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Improving the Sensitivity of Electron Beam Microanalytical Techniques by Enhanced X-Ray Spectrometry: X-Ray Microcalorimetry, Silicon Drift Detector Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry, and Polycapillary X-ray Optics

December 25, 2003

Author(s)

Dale E. Newbury

The microcalorimeter energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer, the silicon drift detector (SDD), and polycapillary x-ray optics are recent developments that have...

Structure and Dynamics of Superconducting Na_xCoO₂ Hydrate and Its Unhydrated Analog

December 20, 2003

Author(s)

J W. Lynn, Q. Huang, C M. Brown, V L. Miller, M L. Foo, Raymond E. Schaak, C Y. Jones, Elizabeth A. Mackey, R J. Cava

Development and Characterization of a TES Optical Imaging Array for Astrophysics Applications

December 20, 2003

Author(s)

J. Burney, T. Bay, P. Brink, B. Cabrera, J. P. Castle, R. W. Romani, A. Tomada, Sae Woo Nam, Aaron J. Miller, John M. Martinis, E. Wang, T. Kenny, B. A. Young

Our research group has successfully developed photon detectors capable of both time-stamping and energy-resolving individual photons at very high rates in a...

Faradaic Current Detection During Anodic Oxidation of the H-Passivated p-Si(001) Surface with Controlled Relative Humidity

December 19, 2003

Author(s)

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

Faradaic current during anodic oxidation is measured over a relative humidity range of 40¿70% using an atomic force microscope with humidity control. The level...

Near Unity Absorption in Tungsten films

December 19, 2003

Author(s)

Danna Rosenberg, Sae Woo Nam, Aaron J. Miller, Arto Salminen, Erich N. Grossman, Robert E. Schwall, John M. Martinis

The number resolving ability and extremely low dark count rate of tungsten transition-edge sensors (TESs) make them excellent candidates to replace avalanche...

Controlled Vesicle Self-Assembly in Microfluidic Channels with Hydrodynamic Focusing

December 18, 2003

Author(s)

Andreas Jahn, Wyatt N. Vreeland, Michael Gaitan, Laurie E. Locascio

Suppression of excess noise in transition-edge sensors using magnetic field and geometry

December 17, 2003

Author(s)

Joel N. Ullom, William B. Doriese, Gene C. Hilton, James A. Beall, Steven Deiker, Kent D. Irwin, Carl D. Reintsema, Leila R. Vale, Yizi Xu

We report recent progress at NIST on Mo/Cu Transition-Edge Sensors (TESs). While the signal- band noise of our sensors agrees with theory, we observe excess...

Dilute Al-Mn alloys for superconductor device applications

December 17, 2003

Author(s)

Steve Ruggiero, Anthony Williams, W. H. Rippard, A. Clarke, Steven Deiker, Leila R. Vale, Joel N. Ullom

We discuss results on the superconducting and electron-transport properties of Mn doped Al produced by sputter deposition. The critical temperature of Al has...

The Advanced Technology Solar Spectroscopic Imager (ATSSI) - a Novel Experiment Employing a Transition-Edge Sensor to Probe the Soft X-Ray Solar Corona

December 17, 2003

Author(s)

P F. Boerner, D S. Martinez-Galarce, K Wamba, B. Cabrera, Steven Deiker, Kent D. Irwin, T W. Barbee, P F. Baker

The Advanced Technology Solar Spectroscopic Imager (ATSSI) is a sounding rocket-borne experiment that will employ a Transition-Edge Sensor (TES) placed at the...

Direct observation of photon pairs at a single output port of a beam-splitter interferometer

December 16, 2003

Author(s)

Matthew Shaw, Giovanni Di Giuseppe, A. Sergeinko, Bahaa E. A. Saleh, Malvin C. Teich, Aaron J. Miller, Sae Woo Nam

The seminal experiment carried out by Hong, Ou, and Mandel some fifteen years ago is one of the most important in the annals of quantum optics. This experiment...

INVESTIGATION OF NANODISPERSION IN POLYSTYRENE -MONTMORILLONITE NANOCOMPOSITES BY SOLID STATE NMR

December 15, 2003

Author(s)

S Bourbigot, Jeffrey W. Gilman, David L. VanderHart, W H. Awad, Rick D. Davis, A B. Morgan, C A. Wilkie

Nanocomposites result from combinations of materials with vastly different properties at the nanometer scale. These materials exhibit many unique properties...

Transient Analysis of Volatile Organic Compound Concentrations for Estimating Emission Rates

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Andrew K. Persily, Cynthia H. Reed, Steven J. Nabinger

While VOC emissions rates have been obtained for building materials and furnishings in chambers, field measurements are more difficult due to the existence of...

