Journals

Seam-Free Fabrication of Sub-Micrometer Copper Interconnects by Iodine-Catalyzed Chemical Vapor Deposition

January 1, 2003

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S G. Pyo, S D. Kim, Daniel Wheeler, Thomas P. Moffat, Daniel Josell

Kinetic parameters from studies of deposition on planar deposits are used to predict superconformal filling of fine features during iodine-catalyzed chemical...

Response of chromium-doped alumina screens to soft x rays using synchrotron radiation

January 1, 2003

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James K. McCarthy, Uwe Arp, A Baciero, B Zurro, B A. Karlin

The Pentagon Building Performance Report

January 1, 2003

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P E. Mlakar, D O. Dusenberry, J R. Harris, G A. Haynes, Long Phan, M A. Sozen

Following the September 11 crash at the Pentagon of an airliner commandeered by terorists, the American Society of Civil Engineering established a building...

Numerical Investigations of CO₂ as Fire Suppressing Agent

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

V Katta, F Takahashi, Gregory T. Linteris

Understanding suppression mechanisms of different fire-suppressing agents including CF 3Br (Halon 1301) and inert gases is useful for their efficient use and...

Extinction Characteristics of Cup-Burner Flame in Microgravity

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

V Katta, F Takahashi, Gregory T. Linteris

Carbon dioxide extinguishes flames through dilution process. The extinction characteristics of CO2 were previously studied using a cup-burner flame under normal...

Two-Beam Diffraction Patterns From Transverse Self-and Cross-Phase Modulation in a Nonlinear Medium

January 1, 2003

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R Gealy, Kevin Jones, M Trippenbach, Eite Tiesinga, Paul D. Lett

The well-known diffraction rings resulting from spatially-varyingself-phase modulation in a nonlinear medium can be dramaticallyaltered in a partially...

Structural Alterations of the Heme Environment of Cytochrome P450cam and the Y96F Mutant as Deduced by Resonance Raman Spectroscopy

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

G Niaura, Vytas Reipa, M P. Mayhew, Marcia J. Holden, V L. Vilker

Resonance Raman spectroscopy at 2.5 cm-1 resolution was used to probe differences in wild type and Y96F mutant P450cam (CYP101), both with and without bound...

Quenched narrow-line second- and third-stage laser cooling of ⁴⁰Ca

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

E A. Curtis, Christopher W. Oates, Leo W. Hollberg

NIST-NPL Comparison of Mid-infrared Regular Transmittance and Reflectance

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

C J. Chunnilall, F J. Clarke, Leonard Hanssen, Simon G. Kaplan, M P. Smart

Influence of Layered-Silicates on the Phase Separated Morphology of PS

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

K Yurekli, Alamgir Karim, Eric J. Amis, R Krishnamoorti

The influence of added nanometer thick layered-silicates on the phase-separated morphology of a near critical blend of PS and PVME was examined. Thin films of...

Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) for High-Throughput Characterization of Bio-Surfaces

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

S V. Roberson, A Sehgal, Albert J. Fahey, Alamgir Karim

In this approach, a coated polymer film was exposed to UV-ozone treatment through a variable density filter, producing a surface energy gradient with a...

Molecular Mass Determination of Saturated Hydrocarbons: Reactivity of eta-⁵-Cyclopentadienylcobalt Ion (CpCo. +) and Linear Alkanes up to C-30

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

H M. Byrd, Kathleen M. Flynn, D P. Ridge

The present study demonstrates the feasibility of the h 5-cyclopentadienylcobalt ion (CpCo +) as a suitable cationization reagent for saturated hydrocarbons...

Effect of transverse compressive stress on transport critical current density of Y-Ba-Cu-O coated Ni and Ni-W RABiTS tapes

January 1, 2003

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Najib Cheggour, John (Jack) W. Ekin, Cameron C. Clickner, Ron Feenstra, P Goyal, D F. Paranthaman, Noel Rutter

Transport properties of yttrium-barium-copper-oxide (YBCO) coatings on both pure-nickel and nickel-3at%tungsten rolling-assisted-biaxially-textured substrates...

Reactive epitaxy of beryllium on Si(1 1 1)-(7 x 7)

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

Dustin Hite, Shu-Jung Tang, Phillip T. Sprunger

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) have been used to investigate the nucleation, growth, and structure of beryllium on Si...

