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Journals

Beyond the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation: High-Resolution Overtone Spectroscopy of H₂D⁺ and D₂H⁺

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

M Farnik, S Davis, David Nesbitt

Transitions to overtone 2upsilion} 2 and 2upsilion} 3 and combination upsilion} 2+upsilion} 3 vibrations in jet-cooled H 2D + and D 2H + molecular ions have...

Torsional Angle Definitions and Linear and Quadratic Force Field Variations Along the Torsinal Coordinate for CH ₃OH and CH₃CHO

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

L H. Xu, R M. Lees, M A. Mekhtiev, Jon T. Hougen

This paper concerns itself primarily with three questions: (i) What is the range of commonly used definitions for the internal rotation angle, and how do...

Spin Excitations in a Fermi Gas of Atoms

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

B. L. DeMarco, Deborah S. Jin

We have experimentally investigated a a spin excitation in a quantum degenerate Fermi gas of atomes. In the hydrodynamic regime the damping time of the...

Excitonic Effects on Optical Second-Harmonic Polarizabilities of Semiconductors

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

E K. Chang, Zachary H. Levine, Eric L. Shirley

We present an ab initio many-body formalism for computing the frequency-dependent second-harmonic polarizability of semiconductor materials that includes both...

Two-Dimensional Periodic Alignment of Self-Assembled Ge Islands on Patterned Si(001) Surfaces

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

T Ma, S R. Leone

Two-dimensional alignment of Ge islands is obtained by molecular beam epitaxy of Ge on lithographically patterned Si(001) surfaces composed of periodic arrays...

Trapped Highly Charged Ion Plasmas

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

E Takacs, John D. Gillaspy

Electron beam Ion Trap (EBIT) devices are reviewed with special attention to applications in highly charged ion plasma research. EBIT properties are presented...

The Role of Intramolecular Energy Fow and Nonadiabaticity in Vibrationally Mediated Chemistry: Wavepacket Studies of Cl + H₂O

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

J R. Fair, D Schaefer, R Kosloff, David Nesbitt

Time-dependent and time-independent quantum scattering methods are used to investigate state-to-state inelastic and reactive collision dynamicsfor a three...

Optimization of Wave Packet Coefficients in Li₂ Using an Evolutionary Algorithm: the Role of Resonant and Non-Resonant Wavelengths

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

J B. Ballard, H U. Stauffer, Z Amitay, S R. Leone

Using feedback and an Evolutionary Algorithm (EA), the weak field pump-probe photoionization single at a single time delay is optimized inLi 2. A single launch...

Oxidation of Deuterium-, Acetylene-, and Ethylene-Terminated Si(100) by Atomic Oxygen

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Maritoni Litorja, Steven A. Buntin

The oxidation of deuterium-, ethylene- and acetylene-terminated Si(100) by gas-phase atomic oxygen is evaluated using Auger electron spectroscopy. The atomic...

Quantitative Flow Cytometry: History, Practice, Theory, Consensus, Inter-Laboratory Variation, and Present Status

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

G E. Marti, V E. Zenger, R F. Vogt, Adolfas Gaigalas

In the most general sense, quantitative fluorescence flow cytometry (QFCM) is the calibration of fluorescence intensity in terms of some reproducible scale. The...

Nanotechnology: Emerging Developments and Early Dectection of Cancer

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

S J. Zullo, S Srivastava, J P. Looney, Peter E. Barker

A recent meeting jointly sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) brought together researchers...

General Strategy for the Design of Multiplex PCR Assays Involving Y STR Markers

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

R Schoske, Peter Vallone, C M. Ruitberg, John Butler

The simultaneous amplification of multiple regions of a DNA template is routinely performed using the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in a process termed...

Optical Reflectance of Metallic Coatings: Effect of Aluminum Flake Orientation

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

B Laurenti, Egon Marx, Maria Nadal, M E. McKnight, L Sung

The orientation of platelet-like pigments in coatings is affected by the processing conditions resulting in appearance variations of the final product. A set of...

Silicon Nanostructures Fabricated by Scanning Probe Lithography and TMAH Etching

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

F S. Chien, W F. Hsieh, S Gwo, Andras Vladar, John A. Dagata

Fabrication of silicon nanostructures is a key technique for the development of monolithically integrated optoelectronic circuits. We demonstrate that the...

