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Instrumented Indentation and Ultrasonic Velocity Techniques for the Evaluation of Creep Cavitation in Silicon Nitride

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Gerald V. Blessing, Sheldon M. Wiederhorn, W E. Luecke, Douglas T. Smith

Instrumented indentation and ultrasonic wave velocity techniques combined with precise density change measurements and transmission electron microscopy (TEM)...

Flame Retardant Mechanism of Silica - Effects of Molecular Weight of Resin

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Takashi Kashiwagi, John R. Shields, Richard H. Harris Jr., Rick D. Davis

The effects of resin molecular weight, M w, on the flame retardant mechanism of silica were studied using two different molecular weights of PMMA, 122,000 g/mol...

Comparison of Reagents for Shape Analysis of Fixed Cells by Automated Fluorescence Microscopy

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

John T. Elliott, Alessandro Tona, Anne L. Plant

Background: Cell size and shape have been implicated as potentiators intracellular signaling events and as indicator of abnormal cell behavior. Automated...

Isostructural Self-Assembled Monolayers, Part 1. Octadecyl 1-thiaoligo(ethylene oxides)

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

David J. Vanderah, Richard S. Gates, Vitalii I. Silin, D N. Zeiger, John T. Woodward IV, Curtis W. Meuse, Gintaras Valincius, B Nickel

The self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of a series of octadecyl 1-thiaoligo(ethylene oxide)x disulfides {[S(CH 2CH 2O) xC 18H 37] 2}, where x = 4 to 8, were...

Structure of the YibK methyltransferase from Haemophilus influenzae (HI0766): A cofactor bound at a site formed by a knot

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Kap Lim, Huan Zhang, A Tempczyk, W Krajewski, N Bonander, J Toedt, A Howard, Edward Eisenstein, O Herzberg

Symmetrization of Ritz Approximation Functions for Vibrational Analysis of Trigonal Cylinders

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Ward L. Johnson, Paul R. Heyliger

In the Ritz method of calculating vibrational normal modes, a set of finite series approximation functions provides a matrix eigenvalue equation for the...

CCEM-K2 Key Comparison of 10 Mohm and 1 Gohm Resistance Standards

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Dean G. Jarrett, Ronald F. Dziuba

An international comparison of dc resistance at 10 Mohm and 1 Gohm was organized under the auspices of the Consultative Committee for Electricity and Magnetism...

Wind Speeds in ASCE 7 Standard Peak-Gust Map: Assessment

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Emil Simiu, R Wilcox, Fahim Sadek, James J. Filliben

The ASCE 7 peak-gust map division of the conterminous United States into two adjacent wind speed zones does not reflect correctly the country's differentiated...

Wind Speeds in the ASCE 7 Standard Peak-Gust Map: An Assessment

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Emil Simiu, R Wilcox, Fahim Sadek, James J. Filliben

The ASCE 7 peak-gust map division of the conterminous United States into two adjacent wind speed zones does not reflect correctly the country's differentiated...

Choosing a Cantilever for In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

John T. Woodward IV

This manuscript is a non-peer reviewed, invited tutorial for Microscopy Today. It describes the issues involved in choosing a cantilever for atomic force...

A Statistical Model for Cladding Diameter of Optical Fibers

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Chih-Ming Wang, Timothy J. Drapela

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed a contact micrometer for accurate measurement of optical-fiber outer diameter. The contact...

Fitting Nature's Basic Functions Part IV: The Variable Projection Algorithm

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Bert W. Rust

A recurring theme in Internet network traffic analysis is that most observed data show characteristics of a long (heavy) right-tail distribution taking on...

Instrumented indentation and ultrasonic velocity techniques for the evaluation of creep cavitation in silicon nitride

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Gerald V. Blessing, Douglas T. Smith, Sheldon M. Wiederhorn, W E. Luecke

Instrumented indentation and ultrasonic wave velocity techniques combined with precise density change measurements and transmission electron microscopy (TEM)...

Surface and Thin Film Analysis - A Compendium of Principles, Instrumentation, and Applications

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Terrence J. Jach

Book review of Surface and Thin Film Analysis, (H. Bubert and H. Jenett, eds) published by Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2002.

Larger Value and SI Measurement of the Improved Cryogenic Capacitor for the Electron-Counting Capacitance Standard

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Neil M. Zimmerman, Mahmoud A. El-Sabbagh, Yicheng Wang

We report on several advances in the development of a cryogenic vacuum-gap capacitor C_cryo, for use with the electron-counting capacitance standard (ECCS)...

Calculation of Ionic Diffusion Coefficients on the Basis of Migration Test Results

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

E Samson, J Marchand, Kenneth A. Snyder

Migration tests are now commonly used to estimate the diffusion coefficients of cement-based materials. Over the past decade, variousapproaches have been...

