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Journals

Covariance-Based Uncertainty Analysis of the NIST Electrooptic Sampling System

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Dylan F. Williams, Arkadiusz C. Lewandowski, Tracy S. Clement, C. M. Wang, Paul D. Hale, Juanita M. Morgan, Darryl A. Keenan, Andrew Dienstfrey

We develop a covariance matrix describing the uncertainty of mismatch-corrected measurements performed on the National Institute of Standards and Technology's...

Effects of Organochlorine Contaminants on Loggerhead Sea Turtle Immunity: Comparison of a Correlative Field Study and In Vitro Exposure Experiments

January 1, 2006

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Jennifer M. Lynch, P.D. McClellan-Green, John R. Kucklick, D.E. Keil, Margie Peden-Adams

Form-Profiling of Optics Using the Geometry Measuring Machine and NIST M-48 CMM

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Nadia Machkour-Deshayes, John R. Stoup, John Lu, Johannes A. Soons, Ulf Griesmann, Robert S. Polvani

We are developing an instrument, the Geometry Measuring Machine (GEMM), to measure the profile errors of aspheric and free form optical surfaces, which require...

Uncertainty Analysis for Vector Measurands Using Fiducial Inference

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Chih-Ming Wang, Hariharan K. Iyer

This paper presents a method for constructing uncertainty regions for a vector measurand in the presence of both type-A and type-B errors. The method is based...

Large-Scale Metrology Instrument Performance Evaluations at NIST

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

William T. Estler, Daniel S. Sawyer, Bruce R. Borchardt, Steven D. Phillips

The ASME B89 Committee on Dimensional Metrology has approved a new American National Standard B89.4.19 - Performance Evaluation of Laser Based Spherical...

Nano-Tip Electron Gun for the Scanning Electron Microscope

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Andras Vladar, Zsolt Radi, Michael T. Postek, David C. Joy

Through this study the most important questions and problems associated with nano-tips and their possible applications to SEMs were investigated. These were...

Simpler Bayesian Alternative to the ISO Guides Use of the Welch-Satterthwaite Formula

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker

The n-qubit concurrence canonical decomposition (CCD) is a generalization of the two-qubit canonical decomposition SU(4)=[SU(2) (x) SU(2)] ? [SU(2) (x) SU(2)]...

Evaluation Of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament, Medical Collateral Ligament, Achilles Tendon and Patellar Tendon as Cell Sources For Tissue-Engineered Ligament

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

James A. Cooper, L A. Bailey, Janell N. Carter, Cynthia Castiglioni, Michelle D. Kofron, Frank K. Ko, Cato T. Laurencin

Characterization of High Explosive Particles Using Cluster Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

John G. Gillen, Scott A. Wight, Christine M. Mahoney, Richard T. Lareau

Mesoporous nanoparticle TiO2 thin films for conductometric gas sensing on microhotplate plateforms

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Kurt D. Benkstein, Stephen Semancik

Effect of Shear Flow on Multi-Component Polymer Mixtures

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Charles C. Han, Yonghua Yao, C.L. Zhang, Erik K. Hobbie

There is considerable interest in the phase behavior of multi-component polymer mixtures, the so-called polymer blends, due to their broad technological...

Report On The 4Th Annual Nist Polymer Mass Spectrometry Workshop: 'Future Directions In Soft Ionization Of Polymers'

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

William E. Wallace

Calibrating Photon-Counting Detectors to High Accuracy: -Background and Deadtime Issues,

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

M J. Ware, Alan L. Migdall, Joshua C. Bienfang, Sergey V. Polyakov

Phase-sensitive four-wave-mixing, and Raman suppression in a microstructure fiber with dual laser pumps

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Jingyun Fan, Alan L. Migdall

Absolute radiant flux measurement for the angular distribution of synchrotron radiation

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Ping-Shine Shaw, Uwe Arp, Keith R. Lykke

NIST Reference Cryogenic Radiometer Designed for Versatile Performance

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Jeanne M. Houston, Joseph P. Rice

We describe the concept of modularity and versatility in the construction of a new cryogenic radiometer developed at NIST. We address the benefits of the...

Flow visualization of heated CO2 gas using thermal imaging

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Joseph P. Rice, Howard W. Yoon, M H. Brenner, N R. Briggs, J G. Gillen

Walk-through portal detection systems are being developed to screen passengers for the presence of explosives in support of homeland security. These portals...

Quantifying the Directional Parameter of Structural Anisotropy in Porous Media

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Martin Y. Chiang, Xianfeng Wang, Forrest A. Landis, Joy P. Dunkers, Chad R. Snyder

Small Angle Neutron Scattering from Labeled Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Barry J. Bauer, Erik K. Hobbie, Matthew Becker

Small angle neutron scattering (SANS) is used with the high concentration method to extract single particle scattering from single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs)...

Polymerization Shrinkage And Stress Development In Bioactive Urethane Acrylic Resin Composites

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Joseph M. Antonucci, Tonya Icenogle, W F. Regnault, D W. Liu, J N. O'Donnell, Drago Skrtic

Preparation and Structure of Low-Density, Flat-Lying Decanethiol Monolayer From the Densely-Packed, Upright Monolayer on Gold

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Laura B. Picraux, Christopher D. Zangmeister, J Batteas

This study investigates the formation of low-density, flat-lying decanethiol chemisorbed on Au prepared by heating the surface covered with a densely-packed...

Small Diameter Waveguide for Wideband Acoustic Emission

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Marvin A. Hamstad

The signals obtained from two wideband conical sensors were compared in the time, frequency and the time/frequency domains. The signals were generated by pencil...

Integral Representations for Elliptic Functions

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Andrew M. Dienstfrey, Jingfang Huang

Comparison of ISO-GUM, draft GUM Supplement 1, and Bayesian statistics using simple linear calibration

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker, Blaza Toman, Ding Huang

We compare three approaches for quantifying uncertainty using a measurement equation: the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Guide to the...