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Fe-catalyzed etching of exfoliated graphite through carbon hydrogenation

January 8, 2016
Author(s)
Guangjun Cheng, Christina A. Hacker, Curt A. Richter, Angela R. Hight Walker
We present an investigation on the etching of graphite catalyzed by the particles produced by dewetting Fe thin films on graphite in forming gas. Raman mapping of the etched graphite shows the thickness variation in the etched channels and reveals that the

Benchmarking Robot Force Control Capabilities: Experimental Results

January 7, 2016
Author(s)
Joseph A. Falco, Jeremy A. Marvel, Richard J. Norcross, Karl Van Wyk
Metrics and test methods are needed to characterize the control capabilities of robots with both intrinsic and extrinsic force sensing. The availability of these benchmarks will motivate research product development, and provide a mechanism for reporting

Advances in Thermometry

January 1, 2016
Author(s)
Michael R. Moldover, Weston L. Tew, Howard W. Yoon
The last 25 years have seen tremendous progress in thermometry in the moderate temperature range (1 K to 1235 K). Various primary thermometers — based on different physics —have uncovered errors in the International Temperature Scale of 1990 and set the

Density measurements of compressed-liquid dimethyl ether + pentane mixtures

January 1, 2016
Author(s)
Stephanie L. Outcalt, Eric W. Lemmon
Compressed-liquid densities of three compositions of the binary mixture dimethyl ether (CAS No. 115-10-6) + pentane (CAS No. 109-66-0) have been measured with a vibrating U-tube densimeter. Measurements were made at temperatures from 270 K to 390 K with

Design of a breast phantom for quantitative MRI

January 1, 2016
Author(s)
Kathryn E. Keenan, Sheye O. Aliu, Lisa J. Wilmes, David C. Newitt, Ella F. Jones, Wen Li, Michael A. Boss, Nola M. Hylton
Purpose: We present a breast phantom designed to enable quantitative assessment of measurements of T 1 relaxation time, apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), and other attributes of breast tissue, with long-term support from a national metrology institute

Tip characterization method using multi-feature characterizer for CD-AFM

December 23, 2015
Author(s)
Ndubuisi G. Orji, Hiroshi Itoh, Chumei Wang, Ronald G. Dixson, Sebastian Schmidt, Bernd Irmer, Peter S. Walecki
In atomic force microscopy (AFM) metrology, the tip is a key source of uncertainty. Images taken with an AFM show a change in feature width and shape that depends on tip geometry. This geometric distortion is more pronounced when measuring features with

Methods and Tools for Performance Assurance of Smart Manufacturing Systems

December 22, 2015
Author(s)
Deogratias Kibira, Katherine C. Morris, Senthilkumaran Kumaraguru
The emerging concept of smart manufacturing systems is defined in part by the introduction of new technologies that are promoting rapid and widespread information flow within the manufacturing system and surrounding its control. These systems can deliver

Hopper Scales - Selecting the Appropriate Device

December 15, 2015
Author(s)
John W. Barton
The NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) over time have received a number of inquiries regarding the suitability, use, and testing of hopper-type scales. The nature of those inquiries provides some indication that there is a lack of detailed

Metrological challenges for measurements of key climatological observables: Oceanic salinity and pH, and atmospheric humidity. Part 1: overview

December 15, 2015
Author(s)
Rainer Feistel, Robert Wielgosz, Stephanie A. Bell, M F. Camoes, J R. Cooper, P Dexter, A G. Dickson, P Fisicaro, Allan H. Harvey, M Heinonen, Olaf Hellmuth, H J. Kretzschmar, J W. Lovell-Smith, Trevor J. McDougall, R Pawlowicz, S Seitz, Petra Spitzer, D Stoica, H Wolf, P Ridout
Water in its three ambient phases plays the dominant thermodynamic role for the functioning principles of the terrestrial climate system. Together with clouds, water vapour in the atmosphere is the strongest greenhouse gas (followed by clouds and carbon