Primary Fibroblasts of Cockayne Syndrome Patients Are Defective in Cellular Repair of 8-Hydroxyguanine and 8-Hydroxyadenine Resulting From Oxidative Stress

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

J Tuo, Pawel Jaruga, H Rodriguez, V. Bohr, Miral M. Dizdar

Cockayne Syndrome (CS) is a genetic human disease with clinical symptoms that include neurodegeneration and premature aging. We show that primary fibroblasts...

Traction-Free Vibrations of Finite Trigonal Elastic Cylinders

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Paul R. Heyliger, Ward L. Johnson

The unrestrained, traction-free vibrations of finite elastic cylinders with trigonal material symmetry are studied using two approaches, based on the Ritz...

Electrochemistry of Titanium and the Electrodeposition of Al-Ti Alloys in the Lewis Acidic Aluminum Chloride-1-Ethyl-3-Methylimidazolium Chloride Melt

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

T Tsuda, C L. Hussey, Gery R. Stafford, John E. Bonevich

The chemical and electrochemical behavior of titanium was examined in the Lewis acidic aluminum chloride-l-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (AlCl 3-EtMelmCl)...

XML for Capital Facilities

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

T L. Teague, Mark E. Palmer, R H. Jackson

Extensible Markup Language (XML) offers a promising enabling technology for improving the execution of capital projects and capital facility life cycle data...

An AC Josephson Source for Johnson Noise Thermometry

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Samuel Benz, John M. Martinis, Paul Dresselhaus, Sae Woo Nam

We have adapted the Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer to create a quantized voltage noise source suitable for calibrating the cross-correlation...

Johnson Noise Thermometry Measurements Using a Quantized Voltage Noise Source for Calibration

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Sae Woo Nam, Samuel Benz, Paul Dresselhaus, Weston L. Tew, David R. White, John M. Martinis

We describe a new approach to Johnson Noise Thermometry(JNT) that takes advantage of recent advances in Josephson voltage standards and digital signal...

AC Josephson Voltage Standard Error Measurements and Analysis

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Charles J. Burroughs, Samuel Benz, Paul Dresselhaus

The Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer can be used as a precision voltage source for both ac and dc signals. Recent improvements in circuit designs have...

Optical Frequency Standards Based on the ¹⁹⁹Hg⁺ Ion

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

U Tanaka, James C. Bergquist, S Bize, Scott Diddams, Robert E. Drullinger, Leo W. Hollberg, Wayne M. Itano, C E. Tanner, David J. Wineland

Combining Magnets and Dielectrics: Crystal Chemistry in the BaO-Fe₂O₃-TiO₂ System

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

T Siegrist, Terrell A. Vanderah

Phases observed in the Ba-Fe-Ti-O system are classified and described within the framework of close packed [O,Ba/O] layers, with the transition metals in either...

Direct Observation of Remanent Magnetic States in Epitaxial fcc Co Small Disks

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

C Vaz, L Lopez-Diaz, M Klaui, J Bland, T Monchesky, John Unguris, Z Cui

The magnetic nanostructure of epitaxial fcc Co/Cu(001) circular elements (1.7υm in diameter) has been imaged with scanning electron microscopy with polarization...

Characterization of Binary Josephson Series Arrays of Different Types at BNM-LNE and Comparisons with Conventional SIS Arrays

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Jean-Pierre Lo-Hive, Sophie Djordjevic, Phillippe Cancela, Francois P. Piquemal, Ralf Behr, Charles J. Burroughs, H. Seppa

Three 1-V binary Josephson arrays developed by the NIST, the PTB, and the VTT, and using, respectively, superconductor-normal metal-superconductor (SNS)...

A New Octahedral Tilt System in the Perovskite Phase Ca₃Nb₂O₈

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

L M. Cranswick, W G. Mumme, I E. Grey, Robert S. Roth, P Bordet

The perovskite-related phase Ca 3Nb 2O 8, when grown as single crystals from a calcium vanadate flux, incorporates a smallamount of vanadium from the flux to...

Metallurgical Analysis of Wrought Iron From the RMS Titanic

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

J J. Hooper, Timothy J. Foecke, L Graham, Timothy P. Weihs

The discovery of the RMS Titanic has led to a number of scientific studies, one of which addresses the role that structural materials played in the sinking of...

Singular Grain Boundaries in Alumina and Their Roughening Transition

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

C W. Park, D C. Yoon, J Blendell, C A. Handwerker

The shapes and structures of grain boundaries formed between the basal (0001) surface of large alumina grains and randomly oriented small alumina grains are...

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