Resonance Damping in Tightly Coupled d.c. SQUIDs via Intra-Coil Resistors

December 31, 2001

Author(s)

Martin Huber, A. H. Steinbach, Ronald H. Ono

Power Dependent Impedance of High Temperature Superconductor Thin Films: Relation to Harmonic Generation

December 31, 2001

Author(s)

James Booth, Leila R. Vale, Ronald H. Ono, John H. Claassen

Non-Destructive Characterization of the Morphology of a Polymer Co-Extruded Scaffold Using Optical Coherence Tomography

December 19, 2001

Author(s)

Joy P. Dunkers, N Washburn, Carl G. Simon Jr., Alamgir Karim, Eric J. Amis

It is generally understood that a complex interaction of many variables controls the success of cell infiltration, proliferation, and differentiation within a...

Dominant Thermodynamic Role of the Third Independent Receptor Binding Site in the Receptor-Associated Protein RAP

December 18, 2001

Author(s)

O M. Andersen, Frederick P. Schwarz, Edward Eisenstein, C Jacobsen, S K. Moestrup, M Etzerodt, H C. Thogersen

The 39 Kda receptor-associated protein (RAP) is a three-domain escort protein in the secretory pathway for several members of the low-density lipoprotein...

Molality-Based Primary Standards for Electrolytic Conductivity

December 16, 2001

Author(s)

Kenneth W. Pratt, W Koch, Yung C. Wu, P.A. Berezansky

Chemical Imaging of Thin Films Polymer Blends With Near-Field Infrared Microscopy and Spectroscopy

December 12, 2001

Author(s)

Stephan J. Stranick, Xiaohong Gu, D B. Chase, Chris A. Michaels

The utility of an infrared scanning near-field microscope in the characterization of the mesoscale structure of thin film polymer blends is demonstrated. This...

Phase-resolved Crab Studies with a Cryogenic Transition-Edge Sensor Spectrophotometer

December 10, 2001

Author(s)

R. W. Romani, Aaron J. Miller, B. Cabrera, Sae Woo Nam, John M. Martinis

We are developing time- and energy-resolved near-IR/optical/UV photon detectors based on sharp superconducting-normal transition edges in thin films. We report...

The Cockayne Syndrome Group B Gene Product is Involved in General Genome Base Excision Repair of 8-hydroxyguanine in DNA

December 7, 2001

Author(s)

J Tuo, M Muftuoglu, C Chen, Pawel Jaruga, R R. Selzer, R M. Brosh, H Rodriguez, Miral M. Dizdar, V. Bohr

Cockayne Syndrome (CS) is a human genetic disorder with two complementation groups, CS-A and CS-B. The CSB gene product is involved in transcription-coupled...

Failure Modes in Medical Device Software: an Analysis of 15 Years of Recall Data

December 5, 2001

Author(s)

Dolores R. Wallace, D. Richard Kuhn

Most complex systems today contain software, and systems failures activated by software faults can provide lessons for software development practices and...

Thermal Measurements for Fire Fighters' Protective Clothing

December 3, 2001

Author(s)

James R. Lawson, R Vettori

Thousands of fire fighters are seriously burned each year and many loose their lives while exposed to fire fighting environments. Work is underway at the...

Segmentation for Robust Tracking in the Presence of Severe Occlusion

December 3, 2001

Author(s)

Camillo A. Gentile, M Sznaier, O Camps

Tracking an object in a sequence of images can fail due to partial occlusion or clutter. Robustness can be increased by tracking a set of parts, provided that a...

Strong and Macroporous Calcium Phosphate Cement: Effects of Porosity and Fiber Reinforcement on Mechanical Properties

December 1, 2001

Author(s)

Laurence C. Chow

Because of its excellent osteoconductivity and bone-replacement capability, self-setting calcium phosphate cement (CPC) has been used in a number of clincal...

Convalent Cationization Method for the Analysis of Polyethylene by Mass Spectrometry

December 1, 2001

Author(s)

Barry J. Bauer, William E. Wallace, B M. Fanconi, Kathleen M. Flynn

Polyethylene and other polyolefins have not been amenable to mass spectrometric characterization of molecular mass distribution due to the ineffectiveness of...

Hidden in Plain Sight: Calcium Fluoride's Intrinsic Birefringence

December 1, 2001

Author(s)

John H. Burnett, Zachary H. Levine, E L. And shirley

William John Youden

December 1, 2001

Author(s)

H H. Ku, Joan R. Rosenblatt

ginning with the balanced incomplete block designs known as Youden Spuares, W.J. Youden created many designs tailored to the needs of the physical and...

The NIST Speaker Recognition Evaluations: 1996-2001

December 1, 2001

Author(s)

Alvin F. Martin, Mark A. Przybocki

We discuss the history and purpose of the NIST evaluations of speaker recognition performance. We cover the sites that have participated, the performance...

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