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Comparison of Semiclassical Line-Shape Models to Rovibrational H₂O Spectra Measured by Frequency-Stabilized Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Daniel Lisak, Joseph T. Hodges, R Ciurylo

A single-mode cavity ring-down spectrometer, which incorporates a stabilized and tuneable comb of resonant frequencies and a continuous-wave external-cavity...

Artificial Intelligence in Engineering: Personal Reflections

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Ram D. Sriram

The field of artificial intelligence (AI), as we understand it now, got its impetus during a two-month workshop organized by John McCarthy (Stanford University)...

Preliminary Design and Manufacturing Planning Integration Using Web-Based Intelligent Agents

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Shaw C. Feng

Software agents have been increasingly used in the product and process development in industry over the past years due to the rapid evolvement of the Internet...

Spontaneously grown GaN and AlGaN nanowires

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Kristine A. Bertness, Alexana Roshko, Norman A. Sanford, Joy Barker, Albert Davydov

We have identified crystal growth conditions in gas-source molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) that lead to spontaneous formation of GaN nanowires with high aspect...

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...

Developing advanced humidity standards to measure trace water vapor in specialty gases

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Joseph T. Hodges, Gregory E. Scace

We describe primary thermodynamic standards for trace humidity generation maintained at NIST. Also, a discussion of NIST calibration services providing...

Radiation properties of IR calibrators with V-grooved surfaces

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Alexander Prokhorov, Leonard M. Hanssen, Sergey Mekhontsev

Murre Eggs (Uria aalge and U. lomvia) as Indicators of Mercury Contamination in the Alaskan Marine Environment

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Russell D. Day, Stacy S. Vander-Pol, Steven J. Christopher, William C. Davis, Rebecca S. Pugh, K. S. Simac, D. G. Roseneau, Paul R. Becker

Fiber Deflection Probe for Small Hole Metrology

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Jack A. Stone Jr., John R. Stoup

This paper presents the development of a new probing method for Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM) to inspect diameter and form of small holes. The technique...

An In Situ Ellipsometric Study of Cl^- -Induced Adsorption of PEG on Ru and on Underpotential Deposited Cu on Ru

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Marlon L. Walker, Lee J. Richter, Daniel Josell, Thomas P. Moffat

The adsorption of PEG-Cl on a.) air-oxidized Ru, b.) reduced or activated Ru and c.) underpotential deposited (upd) Cu on activated Ru was examined in-situ...

Frequency-Stabilized Cavity Ring-Down Spectrometer for High-Sensitivity Measurements of Water Vapor Concentration

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Joseph T. Hodges, Daniel Lisak

We present a portable spectrometer that uses the frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down spectroscopy technique to realize high-precision measurements of trace...

Status of the NIST 3D Imaging System Performance Evaluation Facility

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Geraldine S. Cheok, Alan M. Lytle, Kamel S. Saidi

This paper will present the status of the indoor artifact-based Performance Evaluation Facility at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for...

Characterization of mtDNA SNP typing and mixture ratio assessment with simultaneous real-time PCR quantification of both allelic states

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

H. Niederstatter, Michael D. Coble, P. Grubwieser, T. J. Parsons, W. Parson

Nexplorer: Phylogeny-based exploration of sequence family data

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

J. A. Aust, W. Qiu, M. Chen, Arlin B. Stoltzfus

Structural analysis of ligand binding and catalysis in chorismate lyase

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

N. Smith, A. Roitberg, E. Rivera, A. Howard, Marcia J. Holden, M. Mayhew, S. Kaistha, David Gallagher

Toolkits for Nuclear Science: Data and Spreadsheets

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Richard M. Lindstrom

The tools for performing everyday nuclear science have undergone great transformations in the past decade. Because of the ubiquity and speed of networked...

Investigating Guns, Bombs, and Rockets: A New NIST Reference Material for Smokeless Powder Measurements

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

William A. MacCrehan, Mary Bedner

This short article describes how the compositional measurements of smokeless powder have important forensic and military applications. It also details a NIST...

Relaxation Effects in Small Critical Nozzles

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Aaron N. Johnson, C L. Merkle, Michael R. Moldover, John D. Wright

We computed the flow of four gases (He, N 2, CO 2, and SF 6) through a critical nozzle by augmenting traditional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with a rate...

A Hierarchical Rule-Based Fault Detection and Diagnostic Method for HVAC Systems

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

J Schein, Steven T. Bushby

Radiative Decay Mode of the Free Neutron

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Jeffrey S. Nico, Maynard S. Dewey, Thomas R. Gentile, Hans P. Mumm, Alan K. Thompson, B M. Fisher, I Kremsky, Fred E. Wietfeldt, T E. Chupp, R L. Cooper, E J. Beise, K G. Kiriluk, J Byrne, K Coakley

Chemisorption-Induced Spin Symmetry Breaking In Gold Clusters and the Onset of Paramagnetism in Capped Gold Nanoparticles

January 1, 2006

Author(s)

Carlos A. Gonzalez, Y Simon-Manso, M Marquez, V Mujica

We present a simple model to describe the induction of magnetic behavior on gold clusters upon chemisorption of one organic molecule with different chemical...

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

Author(s)

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...

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