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Stephen R. Decker, Robert N. Goldberg, Brian Lang, William Michener
Microcalorimetry, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) have been used to conduct a thermodynamic investigation of the hydrolysis reactions: 1-naphthyl acetate(aq) + H2O(l) = 1 naphthol(aq) +
Microfluidic hydrodynamic focusing of an alcohol/lipid mixture into a narrow fluid stream by two oblique buffer streams provides a controlled and reproducible method of forming phospholipid bilayer vesicles (i.e., liposomes) with relatively monodisperse
Thomas J. Bruno, Lisa S. Ott, Tara M. Lovestead, Marcia L. Huber
Complex fluids have long posed a significant challenge in our ability to characterize and model fluid properties. Here, we consider complex fluids to be mixtures with many components that can differ significantly in polarity and polarizability. The
A local excitation of ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) and its detection were performed by using an open-ended radio frequency (RF) probe. THe RF probe is composed of a coaxial cable transmitting broadband RF waves over 10 GHz and a sharp tip attached to its
Stephanie L. Outcalt, Arno R. Laesecke, Tara J. Fortin
The density and speed of sound of hexadecane have been measured using two instruments. Both instruments use the vibrating-tube method for measuring density. Ambient pressure (83 kPa) density and speed of sound measurements were carried out with a rapid
Santanu S. Kundu, Atul Bhangale, William E. Wallace, Kathleen M. Flynn, Richard Gross, Kathryn L. Beers
Application of microreactor technologies enable improved safety, selectivity and yield in a range of chemical reactions in addition to new measurement methods that are often faster, cheaper and more accurate than traditional methods. In this study we have
Atul Bhangale, Santanu S. Kundu, Wenchun Xie, William E. Wallace, Kathleen M. Flynn, Kathryn L. Beers, Richard Gross
Epoxy functionalized supports are known to be suitable for industrial-scale immobilization of enzymes for biocatalysis. However, chemistry across these epoxy groups is known to affect the catalytic performance of the enzymes.In order to achieve a balance
Robert D. Chirico, Michael D. Frenkel, Vladimir Diky, Chris D. Muzny, Andrei F. Kazakov
ThermoData Engine (TDE) is the first full-scale software implementation of the dynamic data evaluation concept. TDE version 3.0 implemented the first application of this concept to the evaluation of thermophysical properties for binary chemical systems
We review the progress in acoustic metrology of gases that has occurred since the 1988 measurement of the universal gas constant R using a spherical acoustic resonator. The advances in understanding resonators and in calculating the thermophysical
Changwoo Doe, Hyung-Sik Jang, Tae-Hwan Kim, Steven Kline, Sung-Min Choi
Fabrication of highly ordered arrays of single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) has been of great interest for a wide range of potential applications. Here we report highly ordered arrays of individually isolated SWNTs formed by cooperative self-assembly of
Contact-less mapping of temperature distributions based on ratios of fluorescent signals is a ubiquitous temperature detection technique. However, application of calibration equations that relate fluorescence intensity ratios to temperature pose several
We examine the perturbations of the modes of an acoustic thermometer caused by circular ducts used either for gas flow or as acoustic waveguides coupled to remote transducers. We calculate the acoustic admittance of circular ducts using a model based on
Measurements of the flow and the energy content of natural gas rely on equations of state to compute four thermodynamic properties: 1) compressibility factor; 2) critical flow factor; 3) speed of sound; and 4)isentropic exponent. We compare these computed
James W. Schmidt, Michael R. Moldover, Eric F. May
We used a quasi-spherical cavity resonator to measure the relative dielectric permittivity ε r of H 2 at frequencies from 2.4 GHz to 7.3 GHz, at pressures up to 6.5 MPa, and at the temperatures 273 K and 293 K. The resonator was calibrated using auxiliary
Ray Radebaugh, Yonghua Huang, Agnes A. O'Gallagher, John M. Gary
The NIST numerical software, REGEN3.3, which incorporates both He-4 and He-3 properties, was used to calculate the losses and second law efficiencies of 4 K regenerators operating at 30 Hz. Operating parameters, such as average pressure, pressure ratio
The absolute force sensitivities of colloidal probes comprised of atomic force microscope, or AFM, cantilevers with microspheres attached to their distal ends are measured. The force sensitivities are calibrated through reference to accurate electrostatic
Jay H. Hendricks, Jacob R. Ricker, Justin H. Chow, Douglas A. Olson
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Low Pressure Manometry Laboratory maintains national pressure standards ranging from 1 mPa to 360 kPa through the operation of four ultrasonic interferometer manometer (UIM) pressure standards. NIST
Alfons Weber, Jintao Zhang, Tony Masiello, Thomas A. Blake, J Nibler
For symmetric top molecules, the normal k = 0, l = 0 and k = 1, l = 1 selection rules for parallel and perpendicular bands, respectively, do not allow the determination of the K-dependent rotational constants, C0 (or A0), D0K, and H0K. However, we
Efforts are underway in the Surface and Microanalysis Science Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology to study the vapor transport mechanisms inside explosive trace detection instruments (ETD s) and produce standard test materials to
We are developing a mobile heterodyne terahertz system based on hot electron bolometer (HEB) mixer receivers to both image and obtain spectroscopic signatures from 2-D samples. An HEB provides unprecedented sensitivity and spectral resolution at terahertz
David J. Evans, Adriana Hornikova, Stefan D. Leigh, Andrew L. Rukhin, William E. Strawderman
The first regional key comparison in vibration conducted under the auspices of the Inter-American System of Metrology (SIM) was begun in 1996. The comparison was registered with the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) through the