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CHARACTERIZING SUSTAINABILITY FOR MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

August 17, 2012
Author(s)
Mahesh Mani, Jatinder Madan, Jae H. Lee, Kevin W. Lyons, Satyandra K. Gupta
Manufacturing industries lack the measurement science and the needed information base to measure and effectively compare performances of manufacturing processes, resources and associated services with respect to sustainability. The current use of ad-hoc

Quantification of ligand packing density on gold nanoparticles using ICP-OES

February 18, 2012
Author(s)
Sherrie R. Elzey, De-Hao D. Tsai, Savelas A. Rabb, Lee L. Yu, Michael R. Winchester, Vincent A. Hackley
In this study, a prototypical thiolated organic ligand, 3-mercaptopropionic acid (MPA), was conjugated on gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), and packing density was measured on an ensemble-averaged basis using inductively coupled plasma optical emission

Spin transport in memristive devices

January 26, 2012
Author(s)
Hyuk-Jae Jang, Oleg A. Kirillov, Oana Jurchescu, Curt A. Richter
We report on electron spin transport through electrochemically precipitated copper filaments formed in TaOX memristive devices consisting of Co(60nm)/TaOX(16nm)/Cu(5nm)/Py(60nm) with crossbar-type electrode geometry.The devices show memristive behavior

Managing the Configuration of Information Systems with a Focus on Security

September 26, 2011
Author(s)
Shirley M. Radack
This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-128, Guide to Security-Focused Configuration Management of Information Systems. The publication was written by Arnold Johnson, Kelley Dempsey, and Ron Ross of NIST, and

From Electrons to Infrastructure: Engineering Concrete From The Bottom Up

April 6, 2011
Author(s)
Hamlin M. Jennings, Jeffrey W. Bullard
We argue that only an approach rooted in fundamental, mechanistic models of concrete materials offers a viable path for handling the enormous number of new variables that are being introduced as new materials are added to the design space, and as new

Multimodal, Nanoscale, Hyperspectral Imaging Demonstrated on Heterostructures of Quantum Dots and DNA-Wrapped Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

October 21, 2009
Author(s)
Hyeong G. Kang, Matthew L. Clarke, Jianyong Tang, John T. Woodward IV, Shin G. Chou, Zhenping Zhou, Angela R. Hight Walker, Tinh Nguyen, Jeeseong Hwang
A multimodality imaging technique integrating atomic force, polarized Raman, and fluorescence lifetime microscopy and a 2D autocorrelation image analysis is applied to study the properties of a mesoscopic heterostucture of nanoscale materials. This

Scaling Factors and Uncertainties for ab Initio Anharmonic Vibrational Frequencies

August 21, 2009
Author(s)
Russell D. Johnson III, Karl K. Irikura, Raghu N. Kacker, Ruediger Kessel
To predict the vibrational spectra of molecules, ab initio calculations are often used to compute harmonic frequencies, which are usually scaled by empirical factors as an approximate correction for errors in the force constants and for anharmonic effects

Climbing the Vibrational Ladder to Probe the OH Stretch of HNO 3 on Silica

October 16, 2008
Author(s)
A C. Pipino, Marcin Michalski
The first and second OH-stretching overtones of HNO3 adsorbed on atomically smooth amorphous SiO2 have been probed by evanescent wave cavity ring-down spectroscopy (EW-CRDS) using a broadband high-finesse total-internal-reflection-ring resonator. In

Robust Estimation of Effect Sizes Using Influence Functions

October 16, 2008
Author(s)
James H. Yen
The estimation of effect sizes is crucial part of meta-analysis. This papers uses influence functions as a fundamental tool in the analysis of estimates of effect size. The generalization to several variables of the influence function provides heuristic

Recent atomic clock comparisions at NIST

October 1, 2008
Author(s)
Luca Lorini, Neil Ashby, Anders Brusch, Scott Diddams, Robert E. Drullinger, Eric Eason, Tara Fortier, Pat Hastings, Thomas P. Heavner, David Hume, Wayne M. Itano, Steven R. Jefferts, Nathan R. Newbury, Tom Parker, Till P. Rosenband, Jason Stalnaker, William C. Swann, David J. Wineland, James C. Bergquist
The record of atomic clock frequency comparisons at NIST over the past half-decade provides one of the tightest constraints of any present-day, temporal variations of the fundamental constants. Notably, the 6-year record of increasingly precise

Measurements for the Reliability and Electrical Characterization of Semiconductor Nanowires

April 30, 2008
Author(s)
Curt A. Richter, Hao Xiong, Xiaoxiao Zhu, Wenyong Wang, Vincent M. Stanford, Qiliang Li, D. E. Ioannou, Woong-Ki Hong, Takhee Lee
Nanoelectronic devices based upon self-assembled semiconductor nanowires are excellent research tools for investigating the behavior of structures with sub-lithographic features as well as a promising basis for future information processing technologies

Tunable Ionic-Conductivity of Collapsed Sandia Octahedral Molecular Sieves (SOMS)

September 12, 2007
Author(s)
Jason D. Pless, Terry J. Garino, James E. Maslar, Tina M. Nenoff
The structure-property relationship between atomic cation substitution and bulk scale conductivity in perovskites has been studied systematically. A series of Na-Nb perovskites has been synthesized via two methods (1) ion-exchange or (2) synthetic metal

Information Security and Assurance Metrics (ISAM) A Framework for Defining Security, Assurance, and Associated Technical Metrics

June 25, 2007
Author(s)
Alicia Clay Jones, Jaime Montemayor, William Blackert, David Carman, Anusha Saksena, Paul Schuster, David Silberberg
This report summarizes the results of interviews with a multi-disciplinary group of experts who share an interest in information security and assurance metrics (ISAM). We used their feedback to create a framework or model for developing definitions for

Hyperspectral Image Projector for Advanced Sensor Characterization

December 4, 2006
Author(s)
Steven W. Brown, Joseph P. Rice, Jorge E. Neira, Bettye C. Johnson
In this work, we describe radiometric platforms able to produce realistic spectral distributions and spatial scenes for the development of application-specific metrics to quantify the performance of sensors and systems. Using these platforms, sensor and

Trapped atomic ions and quantum information processing

July 16, 2006
Author(s)
David J. Wineland, Dietrich G. Leibfried, James C. Bergquist, Brad R. Blakestad, John J. Bollinger, Joseph W. Britton, J Chiaverini, Ryan Epstein, David Hume, Wayne M. Itano, John D. Jost, Emanuel H. Knill, Jeroen Koelemeij, C. Langer, R Ozeri, Rainer Reichle, Till P. Rosenband, Tobias Schaetz, Piet Schmidt, Signe Seidelin, Nobuyasu Shiga, Janus Wesenberg
The basic requirements for quantum computing and quantum simulation (Single- and multi-qubit gates, long memor times, etc.)have been demonstrated in separate experiments on trapped ions. Construction of a large-scale information processor will require

Application of carbon nanotube coatings for laser measurements

October 17, 2005
Author(s)
John H. Lehman, Paul Rice, Natalia Varaksa, Chaiwat Engtrakul, Anne Dillon
We have demonstrated coatings based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on a variety of detector platforms for laser power and energy measurement standards. These coatings must be resistant to damage and aging while maintaining desirable optical and thermal

Modeling Fire Growth and Spread in Houses. (Abstract/Presentation/Visuals)

December 1, 2003
Author(s)
Kevin B. McGrattan
In cooperation with the fire protection engineering community, a numerical fire model, Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), is being developed at NIST to study fire behavior and to evaluate the performance of fire protection systems in buildings. Version 1 of
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