Journals

Characterization of an Ultraviolet and a Vacuum-Ultraviolet Irradiance Meter with Synchrotron Radiation

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

Ping-Shine Shaw, R Gupta, Keith R. Lykke

We have constructed and characterized a simple probe that is suitable for accurate measurements of irradiance in the ultraviolet (UV) to vacuum UV spectral

Brewster-Angle Attenuator for THz Pulses

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

A G. VanEngen Spivey, S T. Cundiff

A variable attenuator for terahertz (THz) pulses is developed on the based of the change in reflectivity of lithium niobate wafers with incident angle in a

Coupled Dipole Method With an Exact Long-Wavelength Limit and Improved Accuracy at Finite Frequencies

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

A Rahmani, P C. Chaumet, G C. Bryant

We present a new formulation of the coupled dipole method that accounts for local-field effects, and is exact in the long-wavelength limit. This formulation

Assisting Functional Assignment for Hypothetical Heamophilus Influenzae Gene Products Through Structural Genomics

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

G L. Gilliland, Jane E. Ladner, Prasad T. Reddy, A Teplyakov, G Obmolova, M Tordova, O Herzberg, Kap Lim, H. Zhang, K Huang, Z Li, A Tempczyk, W Kajewski, L Parsons, D C. Yeh, J Orban, Edward Eisenstein, J F. Parsons, N Bonander, K E. Fisher, J Toedt, E Melamud, J Moult, N Thanki, A J. Howard

The three-dimensional structures of Haemophilus influenzae proteins with completely unknown function are being determined as part of a structural genomics

A Well Dressed Microscope: Practical Experience With Microcalorimeter and Silicon Drift Detector Systems

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

John A. Small, Dale E. Newbury, J H. Scott, L R. King, Sae Woo Nam, Kent D. Irwin, Steven Deiker, S Barkan, E Iwaniczko

NIST, Gaithersburg has recently installed a first generation silicon drift dectector (SDD) from Photon Imaging and the NIST Boulder microcalorimeter energy

Enthalpies of Formation of SrPbO₃ and Sr₂PbO₄

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

R Klein, Lawrence P. Cook, Winnie K. Wong-Ng

Alkaline-earth plumbates are important accessory phases in (Bi,Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O (BSCCO) high temperature superconductor materials. Reliable values for standard

Advisability of Human Life Span Extension: Economic Considerations

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

H Rodriguez, D A. Banks

Enormous gains in biomedical technology have occurred since the 1960s. This has led to great advances in treatment methodology, as well as enhanced diagnostic

Analysis of Conductometric Microsensor Responses in a 36-Sensor Array by Artificial Neural Networks Modeling

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

Zvi Boger, Richard E. Cavicchi, Stephen Semancik

The ability of large-scale artificial neural networks (ANN) for gas classification and concentration prediction is demonstrated using microsensor responses. The

Diederik J. Korteweg, Pioneer of Criticality

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

Johanna Levelt Sengers, A H. Levelt

Dutch mathematician Diederik Johannes Korteweg (1848-1941), pictured in figure 1, is best known for the 1895 paper he wrote with his student Gustav De Vries

Using Business Process Specifications and Agents to Integrate a Scenario-Driven Supply Chain

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

H Jeong, Hyunbo Cho, Albert W. Jones, Boonserm Kulvatunyou

In today's increasingly competitive global market, most enterprises place high priority on reducing order-fulfillment costs, minimizing time-to-market, and

Information: A Key to Supply Chain Performance

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

Albert W. Jones, Larry H. Reeker, A S. Deshmukh

This paper makes serveral critical points related to the intrinsic nature of the relationship between information and performance in supply chains. It

Master-Slave Cluster Based Multihop Ad-hoc Networking

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

Hamid Gharavi, K Ban

This paper presents a master-slave cluster based mobile ad-hoc network architecture for multihop communications using the IEEE 802.11 system. The proposed

Universal Scaling of Ballistic Magnetoresistance in Magnetic Nanocontacts

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

S Chung, M Munoz, N Garcia, William F. Egelhoff Jr., Romel Gomez

This paper shows that ballistic magnetoresistance has a universal behavior versus scaled conductance in atomic or nanometer size contacts. New results are

Characterisation of Thermally Sprayed Metallic NiCrAlY Deposits by Multiple Small-Angle Scattering

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

T Keller, W. Wagner, Andrew J. Allen, J Ilavsky, S Siegmann, N Margadant, G Kostorz

The technique of multiple small-angle neutron scattering (MSANS), so far successfully applied to thermal-spray ceramics, has now been extended to thermal-spray

Microstructure-Based Simulation of Thermomechanical Behavior of Composite Materials by Object-Oriented Finite Element Analysis

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

N Chawla, B V. Patel, M Koopman, K K. Chawla, R Saha, B R. Patterson, Lin-Sien H. Lum, Stephen A. Langer

