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Optical Characterization of Oligo(phenylene-ethynlyene) Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold

August 19, 2004

Author(s)

Lee J. Richter, C S. Yang, P T. Wilson, Christina Hacker, Roger D. van Zee, J J. Stapleton, D L. Allara, J M. Tour

A Thermodynamic Study of the Lipase-Catalyzed Transesterification of Benzyl Alcohol and Butyl Acetate in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Media

August 16, 2004

Author(s)

Karen W. Phinney, Yadu D. Tewari, T. Hara, M P. Mayhew

A Thermodynamic and Time Course Study of the Lipase-Catalyzed Transesterification of Benzyl Alcohol and Butyl Acetate in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Media

August 16, 2004

Author(s)

Yadu D. Tewari, T. Ihara, Karen W. Phinney, M P. Mayhew

The time course and thermodynamics of the lipase-catalyzed transesterification reaction (benzl alcohol + butyl acetate = benzyl acetate + 1-butanol) has been...

Precision Metrology for Fiber-Amplifier Noise Figure Traceable to a RIN Standard

August 16, 2004

Author(s)

Gregory E. Obarski, Paul D. Hale

We developed high-precision metrology for fiber-amplifier noise figure based on application of a relative intensity noise (RIN) standard to the RIN subtraction...

Current, Charge, and Capacitance During Scanning Probe Oxidation. I. Maximum Charge Density and Lateral Diffusion

August 15, 2004

Author(s)

John A. Dagata, F Perez-murano, C Martin, H Kuramochi, H Yokoyama

A comprehensive analysis of the electrical current passing through the tip-substrate junction during oxidation of silicon by scanning probe microscopy (SPM) is...

Lumped-Parameter Thermal Modeling of an IPEM using Thermal Component Models

August 15, 2004

Author(s)

J J. Rodriguez, Allen R. Hefner Jr., David W. Berning, M Velez-Reyes, Madelaine H. Hernandez, Jorge Gonz¿lez

A thermal model for the CPES IPEM Gen. II is presented. The selected approach is the simulation of the thermal behavior of an experimental IPEM testbed using...

Fatigue Sensitivity of Y-TZP to Microscale Sharp-Contact Flaws

August 14, 2004

Author(s)

Yu Zhang, Brian R. Lawn

The strength degrading effects of sharp-contact damage are examined for Y-TZP ceramic plates bonded to a plastic substrate. Microscale contacts are made with...

Conducting atomic force microscopy for Nanoscale tunnel barrier characterization

August 13, 2004

Author(s)

Kristine Lang, Dustin Hite, Raymond Simmonds, Robert McDermott, David P. Pappas, John M. Martinis

Increasing demands on nanometer scale properties of oxide tunnel barriers necessitate a consistent means to assess them at these lengths. Here we use conducting...

Decoherence in Josephson Qubits from Junction Resonances

August 13, 2004

Author(s)

Raymond Simmonds, Kristine Lang, Dustin Hite, David P. Pappas, John M. Martinis

We present experimental data that demonstrates a large reduction in the coherence of a Josephson phase qubit from spurious microwave resonances. These...

Helical Porous Protein Mimics

August 12, 2004

Author(s)

Virgil Percec, A E. Dulcey, Y Miura, U Edlund, V S. Balagurusamy, Steven Hudson, Paul A. Heiney, H Duan, S N. Magonov

Pore forming proteins, peptides and their remodeled structures perform a diversity of biological and biologically inspired functions. They include viral helical...

Contribution to the Zn-Rich Part of the Zn-Zr Phase Diagram

August 11, 2004

Author(s)

Maureen E. Williams, William J. Boettinger, Ursula R. Kattner

The reaction of zinc vapor with Zircaloy-4 and nuclear grade zirconium was investigated with various analytical techniques: optical metallography, scanning...

Micro-Electroplating Silver on Sharp Edges for Fabrication of Solid-State Nanopores

August 11, 2004

Author(s)

Brian J. Polk, Melanie Bernard, John J. Kasianowicz, Martin Misakian, Michael Gaitan

Electrodeposition of silver was investigated as a fabrication tool for infilling large (103 mm2) vias in silicon substrates. Silver reduction from ammoniacal...

Isochoric heat capacity measurements for a CO2+n-decane mixture in the near-critical and supercritical regions

August 8, 2004

Author(s)

Nikolai G. Polikhronidi, Rabiyat G. Batyrova, Ilmutdin Abdulagatov, Joe W. Magee, Genadii V. Stepanov

The isochoric heat capacity of a (0.7367 mole fraction) CO 2 + (0.2633 mole fraction) n-decane mixture was measured in a range of temperatures from 362 to 577 K...

