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Predictive Model for Scanned Probe Oxidation Kinetics

Author(s)
John A. Dagata, F Perez-murano, G Abadal, K Morimoto, T Inoue, J Itoh, H Yokoyama
Previous descriptions of scanned probe oxidation kinetics involved implicit assumptions that one-dimensional, steady-state models apply for arbitrary values of...

A Standards Infrastructure for the Future

Author(s)
Belinda L. Collins
This paper presents several approaches for a global standards infrastructure, from the viewpoint of the United States, and from the National Institute of...

Preserving the Miracle

Author(s)
W G. Leight
This article discusses how standards are developed; the roles played by the private sector and by government, including mandates of the National Technology...

Entanglement of Four Particles

Author(s)
C A. Sackett, D Kielpinski, B E. King, Christopher Langer, V Meyer, C J. Myatt, M A. Rowe, Q A. Turchette, Wayne M. Itano, David J. Wineland, C Monroe
Quantum mechanics allows for many-particle wavefunctions that cannot be factorized into a product of single-particle wavefunctions, even when the constituent...

Sympathetic Cooling of Trapped Ions for Quantum Logic

Author(s)
D Kielpinski, B E. King, C J. Myatt, C A. Sackett, Q A. Turchette, Wayne M. Itano, C Monroe, David J. Wineland
One limit to the fidelity of quantum logic operations on trapped ions arises from heating of the ions’ collective modes of motion. Sympathetic cooling of the...

Flammability of Polystyrene-Clay Nanocomposites

Author(s)
A B. Morgan, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Richard H. Harris Jr., C L. Jackson, C A. Wilkie, J Zhu
Research in the area of condensed phase flame retardants for polymers usually builds upon existing technologies, such as metal hydroxides (alumina, magnesium...

Reduced Gravity Combustion of Thermoplastic Spheres

Author(s)
Jiann C. Yang, Anthony P. Hamins, Michelle K. Donnelly
A series of low-gravity experiments were conducted to investigate the combustion of supported thermoplastic polymer spheres under varying ambient conditions...

Suppression of a Non-Premixed Flame Behind a Step

Author(s)
William L. Grosshandler, R Charagundla, Anthony P. Hamins, Kevin B. McGrattan, Cary Presser
Because of its many positive attributes, halon 1301 or trifluorobromomethane (CF 3Br), has been used as a fire extinguishing agent in many applications...

Ladars for Construction Assessment and Update

Author(s)
Geraldine S. Cheok, William C. Stone, Robert R. Lipman, Christoph J. Witzgall
Work at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on laser radar imaging of a construction site is described. The objective of the NIST research...

The Protein Data Bank

Author(s)
H M. Berman, J Westbrook, Z. Feng, G L. Gilliland, Talapady N. Bhat, H Weissig, N Shindyalov, P E. Bourne
The Protein Data Bank (PDB) is the single worldwide repository of structural data of biological macromolecules. This paper describes the goals of the PDB, the...

A Conceptual Model for Pervasive Computing

Author(s)
L P. Ciarletta, Alden A. Dima
As an emerging field, pervasive computing has not had the opportunity to develop a conceptual model similar to the OSI Reference Model used to describe computer...
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