While it is well recognized that microstructure controls the physical and mechanical properties of a material, the complexity of the microstructure often makes

Accounting for Auger Yield Energy Loss for Improved Determination of Molecular Orientation Using Soft X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

Jan Genzer, E K. Kramer, Daniel A. Fischer

Partial (Auger) yield near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) is a structural analytical technique that has been primarily used to measure thespatial

Numerical Path-Integration Calculation of Transport Properties of Star Polymers and theta-DLA Aggregates

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

M Mansfield, Jack F. Douglas

Although the calculation of transport properties of complex-shaped particles (Smoluchowki rate constants for diffusion-limited reactions, Stokes friction

Solvophobically Driven Self-Assembly of Chiral Supramolecular Dendrimers

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

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

The self assembly in dilute solution of chiral supramolecular dendrimers is investigated by circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. These results are compared

Cavitation of Polyethylene During Extrusion Processing Instabilities

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

Y Son, Kalman D. Migler

We present observations of cavitation that occur inside a capillary die during extrusion of a polyethylene. This phenomenon is observed over the last 1.5 mm of

Amorphous Solidification in Polymer-Platelet Nanocomposites

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

S Salaniwal, S K. Kumar, Jack F. Douglas

Computer simulations are used to understand the molecular basis of mechanical reinforcement of platelet-filled polymers when the polymer and nanofiller interact

Effect of Nonresonant Frequencies on the Enhancement of Quantum Beat Amplitudes in Rovibrational States of Li₂: The Role of State Spacing

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

E Mirowski, H U. Stauffer, J B. Ballard, B Zhang, C L. Hetherington, S R. Leone

Optical phase manipulation of nonresonant frequencies is investigated as a method of achieving optimal population transfer during a resonant impulsive

High Resolution Vib-Rotational Analysis of the v}₃ and v}₄ Spectral Regions of Chlorine Nitrate

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

J.- M. Flaud, J Orphal, Walter J. Lafferty, M Birk, G Wagner

High resolution Fourier transform spectra of isotopically natural pure chlorine nitrate, CION0 2, were recorded with a resolution of 0.00094 cm -1 at

Accurate Reflectometry for Extreme-Ultraviolet Lithography at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

S Grantham, Charles Tarrio, Thomas B. Lucatorto

The most demanding application of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) multilayer optics is in lithography. The optics in current alpha-class tools are large, and the

Many-Body Levels of Optically Excited and Multiple Charged InAs Nanocrystals Modeled by Semiempirical Tight Binding

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

S Lee, J Kim, P. Jonsson, J W. Wilkins, Garnett W. Bryant, G Klimeck

Many-body levels of optically excited and multiple charged InAs nanocrystals are studied with the empirical tight-binding model. Single-particle levels of

Intensity Effects in Ultracold Photoassociation Line Shapes

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

A Simoni, Paul S. Julienne, Eite Tiesinga, Carl J. Williams

We derive ultracold atom-atom photoassociation line shapes valid for intense light fields and investigate laser power effects in sodium and rubidium

Rotational Spectrum of the Weakly Bonded C₆H₆-H₂S dimer and Comparisons to C₆H₆-H₂O Dimer

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

E Arunan, T Emilsson, H S. Gutowsky, Gerald T. Fraser, G de Oliveira, C E. Dykstra

Tow symmetric-top, δJ = 1 progressions were observed for the C 6H 6-H 2S dimer using a pulsed nozzle Fourier transform microwave spectrometer. The ground-state

Rotational Spectrum of Jet-Cooled HfO₂ and HfO

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

A Lesarri, R D. Suenram, D J. Brugh

The rotational spectrum of jet-cooled hafnium dioxide obtained by laser ablation of a solid ceramic rod has been investigated by Fourier transform microwave

X-Ray Spectroscopy of Trapped Ions With a Microcalorimeter on the NIST Electron Beam Ion Trap

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

E Takacs, John D. Gillaspy, L P. Ratliff, K Makonyi, J M. Laming, E Silver, H. Schnopper, M Barbera, J. Beeman, E. E. Haller, N. Madden

The electron beam ion trap (EBIT) was invented about 15 years ago. Judging from the wide range of experiments performed on the machine since its inception

Bulk and Surface Contributions to Resonant Second -Harmonic Generation From Si(001) Surfaces

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

Y Q. An, Steven T. Cundiff

The spectra of the isotropic and anisotropic contributions to second-harmonic generation from modified Si (001)surfaces are separated using polarization

Electrical and Optical Properties of GaN/Al₂O₃ Interfaces

December 1, 2002

Author(s)

D C. Look, R L. Jones, X L. Sun, L J. Brillson, J W. Ager, S S. Park, J H. Han, R J. Molnar, James E. Maslar

Hall-effect, photoluminescence (PL), cathodoluminescence (CL), and Raman scattering measurements have been used to characterize the Ga (top) and N (bottom)