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Partial Melt Processing of Solid-Solution Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_{8+δ Thick Film Conductors with Nanophase A1}d2^O₃ Additions

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

T J. Haugan, Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Lawrence P. Cook, Mark D. Vaudin, L Swartzendruber, Paul N. Barnes

Partial-melt processing of Bi2+xSr2-x-yCa1+yCu2O8+d (Bi-2212) thick film conductors with additions of nanophase Al2O3 on Ag foils was studied for dual purposes...

Blazing a Trail

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Peter K. Schenck, Debra L. Kaiser

In this paper we discuss the application of pulsed laser deposition (PLD) to combinatorial materials research on inorganic thin films. The modifications to an...

On the Integro-Differential Equation Associated With Diffusive Crack Growth Theory

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Y A. Antipov, Tze J. Chuang, H Gao

At high temperatures, polycrystalline materials often suffer creep fracture under prolonged loading conditions. Microstructural examinations revealthat...

Intrinsic Damping and Intentional Ferromagnetic Resonance Broadening in Thin Permalloy Films

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

D J. Twisselmann, Robert D. McMichael

Detailed ferromagnetic resonance measurements on the thin Ni{ 80}Fe{ 20} films are described that determine characteristics of intrinsic damping and the effects...

Tailorable Acceptor C_60-nB_n and Donor C_60-mN_m Pairs for Molecular Electronics

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

R H. Xie, G C. Bryant, J Zhao, V H. Smith

Our first-principles calculations demonstrate that C 60-nB n/C 60-mNm molecules could be engineered acceptor/donor pair needed for molecular electronics by...

Tight-Binding Theory of Quantum-Dot Quantum Wells: Single-Particle Effects and Near-Band-Edge Structure

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Garnett W. Bryant, W Jaskolski

Electron and hole states of multishell CdS/HgS/CdS quantum-dot quantum-well nanocrystals are determined by use of atomistic tight-binding theory. Single...

Dynamics of a Period-3 Pattern Loaded Bose-Einstein Condensate in an Optical Lattice

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

A M. Rey, P B. Blakie, Charles W. Clark

We discuss the dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate initially loaded into every third site of an optical lattice using a description based upon discrete...

Calibrating Water Permeation Tubes Using Saturator-Based Primary Trace Humidity Standards

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Gregory E. Scace, Joseph T. Hodges

H 2O-containing permeation tubes are a key component of permeation tube humidity generators (PTGs). These devices are widely used for calibrating atmospheric...

Biomimetic Membranes on Metal Supports

May 1, 2003

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John T. Elliott, Curtis W. Meuse, Vitalii I. Silin, Susan T. Krueger, John T. Woodward IV, T Petralli-Mallow, Anne L. Plant

Biological membranes are complex and dynamic structures. The biological functions associated with membranes involve a number of different molecular species, and...

Application of a Gas-Liquid Entraining Rotor to Supercritical Fluid Extraction: Removal of Iron (III) From Water

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

W C. Andersen, Thomas J. Bruno

In this study, the ability of a new gas-liquid entraining device was investigated to improve the supercritical fluid extraction efficiency of iron removal from...

Papers Presented at the Workshop on Ionic Liquids, ICCT, Rostock, Germany, July 28 to August 2, 2002

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Joe W. Magee

Preface for special section for papers presented at the workshop on Ionic Liquids, ICCT, Rostock Germany (2002).***For Policy Review Only***

Measurements of the Infrared Absorption Cross-Sections of Haloalkanes and Their Use in a Simplified Calculational Approach for Estimating Direct Global Warming Potentials

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Vladimir L. Orkin, A G. Guschin, I K. Larin, Robert E. Huie, Michael J. Kurylo III

The infrared absorption cross-sections and integrated band intensities for 21 haloakanes: CFCl 3, CF 2Cl 2, CF 2Br 2, CH 2F 2, CHR 2Cl, CHF 2Br, CF 3Br, CHCl 2...

Dependency of Morphology on Miscut Angle for Si(111) Etched in NH₄F

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Joseph Fu, Hui Zhou, John A. Kramar, Richard M. Silver, S Gonda

Using scanning probe microscopy, we have examined the surfaces produced by etching several different vicinal Si(111) samples in NH 4F aqueous solution. In...

The Customer Speaks: How the Users See the NIST Research Library

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Barbara P. Silcox, P J. Deutsch

The Research Advisory Committee (RAC) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in its 2000 Annual Report to the NIST Director expressed...

The High-Flux Backscattering Spectrometer at the NIST Center for Neutron Research

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

A. Meyer, Robert Dimeo, Peter Gehring, Dan Neumann

Electron Self-Energy Calculation Using a General Multi-Pole Approximation

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

J A. Soininen, J J. Rehr, Eric L. Shirley

We present a method for calculating the inverse of the dielectric matrix in a solid using a Band-Lanczos algorithm. The method produces a multi-pole...

