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Journal of Research (NIST JRES)

Accelerating Scientific Discovery through Computation and Visualization III. Tight-binding Wave Functions for Quantum Dots

Author(s)
James S. Sims, John G. Hagedorn, Steven G. Satterfield, Terence J. Griffin, William L. George, Howard Hung, John T. Kelso, Thomas M. Olano, Adele P. Peskin, Judith E. Terrill, Garnett W. Bryant, Jose G. Diaz
This is the third in a series of articles that describe, through examples, how the Scientific Applications and Visualization Group (SAVG) at NIST has utilized

Gauge Blocks - A Zombie Technology

Author(s)
Theodore D. Doiron
Gauge blocks have been the primary method for disseminating length traceability for over 100 years. Their longevity was based on two things: it was relatively

Metrology and Standards Needs of Some Categories of Medical Devices

Author(s)
J C. Chiao, Julian M. Goldman, David A. Heck, Peter Kazanzides, William J. Peine, James B. Stiehl, Dwight Yen, Nicholas Dagalakis
With rapid advances in meso, micro and nano scale technology devices and electronics a new generation of advance medical devices is emerging, which promises

Minimizing Information Leakage in the DNS

Author(s)
Scott W. Rose, Anastase Nakassis
The Domain Name System (DNS) is the global lookup service for network resources. To protect DNS information, the DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) has been

Holmium Oxide Glass Wavelengths Standards

Author(s)
David W. Allen
Holmium oxide glass has been used as a wavelength standard for over four decades. These standards have shown very little variation from batch to batch and from

EPR Tooth Dosimetry of SNTS Area Inhabitants

Author(s)
S Sholom, Marc F. Desrosiers, A Bouville, N Luckyanov, V Chumak, S L. Simon
Determination of external dose to teeth of inhabitants of settlements near the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (SNTS) was conducted using the EPR dosimetry

A Quantum Algorithm Detecting Concentrated Maps

Author(s)
Isabel M. Beichl, Stephen Bullock, David Song
We consider an arbitrary mapping for , some number of quantum bits. Using calls to a classical oracle evaluating and an classical bit data store, it is possible

Biophotonic tools in cell and tissue diagnostics

Author(s)
Michael Brownstein, Robert A. Hoffman, Richard Levenson, Thomas E. Milner, Marla L. Dowell, Paul A. Williams, Grady S. White, Adolfas Gaigalas, Jeeseong C. Hwang
In order to maintain the rapid advance of biophotonics in the U.S. and to enhance our competitiveness worldwide, key measurement tools must be in place. As a