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James D. Benson, Aniruddha Bagchi, Xu Han, John K. Critser, Erik J. Woods
Partial phase diagrams are of considerable utility in the development of optimized cryobiological procedures. Recent theoretical predictions of the melting points of ternary solutions of interest to cryobiology have caused us to re-examine measurments that
James C. Booth, Nathan D. Orloff, Jordi Mateu, James A. Beall, Matthew Rinehart
We describe the design, fabrication, and evaluation of a new on-wafer measurement platform for the rapid, quantitative determination of the complex permittivity of nL fluid volumes over the frequency range from 10 MHz - 40 GHz. Our measurement platform
Pedatsur Neta, Bhaskar Godugu, Yuxue Liang, Yamil Simon, Xiaoyu Yang, Stephen E. Stein
Selected reaction monitoring (SRM) of quinolone drugs showed1 different sensitivities in aqueous solution vs. biological extract. The authors suggested formation of two singly protonated ions with different behavior, one undergoing loss of H 2O and the
When withdrawing a fluid sample from an apparatus at reduced pressures for additional chromatographic analyses, a gas tight plunger syringe proves ineffective as it does not create a substantial pressure differential to pull a fluid from a reduced pressure
Eduard Rocas, Juan C. Collado Gomez, James C. Booth, Alberto Padilla
The nonlinear surface impedance is related, by use of the surface impedance definition as the ratio between the electric field and magnetic field at the HTS surface, to a local description of the nonlinear superfluid current density that depends on the
Vadim V. Ilyushin, Emily A. Cloessner, Yung-Ching Chou, Laura B. Picraux, Jon T. Hougen, Richard Lavrich
We present here the first experimental and theoretical study of the microwave spectrum of 5-methyltropolone, which can be visualized as a 7-membered aromatic carbon ring with a five-membered hydrogen-bonded cyclic structure at the top and a methyl group at
C. Q. Jiao, Karl Irikura, S, F. Adams, A Garscadden
Absolute cross sections for electron impact ionization of methylcyclohexane (MCH, C 7H 14) are measured as a function of the electron energy in a range of 10 to 200 eV. The reactions between selected hydrocarbon ions with MCH, mainly via hydride transfer
Nathan R. Newbury, Ian R. Coddington, Esther Baumann, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, William C. Swann, Alexander M. Zolot
Optical frequency combs have been used extensively, and with remarkable success, to measure the absolute frequency of cw lasers. The use of frequency combs has also expanded to include applications such as precision ranging, component metrology, and
Trace elemental speciation analysis is assuming more critical importance in nutritional and toxicological assessments, and despite the necessity to quantitatively differentiate elemental species in environmental and clinical samples, there are a limited
Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, Ian R. Coddington, Esther Baumann, William C. Swann, Nathan R. Newbury
Time-resolved, high-accuracy and high-resolution spectroscopy of frequency-agile cw lasers is critical to realizing their full potential for sensing, but is not possible with conventional spectroscopy methods. We demonstrate a dual comb-based spectrometer
Guillaume Ballihaut, Lisa Kilpatrick, Eric L. Kilpatrick, William Davis
There has been an on-going effort and long term goal to accurately assess selenium status and selenium nutritional requirement in humans through the quantification of human plasma selenoprotein P (SelP) and glutathione peroxidase 3 (GPx3). To achieve this
Tara Lovestead, Bret Windom, Jennifer Riggs, Chris Nickell, Thomas J. Bruno
RP-1 is a long-established hydrocarbon fuel that continues to be widely used as the kerosene component in rocket propulsion systems. The desire in recent years to use rocket motors many times, rather than a single time, has led to reformulations of RP-1
Young Jong Lee, Sapun Parekh, Jeffrey Fagan, Marcus T. Cicerone
The dephasing and population decay dynamics of optical phonons are studied for semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) using broadband time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (TR-CARS) and time-resolved incoherent anti-Stokes Raman
Francis J. Lovas, David F. Plusquellic, Susanna L. Widicus Weaver, B. A. McGuire, G. A. Blake
Geometry optimization calculations on 13 members of the C3H6O3 family of organic species have been carried out to determine their relative binding energies. Dimethyl carbonate [(CH3)2CO3] is one of the lower energy species in this family, which includes
Eric S. Windsor, Marcela N. Najarro, Anna N. Bloom, Bruce A. Benner Jr, Robert A. Fletcher, John G. Gillen, Richard Lareau, Inho Cho, Mike Boldmand
The feasibility of using piezoelectric drop-on-demand inkjet printing to prepare test materials for trace explosive analysis is demonstrated. Both pure high explosives and plastic-bonded putty explosives were formulated into inkjet printable solutions and
Rolf L. Zeisler, Rick L. Paul, Rabia Oflaz, Lee L. Yu, Jacqueline L. Mann, William R. Kelly, Brian E. Lang, Stefan D. Leigh, Jeffrey A. Fagan
A material containing single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) together with other carbon species, cata-lyst residues, and trace element contaminants has been prepared by the National Institute of Standards and Technology for characterization and
Accurate gas properties are needed to take full advantage of the low uncertainties provided by NISTs Gas Flow Calibration Services. If a flowmeter user and NIST use different values for these properties (molecular mass, compressibility, density, viscosity
Hildenbrand and coworkers have shown recently that the vapor above solid ammonium nitrate includes molecules of NH4NO3, not only NH3 and HNO3 as previously believed. Their measurements led to thermochemical values that imply an enthalpy change of D298 = 98
Kirill V. Tretyakov, Nino G. Todua, Roman S. Borisov, Vladimir G. Zaikin, Stephen Stein, Anzor I. Mikaia
A new kind of "para-effect" under EI conditions has been discovered for a series of bis(perfluoroacyl) derivatives of o-, m- and p- phenylendiamines, hydroxybenzeneamines and mercaptobenzeneamines of a common structure RCOX C 6H 4 NHCOR (X = NH, S, O; R =
Stephanie L. Outcalt, Arno R. Laesecke, Karin Brumback
The density of a flightline jet fuel (JP-8) was measured with two vibrating-tube densimeters. The combined range of the data is from 270 K to 470 K with pressures to 40 MPa. The speed of sound in the fuel was measured with a propagation time method at
Problems associated with pre-ignition of fuel in a spark ignition engine have been documented for many years, and include poor performance and structural damage. These problems were addressed in the past by adding organometallic additives such as
Ian M. Anderson, Michael D. Anderson, Andrew A. Herzing, Colby Heideman, Raimar Rostek, David C. Johnson
An ultra-low thermal conductivity compound with the ideal formula [(PbSe)1.00]1[MoSe2]1 has been successfully crystallized across a range of compositions. The lattice parameters varied from 12.41 Å to 12.75 Å and the quality of the observed 00ℓ diffraction
We demonstrate the utility of focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB SEM) combined with energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry (EDS) for 3-dimensional (3D) morphological and elemental correlative analysis of sub-cellular features. Although recent