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Journals

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...

Amphiphobic Carbon Nanotubes as Macroemulsion Surfactants

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Haonan Wang, Erik K. Hobbie

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are insoluble in either water or oil. When mixtures of SWNTs, water, and toluene are sheared rigorously, a macroscopic...

On the Origin of the Band Structure Observed in the Collision-Induced Absorption Bands of CO₂

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Y I. Baranov, Walter J. Lafferty, Gerald T. Fraser, A A. Vigasin

A more complete analysis of the dimer structure observed on top of the collision-induced absorption bands of carbon dioxide is presented. The analysis treats...

Raman Scattering in C₆₀ and C₄₈N₁₂ Aza-Fullerene: First-Principles Study

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

R H. Xie, Garnett W. Bryant, V H. Smith

We carry out large-scale ab initio calculations of Raman scattering activity and Raman-active frequencies (RAF s) in C 48 N 12 aza-fullerene. Th results are...

Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndromes

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

M G. Shin, S Kajigaya, Barbara C. Levin, N S. Young

We undertook to systematically analyze the mitochondrial genome by gene amplification and direct sequencing in 10 patients with myelodysplasia: results were...

A statistical model for cladding diameter of optical fibres

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

C. M. Wang, Timothy J. Drapela

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

High-accuracy determination of the dependence of the photoluminescence emission energy on alloy composition in Al_xGa_1-xAs films

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Larry Robins, J T. Armstrong, Ryna B. Marinenko, Albert J. Paul, John Pellegrino, Kristine A. Bertness

In an effort to improve the accuracy of photoluminescence (PL) measurements of the Al mole fraction (x) of Al xGa 1-xAs alloys, the PL peak emission energy, E...

Calibrated Measurement of Optoelectronic Frequency Response

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Paul D. Hale, Dylan Williams

We describe a straightforward method for accurately measuring the frequency response of optoelectronic devices. The method uses a calibrated optical reference...

NRC - NIST Intercoparison of Calibration Systems for Current transducers with a voltage output at power frequencies.

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Eddy So, R. Arseneau, D. Bennett, Thomas L. Nelson, Bryan C. Waltrip

Abstract - A number of international comparisons of current transformer calibrations at power frequencies were conducted in the past. However, all comparisons...

Mechanisms for the multistep spin reorientation of ultrathin Fe films on Gd

March 31, 2003

Author(s)

A P. Popov, A. V. Anisimov, David P. Pappas

The multistep spin reorientation transition of ultrathin iron films on bulk gadolinium is described theoretically. We find that it is necessary to include cubic...

Damping as a function of pulsed field amplitude and bias field in thin film Permalloy

March 31, 2003

Author(s)

John P. Nibarger, Radek Lopusnik, Thomas J. Silva

We have measured the step response in thin film Permalloy as a function of both a hard-axis pulsed field amplitude and easy-axis longitudinal magnetic bias...

Modification of Thin Film Phase Separation by a Surfactant

March 25, 2003

Author(s)

Li Piin Sung, Alamgir Karim, Jack F. Douglas, Charles C. Han

Phase separation in thin films leads to the formation of surface patterns (holes, bumps, and bicontinuous surface features) which depend on the film composition...

Decoherence of a Superconducting Qubit due to Bias Noise

March 25, 2003

Author(s)

John M. Martinis, Sae Woo Nam, Joe Aumentado, Kristine Lang, C Urbina

We calculate for the current-biased Josephson junction the decoherence of the qubit state from noise and dissipation. The effect of dissipation can be entirely...

Post-Measurement Nonlocal Gates

March 24, 2003

Author(s)

David Song

Several proposed quantum computer models include measurement processes, in order to implement nonlocal gates and create necessary entanglement resources during...

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