Development and Evaluation of a Reference Measurement Procedure for the Determination of Total 3,3 ,5-Triiodothyronine in Human Serum Using Isotope-Dilution Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry

August 5, 2004

Author(s)

Susan S. Tai, David M. Bunk, Edward White, Michael J. Welch

Editorial: Knowledge engineering on ontologies for autonomous systems 2004 AAAI Spring Symposium

August 4, 2004

Author(s)

Craig I. Schlenoff, M Uschold

Studies of Deformation Induced Texture Development in Sheet Materials Using Diffraction Techniques

August 2, 2004

Author(s)

Stephen W. Banovic, Mark D. Vaudin, Thomas H. Gnaupel-Herold, D M. Saylor, K P. Rodbell

Crystallographic texture measurements were made on a series of rolled aluminum sheet specimens deformed in equi-biaxial tension up to a strain level of 0.11...

Extraordinary Flow Characteristics of Nanotube-Filled Polymer Materials

August 2, 2004

Author(s)

S B. Kharchenko, Kalman D. Migler, Jack F. Douglas, Jan Obrzut, E A. Grulke

Carbon nanotubes are under intense investigation due their potential for modifying the electrical conductivity (s), shear viscosity (h) and other transport...

Obstacle Detection Using a Time-of-Flight Range Camera for Indoor Automated Guided Vehicle Safety and Navigation

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Roger V. Bostelman, Tsai Hong Hong, Rajmohan Madhavan

The performance evaluation of an obstacle detection and segmentation algorithm for Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) navigation in factory-like environments using...

Statistical Analysis of Key Comparisons with Linear Trends

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Nien F. Zhang, Hung-Kung Liu, N Sedransk, W Strawderman

A statistical analysis for Key Comparisons with linear trend is proposed. The approach has the advantage that it is consistent with the case in which there is...

Compatibility of Sorbitol-Containing Polyesters. Part I. Synthesis, Surface Analysis and Cell Response in Vitro

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Ying Mei, A Kumar, W Gao, R Gross, S B. Kennedy, N Washburn, Eric J. Amis, John T. Elliott

A series of sorbitol-containing polyesters were synthesized via a one-pot lipase-catalyzed condensation polymerization. Thin films were prepared by spin coating...

Phase Equilibria of Ba-R-Cu-O-F-OH for Coated-Conductor Applications (R=Lanthanides and Y)

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Lawrence P. Cook, Igor Levin, J Suh, Ron Feenstra, T J. Haugan, P. D. Barnes

Phase diagrams of the Ba 2RCu 3O 6+x (R=Nd, Sm, Gd, Y, and Er) superconductors, prepared under 0.1 % 0 2 at 810 C, reflect the trend of the lanthanide...

Analysis of the Interactions of a Trialkoxysilane With Dental Monomers by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

M Farahani, Joseph M. Antonucci, Kathleen M. Flynn

Depending on the chemical structure of the dental monomer, 3-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (MPTMS) and other trialkoxysilanes were shown by infrared...

Impact of Exfoliated Silicate on the Dielectric Relaxations of Nylon 11 Nanocomposites in the Melt and Solid States

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

T Y. Lee, Anthony J. Bur, S C. Roth, P R. Start

Melt state properties of nylon 11 and its exfoliated silicate nanocomposite were monitored during extrusion compounding using an online dielectric slit die...

Small Angle X-Ray Scattering Metrology for Sidewall Angle and Cross Section of Nanometer Scale Line Gratings

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

T Hu, Ronald L. Jones, Wen-Li Wu, Eric K. Lin, Q Lin, D T. Keane, Steven Weigand, J Quintana

Effect of Film Thickness on the Validity of the Sauerbrey Equation for Hydrated Polyelectrolyte Films

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

B D. Vogt, Eric K. Lin, Wen-Li Wu, Christopher C. White

Evaluating Corrosion Fatigue Behavior Through Innovative Electrochemical Analyses

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Mark R. Stoudt, Richard E. Ricker

Service-life estimates based on laboratory corrosion fatigure (SN) and crack propagation (da/dN) experiments predicted that two duplex stainless steel alloys...

Correlated Photons for Correlated Atoms

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Paul D. Lett

Optical Excitation and Absorption Spectra of C₅₀Cl₁₀

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Rui-Hua Xie, Garnett W. Bryant, J Cheung, V H. Smith, J Zhao

Recent experiment has synthesized C 50Cl 10 [S.Y. Xie et al., Science 304, 699 (2004)] in a large quantity capturing the labile fullerene C 50. In this...

Characterization of the Far-Ultraviolet Spectrum of Pt/Cr-Ne Hollow Cathode Lamps as used on the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on board the Hubble Space Telescope

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Craig J. Sansonetti, Joseph Reader, F Kerber, Michael R. Rosa

We report laboratory measurements to characterize the spectral output of platinum/chromium hollow cathode lamps containing neon carrier gas. The spectrum was...

Energy Transfer Effects During the Multichannel Decomposition of Ethanol

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Wing Tsang

Rate constants and expressions for the initial processes in the decomposition of ethanol have been derived on the basis of existing experimental and estimated...

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