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Journals

Modeling Superconformal Electrodeposition in Trenches

November 7, 2002

Author(s)

Daniel Wheeler, Daniel Josell, Thomas P. Moffat

Talking Ceramics

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Terrell A. Vanderah

This is an invited Perspective article describing the technical needs and state-of-the-art research activities in the materials science of microwave ceramics...

Monte Carlo Simulation of Noise Parameter Uncertainties

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

James P. Randa, Wojciech Wiatr

We present results for uncertainties in noise-parameter measurements, obtained using a Monte Carlo simulation of the measurements. Sets of data were generated...

Cement and Concrete Reference Laboratory: Promoting Quality in Laboratory Testing

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

J H. Pielert

In the early part of the 20th century, a number of organizations including ASTM, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Portland...

Measurement of pH: Definition, Standards, and Procedures (IUPAC Recommendations 2002)

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Kenneth W. Pratt, R P. Buck, S Rondinini, A K. Covington, F G. Baucke, C M. Brett, M F. Camoes, M J. Milton, T Mussini, R Naumann, P Spitzer , G S. Wilson

Determination of Sodium in Blood Serum by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Stephen E. Long, Thomas W. Vetter

Owing to its importance as a serum electrolyte, sodium is determined routinely in clinical laboratories. In the United States, the accuracy of these...

Analysis of the Isoelectric Point in Moderately Concentrated Alumina Suspensions Using Electroacoustic and Streaming Potential Methods

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Vincent A. Hackley, J Patton, Lin-Sien H. Lum, R Wasche, H Abe, M Naito, Y Hotta, H Pendse

Alumina suspended in aqueous electrolytic solution was used as a model ceramic suspension to investigate the measurement precision and influencing factors for...

Phase Equilibria and Crystal Chemistry in the BaO-Al₂O₃-Nb₂O₅ and BaO-Nb₂O₅ Systems

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Terrell A. Vanderah, B C. Collins, Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Robert S. Roth, L Farber

Subsolidus phase equilibria in the BaO:Al 2O 3:Nb 2O 5 system at ~1250 C in air have been determined. Ternary compound formation in this system is limited to...

Layered Droplet Microstructures in Sheared Emulsions: Finite-Size Effects

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Jai A. Pathak, M C. Davis, Steven D. Hudson, Kalman D. Migler

We investigate the influence of confinement on the steady state microstructure of emulsions sheared between parallel plates, in a regime where the average...

Grazing Incidence X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy: A Method to Study Gate Dielectric Films on Si

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Terrence J. Jach, E Landree

Grazing Incidence X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (GIXPS) is a method that offers promise as a non-destructive technique to measure the thickness and chemistry...

Tailoring Single-Photon and Multiphoton Probabilities of a Single-Photon On-Demand Source

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Alan L. Migdall, D A. Branning, Stefania Castelletto

As currently implemented, single photon sources cannot be made to produce single photons with high probability, while simultaneously suppressing the probability...

Phase-Field Models of Solidification

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Geoffrey B. McFadden

Phase-field models of solidification are presented in the context of diffuse-interface theories based on conserved and non-conserved Order parameters. Phase...

NIST's Assessment of Text Independent Speaker Recognition Performance

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Mark A. Przybocki, Alvin F. Martin

NIST has coordinated annual evaluations of text-independent speaker recognition since 1996. These evaluations aim to provide important contributions to the...

Automatic Capture, Representation, and Analysis of User Behavior

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Sharon J. Laskowski, J A. Landay, M Lister

With the advent of the Web and the refinement of instrumentation and monitoring tools, software user interactions are being captured on a much larger scale than...

Properties of K_1-xLi_xTaO₃ Solid Solutions; First-Principles Computations and Comparison with Experiments

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

S A. Prosandeev, Eric J. Cockayne, Benjamin P. Burton, V Trepakov, S Kapphan, M Savinov, L Jastrabik

Experiments on K(0.957)Li(0.043)TaO(3) samples indicate two different relaxation processes (p and p/2). First-principles computations clarify the nature of...

Influence of Strains and Defects on Ferroelectric and Dielectric Properties of Thin-Film Barium-Strontium Titanates

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Davor Balzar, P A. Ramakrishnan, P Spangnol, S Mani, A M. Hermann, M A. Matin

Pristine, W and Mn 1% doped BaO 6SrO.4TiO3 epitaxial thin films grown on the LaAIO3 substrate were deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD). Dielectric and...

