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Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Environmental Samples: A Critical Review of Gas Chromatographic (GC) Methods

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

Dianne L. Poster, Michele M. Schantz, Lane C. Sander, Stephen A. Wise

Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) for Determination of Organic Contaminants in Environmental Samples

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

Stephen A. Wise, Dianne L. Poster, John R. Kucklick, Jennifer M. Lynch, Stacy S. Vander-Pol, Lane C. Sander, Michele M. Schantz

Advances in Analytical Techniques for Environmental Analysis

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

Stephen A. Wise, D. Barcelo, P. Garrigues, R. Turle

The Interface Development for Machine Shop Simulation

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

Yan Luo, Yung-Tsun T. Lee

Modeling and simulation technology is recognized for facilitating training, reducing production cost, improving product quality, and shortening development time...

Quantitative Mesurements of Indentation Modulus by Atomic Force Acoustic Microscopy Using a Dual Reference Method

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

Gheorghe Stan, William J. Price

Integral Operators and Delay Differential Equations

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

David E. Gilsinn, Florian A. Potra

We begin this expository essay by reviewing with examples what a typical engineer already knows about statistics. We then consider a central question in...

Predictability of the Technical Variation in Gene Expression Measurements

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

Walter S. Liggett Jr

Technical variation in whole-genome, single-probe, one-color microarrays has some common properties that are the subject of this paper. One such property, which...

APEX Blind Deconvolution of Color Hubble Space Telescope Imagery and Other Astronomical Data

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

Alfred S. Carasso

The APEX method is a non-iterative, single frame, direct blind deconvolution technique that can sharpen certain kinds of high resolution images in quasi real...

APEX Blind Deconvolution of Real Hubble Space Telescope Imagery and Other Astronomical Data

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

Alfred S. Carasso

The APEX method is a non-iterative, single frame, direct blind deconvolution technique that can sharpen certain kinds of high resolution images in quasi real...

Analysis of Interlibrary Loan at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Library: Lessons Learned

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

Rosa Liu, Briget S. Wynne

Anisotropy of Magnetization Reversal and Magnetoresistance in Square Arrays of Permalloy Nano-Rings

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

A Goncharov, A Zhukov, V Metlushko, G Bordignon, H Fangohr, C de Groot, John Unguris, Willard C. Uhlig, G Karapetrov, B Ilic, P A. de Groot

Magnetization reversal mechanisms and the impact of magnetization direction are studied in square arrays of interconnected circular permalloy nanorings using...

Preoxidation as a general approach to suppressing orange-peel coupling in magnetic tunnel junctions

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

William F. Egelhoff Jr., Robert McMichael, Cindi L. Dennis, Mark D. Stiles, Alexander J. Shapiro, Brian B. Maranville, Cedric J. Powell

We have found that preoxidation of the bottom electrode prior to deposition of Al 2O 3 or MgO is very effective as a general approach to suppressing orange-peel...

Merits of PM Noise Measurement over Noise Figure: A Study at Microwave Frequencies

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

Archita Hati, David A. Howe, Fred L. Walls, D. Walker

This paper addresses two issues: (i) it compares the usefulness of phase-modulation (PM) noise measurements vs. noise figure (NF) measurements in characterizing...

Advanced Metrology Needs for Nanoelectronics Lithography

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

Stephen Knight, Ronald Dixon, Ronald L. Jones, Eric Lin, Ndubuisi G. Orji, Richard M. Silver, Andras Vladar, Wen-li Wu

The semiconductor industry has exploited productivity improvements through aggressive feature size reduction for over four decades. While enormous effort has...

A Brighter Future From Gallium Nitride Nanowires

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

Kristine A. Bertness, Norman Sanford, Albert Davydov

How might nitride semiconductor nanowires change the future of computing? In the spirit of this special issue on how science fiction might become working...

Impulse Spectrum Amplitude Uncertainty Analysis

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

Nicholas Paulter, Donald R. Larson

A detailed uncertainty analysis for an impulse spectrum amplitude measurement system is presented. This analysis includes consideration of effects such as...

Eliminating FFT Artifacts in Vector Signal Analyzer Spectra

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

Michael McKinley, Kate Remley, M. Myslinski, J. S. Kenney

We present a method to minimize spectral leakage in measurements of periodic signals made with the vector signal analyzer (VSA) by taking into account the...

