Journals

Composition of Engineering Web Services with Distributed Data Flows and Computations

April 1, 2005

Author(s)

D. Liu, J Peng, K Law, G Wiederhold, Ram D. Sriram

This paper describes an experimental Flow-based Infrastructure for Composing Autonomous Services (FICAS), which supports a service-composition paradigm that...

The Fast Fourier Transform for Experimentalists, Part I: Concepts

April 1, 2005

Author(s)

D Donnelly, Bert W. Rust

The discrete Fourier transform (DFT) is a widely used tool for the analysis of measured time series data. The Cooley-Tukey fast Fourier transform (FFT)...

Two-Photon Mode Preparation and Matching Efficiency: Definition, Measurement and Optimization

April 1, 2005

Author(s)

Stefania Castelletto, Ivo P. Degiovanni, G Furno, V Schettini, Alan L. Migdall, M J. Ware

We investigate the coupling efficiency of parametric down conversion (PDC) into single and multi modes optical fibers, as a function of the pump beam mode...

Finite-temperature modeling of nanoscale spin-transfer oscillators

March 31, 2005

Author(s)

Stephen E. Russek, Shehzaad F. Kaka, William Rippard, Matthew Pufall, Thomas J. Silva

Magnetization dynamics induced by spin-polarized currents in magnetic nanodevices have been numerically simulated using a single-domain model proposed by...

Thermodynamic Properties of Diphenylmethane

March 30, 2005

Author(s)

Robert D. Chirico, William Steele

Measurements leading to the calculation of the standard thermodynamic properties for gaseous diphenylmethane (Chemical Abstracts registry number [101-81-5]) are...

An Overview of the BEB Method for Electron-Impact Ionization of Atoms and Molecules

March 25, 2005

Author(s)

Philip M. Stone, Yong Sik Kim

An accurate and simple method for the calculation of electron impact ionization cross sections of atoms and molecules was developed by Kim and Rudd in 1994...

Surface photovoltage spectroscopy of minority carrier diffusion lengths in undoped and Si-doped GaN epitaxial films

March 24, 2005

Author(s)

Seong-Eun Park, Joseph Kopanski, Youn-Seon Kang, Larry Robins

Undoped and Si-doped GaN epitaxial films have been grown on sapphire substrates by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition. Variable angle spectroscopic...

The disaggregated technology production function: A new model of university and corporate research

March 23, 2005

Author(s)

Gregory C. Tassey

Technology and the process that produces it, research and development (R&D), are typically characterized as homogeneous entities. In reality, the typical...

Challenges in Metrology for the Semiconductor Industry

March 21, 2005

Author(s)

Stephen Knight, Joaquin (. Martinez

Leading edge Ultra Large Scale Integrated Circuit manufacture is now well into the realm of Nanoelectronics, with some critical dimensions below 40 nm. The...

Propagation of Uncertainties in Measurements Using Structural Inference

March 21, 2005

Author(s)

Hariharan K. Iyer, Chih-Ming Wang

The ISO Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM) recommends the use of a first-order Taylor series expansion for propagating errors and...

Purified Bacillus Anthracis Lethal Toxin Complex Formed In Vitro and During Infection Exhibits Functional and Biological Activity

March 18, 2005

Author(s)

Rekha Panchal, Kelly Halverson, Wilson Ribot, Douglas Lane, Tara Kenny, Teresa G. Abshire, John W. Ezzell, Timothy A. Hoover, Bradford Powell, Stephen Little, John J. Kasianowicz, Sina Bavari

Anthrax protective antigen (PA, 83 kDa), a pore-forming protein upon protease activation to 63 kDa (PA63), translocates lethal factor (LF) and edema factor (EF)...

Genotyping SNPs Using a UV Photocleavable Oligonucleotide in MALDI-TOF MS

March 17, 2005

Author(s)

Peter M. Vallone, K Fahr, M Kostrzewa

Matrix assisted laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) coupled with allele specific primer extension is a proven method for typing...

Thermal decomposition kinetics of RP-1 rocket propellant

March 16, 2005

Author(s)

Peter C. Andersen, Thomas J. Bruno

As part of a thermophysical and transport property measurement project, the global decomposition kinetics of the kerosene based rocket propellant, RP-1, was...

Control of Moisture at Buried Polymer / Alumina Interfaces Through Subtrate Surface Modification

March 15, 2005

Author(s)

B D. Vogt, Vivek M. Prabhu, Christopher L. Soles, Sushil K. Satija, Eric K. Lin, Wen-Li Wu

Moisture absorption in poly(4-tert-butoxycarbonyl-oxystyrene) (PBOCSt) films supported on Al2O3 sputter coated silicon wafers is measured using neutron and x...

Femtosecond laser-based synthesis of ultrastable microwave signals from optical frequency references

March 15, 2005

Author(s)

A Bartels, Scott Diddams, Christopher W. Oates, G Wilpers, James C. Bergquist, Windell Oskay, Leo W. Hollberg

Using femtosecond laser frequency combs to convert optical frequency references to the microwave domain, we demonstrate the synthesis of 10 GHz signals having...

