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Electrical and Electroluminescence Evaluation of 17 Year Old Monocrystalline Silicon Building Integrated Photovoltaic Modules

December 25, 2023
Author(s)
Andrew Shore, Tali Schlenoff, Bakary Coulibaly, David Navon, Stephanie Moffitt, Brian P. Dougherty, Behrang Hamadani
… of photovoltaic modules is necessary to ensure the technology is key to reducing the cost of solar energy. However, degradation mechanisms in the field are not always consistent or predictable. We … of a building at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for 17 years. Electrical performance shows …

Nu Tools: Exploring Practical Roles for Neutrinos in Nuclear Energy and Security

December 21, 2021
Author(s)
Hans Pieter Mumm, Tomi Akindele, Nathaniel Bowden, Rachel Carr, Andrew Conant, Milind Diwan, Anna Erickson, Michael Foxe, Bethany Goldblum, Patrick Huber, Igor Jovanovic, Jonathan Link, Bryce Littlejohn, Jason Newby
… inspired many ideas for application of neutrino detectors in nuclear energy and security. While developments in … report seeks to help focus the picture of where neutrino technology may find practical roles in nuclear energy and … of neutrinos will depend not only on advancing physics and technology but also on understanding the needs and …

Applications of Giant Magnetoresitance Spin-Valve Transpinnor for Magneto-Electronics

October 12, 2021
Author(s)
S E. Bae, S Zurn, William F. Egelhoff Jr., P J. Chen, E J. Torok, R Spitzer, J H. Judy
… valves, for the state of art of magneto-electronic device technology. A Transpinnor is a modified Wheatstone bridge … can be changed by the magnetic field from current flowing in one or more striplines that overlay the spin-valves but … for a GMR magnetic random access memory (MRAM) technology. …

An assessment of US microbiome research

September 23, 2021
Author(s)
Scott Jackson
… technologies have supported a dramatic increase in our ability to study microbial communities in environments and hosts. Taking stock of previously funded … Fourteen governmental organizations participated in the data call. The analysis examined three broad research …

Rewinding the Molecular Clock: Looking at Pioneering Molecular Phylogenetics Experiments in the Light of Proteomics

September 15, 2021
Author(s)
Ben Neely, Magnus Palmblad
… waiting to be rediscovered. Proteomics is no exception. In this perspective, we follow the ripples from a 1960 study … the molecular clock hypothesis and the ensuing explosion in molecular phylogenetics. In the decades following, … to provide essential clues on evolutionary history. While technology has continued to improve, contemporary proteomics …

Organizing genome engineering for the gigabase scale

February 9, 2021
Author(s)
Bryan A. Bartley, Jacob Beal, Jonathan R. Karr, Elizabeth Strychalski
… an organism's entire genome enables large-scale changes in organization, function, and environmental interactions, …

Workshop on Smart Grid Interoperability Testing and Certification

January 31, 2020
Author(s)
Cuong T. Nguyen, Avi M. Gopstein
… by T&C strengthens the standards ecosystem and fosters technology innovation and adoption. Companies can also … exist for smart grid standards, they are currently limited in number and in general are focused on a subset of metrics that cannot in …

Estimating Interzonal Leakage in a Net-Zero Energy House

November 11, 2019
Author(s)
Lisa C. Ng, Lindsey Kinser, Steven J. Emmerich, Andrew K. Persily
… was constructed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to support the development and adoption of … The 250 m2 two-story, unoccupied NZERTF, built in 2012, had among its design goals to establish an airtight … The NZERTF is one of the tightest residential buildings in North America with a whole building pressurization test …

Improving Diameter Accuracy for Dynamic Imaging Microscopy for Different Particle Types

October 16, 2019
Author(s)
Richard E. Cavicchi, Dean C. Ripple
… for sizing particles of different types that might appear in a biopharmaceutical. These instruments are calibrated … RM 8671 from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, bovine serum albumin aggregates, silicone oil … aggregate simulant (National Institute of Standards and Technology reference material RM 8634). The results show that …

Dynamical Correlations for Statistical Copolymers from High-Throughput Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy

February 22, 2019
Author(s)
Xiao Zhang, Jing Zhao, Changhuai Ye, Tzu Yu Lai, Chad R. Snyder, Alamgir Karim, Kevin A. Cavicchi
… a powerful method of characterizing relaxation dynamics in diverse materials. Here we describe and employ a novel … validate the instrument by measuring dielectric response in three polymers, distributed across 48 sample sites, and … BDS instrument. Results are found to be reproducible and in agreement with relaxation times from traditional BDS. We …

