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Highly efficient inelastic four-wave mixing using dual induced transparency and coherently prepared states

March 13, 2006

Author(s)

Lu Deng, M. G. Payne, Kaijun Jiang

We investigate a life time broadened and coherently prepared five-state system for multi-wave mixing processes. We show that very efficient wave mixing occurs...

Effects of Humidity on Unencapsulated Poly(thiophene) Thin Film Transistors

March 13, 2006

Author(s)

Michael L. Chabinyc, Fred Endicott, B D. Vogt, Dean DeLongchamp, Eric K. Lin, Yiliang Wu, Ping Liu, Beng S. Ong

The effects of humidity on unencapsulated polymeric thin-film transistors (TFTs) were investigated. TFTs were fabricated on glass substrates with inorganic gate...

High Throughput Microfluidic Light Scattering for Aqueous Polymer Solutions

March 10, 2006

Author(s)

A I. Norman, Wenhua Zhang, Kathryn L. Beers, Eric J. Amis

A small-angle light scattering (SALS) apparatus, coupled with a specially designed microfluidic device was used, to monitor the structure of a diblock copolymer...

Optical Properties of Fluids For 248 nm and 193 nm Immersion Photolithography

March 10, 2006

Author(s)

Simon G. Kaplan, John H. Burnett

We present measured values of the refractive index, thermo-optic coefficient, and absorption coefficient of a number of common organic solvents and aqueous...

DNA Commission of the International Society of Forensic Genetics (ISFG): An update of the recommendations on the use of Y-STRs in forensic analysis

March 10, 2006

Author(s)

L. Gusmao, John M. Butler, A. Carracedo, P. Gill, M. Kayser, W. R. Mayr, N. Morling, M. Prinz, L. Roewer, C. Tyler-Smith, P. M. Schneider

Nanometer Scale Crystallographic Texture Mapping of Platinum and Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films by Electron Backscatter Diffraction

March 9, 2006

Author(s)

G R. Fox, X Han, T Maitland, Mark D. Vaudin

Influence of surface energy and relative humidity on AFM nanomechanical contact stiffness

March 9, 2006

Author(s)

Donna C. Hurley, Malgorzata Kopycinska-Mueller, D Julthongpiput, Michael J. Fasolka

The effects of surface functionality and relative humidity (RH) on nanomechanical properties were investigated using atomic force acoustic microscopy (AFAM), a...

Optical frequency measurements of 6s²S_1/2 – 6p²P_1/2 (D1) transitions in ¹³³Cs and their impact on the fine-structure constant

March 8, 2006

Author(s)

Vladislav Gerginov, K Calklins, Carol Tanner, John J. McFerran, Scott A. Diddams, A Bartels, Leo W. Hollberg

High resolution laser spectroscopy of 6s 2S 1/2 – 6p 2P 1/2 transition (D1 line) in neutral 133Cs is performed in a highly collimated thermal atomic beam using...

Optical frequency measurements of 6s ²S_1/2 – 6p ²P_1/2 (D¹)transitions in ¹³³Cs and their impact on the fine-structure constant

March 8, 2006

Author(s)

Vladislav Gerginov, K Calklins, B Tanner, John J. McFerran, Scott A. Diddams, Albrecht Bartels, Leo W. Hollberg

High resolution laser spectroscopy of 6s 2S 1/2 – 6p 2P 1/2 transition (D 1 line) in neutral 133Cs is performed in a highly collimated thermal atomic beam using...

Single electron tunnelling transistor with tunable barriers using silicon nanowire MOSFET

March 7, 2006

Author(s)

Akira Fujiwara, Hiroshi Inokawa, Kenji Yamazaki, Hideo Namatsu, Yasuo Takahashi, Neil M. Zimmerman, Stuart Martin

Single-electron tunnelling (SET) transistors 1 are now of great and wide interest as basic elements for future applications such as low-power nanoelecronics 2...

Evaluating the Correlation Between Fibroblast Morphology and Promoter Activity on Thin Films of Extracellular Matrix Proteins

March 6, 2006

Author(s)

K J. Langenbach, John T. Elliott, Alessandro Tona, Anne L. Plant

The response of cells to their environment is complex, not only because of the many chemical, mechanical, and other features of the environment that they...

Magnetic field-induced spectroscopy of strongly forbidden optical transitions

March 3, 2006

Author(s)

Alexey Taychenachev, V Yudin, Christopher W. Oates, C Hoyt, Zeb Barber, Leo W. Hollberg

We propose a method that uses a static magnetic field to enable direct optical excitation of forbidden electric dipole transitions that are otherwise...

Direct Excitation of the Forbidden Clock Transition in Neutral ¹⁷⁴Yb Atoms Confined to an Optical Lattice

March 3, 2006

Author(s)

Zeb Barber, C Hoyt, Christopher W. Oates, Leo W. Hollberg, A. V. Taichenachev, V. I. Yudin

We report direct single laser excitation of the strictly forbidden (6s 2) 1S 0 –(6s6p) 3P 0 clock transition in the even 174Yb isotope confined to a 1-D optical...