Horizontal Growth and In Situ Assembly of Oriented ZnO Nanowires

March 13, 2005

Author(s)

Babak Nikoobakht, Chris A. Michaels, Mark D. Vaudin, Stephan J. Stranick

Dynamically Coated Capillaries for Enantioselective Separations by Capillary Electrophoresis

March 11, 2005

Author(s)

Karen W. Phinney, Lane C. Sander

Electrical Characterization of Al/AlOx/Molecule/Ti/Al Devices?

March 11, 2005

Author(s)

Curt A. Richter, D R. Stewart, D A. Ohlberg, R. S. Williams

We report experimental electrical characterization of Al/AlOx/Molecule/Ti/Al planar crossbar devices incorporating Langmuir-Blodgett organic monolayers of...

Ethylene Oxidation Mechanisms and Intermediates: In Situ Soft X-Ray Studies of Ethylene Oxidation on the Pt(111) Surface

March 10, 2005

Author(s)

D J. Burnett, A M. Gabelnick, J L. Gland, Daniel A. Fischer

In situ studies of ethylene oxidation on Pt(111) have been performed using a powerful combination of fluorescence yield soft x-ray methods for temperatures up...

Ultracold Dimer Association Induced by a Far-Off-Resonance Optical Lattice

March 9, 2005

Author(s)

E L. Bolda, Eite Tiesinga, Paul S. Julienne

Progress in scale-up of second-generation high-temperature superconductors at SuperPower Inc

March 9, 2005

Author(s)

Y Y. Xie, A Knoll, Y Chen, Y Li, Xiaoxiong Xiong, You-Lin Qiao, P Hou, J Reeves, T Salagaj, K Lenseth, L Civale, B Maiorov, Y Iwasa, V Solovyov, M Suenaga, Najib Cheggour, Cameron C. Clickner, John (Jack) W. Ekin, C Weber, V Selvamanickam

SuperPower is focused on scaling up second-generation (2-G) high-temperature superconductor (HTS) technology to pilot-scale manufacturing. The emphasis of this...

Boundary Lubricating Film: Formation and Lubrication Mechanism

March 4, 2005

Author(s)

Stephen M. Hsu, Richard S. Gates

Boundary lubricating films are critical in effective lubrication of engine components. Their formation mechanism has not been fully understood because of the...

Brillouin light scattering from pumped uniform-precession and low-k magnons in Ni81Fe19

March 4, 2005

Author(s)

Ward L. Johnson, Sudook A. Kim, Stephen E. Russek, Pavel Kabos

A method is presented for performing Brillouin-light-scattering measurements on uniform-precession and low-wave-number (Iow-k) magnons excited by a microwave...

Quantum Computing with Very Noisy Devices

March 3, 2005

Author(s)

Emanuel H. Knill

There are quantum algorithms that can efficiently simulate quantum physics, factor large numbers and estimate integrals. As a result, quantum computers can...

Quantum Computing With Realistically Noisy Devices

March 3, 2005

Author(s)

Emanuel H. Knill

There are quantum algorithms that can efficiently simulate quantum physics, factor large numbers and estimate integrals. As a result, quantum computers can...

Multiscale Green's Function Modeling of Defects in a Semi-Infinite Silicon Substrate

March 3, 2005

Author(s)

B. Yang, Vinod Tewary

We have developed a Green's function (GF) based multiscale modeling of defects in a semi-infinite Si-substrate. Point defects and substrate surface (i.e...

Active Radiometric Calorimeter for Absolute Radioactive Source Calibration

March 2, 2005

Author(s)

Kurt E. Stump, Larry DeWerd, David A. Rudman, Susan A. Schima

This report describes the design and initial noise 'oor measurements of a radiometric calorimeter designed to measure therapeutic medical radioactive sources...

Creep Behavior of Improved High Temperature Silicon Nitride

March 1, 2005

Author(s)

Sheldon M. Wiederhorn, Ralph Krause, F Lofaj, U Taffner

Crack-Tip Structure in Soda-Lime-Silicate Glass

March 1, 2005

Author(s)

J -. Guin, Sheldon M. Wiederhorn, Theo Fett

The topology of crack tips in soda-lime-silicate glass was investigated using atomic force microscopy. Studies were conducted on cracks that were propagated in...

Photoreflectance Study of the Electronic Structure of Si-Doped InyGa_1-yAs_1-xN_x Films With x

March 1, 2005

Author(s)

Youn S. Kang, Lawrence H. Robins, Anthony Birdwell, Alexander J. Shapiro, W. R. Thurber, Mark D. Vaudin, M M. Fahmi, D Bryson, S N. Mohammad

The electronic structure of Si-doped InyGa1-yAs1-xNx films on GaAs substrates, grown by nitrogen-plasma-assisted MBE, was examined by photoreflectance (PR)...