Use of Microhotplates in the Controlled Growth and Characterization of Metal Oxides for Chemical Sensing

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Richard E. Cavicchi, Stephen Semancik, F DiMeo, C J. Taylor

Microhotplates are micromachined platforms with integrated heaters and contact electrodes that can be used as miniature substrates for metal oxide film growth...

Rapid Identification of CW Agents by Artificial Neural Networks Pruning of Temperature Programmed Microsensor Databases

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Zvi Boger, Richard E. Cavicchi, Douglas C. Meier, Stephen Semancik

The need for reliable, quick-acting low-cost detectors for chemical warfare (CW) gases is evident, and many sensors systems have been proposed 1,2. Mobile and...

Enemies at the Gate: Securing the BACnetRG Building.

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

David G. Holmberg

The building automation industry is moving away from isolated building control systems toward building automation systems (BAS) integrated with business...

Application of Control Charts for Detecting Faults in Variable-Air-Volume Boxes.

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

J Schein, John M. House

This paper describes a fault detection method developed for application to variable-air-volume (VAV) boxes. VPACC (VAV Box Performance Assessment Control Charts...

Crystallization and Phasing of Alanine Dehydrogenase From Archaeoglobus Fulgidus

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

N Smith, M P. Mayhew, Hugh Robinson, A Heroux, D Charlton, Marcia J. Holden, David T. Gallagher

Alanine dehydrogenase (AlaDH) from the hyperthermophilic archaeon A. fudgidus is a dimer of 35 kdal chains. The gene (AF1665) is annotated as an ornithine...

Evaluation of the Planck Mean Absorption Coefficients for Radiation Transport Through Smoke.

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

J F. Widmann

Short-Term Characterization of Building Integrated Photovoltaic Panels.

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Arthur H. Fanney, Brian P. Dougherty, Mark W. Davis

X-Ray Absorption Measurements of Water Loss from Curing Mortar and Paste Samples With and Without Fly Ash.

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

G S. Wojcik, K L. Feldman

Achieving Safer and More Economical Buildings Through Database-Assisted, Reliability-Based Design for Wind

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Emil Simiu, Fahim Sadek, T Whalen, S Jang, L L. Lu, S M. Diniz, A Grazini, Michael A. Riley

Following Irminger's 1894 aerodynamic tests, Flachsbart's 1932 boundary-layer wind tunnel experiments, and University of Western Ontario (UWO) 1970's tests...

Near Edge X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Measurements of the Interface Between Bottom Anti-Reflective Coatings and a Model Deprotected Photoresist

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

E Jablonski, S Sambasivan, Daniel A. Fischer, Eric K. Lin, C Devadoss, R Puligadda

The interface between bottom anti-reflective coatings (BARCs) and a model deprotected photoresist, poly(4-hydroxystyrene) (PHS), was investigated using near...

Novel Microstructure in Polymer Blends Sheared Under Confinement

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Jai A. Pathak, Kalman D. Migler

In this review article, we discuss the implications for the morphology of an immiscible polymer blend, or in general, an emulsion, in the limit when the two...

Quantum Mirages in Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Kondo Adsorbates: Vibrational Signatures

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

John William Gadzuk, M Plihal

Scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy on Kondo systems consisting of magnetic atoms adsorbed upon non-magnetic metal surfaces has demonstrated the ability...

CCQM-K11: The Determination of Glucose in Serum

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Michael J. Welch, Lorna T. Sniegoski, Reenie M. Parris, Willie E. May, G S. Heo, A. Henrion

CCQM-K12: The Determination of Creatinine in Serum

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Michael J. Welch, C.P. Phinney, Reenie M. Parris, Willie E. May, G S. Heo, A. Henrion, G O'Conner, Heinz Schimmel

Performance Measures for Intelligent Systems Measures of Technology ReadinessPerMIS 2003 White Paper

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

James S. Albus, A Meystel

Three iterations of PERMIS Workshop Papers (2000, 2001 and 2002) contain theoutlines of the theory of performance measures.: PERMIS'2003 will begin to...

Properties of Elastomeric Calcium Phosphate Cement-Chitosan Composites

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Shozo Takagi, Laurence C. Chow, S Hirayama, F Eichmiller

Self-hardening calcium phosphate cements (CPC) have been shown to be efficacious in a number of clinical applications for which other currently available...

Extending Phase Field Models of Solidification to Polycrystalline Materials

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

James A. Warren, R Kobayashi, A E. Lobkovsky, W Carter

We present a new, two dimensional phase field model of grain boundary statics and dynamics. We begin with a brief description and physical motivation of the...

Flow Induced Coating of Fluoropolymer Additives: Development of Frustrated Total Internal Reflection Imaging

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

S B. Kharchenko, P M. McGuiggan, Kalman D. Migler

In the extrusion of linear low-density polyethylene (PE), fluoropolymer-processing additives (PPA) are used to eliminate the surface defect known as sharkskin...

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