Electrodeposition of (Fe,Co,Ni)xPt1-x films

March 3, 2006

Author(s)

J Mallett, Erik B. Svedberg, William F. Egelhoff Jr., Thomas P. Moffat

Top-down standards will not serve systems biology

March 2, 2006

Author(s)

Marc L. Salit

Effects of Steel and Tungsten Carbide Ball Indenters on Rockwell Hardness Measurements

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

Li Ma, Samuel R. Low III, J L. Fink

The Rockwell hardness (HR) test is a valuable and widely used indentation hardness test for evaluating mechanical properties of metallic materials. For the...

Sampling-Oscilloscope Measurement of a Microwave Mixer With Single-Digit Phase Accuracy

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

Dylan F. Williams, Hassen Khenissi, Fabien Ndagijimana, Catherine A. Remley, Joel Dunsmore, Paul D. Hale, Jack Wang, Tracy S. Clement

We describe a straightforward method of separately characterizing up-conversion and down-conversion in microwave mixers with a sampling oscilloscope. The method...

Analysis of Charpy impact verification data: 1993-2003

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

Jolene D. Splett, Christopher N. McCowan

Indirect verification tests, used to verify the performance of Charpy impact machines according to ASTM Standard E23, are evaluated by the National Institute of...

Thermal stabilization of human albumin by medium- and short-chain n-alkyl fatty acid anions

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

A. Shrake, D. Frazier, Frederick P. Schwarz

Elevator Controls

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

Richard W. Bukowski, R P. Fleming, Jeffrey Tubbs, Christopher Marrion, Jill Dirksen, Chris Duke, Debbie Prince, Lee F. Richardson, Dave Beste, Dottie Stanlaske

The development of firefighter elevators and special application egress elevators is reviewed. Recent activities of the elevator industry and NIST to develop...

Using LADAR to characterize the 3-D shape of aggregates: Preliminary results

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

Edward J. Garboczi, Geraldine S. Cheok, William C. Stone

In previous publications, we have shown how using x-ray computed tomography to obtain the raw 3-D data for the coordinates of the surface, and then converting...

Oxidative Stress and DNA Damage-DNA Repair System in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Artery and Vein Grafts

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

S. H. McLaren, D. Gao, L. Chen, J. R. Eshleman, V. Dawson, M. A. Trush, V. Bohr, M. Dizdaroglu, G. M. Williams, C. Wei

Graft failure in coronary artery bypass grafts (CABGs) utilizing the saphenous vein is significantly higher than in those utilizing the internal mammary artery...

Thin films of Type 1 collagen for cell by cell analysis of morphology and tenascin-C promoter activity

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

K J. Langenbach, John T. Elliott, Alessandro Tona, Dennis P. McDaniel, Anne L. Plant

Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Tool for Chem/Bio Protection of Buildings: Software Primer

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

Robert E. Chapman, Priya D. Lavappa, Amy S. Rushing

Economic tools are needed to help the owners and managers of commercial and institutional buildings to select cost-effective combinations of protection...

Crystal Structure of the Class IV Adenylyl Cyclase From Yersinia Pestis

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

N Smith, Sung Kim, Prasad T. Reddy, David T. Gallagher

ABSTRACT: The crystal structure of the class IV adenylyl cyclase from Yersinia pestis is reported at 1.9 resolution. The class IV fold is distinct from the...

Temperature Measurements of Microhotplates Using Fluorescence Thermometry

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

Christopher W. Meyer, Douglas C. Meier, Christopher B. Montgomery, Stephen Semancik

A fluorescence microscope has been constructed for measuring surface temperatures of microhotplate platforms. The microscope measures temperature-dependent...

Symmetry, Equivalence and Molecular Self-Organization

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

K Van Workum, Jack F. Douglas

Abstract: Self-organization is central to the formation of numerous biological structures and the emulation of this process through the creation of synthetic...

Direct Excitation of the Forbidden Clock Transition in Neutral 174Yb Atoms Confined to an Optical Lattice

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

Zeb Barber, C Hoyt, Christopher W. Oates, Leo W. Hollberg, A. V. Taichenachev, V. I. Yudin

We report direct single laser excitation of the strictly forbidden (6s 2) ^s1S_0-(6s6p)^ 3P_0 clock transition in the even 174Yb isotope confiend to a 1-D...

Effect of Block Thickness on Solvent Response of Block Copolymer Brushes: A Combinatorial Study With Block Copolymer Brush Gradients

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

Chang Xu, Tao Wu, Charles M. Drain, J Batteas, Michael J. Fasolka, Kathryn L. Beers

Block copolymer (BC) brush gradient libraries were explored as high-throughput platforms to study the effect of relative block thickness on the BC response to...

Summary of ISO/TC 201 Standard: XIII. ISO 18114:2003 - Surface Chemical Analysis - Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry - Determination of Relative Sensitivity Factors From Ion-Implanted Reference Materials

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

David S. Simons

Ion-implanted materials are commonly used in secondary-ion mass spectrometry for the calibration of instruments. This international Standard was prepared to...

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