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Phase Equilibria and Crystal Chemistry of the CaO-?Nd2O3-CoOz System at 885 degC in Air

March 18, 2014
Author(s)
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, William Laws, Kevin R. Talley, Qingzhen Huang, Jun Yan, Joshua B. Martin, James A. Kaduk
The phase diagram of the CaO-¿Nd2O3-CoOz system at 885 °C in air has been determined. The system consists of two calcium cobaltate compounds that have promising thermoelectric properties, namely, the 2D thermoelectric oxide solid solution, (Ca3-xNdx)Co4O9

Highly reproducible and reliable metal/graphene contact by UV-Ozone treatment

March 17, 2014
Author(s)
Wei Li, Christina A. Hacker, Guangjun Cheng, Angela R. Hight Walker, Curt A. Richter, David J. Gundlach, Yiran Liang, boyuan Tian, Xuelei Liang, Lianmao Peng
Resist residue from the device fabrication process is a significant source of contamination at the metal/graphene contact interface. Ultraviolet Ozone (UVO) treatment is proven here, by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Raman measurement, to be an

Performance of Coriolis Meters in Transient Gas Flows

March 17, 2014
Author(s)
Jodie G. Pope, John D. Wright
NIST evaluated the instantaneous and totalized flow measured by two commercial coriolis meters under transient flow, pressure, and temperature conditions using a Transient Flow Facility (TFF) developed for this purpose. During a simulated cascade fill of a

A nonlinear model for gusset plate connections

March 15, 2014
Author(s)
Dat Duthinh, Chiara Crosti
The investigation of the 2007 collapse of the I-35 W Bridge in Minnesota, United States, used very detailed nonlinear finite-element (FE) analysis, which is too difficult for routine design. On the other hand, simple guidelines amenable to hand

Objective Image Quality Assessment of Texture Compression

March 14, 2014
Author(s)
Wesley N. Griffin, Marc Olano
Texture compression is widely used in real-time rendering to reduce storage and bandwidth requirements. Recent research in compression algorithms has explored both reduced fixed bit rate and variable bit rate algorithms. The results are evaluated at the

Recommendations for Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Wall Buildings Based on Studies of the 2010 Maule, Chile Earthquake

March 14, 2014
Author(s)
Joseph Maffei, Patricio Bonelli, Dominic Kelly, Dawn E. Lehman, Laura Lowes, Jack Moehle, Karl Telleen, John Wallace, Michael Willford
Most mid-rise and high-rise buildings in the earthquake-affected regions were constructed with seismic-force-resisting systems consisting of reinforced concrete structural walls. Similar construction is also prevalent in regions of high seismicity in the

Highly Stable Positively Charged Dendron-Encapsulated Gold Nanoparticles

March 13, 2014
Author(s)
Tae Joon Cho, Robert I. MacCuspie, Julien C. Gigault, Justin M. Gorham, John T. Elliott, Vincent A. Hackley
We report the development of a novel cationic dendron (TAG1-PCD) and a positively charged gold nanoparticle-dendron conjugate (PCD-AuNP). TAG1-PCD was designed by considering the reactivity, hydrophilicity, and cationic nature that is required to yield a

Operation of an optically coherent frequency comb outside the metrology lab

March 13, 2014
Author(s)
Laura C. Sinclair, Ian R. Coddington, William C. Swann, Archita Hati, Kana Iwakuni, Nathan R. Newbury
Frequency combs can support cutting-edge measurements in areas that include optical clocks and oscillators, high-accuracy frequency and time transfer, precision spectroscopy from the UV to THz regimes, high-accuracy LIDAR, precise microwave photonics, and

Are Bragg Peaks Gaussian?

March 12, 2014
Author(s)
Boualem Hammouda
It is common practice to assume that Bragg scattering peaks have Gaussian shape. The Gaussian shape function is used to perform instrumental smearing corrections. Using Monte Carlo ray tracing simulation, the resolution of a realistic small-angle neutron

Optical amplification and pulse interleaving for low noise photonics microwave generation

March 12, 2014
Author(s)
Franklyn J. Quinlan, Frederick N. Baynes, Tara M. Fortier, Qiugui Zhou, Allen Cross, Joe Campbelll, Scott A. Diddams
We investigate the impact of pulse interleaving and optical amplification on the spectral purity of microwave signals generated by photodetecting the pulsed output of an Er:fiber-based optical frequency comb. It is shown that the microwave phase noise

Software Independent Data Mapping Tool for Structural Fire Analysis

March 12, 2014
Author(s)
Dilip K. Banerjee
In order to model the structural behavior under fire, three separate analyses need to be conducted: a) fire propagation and growth (fire modeling), b) transient heat transfer in structural members due to fire, and c) structural analysis to account for both

Twin Plane Re-entrant Mechanism for Catalytic Nanowire Growth

March 12, 2014
Author(s)
Andrew D. Gamalski, Peter W. Voorhees, Renu Sharma, Caterina Ducati, Stephan Hofmann
We observe a twin plane re-entrant based growth mechanism for Au catalyzed Ge nanowire growth using video-rate lattice-resolved environmental transmission electron microscopy. For a [112] growth direction, we find a convex, V-shaped liquid catalyst

WWVB: A Half Century of Delivering Accurate Frequency and Time by Radio

March 12, 2014
Author(s)
Michael A. Lombardi, Glenn K. Nelson
In commemoration of its 50th anniversary of broadcasting from Fort Collins, Colorado, this paper provides a history of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) radio station WWVB. The narrative describes the evolution of the station, from its
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