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Combinatorial Methodology for the Exploration of Metal Gate Electrodes on HfO 2 for the Advanced Gate Stack

January 23, 2008
Author(s)
Kao-Shuo Chang, Martin L. Green, John S. Suehle, Jason Hattrick-Simpers, Ichiro Takeuchi, K Ohmori, T Chikyow, S De Gendt, Prashant Majhi
Combinatorial methodology offers an efficient platform to accelerate the exploration of new materials. We demonstrate the effectiveness of this technique on the study of new metal gates for the advanced gate stack. We report two examples, Ni-Ti-Pt ternary

Moving Toward Semantic Interoperability of Medical Devices

January 22, 2008
Author(s)
John J. Garguilo, Sandra I. Martinez, Richard M. Rivello, Maria Cherkaoui
NIST researchers are collaborating with medical device experts to facilitate the development and adoption of standards for medical device communications throughout the healthcare enterprise as well as integrating it into the electronic health record. NIST

Operation of an X-ray transition-edge sensor cooled by tunnel junction refrigerators

January 19, 2008
Author(s)
Nathan A. Tomlin, James A. Beall, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, Galen O'Neil, Dan Schmidt, Leila R. Vale, Joel Ullom
We demonstrate successful cooling of an X-ray transition-edge sensor (TES) using solid-state refrigerators based on normal-metal/insulator/superconductor (NIS) tunnel junctions. Above the TES transition temperature (Tc), we use Johnson noise thermometry to

256-Channel Magnetic Imaging System

January 18, 2008
Author(s)
Fabio C. da Silva, Sean Halloran, Anthony B. Kos, David P. Pappas
We present the design and fabrication of a magentoresistive imaging system capable of measuring 256 channels simultaneously along linear ranges of 4 mm and 13 mm. The channels are interfaced by custom electronics and the images are displayed in real time

Constraints on a Synthetic-Noise Source for Johnson Noise Thermometry

January 18, 2008
Author(s)
David R. White, Samuel Benz
Conventional Johnson noise thermometers based on switching correlators have conflicting matching requirements for the sensing resistance. To mitigate distortion effects in the correlator, the RT products of the two sensors must be the same, and to mitigate

Current Status of the Quantum Metrology Triangle

January 18, 2008
Author(s)
Mark W. Keller
The quantum metrology triangle is a test of the consistency of three quantum electrical standards: the single-electron tunneling current standard, the Josephson voltage standard, and the quantum Hall resistance standard. This paper considers what is known

Demonstration of a Multiplexer of Dissipationless SQUIDs}

January 18, 2008
Author(s)
John Mates, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, Leila R. Vale, Konrad Lehnert
We report on the development of a microwave SQUID multiplexer for reading out arrays of low-temperature detectors. In this frequency-division multiplexer, each SQUID couples to a high-Q superconducting resonator so that flux through the SQUID shifts the

The Modified-Single Fiber Test: A Methodology for Monitoring Ballistic Performance

January 18, 2008
Author(s)
Jae Hyun Kim, Walter G. McDonough, William R. Blair, Gale A. Holmes
In an effort to develop a minimally invasive testing methodology for monitoring the in-service performance of soft body armor, the ASTM D3379-75 standard was modified by measuring the fiber diameter at 5 equally spaced locations along a 6 cm gauge length

Overcoming Impediments to Cell Phone Forensics

January 16, 2008
Author(s)
Wayne Jansen, Aurelien M. Delaitre, Ludovic Moenner
Cell phones are an emerging but rapidly growing area of computer forensics. While cell phones are becoming more like desktop computers functionally, their organization and operation are quite different in certain areas. For example, most cell phones do not

256-channel magnetic imaging system

January 15, 2008
Author(s)
Fabio C. Da Silva, Sean Halloran, Anthony B. Kos, David P. Pappas
We present the design and fabrication of a magnetoresistive imaging system capable of scanning 256 channels simultaneously along linear ranges of either 4 or 13 mm. High speed electronics read the channels and transfer the data to a computer that builds

A Weighted GCV Method for Lanczos Hybrid Regularization

January 15, 2008
Author(s)
Julianne Chung, James G. Nagy, Dianne M. O'Leary
Lanczos-hybrid regularization methods have been proposed as effective approaches for solving large-scale ill-posed inverse problems. Lanczos methods restrict the solution to lie in a Krylov subspace, but they are hindered by semi-convergence behavior, in

Instability in Pipe Flow

January 15, 2008
Author(s)
David Cotrell, Geoffrey B. McFadden, W. E. Alley, B. J. Alder
An axisymmetric linear stability analysis is carried out for flow driven by an axial pressure gradient in a pipe with axisymmetric and axially-periodic radius variation (i.e., axial corrugation). The steady base flow is assumed to be axisymmetric and

Measurements of the isochoric heat capacity, the critical point (Tc, pc) and vapor-liquid coexistence curve (Ts, ps) of high-purity toluene near the critical point

January 15, 2008
Author(s)
Ilmutdin Abdulagatov, Nikolai G. Polikhronidi, Thomas J. Bruno, Rabiyat G. Batyrova, Genadii V. Stepanov
Isochoric heat capacities, phase boundary properties and the critical parameters for high purity (0.9999 mole fraction) toluene have been measured using a high temperature, high pressure, nearly constant volume adiabatic calorimeter and quasi-static

Evaluating Visual Analytics: The 2007 Visual Analytics Science and Technology Symposium Contest

January 14, 2008
Author(s)
Catherine Plaisant, Georges Grinstein, Jean Scholtz, Mark Whiting, Theresa O'Connell, Sharon J. Laskowski, T Chien, A Tat, W Wright, C Gorg, Z Liu, N Parekh, K Singhal, John Stasko
The second Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) contest?s data consisted of a heterogeneous synthetic collection of news articles with additional supporting files and contained a scenario with embedded threats that provided ground truth. Using

Latent Fingerprint Performance Modeling

January 14, 2008
Author(s)
Vladimir N. Dvornychenko
This paper describes aspects of work done at NIST, in concert with the latent fingerprint community, toward achieving a partial lights-out latent fingerprint processing capability. The initial steps are to quantify performance over a cross-section of

On the nature of asymetry of nucleation centers activity in ultrathin Co films and Co/Pt multilayers

January 14, 2008
Author(s)
Yu L. Iunin, Yury P. Kabanov, Valerian I. Nikitenko, X M. Cheng, Alexander J. Shapiro, C L. Chien, Robert D. Shull
Magnetization reversal in ultrathin Pt(10 nm)/Co(0.6 nm)/Pt(3 nm) magnetic films and Pt(10 nm)/[Co(d)/Pt(1 nm)]_n}/ Pt(2 nm) (d = 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 nm, n = 2, 4) multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy has been studied using Kerr microscopy. These materials

Rubidium Vapor Cell with Integrated Nonmetallic Multilayer Reflectors

January 13, 2008
Author(s)
M A. Perez, U Nguyen, A Shkel, Svenja A. Knappe, Elizabeth A. Donley, John E. Kitching
This paper reports on a method for improving the optical efficiency of micromachined reflectors for use in rubidium vapor cells. A hybrid bulk micromachining / multilayer thin film technique is used to form the integrated reflectors, which can redirect
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