. Westbrook, Jeffrey W. Nicholson, K Feder, Carston Langrock, Martin M. Fejer

We investigate the comb linewidths of self-referenced, fiber-laser-based frequency combs by measuring the heterodyne beat signal between two independent...

Continuous Light Shift Correction in Modulated CPT clocks

October 13, 2006

Author(s)

V Shah, Vladislav Gerginov, P Schwindt, Svenja A. Knappe, Leo W. Hollberg, John E. Kitching

We demonstrate a simple technique to significantly improve the long-term frequency stability of atomic clocks based on coherent population trapping (CPT). In...

ROCK Controls Matrix Synthesis in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells - Coupling Vasoconstriction to Vascular Remodeling

October 13, 2006

Author(s)

R. Chapados, K. Abe, K. Ihida-Stansbury, D. McKean, A. T. Gates, M. Kern, S. Merklinger, John T. Elliott, Anne L. Plant, H. Shimokawa, P. Jones

Does Equilibrium Polymerization Describe the Dynamic Heterogeneity of Glass-Forming Liquids?

October 13, 2006

Author(s)

Jack F. Douglas, J Dudowicz, Karl Freed

We examine whether the `dynamic heterogeneities' of glass-forming liquids can be described by equilibrium polymerization. This correspondence is first checked...

Continuous light shift correction in modualted coherent opoulation trapping clocks

October 13, 2006

Author(s)

V Shah, Vladislav Gerginov, P Schwindt, Svenja A. Knappe, Leo W. Hollberg, John E. Kitching

We demonstrate a simple technique to significantly improve the long term frequency stability of atomic clocks based on coherent population trapping (CPT). In...

Near-Edge X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy as a Tool for Investigating Nanomaterials

October 12, 2006

Author(s)

T Hemraj-Benny, S Banerjee, S Sambasivan, Daniel A. Fischer, J A. Misewich, S S. Wong

We have demonstrated near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy as a particularly useful and effective technique for simultaneously probing...

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