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The fundamental principles for chemical analysis by optical methods are established. However, only recent advances in instrumentation and spectroscopic techniques have substantially expended the feasibility of routine spectroscopic analysis of gaseous
G Niaura, Vytas Reipa, M P. Mayhew, Marcia J. Holden, V L. Vilker
Resonance Raman spectroscopy at 2.5 cm-1 resolution was used to probe differences in wild type and Y96F mutant P450cam (CYP101), both with and without bound camphor or styrene substrates. In the substrate-free state, the spin state equilibrium is shifted
Grazing Incidence X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (GIXPS) is a method that offers promise as a non-destructive technique to measure the thickness and chemistry of ultrathin gate dielectric films. It combines aspects of x-ray reflectivity and conventional
Threshold scattering resonances play a crucial role in cold collision physics and cold molecule formation from cold atoms. We describe several examples involving magnetic Feshbach spectroscopy of Cs atoms, photoassociation of Na atoms in a Bose-Einstein
Cavity ringdown spectroscopy (CRDS) is a highly sensitive spectroscopic technique that has been successfully applied to problems such as trace gas detection and the observation of weak spectra. Despite possessing several intrinsic advantages over other
With careful experimental design indexed synchrotron white-beam X-ray topographs of ribonuclease S crystals at ambient temperature could be recorded with a definition and contrast comparable to that of monochromatic beam topographs of other proteins
The NIST Electron Effective-Attenuation-Length Database provides values of electron effective attenuation lengths (EALs) in solid elements and compounds at selected electron energies between 50 eV and 2,000 eV. The database was designed mainly to provide
Joy Dunkers, D P. Sanders, Donald L. Hunston, M J. Everett, William H. Green
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an emerging technique for imaging of synthetic materials. OCT is attractive because of the combination of its high sensitivity (>90 dB), high resolution ((10-20) mm), and low cost ($75 k). The value of any new
Stephan J. Stranick, D B. Chase, Chris A. Michaels
The ability to measure chemical bond changes on the nanometer scale is of critical importance for the characterization of catalytic materials, engineered materials and surfaces relevant to biological problems. In this paper, we will outline the development
James E. Maslar, Wilbur S. Hurst, Walter J. Bowers Jr., Jay H. Hendricks
In situ Raman spectroscopy was employed to investigate corrosion of a zirconium-niobium alloy in air-saturated water at a pressure of 15.5 MPa and temperatures ranging from 22 to 407 C in an optically accessible flow cell. Monoclinic ZrO 2 (m-ZrO 2) was
We investigate the systematic error due to neglet of elastic scattering of photoelectrons in measurements of the thicknesses of thin films of SiO 2 on Si by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Calulations were made of substrate Si 2p photoelectron
We report calculations of effective attenuation lengths (EALs) for Si 2p photoelectrons in silicon dioxide at photoelectron energies between 82 and 1385 eV. These EALs are compared with measured values reported recently by Shimada et al. [Surf. Interface
Grazing incidence x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (GIXPS) is a method that offers promise as a non-destructive technique to measure the thickness and chemical state of ultrathin gate dielectric films. This method utilizes the non-linear dependence of the
James E. Maslar, Wilbur S. Hurst, Walter J. Bowers Jr., Jay H. Hendricks, M I. Aquino, Igor Levin
Three chromium coupons were exposed to air-saturated water at pressures of ca. 25 MPa and temperatures up to 545 C in an optically accessible flow cell. In situ Raman spectra were collected at different temperatures as the coupons were heated and then
8-Hydroxyadenine (8-OH-Ade) is one of the major lesions, which is formed in DNA by hydroxyl radical attack on the C-8 position of adenine followed by oxidation. We describe the measurement of the nucleoside form of this compound, 8-hydroxy-2'