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Journal of Research (NIST JRES)

Copper Oxide Precipitates in NBS Standard Reference Material 482

Author(s)
Eric S. Windsor, R Carlton, John G. Gillen, Scott A. Wight, David S. Bright
Copper oxide has been detected in the copper containing alloys of Standard Reference Material (SRM) 482. This occurrence is significant because it represents

Development of a Tunable LED-Based Colorimetric Source

Author(s)
Steven W. Brown, C Santana, George P. Eppeldauer
A novel, spectrally tunable light-source utilizing light emitting diodes (LED's) for radiometric, photometric, and colorimetric applications is described. The

Diffractive Optics From Self-Assembled DNA

Author(s)
Zachary H. Levine
An algorithm is presented for assembling tiles into a variable spaced grating, the one-dimensional analogue of Fresnel zone plate. The algorithm supports

Photoassociation in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

Author(s)
Paul D. Lett
Two colliding atoms can absorb a photon and be photoassociated into an excited, diatomic molecule, NIST researchers investigated the fundamental rate at which

A Critical Evaluation of Interlaboratory Data on Total, Elemental, and Isotopic Carbon in the Carbonaceous Particle Reference Material, NIST SRM 1649a

Author(s)
Lloyd A. Currie, Bruce A. Benner Jr, H A. Cachier, R Cary, J C. Chow, David L. Urban, T. I. Eglinton, O Gustafsson, P C. Hartmann, J I. Hedges, J D. Kessler, T Kirchstetter, D Klinedinst, George A. Klouda, J V. Marolf, C A. Masiello, T Novakov, A. Pearson, K M. Prentice, H Puxbaum, J G. Quinn, C. M. Reddy, H Schmid, J F. Slater, Stephen A. Wise, J Watson
A primary purpose of this report is to provide documentation for the new isotopic and chemical particulate carbon data for certified, reference and information