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High Speed Fiber Testing: The Single Fold Test

May 20, 2010
Author(s)
Haruki Kobayashi, Walter G. McDonough, Alexander J. Shapiro, Jae H. Kim, Stefan D. Leigh, Amanda L. Forster, Kirk D. Rice, Gale A. Holmes
The failure of a first responder s body armor has prompted research to assess the long-term durability and effectiveness of current and future soft body armor products. Prior work in this laboratory described a 10 % drop in tensile strength and 15 % drop

Modification of edge mode dynamics of oxidized Ni 80 Fe 20 thin film edges

May 20, 2010
Author(s)
Meng Zhu, Robert D. McMichael
We use ''edge mode'' ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) to probe the magentic properties of oxidized Ni 80Fe 20 (Py) nanostripe edges. The oxidation is carried out using either oxygen plasma or thermal annealing in an oxygen ambient. We find that for both

Challenges in Sustainable Polymeric Materials

May 19, 2010
Author(s)
Kathryn L. Beers, Christopher M. Stafford
While there are many societal and economic factors that contribute to a sustainable civilization, there are also real technical and scientific problems that must be solved to provide the materials necessary to make progress towards the goal of

Molecular Mass Distribution Measurement by Mass Spectrometry

May 19, 2010
Author(s)
William E. Wallace, Charles M. Guttman
This NIST Recommended Practice Guide presents a method using mass spectrometry to make a quantitative determination of the molecular mass distribution of narrow polydispersity synthetic molecular materials. The main obstacle for converting an oligomer

Monitoring Photothermally Excited Nanoparticles via Multimodal Microscopy

May 19, 2010
Author(s)
Matthew L. Clarke, Shin G. Chou, Jeeseong Hwang
Generation of heat using optically excited nanoparticles can be beneficial or detrimental depending on the application. Therefore, clinically applicable studies are being pursued in an effort to achieve safe practices of nanoparticle-induced hyperthermia

Complex Systems Program Activities Summary, Fiscal Year 2009

May 18, 2010
Author(s)
Sanford P. Ressler
This report summarizes the work of the Complex Systems Program within NIST s Information Technology Laboratory. The Overview presents some background material and a high-level overview of the Program s activities including significant technical

Effect of strain, magnetic field and field angle on the critical current density of YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-d coated conductors

May 18, 2010
Author(s)
Daniel C. van der Laan, J. F. Douglas, John (Jack) W. Ekin, Loren F. Goodrich, Theodore C. Stauffer, Cameron C. Clickner
A large, magnetic-field-dependent, reversible reduction in critical current density with axial strain in YBa 2Cu 3O 7-δ coated conductors at 75.9 K has been measured. This effect may have important implications for the performance of YBa 2Cu 3O 7-δ coated

Precision and Accuracy in Scientific Imaging

May 18, 2010
Author(s)
Russell A. Kirsch
Digital images are commonly used to represent scientific data. Typically, high resolution images with many square pixels are considered to be necessary under the assumption that the increased precision of such images yields increased accuracy to the viewer

Strength distribution of single-crystal silicon theta-like specimens

May 18, 2010
Author(s)
Michael S. Gaither, Frank W. DelRio, Richard S. Gates, Edwin R. Fuller, Robert F. Cook
A new test specimen has been developed for micro-scale tensile strength measurements, allowing direct assessment of surface effects on strength. Specimens were formed by deep reactive ion etching, tested with instrumented indentation, and test results

Anisotropic damping of the magnetization dynamics in Fe, Ni and Co

May 17, 2010
Author(s)
Daniel Steiauf, Jonas Seib, Manfred Faehnle, Keith Gilmore, Mark D. Stiles
The Gilbert parameter alpha describing the damping of magnetization dynamics is commonly taken to be an isotropic scalar. We argue that it is a tensor, that is anisotropic, leading to a dependence of the damping on both the instantaneous direction of the

Effect of Component Geometry on Flow Nonuniformities in a Large Pulse Tube Cryocooler

May 17, 2010
Author(s)
Michael A. Lewis, Ryan P. Taylor, Ray Radebaugh, Peter E. Bradley
A single-stage pulse tube cryocooler was designed to achieve 50 W of refrigeration power at 50 K when driven by a pressure oscillator that can produce up to 2.8 kW of acoustic power at 60 Hz. Initial experimental data produced no-load temperatures that

Fast Quantum Algorithms for Traversing Paths of Eigenstates

May 17, 2010
Author(s)
S. Boixo, Emanuel Knill, Rolando Somma
Consider a path of non-degenerate eigenstates |psi_s>, 0 Solutions to this problem have applications ranging from quantum physics simulation to optimization. For Hamiltonians, the conventional way of doing this is by applying the adiabatic theorem. We give
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