Observation of polarization-locked vector solitions in optical fiber

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

B C. Collins, N N. Akhmediev, J M. Soto-Crespo, K Bergman, W H. Knox

We observe the formation of polarization-locked vector solitons in a modelocked fiber laser. Temperal vector solitons contain components along both principal...

Ultracold Ground-State Molecule Production in Sodium

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

F K. Fatemi, Kevin Jones, Paul D. Lett, Eite Tiesinga

We have observed the formation of ground state Na 2 molecules via the spontaneous decay of excited molecules created by the photoassociation of ultracold atoms...

Precise Energies of Highly Excited Hydrogen and Deuterium

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Svetlana A. Kotochigova, Peter J. Mohr, Barry N. Taylor

The energy levels of hydrogen and deuterium atoms are calculated to provide frequencies for transitions between highly excited states with principal quantum...

Artificial Molecules

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

W Jaskolski, Garnett W. Bryant, J Planelles, M Zielinski

Double semiconductor nanocrystals, called artificial molecules by analogy to artificial atoms (quantum dots), are investigated. Empirical tight-binding and k.p...

Observation of polarization-locked vactor solitons in optical fiber

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Steven T. Cundiff, B C. Collins, N N. Akhmediev, J M. Soto-Crespo, K Bergman, W H. Knox

We observe the formation of polarization-locked vector solitons in a modelocked fiber laser. Temporal vector solitons contain components along both principal...

Analysis of [nu]₂, [nu]₄ Infrared Hot Bands of ³²S¹⁶O₃: Resolution of the Puzzle of the V₁ CARS Spectrum

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

J Barber, E T. Chrysostom, Tony Masiello, J Nibler, A G. Maki, A Weber, Thomas A. Blake, R L. Sams

Further analysis of the high-resolution (0.0015 CM -1) infrared spectrum of 32S 160 3 has led to the assignment of more than 3100 hot band transitions from Ņ2...

Multifunctional ToF-SIMS: Combinatorial Mapping of Gradient Energy Substrates

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

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

We present a simple method for chemical modification of chlorosilane self-assembled monolayers (SAMS) on Si surfaces by exposure to a gradient of UV-ozone...

Rate Coefficients and Products of Ethyl and Vinyl Cross-Radical Reactions

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Askar Fahr, D C. Tardy

Rate constant and products of vinyl (H 2C=CH) and ethyl (C 2H 5) cross-radical reactions have been determined at ambient temperature and 93 kPa (700 Torr)...

The Development of Microcalorimeter EDS Arrays

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Kent D. Irwin, James A. Beall, Steven Deiker, Gene C. Hilton, L. King, Sae Woo Nam, Dale Newbury, Carl D. Reintsema, John A. Small, Leila R. Vale

High-energy-resolution cryogenic microcalorimeters are a powerful new tool for x-ray microanalysis. With demonstrated energy resolution 20 times better than...

Model-Based Approach to Security Test Automation

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Mark Blackburn, Robert Busser, Aaron Nauman, Ramaswamy Chandramouli

Security functional testing is a costly activity typically performed by security evaluation laboratories. These laboratories have struggled to keep pace with...

Molecular Orientation and Grafting Density in Semifluorinated Self-Assembled Monolayers of Mono-, Di- and Trichloro Silanes on Silica Substrates

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

Jan Genzer, K Efimenko, Daniel A. Fischer

We study the molecular orientation in semifluorinated (F 3C(CF 2) 8(CH 2) 2-, F8H2) self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) prepared by vapor deposition of mono- (m...

Magnetization Reversal in Half-Metallic Epitaxial CrO₂ Films

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

I L. Siu, William F. Egelhoff Jr., D X. Yang, H D. Chopra

We have investigated the magnetization reversal in thin films of the half-metallic ferromagnet chromium dioxide, CrO 2, grown on single crystal TiO 2 (100) and...

Flat-Phase Loading of a Bose-Einstein Condensate into an Optical Lattice

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

S E. Sklarz, I Friedler, D J. Tannor, Y B. Band, Carl J. Williams

It has been proposed that the adiabatic loading of a Bose-Einstein Condensate into an optical lattice via the Mott-Insulator transition can be used to...

Instantaneous and noninstantaneous nonlinear effects in femtosecond pulse propagation

November 1, 2002

Author(s)

H K. Eaton, Scott Diddams, A G. van Engen, Tracy S. Clement, A A. Zozulya

Propagation of intense femtosecond pulses in solids and liquids is investigated experimentally and numerically. Experiments in fusd silica reveal complicated...

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