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A Raman microscope utilizing a total internal reflection (TIR), annular illumination geometry through a ZnSe solid immersion lens (SIL) is described. Spectra of a thin film sample of the transparent organic conductor poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) poly
A problem common to all molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations used to estimate fluid properties is how to decide when adequate sampling of the phase space of the system has been realized. One procedure for addressing the sampling question is to
Xiaohua Zhang, Kevin G. Yager, Shuhui Kang, Nathaniel J. Fredin, Bulent Akgun, Sushil K. Satija, Jack F. Douglas, Alamgir Karim, Ronald L. Jones
We utilize neutron reflectometry (NR) to probe the amount of residual solvent inside thin polystyrene (PS) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) films spin-coated from deuterated toluene polymer solutions onto silicon substrates . The effect of thermal
A gas saturation apparatus capable of simultaneous measurements on eighteen samples was used for this work. The vapor pressures of 2-nitrotoluene (2-NT), 3-nitrotoluene (3-NT), 4-nitrotoluene (4-NT) and n-tetradecane (a control compound) were measured with
Stephanie L. Outcalt, Arno R. Laesecke, Tara J. Fortin
The density and speed of sound of hexadecane have been measured using two instruments. Both instruments use the vibrating-tube method for measuring density. Ambient pressure (83 kPa) density and speed of sound measurements were carried out with a rapid
Francisco J. Atencia, Gregory A. Cooksey, Andreas Jahn, Justin M. Zook, Wyatt N. Vreeland, Laurie E. Locascio
We present a new type of connector based on a simple idea: using a ring magnet on one side of the microfluidic chip and a disc magnet on the other side to provide the interfacial force necessary to provide a sealed connection between tubing or needles and
Elizabeth A. Strychalski, Alyssa Henry, David J. Ross
Sample-in answer-out analytical tools remain the goal of much lab on a chip research, but miniaturized methods capable of examining minimally prepared samples have proven elusive. Complex samples, including whole milk, various types of dirt and leaves
Mariona Coll Bau, Curt A. Richter, Christina Hacker
Nanoelectronic fabrication with Flip chip lamination Mariona Coll, CA Richter, CA Hacker, Colloquium Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology CIN2, Barcelona Spain, Dec 2009.
Rick L. Paul, Elizabeth A. Mackey, Rolf L. Zeisler, Rabia Oflaz, Bryan E. Tomlin
A combination of instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) and prompt gamma-ray activation analysis (PGAA) was used to value assign 35 elements in SRM soil 2709a (San Joaquin Soil). INAA with counting of short-lived radioisotopes was used for
Daniel K. Havey, Joseph T. Hodges, David A. Long, Mitchio Okumura, Charles E. Miller
We report frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down spectroscopy measurements of high-J O2 A-band magnetic dipole line parameters. Our goals were to measure intensities and line shape parameters for the primary isotopologue of O2 in the A-band region and to
We review the progress in acoustic metrology of gases that has occurred since the 1988 measurement of the universal gas constant R using a spherical acoustic resonator. The advances in understanding resonators and in calculating the thermophysical
Willie E. May, Richard R. Cavanagh, Dianne L. Poster, Michael D. Amos
CSTL is entrusted with building, sustaining, and maximizing the chemical measurement system that is criticial to chemical technological innovation, economic competitiveness and new job growth for the benefit of the Nation.
Thomas J. Bruno, Lisa S. Ott, Tara M. Lovestead, Marcia L. Huber
The analysis of complex fluids such as crude oils, fuels, vegetable oils and mixed waste streams poses significant challenges arising primarily from the multiplicity of components, the different properties of the components (polarity, polarizability, etc)
Christopher Szakal, Steven Hues, J Greg Gillen, Joe Bennett
Cluster ion beams are being routinely utilized in secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) for molecular depth profiling analyses, including the generation of three-dimensional data sets. Certain sample targets, such as soft organic matrices, often require
We report a simple strategy to control the pressure-driven flow rates from fluid reservoirs to a microchip in an efficient and compact fashion. We demonstrate that using a floating reservoir, less than 1 percent change in flow rate per ml of delivered
Mariona Coll Bau, Curt A. Richter, Christina Hacker
Fabrication with Flip-Chip Lamination , Mariona Coll, DR Hines, CA Richter, CA Hacker, MRSEC surface physics colloquium, University of Maryland, College Park, 10-09.
The SRM Spotlight is a newsletter published by the Measurement Services Division for users of NIST standard reference materials. The Spotlight announces new reference materials and provides information about their use. In addition, this newsletter contains
We compare experimental and predicted thermophysical properties of two samples of rocket propellant RP-1 obtained from different batches of RP-1 that exhibit compositional variations. One sample is atypical, due to a high olefin content. The effect of the
A highly conserved 35 nucleotide RNA stem-loop, the dimerization initiation site (DIS), in the 5 untranslated region (UTR) of the human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-1) genome has been identified as the sequence primarily responsible for initiation of
Tinh Nguyen, Aline Granier, Kristen L. Steffens, Hajin Lee, Naomi Eidelman, Jonathan W. Martin
We have developed a novel method to covalently functionalize carbon nanotubes (CNTs) that carry free isocyanate (N=C=O) groups. NCO-functionalized CNTs (NCO-fCNTs) are very desirable, because the NCO group is highly reactive with hydrogen-active groups
Zenkevich G. Igor, Valeri I. Babushok, Peter J. Linstrom, Edward White V, Stephen Stein
The effective use of gas chromatographic retention data presented in the form of reten¬tion indices (RI) requires the development of a compre¬hensive structure-based digital archive of retention parameters. Development of such an archive includes the
The decomposition kinetics of the kerosene-based rocket propellants RP-1 and RP-2 was studied. For RP-2, decomposition reactions were performed at 375, 400, 425, and 450 °C. For RP-1, decomposition reactions were only performed at 450 °C because we had