An Optimized Electrophoresis System for Tandem SSCP and Heteroduplex Analysis of p53 Gene Exons 5-9 on Glass Microfluidic Chips

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

Christa N. Hestekin, J P. Jakupciak, Thomas N. Chiesl, C D. O'Connell, Annelise E. Barron, C W. Kan

With the sequencing of the human genome, there is a growing need for rapid and sensitive genotyping methods that can be incorporated into the clinical setting...

A Thermodynamic Study of Ketoreductase-Catalyzed Reactions, Part 3: Reduction of 1-Phenyl-1-Alkanones in Non-Aqueous Solvents

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

Yadu D. Tewari, N Kishore, J D. Rozzell, David J. Vanderah, Michele M. Schantz

The equilibrium constants K for the reactions (1-phenyl-1-alkanone + 2-propanol = 1-phenyl-1-alkanol + acetone) in the solvents n-pentane and n-hexane have been...

Microcantilever Torque Magnetometry Study of Patterned Magnetic Films

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

L. Yuan, Lan Gao, R. Sabirianov, Sy-hwang Liou, Michelle Chabot, Dong-Hoon Min, John M. Moreland, Bao Shan Han

Microcantilever torque magnetometry (MTM) is a sensitive tool to measure small magnetization changes in the sample. In this paper, we investigated a process for...

Phase Velocity in Resonant Structures

October 1, 2006

Author(s)

James R. Baker-Jarvis, Michael D. Janezic, Derik Love, Thomas Mitchell (Mitch) Wallis, Christopher L. Holloway, Pavel Kabos

In this paper we present a simple experimental procedure for studying the phase velocity behavior of a metafilm with tunable material properties. Using this...

Origin of the Relaxtor State in Pb(BxB'1-x)O3 Perovskites

September 29, 2006

Author(s)

Silvia Tinte, Benjamin P. Burton, Eric J. Cockayne, U V. Waghmare

Apparatus for Wide-Ranging, High-Accuracy Fluid p-ρ-T Measurements Based on a Compact Two-Sinker Densimeter

September 28, 2006

Author(s)

Mark O. McLinden, Cornelia Losch-Will

An apparatus for high-accuracy fluid p-ρ-T measurements over wide ranges of temperature, pressure, and density (90 to 520 K; 0 to 40 MPa; 5 to 1700 kg/m 3) is...

Role of Core Support Material in Veneer Failure of Brittle Layer Structures

September 26, 2006

Author(s)

Ilja Hermann, Sanjit Bhowmick, Brian R. Lawn

A study is made of veneer failure by cracking in all-ceramic crown-like layer structures. Model trilayers consisting of a 1 mm thick external glass layer...

Formation Mechanisms and Properties of Semifluorinated Molecular Gradients on Silica Surfaces

September 26, 2006

Author(s)

Jan Genzer, K Efimenko, Daniel A. Fischer

Characterization of Atomic Motions Governing Grain Boundary Migration

September 24, 2006

Author(s)

Hao Zhang, David J. Srolovitz, Jack F. Douglas, James A. Warren

Molecular dynamics simulations were employed to study atomic motion within stationary and migrating asymmetric tilt grain boundaries. We employ several measures...

Prototype Cantilevers for SI Traceable NanoNewton Force Calibration

September 20, 2006

Author(s)

Richard S. Gates, Jon R. Pratt

A series of extremely uniform prototype reference cantilevers has been created that can be used to calibrate the spring constants of atomic force microscope...

Eval-Ware: Digital Video Retrieval

September 20, 2006

Author(s)

Paul D. Over, Alan Smeaton

The short write up highlights some Internet resources of interest connection with evaluation of digital video retrieval systems.

Prototype Cantilevers for SI-Traceable NanoNewton Force Calibration

September 20, 2006

Author(s)

Richard S. Gates, Jon R. Pratt

A series of extremely uniform prototype reference cantilevers have been created that can be used to calibrate the spring constants of atomic force microscope...

Demonstration and modeling of an array-compatible TES microcalorimeter gamma-ray detector with 42 eV energy resolution at 103 keV

September 20, 2006

Author(s)

Barry L. Zink, Joel Ullom, James A. Beall, Kent D. Irwin, W.Bertrand (Randy) Doriese, William Duncan, S. L. Ferreira, Gene C. Hilton, Rob Horansky, Carl D. Reintsema, Leila R. Vale

We describe a microcalorimeter gamma-ray detector with measured energy resolution of 42 eV full width at half maximum for 103 keV photons. This detector...

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