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Journals

Simulating the Fires in the World Trade Center

July 7, 2004

Author(s)

Kevin B. McGrattan, C P. Bouldin

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is conducting a two year investigation of the World Trade Center disaster. Among numerous tasks...

Urban/Widlland Fires: Ignition by Embers

July 7, 2004

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello, Thomas G. Cleary, Jiann C. Yang

Urban-wildland fires have plagued the United States for centuries. Embers are produced as trees and other objects burn in urban-wildland fires. These embers are...

The Basis for Egress Provisions in U.S. Building Codes

July 7, 2004

Author(s)

Richard W. Bukowski, Erica D. Kuligowski

Some of the earliest public safety-from-fire regulations in the US are requirements for egress stairs adopted by New York City in 1860 . One of the first model...

Physics-Based Modeling of Community Fires

July 7, 2004

Author(s)

D D. Evans, Ronald G. Rehm, Elisa S. Baker, E G. McPherson, Jeffrey B. Wallace

Physics-based modeling of fires in the wildland urban interface (WUI) is used to develop practical tools for fire hazard evaluation of landscaped properties...

Environmental Concerns of Fires: Facts, Figures, Questions and New Challenges for the Future

July 7, 2004

Author(s)

G Marlair, M Simonson, Richard Gann

The effect of fires on the environment has been increasingly in the public eye since the chemical warehouse accident in the Sandoz facility in Schweizerhalle in...

Micropatterning Neuronal Cells on Polyelectrolyte Multilayers

July 7, 2004

Author(s)

Darwin Reyes-Hernandez, Elizabeth M. Perruccio, Patricia Becerra, Laurie E. Locascio, Michael Gaitan

This paper describes an approach to adhere retinal cells on micropatterned polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) lines adsorbed on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)...

Superconducting transition edge sensor using dilute AlMn alloys

July 6, 2004

Author(s)

Steven Deiker, William B. Doriese, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, William H. Rippard, Joel N. Ullom, Leila R. Vale, Steve T. Ruggiero, Anthony Williams, B. Young

We have fabricated a bolometer using a transition-edge sensor (TES) made of Al doped with Mn to suppress the superconducting critical temperature !Tc" of Al...

In-situ observation of nano-oxide formation in magnetic thin films

July 4, 2004

Author(s)

Andrew McCallum, Stephen E. Russek

In situ conductance and reflected high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) measurements were taken during the oxidation of 20-nm-thick Co and CoFe layers. The...

Structure and Magnetic Switching of Thin Film HITPERM/SiO₂ Soft Magnetic Multilayers

July 4, 2004

Author(s)

Hideyuki Okumura, C Y. Um, S Y. Chu, M E. McHenry, D E. Laughlin, Anthony B. Kos

Laminated (Fe 0.7Co 0.3) 88Zr 7B 4Cu a-HITPERM/SiO 2 multilayer thin films have been previously shown to exhibit thermally activated, stepped magnetization...

Characterization of Pore Structure in Nanoporous Low-Dielectric Constant Thin Film by Neutron Porosimetry X-Ray Porosimetry

July 2, 2004

Author(s)

R C. Hedden, Hae-Jeong Lee, Christopher L. Soles, Barry J. Bauer

A small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) porosimetry technique is presented for characterization of pore structure in nanoporous thin films. The technique is...

Modeling of Magnetization and Demagnetization in Magnetic Regenerative Refrigeration

July 2, 2004

Author(s)

F Shir, Edward Della Torre, Lawrence H. Bennett, C Mavriplis, Robert D. Shull

A time-dependent model of magnetization and demagnetization temperature profile is developed based on thermodynamic and heat transfer laws, material properties...

Strength of Silicon, Sapphire in the Subthreshold Flaw and Glass Region

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Yeon-Gil G. Jung, Antonia Pajares, R Banerjee, Brian R. Lawn

Strength properties are determined for monocrystalline silicon and sapphire and for soda-lime glass plates containing subthreshold flaws, i.e. flaws without...

Optical Anisotropy of Nanotube Suspensions

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Erik K. Hobbie

A semi-macroscopic model of an optically anisotropic absorbing nanotube suspension is derived perturbatively from Maxwell s equations in a dielectric medium. We...

Li 1s Near-Edge Spectra in Six Lithium Halides

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Eric L. Shirley

Theoretical results are presented for Li 1s near-edge absorption spectra in LiH, LiF, LiCl, LiBr, LiI and LiAt. These results are obtained using a realistic...