Chapter 1. An introduction to radio frequency nanoelectronics

September 15, 2017
Author(s)
Thomas M. Wallis, Pavel Kabos
… sits at the intersection of two commercially vital trends in technology. The first trend is the ongoing shrinking of … connectivity. For the foreseeable future, communications technology will rely heavily on microwave and millimeter-wave …

Standardized Cost Structure for the Environmental Industry

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Harold E. Marshall, Bryan Skokan, Dan Melamed, Karen Guevara, George Bierman
… Environmental Cost Element Structure (ECES), which is key in achieving these goals. The ECES was developed using an … and methods as they are developed and employed in the field. …

Organic Spin-Valves and Beyond: Spin injection and Transport in Organic Semiconductors and the Effect of Interfacial Engineering

November 15, 2016
Author(s)
Hyuk-Jae Jang, Curt A. Richter
… of spin-polarized carrier injection and transport in organic semiconductors is still lacking and under debate. … still no clear understanding of major spin-flip mechanisms in organic semiconductors and the role of hybrid metal-organic interfaces in spin injection. Recent findings suggest that organic …

Long Term Air Quality Monitoring in a Net-Zero Energy Residence Designed with Low Emitting Interior Products

August 21, 2015
Author(s)
Dustin G. Poppendieck, Lisa C. Ng, Andrew K. Persily, Al Hodgson
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) constructed a Net Zero Energy Residential … The average formaldehyde emission factor of 6.7 µg h-1 m-2 in this study was lower than literature values (29 µg h-1 m-2 … mechanical ventilation contributed more to an increase in indoor VOC concentrations than an 8 oC increase in the …

Detection of Hazardous Liquids using Microwave

September 24, 2014
Author(s)
Michael D. Janezic, Jolene D. Splett, Kevin J. Coakley, James R. Baker-Jarvis
… security checkpoints. According to the 2008 High-Priority Technology Needs, a report published by the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, system solutions are currently needed … for identifying hazardous materials, including liquids, in checked and carry-on baggage at airports and other …

Developing Emergency Communication Strategies for Buildings

March 12, 2012
Author(s)
Erica D. Kuligowski, Steve M. Gwynne, Kathryn M. Butler, Bryan L. Hoskins, Carolyn Sandler
… regarding emergency communication systems: 1) What technology exists or is proposed for use in emergency notification? 2) What approaches are currently … sources? The document begins with a discussion of the technology that exists or is proposed for use in emergency …

Airflow and Indoor Air Quality Models of DOE Reference Commercial Buildings

February 24, 2012
Author(s)
Lisa C. Ng, Amy Musser, Andrew K. Persily, Steven J. Emmerich
… as EnergyPlus input files. They were developed for use in assessing new technologies and supporting the development … calculated based on established building airflow theory. In order to support more physically-based airflow … models of the 16 reference buildings were created in the multizone airflow and contaminant program CONTAM. A …

A Model for NBTI in Nitrided Oxide MOSFETs Which Does Not Involve Hydrogen or Diffusion

June 1, 2011
Author(s)
Patrick M. Lenahan, Jason Campbell, A.T. Krishnan, S. Krishnan
… arguably, the single most important reliability problem in present day metal oxide silicon field effect transistor (MOSFET) technology. This paper presents a model for NBTI which is … oxide pMOSFETs. The model is clearly not, at least in its entirety, relevant to pure silicon dioxide gate …

Photoemission Threshold Spectroscopy: MOS Band alignments

April 7, 2011
Author(s)
Nhan V. Nguyen
… In this talk I will 1) briefly review SED’s history of the … to address critical needs along the developments of CMOS technology nodes since late 80’s. It has progressed from the … in homeland security, information and communication technology, health care, and earth and space science …

Modeling and Monitoring of Construction Supply Chains

August 1, 2010
Author(s)
Jack C. Cheng, Kincho H. Law, Hans Bjornsson, Albert T. Jones, Ram D. Sriram
… usually consist of numerous participants and are complex in structure. Representing construction supply chains using a … on the mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) processes in a construction project, this paper demonstrates the … SC Collaborator, that we have developed using Web service technology, open standards, and open source technologies. …

Building Electronic Function Into Nanoscale Molecular Architectures

August 30, 2007
Author(s)
H D. Abruna, M Ratner, Roger D. van Zee
… The use of molecules in electronic circuit has been the subject of recent study. … of the past decade makes molecules an interesting technology alternative. However, for this science to be transform into a technology, it is necessary for the behaviour observed in …
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