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Linear Algebra and Sequential Importance Ssampling for Network Reliability

December 11, 2011
Author(s)
David G. Harris, Francis Sullivan, Isabel M. Beichl
The reliability polynomial of a graph gives the probability that a graph is connected as a function of the probability that each edge is connected. The coefficients of the reliability polynomial count the number of connected subgraphs of various sizes

Characterization of Stabilized Zero Valent Iron Nanoparticles

December 10, 2011
Author(s)
Lauren F. Greenlee, Stephanie A. Hooker
The demonstrated toxicity of certain groups of organic micropollutants in water sources has motivated research in developing novel materials that are able to remove dissolved organic molecules from an aqueous system through adsorption and/or degradation

Three-dimensional Nanometrology with TSOM Optical Method

December 10, 2011
Author(s)
Ravikiran Attota
Through-focus scanning optical microscopy (TSOM) is a new metrology method that achieves 3D nanoscale measurement sensitivity using conventional optical microscopes; measurement sensitivities are comparable to what is typical when using scatterometry

Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing

December 9, 2011
Author(s)
Timothy Grance, Wayne Jansen
Cloud computing can and does mean different things to different people. The common characteristics most interpretations share are on-demand scalability of highly available and reliable pooled computing resources, secure access to metered services from

SRM NIST Standard Reference Materials Catalog, 2012

December 9, 2011
Author(s)
Regina R. Montgomery
NIST Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) are used by industry, government, and academia to ensure the highest quality measurements. This catalog lists over 1200 individual reference materials produced and sold by NIST, each with carefully assigned values

Trapped-Ion State Detection through Coherent Motion

December 9, 2011
Author(s)
Till P. Rosenband, David Hume, Chin-Wen Chou, David R. Leibrandt, Michael J. Thorpe, David J. Wineland
Coherent control of trapped atomic ions has led to several recent advances in quantum information processing 1 and precision spectroscopy 2. A basic requirement for these and other quantum-metrology experiments is the ability to detect the state of an

An 84 Pixel All-Silicon Corrugated Feedhorn for CMB Measurements

December 8, 2011
Author(s)
John P. Nibarger, James A. Beall, Daniel T. Becker, Joseph W. Britton, Hsiao-Mei Cho, Anna E. Fox, Gene C. Hilton, Johannes Hubmayr, Dale Li, Kent D. Irwin, Jeffrey L. Van Lanen, Jeff McMahon, Ki Won Yoon
Silicon platelet corrugated feedhorn for cosmic microwave background (CMB) measurements in the mm wave (130 to 170 GHz) have been developed for deployment for the polarization sensitive upgrade to both the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACTpol) and the South

Electrochemical Micromachining of NiTi Shape Memory Alloys with Ultrashort Voltage Pulses

December 8, 2011
Author(s)
Joseph Maurer, John Hudson, Steven E. Fick, Thomas P. Moffat, Gordon A. Shaw
Electrochemical micromachining (ECMM) with ultrashort voltage pulses has been used to fabricate microstructures on a NiTi shape memory alloy (SMA). Because of its unique properties, NiTi is a desirable material for use in various applications including

Evolution of the Commensurate and Incommensurate Magnetic phases of the S{/I= {3/2} Kagome Staircase Co 3 V 2 O 8 in a Applied Field

December 8, 2011
Author(s)
Joel Helton, Georgii L. Bychkov, Sergei N. Barilo, Nyrissa Rogado, Robert J. Cava, Jeffrey W. Lynn
Single crystal neutron diffraction studies have been performed on the S = {3/2} kagome staircase compound Co 3V 2O 8 with a magnetic field applied along the magnetization easy-axis (H || a). Previous zero field measurements [Y. Chen, et al., Phys. Rev. B

Formation of y+10 and y+11 Ions in the Collision-Induced Dissociation of Peptide Ions

December 8, 2011
Author(s)
Lisa E. Kilpatrick, Pedatsur Neta, Xiaoyu Yang, Yamil Simon, Yuxue Liang, Stephen E. Stein
Tandem mass spectra of peptide ions, acquired in shotgun proteomic studies of selected proteins, tissues, and organisms, commonly include prominent peaks that cannot be assigned to the known fragmentation product ions (y, b, a, neutral losses). In many

Role Engineering: Methods and Standards

December 8, 2011
Author(s)
Edward Coyne, Timothy Weil, D. Richard Kuhn
This article explains problems and approaches to designing permission structures for role based access control. RBAC and the RBAC standard are summarized, common approaches to role engineering described, and the current status and plans for the INCITS role

Graphene: Plane and Simple Electrical Metrology?

