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Standards in Biothermodynamics

May 15, 2014
Author(s)
Robert N. Goldberg
The field of biothermodynamics encompasses physical property measurements on biochemical and biological systems. This chapter reviews the status of standards documents that are pertinent to biothermodynamics as well as recommendations that have been made

A Facile Route to the Synthesis of Monodisperse Nanoscale Liposomes Using 3D Microfluidic Hydrodynamic Focusing in a Concentric Capillary Array

May 14, 2014
Author(s)
Wyatt N. Vreeland, Renee R. Hood, Don L. DeVoe, Francisco J. Atencia, Donna M. Omiatek
A novel microscale device has been developed to enable the one-step continuous flow assembly of monodisperse nanoscale liposomes using three-dimensional microfluidic hydrodynamic focusing (3D-MHF) in a radially symmetric capillary array. The 3D-MHF flow

Effect of Interfacial Octahedral Behavior in Ultrathin Manganite Films

May 14, 2014
Author(s)
E. J. Moon, P. V. Balachandran, Brian Kirby, D.J. Keavney, R.J. Sichel-Tissot, C. M. Schleputz, E. Karapetrova, X. M. Cheng, James M. Rondinelli, S. J. May
We investigate structural coupling of the MnO 6 octahedra across a film/substrate interface and the resultant changes of the physical properties of ultrathin La 2/3}Sr 1/3}MnO 3 (LSMO) films. In order to isolate the effect of interfacial MnO 6 octahedral

Packing density of rigid aggregates is independent of scale

May 14, 2014
Author(s)
Christopher D. Zangmeister, James G. Radney, Michael R. Zachariah
Large planetary seedlings, comets, microscale pharmaceuticals, and nanoscale soot particles are made from rigid, aggregated subunits that are compacted under low compression into larger structures spanning over 10 orders of magnitude in dimensional space

Precise Latency Measurement of Unidirectional-Data-Flow Network Equipment

May 14, 2014
Author(s)
I-Chun Chao, Kang B. Lee, Frederick M. Proctor, Chien-Chung Shen, Fan-Ren Chang
In regards to network performance measurements, many timing indices, such as latency, jitter, and one-way delay (OWD), are getting more attention because real-time applications and needs are pushing higher network capabilities. Data latency in a network

Reference Materials 8096 and 8097 - The MEMS 5-in-1 RMs: Homogeneous and Stable

May 14, 2014
Author(s)
Janet M. Cassard, Jon C. Geist, John A. Kramar
The NIST Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) 5-in-1 Reference Materials (RMs) were developed to assist users in validating their use of five documentary standard test methods. A Reference Material can be defined as a material whose property values are

A CW calibrated laser pulse energy meter for the range 1 pJ to 100mJ

May 13, 2014
Author(s)
Malcolm G. White, Rodney W. Leonhardt, David J. Livigni, John H. Lehman
We describe the use of a silicon photodiode trap detector and digital storage oscilloscope as an absolute laser pulse energy meter, capable of repetition rates of 85 Hz and 5% uncertainty (k = 2). The maximum repetition rate is limited by the decay time of

Metrology for 3D Integration

May 13, 2014
Author(s)
Richard A. Allen, Victor H. Vartanian, David T. Read, Winthrop A. Baylies
Three-dimensional stacked integrated circuit (3DS-IC) fabrication requires complex technologies such as high-aspect ratio through- silicon vias (TSVs), wafer thinning, thin wafer handling and processing, and bonding of thin wafers with complex patterned

Small and Medium-size Business Information Security Outreach Program

May 13, 2014
Author(s)
Richard L. Kissel, Kim Quill, Chris Johnson
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) represent 99.7 percent of all U.S. employers and are an important segment of the U.S. economy. These organizations, totaling more than 28.2 million, create over 60 percent of all new U.S. private-sector jobs and

A single photon transistor based on superconducting systems

May 12, 2014
Author(s)
Marco Manzoni, Florentin Reiter, Jacob Taylor, Anders Sorensen
In analogy with electronic transistors, a single photon transistor is a device where the presence or absence of a single gate photon controls the propagation of a large number of signal photons [1, 2]. Such devices would represent a milestone in our

Nanomaterials-Enabled Photonic and Chemiresistive Sensing of Chemicals and Biochemicals

May 12, 2014
Author(s)
Charles J. Choi, Kurt D. Benkstein, Phillip H. Rogers, Christopher B. Montgomery, Stephen Semancik
Contact events occurring between target species and surface sites on sensing materials initiate front-end interactions and subsequent transduction processes that can yield viable signals for target detection. By offering high surface-to-volume ratios, and

Scanning Probe Microscopes for Subsurface Imaging

May 11, 2014
Author(s)
Joseph J. Kopanski, Lin You, Jungjoon Ahn, Emily Hitz, Yaw S. Obeng
Scanning probe microscopes (SPMs) have some ability to image sub-surface structures. This paper describes the theoretical and practical basis for imaging metal lines buried beneath insulating layers and for imaging insulating regions or voids within metal

Control Fusion for Safe Multi-robot Coordination

May 9, 2014
Author(s)
Roger V. Bostelman, Jeremy A. Marvel
Future smart manufacturing systems will include more complex coordination of mobile manipulators (e.g., robot arms mounted on mobile bases). The National Institute of Standards and Technology, Performance of Collaborative Robot Systems Project has been

Phase and coherence of optical microresonator frequency combs

May 9, 2014
Author(s)
William Loh, Pascal P. Del'Haye, Scott B. Papp, Scott A. Diddams
We investigate the phase and coherence properties of microresonator combs using a combination of theoretical analysis, numerical simulation, and experimental measurement. Our analysis reveals that the comb phase in many cases does not stabilize to an

Fragile Antiferromagnetism in the Heavy-Fermion Compound YbBiPt

May 8, 2014
Author(s)
B. G. Ueland, A. Kreyssig, K. Prokes, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Leland Harriger, D.K. Pratt, D.K. Singh, T.W. Heitmann, S. Sauerbrei, S.M. Saunders, E. D. Mun, S. L. Bud'Ko, R.J. McQueeney, P. C. Canfield, A. I. Goldman
We report results from neutron scattering experiments on single crystals of YbBiPt that demonstrate antiferromagnetic order characterized by a propagation vector τAFM = (1/2,1/2,1/2}), and ordered moments that align along the [1 1 1] direction of the cubic

Constitutive Modeling based on Evolutionary Multi-junctions of Dislocations

May 7, 2014
Author(s)
Minh-Son Pham, Adam A. Creuziger, Mark A. Iadicola, Timothy J. Foecke, A.D. Rollett
A latent hardening model based on the binary junction-induced hardening can effectively describe the plastic anisotropic response. However, this approach still has some descriptive and predictive limitations. Recent findings show that binary junctions

Structural and Magnetic Etch Damage in CoFeB

May 7, 2014
Author(s)
L. Krayer, June W. Lau, Brian Kirby
A detailed understanding of the interfacial properties of think films used in magnetic media is critical for the aggressive component scaling required for continued improvement in storage density. In particular, it is important to understand how common

Time-domain stabilization of carrier-envelope phase in femtosecond light pulses

May 7, 2014
Author(s)
Young-Jin Kim, Ian R. Coddington, William C. Swann, Nathan R. Newbury, Joohyung Lee, Seungchul Kim, Seung-Woo Kim
We report a time-domain method of stabilizing the carrier-envelope phase (CEP) of femtosecond pulses. Temporal variations of the pulse envelope and the carrier electric-field phase were separately detected with the aid of intensity cross-correlation and
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