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Journals

Optical Materials and Detector Characterization for 193 nm and 157 nm Lithography

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

John H. Burnett, R Gupta

We survey the optical materials and detector characterization issues relevant to 193 nm and 157 nm optical lithography for semiconductor microelectronics...

Michelson Interferometry With 10 PM Accuracy

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

John R. Lawall, Ernest G. Kessler

We demonstrate a new heterodyne Michelson interferometer design for displacement measurements capable of fringe interpolation accuracy of one part in 36,000...

An Electrically Substituted Bolometer as a Transfer Standard Detector

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

Joseph P. Rice

We have developed an electrically substituted bolometer (ESB) to serve as a portable transfer-standard detector over the full wavelength range from 200 nm to 20...

Interferometric Technique for Engineering Indistinguishability and Entanglement of Photon Pairs

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

D A. Branning, W P. Grice, R Erdmann, L A. Walmsley

We give a detailed account of a new technique for suppressing distinguishing information in the space-time component of the state vector of a pair of photons...

Plasma Oscillations and Expansion of an Ultracold Neutral Plasma

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

S Kulin, T C. Killian, S D. Bergeson, S L. Rolston

We report the observation of plasma oscillations in an ultracold neutral plasma. Using this collective mode, we probe the electron density distribution and...

Comparison of the Levels of 8-Hydroxyguanine in DNA as Measured by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Following Hydrolysis of DNA by Escherichia Coli Fpg Protein or Formic Acid

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

H Rodriguez, J Jurado, J Laval, M. Dizdaroglu

8-hydroxyguanine (8-OH-Gua) is one of many lesions generated in DNA by oxidative processes including free radicals. It is the most extensively investigated...

Thermophysical Properties of Gaseous HBr and BCl₃ from Speed-of-Sound Measurements

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

John J. Hurly

The speed of sound in gaseous hydrogen bromide (HBr) and boron trichloride (BCl^3^) was measured using a highly precise acoustic resonance technique. The HBr...

Diffusion Measurements Using ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy: Acetone Diffusion in Polypropylene - Use of Penetrant Fluid Pressure to Improve Sample / IRE Contact

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

X Yi, J Portnoy, J J. Pellegrino

In this article, we present a simple method for improving the contact between a film sample and the internal reflection element (or crystal) when diffusion into...

In Situ Raman Spectroscopic Investigation of Aqueous Iron Corrosion at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

James E. Maslar, Wilbur S. Hurst, Walter J. Bowers Jr., Jay H. Hendricks, M I. Aquino-Class

In situ Raman spectroscopy was employed to investigate iron corrosion in air-saturated water at a pressure of 25.1 MPa and temperatures from 21 to 537 C. Upon...

Effect of Single Mutations in the OGG1 Gene Found in Human Tumors on the Substrate Specificity of the OGG1 Protein

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

M Audebert, J. P. Radicella, M. Dizdaroglu

We have investigated the effect of single amino acid substitutions of conserved arginines on the catalytic activities of the human Ogg1 protein (α-hOgg1-Ser 326...

NCSL Pressure Comparison At 0.69 Mpa (100 psi) and 1.4 Mpa (200 psi)

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

Robert G. Driver, James W. Schmidt

The pressure and Vacuum Group at NIST has piloted a pressure comparison under the auspices of the Measurement comparison program committee for the NCSL. A 1.4...

Biotechnology at NIST: Critical Measurements, Data and Standards for an Emerging Industry

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

G L. Gilliland

The Biotechnology Division is the focus of the NIST effort addressing measurement science and data needs for the emerging biotechnology industry. The Division...

Toroidal Cross-Capacitor for Measuring the Dielectric Constant of Gases

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

T J. Buckley, J O. Hamelin, Michael R. Moldover

We describe toroidal cross capacitors built to accurately measure the dielectric constant of gases. We tested the capacitors by measuring the dielectric...

Ni(ll) Specifically Cleaves the C-Terminal Tail of the Major Variant of Histone H2A and Forms an Oxidative Damage-Mediating Complex with the Cleaved-Off Octapeptide

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

W Bal, R Liang, J Lukszo, S Lee, M. Dizdaroglu, K S. Kasprzak

The Acetyl-TESHHK-amide peptide, modeling a part of the C-terminal tailof histone H2A, was found previously by us to undergo at pH 7.4 a Ni(II)-assisted...

Manufacturing Planning and Execution Objects Foundation Interfaces

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

Shaw C. Feng

Process planning and manufacturing execution software systems provide two major functions in a product development cycle. Industries require the systems that...

Quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifiers

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

Richard P. Mirin, D. J. Blumenthal

A new traveling-wave semiconductor optical amplifier using self-assembled quantum dots as the gain medium is proposed and analyzed. Cross-gain modulation is...

Committee Reports for the 85th National Conference on Weights and Measures, July 16-20, 2000 Richmond, VA

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

G M. Ugiansky, J L. Land

The 85th annual meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures will be held in Richmond, VA, July 16-20, 2000. The theme of the Conference is Basic...

Effect of Polydispersity on the Evolution of Density Fluctuations to Lamellar Crystals in Linear Polyethylene

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

Y A. Akpalu, Eric J. Amis

The effect of polydispersity on structure development in linear polyethylenes is studied by simultaneous real time small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) and wide...

Microsegregation in Peltier Interface Demarcation

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

Y Dabo, H N. Thi, Sam R. Coriell, Geoffrey B. McFadden, Q Li, B Billia

Experimental results on solute microsegregation induced by Peltier Interface Demarcation (PID) technique during directional solidification of Bi-1 wt % Sb...

Effect of Interfacial Layers on Wear Behavior of a Dental Glass-Ceramic

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

A Ravikiran, S Jahanmir

Wear studies on a glass-ceramic dental restorative material were performed under two types of lubrication conditions with distilled water. In one set of...

Abrasive Machining of Glass-Ceramics With a Dental Handpiece

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

X Dong, L Yin, S Jahanmir, L K. Ives, E D. Rekow

Machinable glass ceramics are used to prepare dental restorations with modern dental CAD/CAM systems. Unfortunately, little is understood about the influence of...

MatML: An XML for Standardizing Web-Based Materials Property Data

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

E F. Begley, C P. Sturrock

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) may be current lingua franca of the World Wide Web, but it is poorly suited for exchanging multidimensional data for any kind...

Lattice Model of Living Polymerization. III. Evidence for Particle Clustering From Phase Separation Properties and Rounding of the Dynamical Clustering Transition

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

J Dudowicz, Karl Freed, Jack F. Douglas

Equilibrium polymerization is studied here as a prototype for clustering transitions that commonly occur in systems of interacting particles at equilibrium...

Thermal Expansion Coefficients of Low-K Dielectric Films From Fourier Analysis of X-Ray Reflectivity

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

Charles E. Bouldin, William E. Wallace, G W. Lynn, S C. Roth, Wen-Li Wu

We determine the thermal expansion coefficient of a fluorinated poly (arylene ether) low-k dielectric film using Fourier analysis of x-ray reflectivity data...

Observation of Monolayer and Bilayer Period RHEED Oscillations During Epitaxial Growth on Ge and Ge(100)

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

C L. Berrie, S R. Leone

Both monolayer and bilayer periods are observed during the growth of germanium on Ge(1 0 0) using reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED)...

The Effect of Parent Zero-Point Motion on the ND₂( ) Rotational State Distribution in the 193.3 nm Photolysis of ND₃

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

J P. Reid, R A. Loomis, S R. Leone

The vibrational and rotational product-state distributions of ND 2( 2A 1) has been probed following the photodissociation of ND 3 at 193.3 nm by time-resolved...

Correction of Directional Errors For Radiometric and Photometric Standard Detectors

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

M Racz, George P. Eppeldauer

Single-Color Photoassociative Ionization of Ultracold Sodium: The Region from 0 to -5 GHz

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

A Amelink, Kevin Jones, Paul D. Lett, P Van der Straten, H G. Heideman

We have measured the rate of production of Na 2 + in collisions of ultracold Na atoms held in a magneto-optical trap (MOT) as a function of probe laser detuning...

The Vibrational Spectra of Molecular Ions Isolated in Solid Neon. XVI. SO⁺₂, SO^-₂, and (SO₂)^-₂

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

D Forney, C B. Kellogg, Warren E. Thompson, Marilyn E. Jacox

When a Ne:SO 2 mixture is subjected to Penning ionization and/or photoionization by neon atoms in their first excited states, between 16.6 eV and 16.85 eV, and...

Electron-Impact Total Ionization Cross Sections of SF_x (x = 1-5)

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

M A. Ali, Karl Irikura, Yong Sik Kim

Total cross sections for electron impact ionization are necessary quantities for numerical modeling of plasma chemistry and for quantitative mass-spectrometric...

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