December 7, 2011
Author(s)
Randolph E. Elmquist, Felipe Hernandez-Marquez, Mariano Real, Tian T. Shen, David B. Newell, Colin J. Jacob, George R. Jones
The development of large-area graphene has direct application to electrical standards including the quantized Hall resistance because of unique characteristics not found in conventional devices. These include symmetrical conduction by electrons and holes

Quantum Hall effect on centimeter scale chemical vapor deposited graphene films

December 7, 2011
Author(s)
Tian T. Shen, Wei Wu, Qingkai Yu, Curt A. Richter, Randolph E. Elmquist, David B. Newell, Yong P. Chen
We report observations of well developed half integer quantum Hall effect on mono layer graphene films of 7 mm × 7 mm in size. The graphene films are grown by chemical vapor deposition on copper, then transferred to SiO2/Si substrates, with typical carrier

Quantum Spin Fluctuations in the Spin Liquid State of Tb 2 Ti 2 O^d7&

December 7, 2011
Author(s)
Hiroshi Takatsu, Hiroaki Kadowaki, Taku J. Sato, Yohiikazu Tabata, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Teruo Yamazaki, Kazuyuki Matsuhira
Neutron scattering experiments on a polycrystalline sample of the frustrated pyrochlore magnet Tb 2Ti 2O 7, which does not show any magnetic order down to 50 mK, have revealed that it shows condensation behavior below 0.4 K from a thermally fluctuationg

Effects of Fire Suppressants on Ignition Characteristics of Propane-Air Mixtures

December 6, 2011
Author(s)
Gregory T. Linteris, Viswanath R. Katta, Fumiaki Takahashi, Harsha K. Chelliah, Oliver Meier
A numerical investigation is performed for understanding the ignition behaviors of CF3Br and R- 125 fire-suppressing agents in propane-air-agent mixtures. Two types of simulations are considered in an attempt to provide insight into the FAA’s Aerosol Can

Electrical Contacts to One- and Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials

December 6, 2011
Author(s)
Francois Leonard, Albert A. Talin
Nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes, nanowires and graphene are being intensively explored for future electronic, photonic, and energy applications. In order for these nanosystems to progress from the research laboratory to technology, it is critical

Structural and Thermoelectric properties of BaRCo4O7 (R=Dy, Ho, Er, Tm,Yb, and Lu)

December 6, 2011
Author(s)
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Wenjie Xie, Yonggao Y. Yan, Guangyao Liu, James A. Kaduk, Evans L. Thomas, Terry M. Tritt
The structure and thermoelectric properties of a series of barium lanthanide cobaltites, BaRCo4O7 (R = Dy, Ho, Er, Tm,Yb, and Lu), which were prepared using the spark plasma synthesis (SPS) technique, have been investigated. The space group of these

A Determination Study of The Cavity Emissivity of the Eutectic Fixed Points Co-C, Pt-C and Re-C

December 5, 2011
Author(s)
Leonard M. Hanssen, Yohsiro Yamada, Pieter Bloembergen, Pablo Castro, Boris Wilthan, Sergey Mekhontsev
The eutectics Co-C, Pt-C and Re-C, with phase transition temperatures of 1597 K, 2011 K, and 2747 K, respectively, are presently investigated for their suitability to serve as reference points for dissemination of T (and T90) within the context of the

Common Origin of the Two Types of Magnetic Fluctuations in Iron Chalcogenides

December 5, 2011
Author(s)
Songxue Chi, Jose Rodriguez Rivera, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Chenglin Zhang, D. Phelan, Deepak Singh, Rick L. Paul, Pengcheng Dai
We use inelastic neutron scattering to study the low energy spin excitations in moderately doped non-superconducting Fe 1.01Te 0.72Se 0.28. The spin excitations in this system contain components near (0.5,0,0) and (0.5, 0.5,0) in a-b plane reciprocal
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