Potential Stable Low-Permeation Rate Standard Based on Micro-machined Silicon

December 15, 2015
Author(s)
Grady S. White, Adrian Verwolf, Chris M. Poling, Nicholas Barbosa, Nikki S. Rentz
Silicon wafers with micro-machined holes were evaluated for use as low permeation standard artifacts. Accuracy, stability, and reliability were assessed. Two experimental techniques were used: chilled mirror hygrometer and mass loss. The wafers exhibited a

Broadband Optical Properties of Graphene by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

December 11, 2015
Author(s)
Wei Li, Nhan Van Nguyen, Guangjun Cheng, Angela R. Hight Walker, David J. Gundlach, Yiran Liang, boyuan Tian, Xuelei Liang, Lian-Mao Peng
The broadband (0.7 eV to 9.0 eV) optical properties of chemical-vapor-deposition (CVD) grown graphene are determined by spectroscopic ellipsometry. The optical absorption follows the fine structure constant in the energy range from 1.0 eV to 2.0 eV, but

Exciton-dominated Dielectric Function of Atomically Thin MoS2 Films

November 24, 2015
Author(s)
Yilin Yu, Yifei Yu, Yongqing Cui, Wei Li, Gurarslan Alper, Peelaers Hartwin, Aspnes David, Chris Van de Walle, Nhan Van Nguyen, Zhang Yong-Wei, Linyou Cao
The control of photons by field effects, like the gating of electrons, can revolutionize a wide range of fields by enabling active photonic devices whose functions could be manipulated with sophistication and speeds comparable to what achieved in modern

Noncontact conductivity and dielectric measurement for high throughput roll-to-roll nanomanufacturing

November 23, 2015
Author(s)
Nathan D. Orloff, Christian J. Long, Jan Obrzut, Laurent Millaud, Francesca Mirri, Thomas R. Kole, Robert D. McMichael, Mattei Pasquali, Stephan J. Stranick, James A. Liddle
Advances in roll-to-roll processing of graphene [1] and carbon nanotube [2] have at last led to the continuous production of high-quality coatings and filaments, ushering in a wave of applications for flexible [3], [4] and wearable [5] electronics, woven

A Constrained L2 Based Algorithm for Standardized Planar Datum Establishment

November 18, 2015
Author(s)
Craig M. Shakarji, Vijay Srinivasan
For years (decades, in fact) a definition for datum planes has been sought by ASME and ISO standards writers that combines the contacting nature of traditional surface plate mating with a means of balancing rocking conditions when there is a centrally

On the Internet Connectivity in Africa

November 18, 2015
Author(s)
Assane Gueye, Peter Mell, Desire Banse, Faical Y. Congo
This study measures and documents growth of Internet connectivity in Africa from 2010 to 2014 with a focus on inter-country relationships. We evaluate both intra-continent connectivity as well as connectivity to other continents. An initial analysis

Quantification of Borrelia burgdorferi membrane proteins in human serum: a new concept for detection of bacterial infection

November 17, 2015
Author(s)
Sao F. Cheung, Kyle Anderson, Kenia Benitez, Mark J. Soloski, John N. Aucott, Karen W. Phinney, Illarion Turko
The low abundance of bacterial proteins in human serum upon infection imposes a challenge for the early proteomic detection of bacterial infection. To address this challenge, we propose to take advantage of detecting membrane proteins released from

Hydrogen Field Test Standard: Laboratory and Field Performance

November 10, 2015
Author(s)
Jodie G. Pope, John D. Wright
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed a prototype field test standard (FTS) that incorporates three test methods that could be used by state weights and measures inspectors to periodically test retail hydrogen dispensers, much

Applications of the Spline Filter for Areal Filtration

November 4, 2015
Author(s)
D Ott, Hao H. Zhang, Daniel B. Ott, Wei Chu, Jun-Feng Song
This paper proposes a general use areal isotropic spline filter. This new areal spline filter can achieve isotropy by approximating the transmission characteristic of the Gaussian filter. It can also eliminate the effect of void areas using a weighting
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