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Multiple-time-scale blinking in InAs quantum dot single photon sources

April 16, 2014
Author(s)
Marcelo I. Davanco, C S. Hellberg, Serkan Ates, Antonio Badolato, Kartik A. Srinivasan
We use photon correlation measurements to study blinking in single, epitaxially-grown selfassembled InAs quantum dots situated in circular Bragg grating and microdisk cavities. The normalized second-order correlation function g(2)( t) is studied across

Performance Testing and Evaluation of Transformative Apps Devices

April 16, 2014
Author(s)
Anthony J. Downs, Lisa J. Fronczek, Emile L. Morse, Brian A. Weiss, Ian P. Bashor, Craig I. Schlenoff
Transformative Apps (TransApps) is a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) funded program whose goal is to develop a range of militarily-relevant software applications ("apps") to enhance the operational effectiveness of military personnel on

Powder Bed Fusion Machine Performance Testing

April 16, 2014
Author(s)
Shawn P. Moylan, Joseph Drescher, M A. Donmez
Unlike conventional machining where there is a near 1:1 correspondence of machine performance to the geometry of the workpiece, the accuracy of the machine components is only one of the contributors to the quality of a finished AM part. Rather, there is

Study of Accuracy of Parts Produced Using Additive Manufacturing

April 16, 2014
Author(s)
Marcin Bauza, Shawn P. Moylan, Robert Panas, Stephen Burke, Harry Martz, John S. Taylor, Paul Alexander, Richard Knebel
The purpose of this presentation is to focus discussion onto the issue of accuracy and uncertainty of parts made with additive manufacturing processes.

2013 ITRS Metrology Roadmap

April 15, 2014
Author(s)
Alain C. Diebold, Ndubuisi George Orji
In 2013 the ITRS Metrology Technical Working Group worked on updating the text and tables of the metrology chapter. New additions include a section on 3D nanometrology, a revised lithography metrology table, and an updated Interconnect section. The

Deposition Order Dependent Magnetization Reversal of Pressure Graded Co/Pd Films

April 15, 2014
Author(s)
P. K. Greene, Brian Kirby, June W. Lau, Julie Borchers, M .R. Fitzsimmons, Kai Liu
Magnetization reversal mechanisms have been investigated in pressure graded Co/Pd multilayer thin films with inverted deposition orders. Structural and magnetic properties have been investigated using x-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy

Observation of Small Cluster Formation in Concentrated Monoclonal Antibody Solutions and Its Implications to Solution Viscosity

April 15, 2014
Author(s)
Eric J. Yearley, Paul D. Godfrin, Tatiana NMN Perevozchikova, Hailiang Zhang, Peter Falus, Lionel Porcar, Michihiro Nagao, Joseph E. Curtis, Pradad Gawande, Rosalynn Taing, Isidro E. Zarraga, Norman J. Wagner, Yun Liu
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are a major class of biopharmaceuticals. Some concentrated mAb solutions are hypothesized to exhibit the formation of a solution phase consisting of reversibly self-associated aggregates (or reversible clusters), which is

Response to Comments on the National Institute of Standards and Technology Investigation of the 2001 World Trade Center Fires

April 15, 2014
Author(s)
Richard G. Gann, Anthony P. Hamins, Therese P. McAllister, Kevin B. McGrattan, William M. Pitts, Kuldeep R. Prasad
The editor of a special issue of Fire Technology invited the NIST authors to address the NIST Investigation of the WTC disaster and associated practice and research progress in the 10 years since then. The three published papers are a summary of the

HYBRID Bi-Directional Flexure Joint

April 14, 2014
Author(s)
Vincent D. Lee, James M. Gibert, John C. Ziegert
Flexural bearing joints are utilized in precision mechanisms that require repeatable and friction free motion. As such, there exist numerous embodiments of a flexural bearing. The work in this paper expands the pool of existing flexure designs by

Hydrogen Field Test Standard: Laboratory Performance

April 14, 2014
Author(s)
Jodie G. Pope, John D. Wright
NIST developed a prototype field test standard (FTS) that incorporates three test methods that could be used by state weights and measures inspectors to periodically test retail hydrogen dispensers, much as gasoline dispensers are tested today. The three

Optimizing Hybrid Metrology through a Consistent Multi-Tool Parameter Set and Uncertainty Model