Consideration of possible mass and velocity corrections to magnetic experiments

January 1, 2003

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Z. Y. Liu, P. A. Dowben, A P. Popov, David P. Pappas

Gadolinium occurs, in natural abundance, as several isotopes. The possible combinations of different gadolinium isotopes dictates that even for a fixed number...

Ultrawideband Time- and Frequency-Domain Characterization of EMC Facilities

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

David R. Novotny, Robert T. Johnk, Claude Weil, Seturnino Canales

We have developed a methodology to determine the quality of an EMC test facility using equipment generally available to RF testing services. By utilizing both...

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

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

F Lofaj, Douglas T. Smith, Gerald V. Blessing, William E. Luecke, Sheldon M. Wiederhorn

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

Reaction Kinetics and Gel Properties of Blocked Diisocyanate Cross-Linked Chitosan Hydrogels

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

Sheng Lin-Gibson, H J. Walls, S B. Kennedy, E R. Welsh

Shear-Induced Mesostructure in Nanoplatelet-Polymer Networks

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

Sheng Lin-Gibson, G Schmidt, H W. Kim, Charles C. Han, Erik K. Hobbie

Chitosan Hydrogels Crosslink Kinetics and Gel Properties

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

Sheng Lin-Gibson, H J. Walls, S B. Kennedy, E R. Welsh

Cure kinetics and network properties of biocompatible hydrogels prepared by the reaction of chitosan and a water soluble blocked diisocyanate have been measured...

MALDI-TOF MS Characterization of Covalently-Cationized Polymers

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

H M. Byrd, Sheng Lin-Gibson, S Bencherif, David L. VanderHart, Barry J. Bauer, B M. Fanconi, Charles M. Guttman, William E. Wallace

Decoherence-driven cooling of a degenerate spinor Bose gas

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

H J. Lewandowski, J M. McGuirk, D M. Harber, Eric A. Cornell

Diffusion Barrier Cladding in Si/SiGe Resonant Interband Tunneling Diodes and Their Patterned Growth on PMOS Source/Drain Regions

January 1, 2003

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N Jin, A T. Rice, P R. Berger, P E. Thompson, C Rivas, R Lake, S Sudirgo, J J. Kempisty, B Curanovic, S L. Rommel, K D. Hirschman, S K. Kurinec, P Chi, David S. Simons, S.J. Chung

Si/SiGe resonant interband tunnel diodes (RITD) employing delta-doping spikes that demonstrate negative differential resistance (NDR) at room temperature are...

Small-angle Neutron Scattering Analysis of Blends with Very Strong Intermolecular Interactions: Polyamide/ionomer Blends

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

R T. Tucker, Charles C. Han, Andrey V. Dobrynin, Robert A. Weiss

Combinatorial Mapping of Surface Energy Effects on Diblock Copolymer Thin Film Ordering

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

A P. Smith, A Sehgal, Jack F. Douglas, Alamgir Karim, Eric J. Amis

Combinatorial gradient techniques are used to map the thin film morphology dependence of symmetric diblock copolymers as a function of film thickness and...

A Combinatorial Approach for Studying the Effects of 4-Biphenyl Carboxylic Acid on Polypropylene Films

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

Marlon L. Walker, A P. Smith, Alamgir Karim

Combinatorial Adhesion Measurements: Factorial Design Concepts for Data Collection and Library Evaluation

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

Aaron M. Forster, Christopher Stafford, Alamgir Karim, Eric J. Amis

Product discovery in the adhesives industry is often characterized by experimental trial and error combined with empirical knowledge. The NIST developed multi...

Molecular Mass Determination of Saturated Hydrocarbons: Reactivity of n5- Cyclopentadienylcobalt Ion (CpCo+) and Linear Alkanes up to C-30

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

H M. Byrd, Charles M. Guttman, D P. Ridge

Molecular Mass Determination of Saturated Hydrocarbons Using Organometallic and Transition Metal Ion Chemistry

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

H M. Byrd, Charles M. Guttman, S Robinson, D P. Ridge

Saturated hydrocarbon polymers, polyethylene, polypropylene and their derivatives, are the most widely used of all synthetic polymers. Their chemical structure...

Application of the V-Notch Shear Test as Applied to Unidirectional Hybrid Composites

January 1, 2003

Author(s)

H Jianmei, Martin Chiang, Donald L. Hunston

The modified Wyoming test fixture (ASTM D5379-93) with doubly v-notched specimens was investigated as a mean for determining the in-plane shear modulus and...