Maximizing Information Obtained From Secondary Ion Mass Spectra of Organic Thin Films Using Multivariate Analysis.

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

M S. Wagner, D G. Graham, B D. Ratner, David G. Castner

Time -of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) can give detailed description of the surface chemistry and structure of organic materials. The high...

Summary of ISO/TC 201 Technical Report: ISO/TR 19319: 2003 Surface Chemical Analysis Auger Electron Spectroscopy and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Determination of Lateral Resolution, Analysis Area, and Sample Area Viewed by the Analyser

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Cedric J. Powell

ISO Technical Report 19319 contains information on the determination of lateral resolution, analysis area, and sample area viewed by the analyser in surface...

Saturation Molalities and Standard Molar Enthalpies of Solution of Cytidine(cr), Hypoxanthine(cr), Thymidine(cr), Thymine(cr), Uridine(cr), and Xanthine(cr) in H₂O(1)

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Yadu D. Tewari, Patrick D. Gery, Mark D. Vaudin, Alan D. Mighell, R Klein, Robert N. Goldberg

Saturation molalities, m(sat) in H 0(I) have been measure for the substances cytidine(cr), hypoxanthine(cr), thymidine(cr), thymine(cr), uridine(cr), and...

A Technique for Temperature Mapping in Fluorocarbon Plasmas Using Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence of CF

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Kristen L. Steffens, Mark A. Sobolewski

Planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) measurements of CF A2S+ - X2P (1,0) were used to determine two-dimensional maps of rotational temperature in CF4...

Y-SNP typing of U.S. African American and Caucasian samples using allele-specific hybridization and primer extension.

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Peter M. Vallone, John M. Butler

DNA Displacement Assay Integrated into Microfluidic Channels

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Rebecca A. Zangmeister, Michael J. Tarlov

This paper describes the development of a unique fluorescence based DNA diagnostic assay incorporated into a microfluidic channel that does not require labeling...

Effects of Polymerization Initiator Complexation in Methacrylated Beta-Cyclodextrin Formulations

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

L A. Hussain, Sabine H. Dickens, Rafael L. Bowen

Objectives: Methacrylated beta-cyclodextrin (MCD) is a candidate dental monomer that can complex molecules within its hydrophobic cavity. This study determined...

The Development and Evaluation of TiO2 Nanoparticle Films for Conductometric Gas Sensing on MEMS Microhotplate Platforms

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Kurt D. Benkstein, Christopher B. Montgomery, Mark D. Vaudin, Stephen Semancik

Issues Relating to the Mechanical Property Characterization of Sealant

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Christopher C. White, Donald L. Hunston

fective characterization of the mechanical properties of sealant requires knowledge of the non-linear complex viscoelastic properties. Additionally, all cured...

Multiplexed assays for evalution of Y-SNP markers in U.S populations. Progress in Forensic Genetics 10, Elsevier Science.

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Peter M. Vallone

Associations between Organochlorine Contaminant Concentrations and Clinical Health Parameters in Loggerhead Sea Turtles from North Carolina, USA

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Jennifer M. Lynch, John R. Kucklick, M.A. Stamper, Craig A. Harms, P.D. McClellan-Green

Elastostatic Green's Function for Advanced Materials Subject to Surface Loading

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Vinod K. Tewary

Gradient Reference Specimens for Advanced Scanned Probe Microscopy

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

D Julthongpiput, Michael J. Fasolka, Eric J. Amis

Recent years have seen the emergence of a new generation of SPM techniques, which intend to measure chemical, mechanical, and electro/optical properties on the...

Concordance Study Between Miniplex Assays and a Commercial STR Typing Kit

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

J Drabek, D T. Chung, John Butler, B R. McCord

A Study on the Effects of Degradation and Template Concentration on the Amplification Efficiency of the STR Miniplex Primer Sets

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

D T. Chung, J Drabek, K L. Opel, John Butler, B R. McCord

Femtosecond Infrared Coherent Excitation of Liquid Phase Vibrational Population Distributions (v [greater than] 5)

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

T Witte, J S. Yeston, Edwin J. Heilweil, K L. Kompa, M Motzkus

Irradiation of a hexane solution of W(CO)6 with femtosecond mid-IR pulses, resonant with the transition energies for the first seven steps in the anharmonic...

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