April 14, 2014
Author(s)
Richard M. Silver, Bryan Barnes, Nien F. Zhang, Hui Zhou, Andras Vladar, John S. Villarrubia, Regis J. Kline, Daniel Sunday, Alok Vaid
There has been significant interest in hybrid metrology as a novel method for reducing overall measurement uncertainty and optimizing measurement throughput (speed) through rigorous combinations of two or more different measurement techniques into a single

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON OF KU-BAND STANDARD GAIN HORN CHARACTERIZATION

April 11, 2014
Author(s)
Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, David R. Novotny, Michael H. Francis, Jason B. Coder, Joshua A. Gordon
International comparison of antenna measurement results between national measurement laboratories supports interoperability of communication equipment in today’s world market. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the pilot National

Noble Gas Excimer Scintillation Following Neutron Capture in Boron Thin Films

April 11, 2014
Author(s)
Alan K. Thompson, Jacob McComb, Charles W. Clark, Michael A. Coplan, Mohamad Al-Sheikhly, Robert E. Vest
Far-ultraviolet (FUV) scintillation signals have been measured in heavy noble gases (argon, krypton, xenon) following boron-neutron capture (10B(n,α)7Li) in 10B thin films. The observed scintillation yields are comparable to the yields from some liquid and

Preparation of nanocomposite plasmonic films made from cellulose nanocrystals or mesoporous silica decorated with unidirectionally aligned gold nanorods

April 11, 2014
Author(s)
Michael Campbell, Qingkun Liu, Aric Sanders, Julian Evans, Ivan I. Smalyukh
Using liquid crystalline self-assembly of cellulose nanocrystals, we achieve long-range alignment of anisotropic metal nanoparticles in colloidal nanocrystal dispersions that are then used to deposit thin structured films with ordering features highly

Recent Advances in Focused Ion Beam Technology and Applications

April 11, 2014
Author(s)
Nabil Bassim, Keana Scott, Lucille A. Giannuzzi
Focused ion beam (FIB) microscopes are extremely versatile and powerful instruments for materials research. These microscopes, when coupled in a system with a scanning electron microscope (SEM), offer the opportunity for novel sample imaging, sectioning

Sodium Superionic Conduction in Na 2 B 12 H 12

April 11, 2014
Author(s)
Terrence J. Udovic, Matoaki Matsuo, Atsushi Unemoto, Kristina Verdal, Vitalie Stavila, Alexander V. Skripov, John J. Rush, Hitoshi Takamura, Shin-Ichi Orimo
The need for cheaper, Li-free battery technologies has prompted the search for new Na-ion-based electrolyte materials. One such material, Na 2B 12H 12, undergoes an entropy-driven transition upon heating from an ordered monoclinic structure to a disordered

Structural Basis for Inactivation of Giardia lamblia Carbamate Kinase by Disulfiram

April 11, 2014
Author(s)
Andrey Galkin, Liudmila Kulakova, Kap Lim, Catherine Chen, Wei Zhang, Illarion Turko, Osnat Herzberg
Carbamate kinase from Giardia lamblia is an essential enzyme for the survival of the organism. The enzyme catalyzes the final step in the arginine dihydrolase pathway converting ADP and carbamoyl phosphate to ATP and carbamate. We previously reported that

Terahertz Active and Passive Imaging

April 11, 2014
Author(s)
Erich N. Grossman, Joshua A. Gordon, David R. Novotny, Richard A. Chamberlin
We describe the results of bistatic scattering measurements covering 325-650 GHz on a series of wellcharacterized random rough test surfaces. These have implications for active THz imagers that use coherent sources for illumination. The mean scattered

10 nm Three-Dimensional CD-SEM Metrology

April 10, 2014
Author(s)
Andras Vladar, John S. Villarrubia, Bin Ming, Regis J. Kline, Jasmeet Chawla, Scott List, Michael T. Postek
The shape and dimensions of a challenging pattern have been measured using a model-based library scanning electron microscope (MBL SEM) technique. The sample consisted of a 4-line repeating pattern. Lines were narrow (10 nm), asymmetric (different edge

Phonon Localization Drives Polar Nanoregions in a Relaxor Ferroelectric

April 10, 2014
Author(s)
M. E. Manley, Jeffrey W. Lynn, D. L. Abernathy, E. D. Specht, O. Delaire, A. R. Bishop, R. Sahul, J. D. Budai
Relaxor Ferroelectrics 1, which are utilized as actuators and sensors 2-4, exemplify a class of poorly understood functional materials where an interplay between disorder and phase instability results in nanostructure. Foremost, there is no definitive
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