Simulation of Heat Exchangers of a Window Air Conditioner Retrofitted with R-407C

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

S Devotta, A S. Padalkar, N K. Sane, Piotr A. Domanski, N N. Sawant

This paper presents the results of simulation of heat exchangers of an HCFC-22 window air conditioner retrofitted with R-407C. The test conditions considered...

Introducing Material Dispersion in ADI-FDTD

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Shawn W. Staker, Christopher L. Holloway, Melinda Piket-May

This paper presents the incorporation of material dispersion into ADI-FDTD, ADI-FDTD is an uncontionally stable mathod, allowing the time step to be increased...

Effect of Poly(Acrylic Acid) and Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) on the Solubility of Colloidal BaTiO₃ in an Aqueous Medium

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

S K. Lee, J. H. Lee, Vincent A. Hackley, U Paik

The influence of poly (acrylic acid) PAA) and poly(vinyl alcohol) PVA) on Ba dissolution at the BaTiO 3-aqueous solution interface was investigated. Incongruent...

Ultrasonic Velocity Technique for Non-Destructive Quantification of Elastic Moduli Degradation during Creep in Silicon Nitride

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

F Lofaj, Gerald V. Blessing, Sheldon M. Wiederhorn

The ultrasonic velocity technique was used for non-destructive quantification of creep damage during interrupted tensile creep tests at 1400 degrees}C in an...

Ultrafast Dynamics of Gold-Based Nanocomposite Materials

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Joseph S. Melinger, V D. Kleiman, D McMorrow, Franziska Grohn, Barry J. Bauer, Eric J. Amis

The ultrafast electron dynamics are investigated for small ((2.5 4.0) nm average diameter) Au nanoparticles contained in two different types of organic...

Shielding Effectiveness Measurements of Materials in Nested Reverberation Chambers

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway, David A. Hill, John M. Ladbury, Galen H. Koepke, R. Garzia

In this paper, we present a technique for determining the shielding effectiveness of materials from nested reverberation chamber measurements. The new approach...

The Alternating Direction Implicit (ADI) Formulation of the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) Method: Algorithm and Material Dispersion Implementation

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Shawn W. Staker, Christopher L. Holloway, Alpesh Bhobe, Melinda Piket-May, Tobin A. Driscoll

The ADI-FDTD technique is an unconditionally stable time-domain numerical scheme, allowing the Δ}t time step to be increased beyond the Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy...

QoS Recovery Schemes Based on Differentiated MPLS Services in All-Optical Transport Next Generation Internet

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

J K. Patel, S U. Kim, David H. Su

The Internet is evolving from best-effort service toward an integrated or differentiated service framework with Quality-of-Service (QoS) assurances that are...

Reference Material 8457, Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene 0.5 cm Cubes

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

B M. Fanconi, J A. Tesk, William F. Guthrie

The geometric and surface features of a new NIST reference material, RM 8457 are presented. This reference material is composed of Ultra High Molecular Weight...

Magnetic and Structural Characterization and Ferromagnetic Resonance Study of Thin Film HITPERM Soft Magnetic Materials for Data Storage Applications

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

Hideyuki Okumura, D J. Twisselmann, Robert McMichael, M Q. Huang, Y N. Hsu, D E. Laughlin, M E. McHenry

HITPERM/SiO 2 single and multilayer thin films have been produced using a target composition of (Fe 70Co 30) 88}Zr 7}B 4}Cu 1}. The as-deposited HITPERM film...

Highly Deleterious Role of Small Amounts of Carbon on the Giant Magnetoresistance Effect

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

D X. Yang, E J. Repetski, H D. Chopra, P J. Chen, William F. Egelhoff Jr.

Carbon (in the form of hydrocarbons) is a common contaminant in high and ultra-high vacuum systems, and easily gets incorporated in films during deposition...

Magnetoresistance Magnetometry of (Ni₈₀Fe₂₀)_1-xIr_x Wires with Varying Anisotropic Magnetoresistance Ratio

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

C A. Vaz, E Blackburn, M Klaui, J A. Bland, L Gan, William F. Egelhoff Jr., E Cambril, G Faini, W Wernsdorfer

We report room and low temperature magnetoresistance measurements on sub-micrometer scale elements (wires and crosses, 1.0, 0.5 and 0.1 m) of (Ni 80Fe 20) 1-xIr...

Comprehensive Microstructural Characterization and Predictive Property Modelling of Plasma-Sprayed Zirconia Coatings

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

A Kulkarni, Z G. Wang, T Nakamura, S Sampath, A N. Goland, Gabrielle G. Long, H Herman, J. Allen, J Ilavsky, G J. Long, J Frahm, R W. Steinbrech

hieving control of the microstructure of plasma-sprayed thermal-barrier coating (TBC) systems offers an opportunity to tailor coating properties to demanding...

Co Layer Thickness Dependence of Exchange Biasing For IrMn/Co and FeMn/Co

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

K A. Seu, H Huang, J F. Lesoine, H D. Showman, William F. Egelhoff Jr., L Gan, A C. Reilly

We present a high resolution study of the ferromagnetic layer thickness dependence of exchange bias field (H EB) and coercivity (H C) in IrMn/Co and FeMn/Co...

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