U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Books

Photomultiplier tubes

Author(s)
Sergey V. Polyakov
Photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), also known as photomultipliers, are remarkable devices. While a PMT was the rst device to detect light at the single photon level

Porosity and Its Measurement

Author(s)
Laura Espinal
Numerous approaches have been applied for measuring the porosity of materials. The most common techniques are based on gas sorption, liquid intrusion

Production and Applications of Cellulose Nanomaterials

Author(s)
Michael T. Postek, Robert J. Moon, Alan Rudie, Michael Bilodeau
“Production and Applications of Cellulosic Nanomaterials” was intended to help organize and highlight the wide range of research being conducted worldwide on

Combinatorial Testing Applied

Author(s)
David R. Kuhn, Raghu N. Kacker
Chapter 2 in "Introduction to Combinatorial Testing" from CRC Press. Background material for Introduction to Combinatorial Testing from NIST SP 800-142 and

Measuring Combinatorial Coverage

Author(s)
David R. Kuhn, Raghu N. Kacker
Chapter 7 in "Introduction to Combinatorial Testing" from CRC Press. Background material for Introduction to Combinatorial Testing from NIST SP 800-142 and

Evolution From Design of Experiments

Author(s)
David R. Kuhn, Raghu N. Kacker
Chapter 14 in "Introduction to Combinatorial Testing" from CRC Press. Background material for Introduction to Combinatorial Testing from NIST SP 800-142 and

Combinatorial Methods in Testing

Author(s)
David R. Kuhn, Raghu N. Kacker
Chapter 1 in "Introduction to Combinatorial Testing" from CRC Press. Background material for Introduction to Combinatorial Testing from NIST SP 800-142 and

Cellulose Nanomaterials: Nanocomposite Imaging using FRET

Author(s)
Jeffrey W. Gilman, Mauro Zammarano, Iulia A. Sacui, Jeremiah Woodcock
Cellulose is the most abundant organic polymer on Earth, found in plants (cotton, hemp, wood), marine animals (Tunicate), algae (Valonia) bacteria (Acetobacter

Nuclear magnetic resonance gyroscopes

Author(s)
Elizabeth A. Donley, John E. Kitching
This review begins with an introduction to NMR gyroscopes (NMRGs), followed by a discussion of the frequency shifts and relaxation mechanisms that determine and

Microfabricated Atomic Magnetometers

Author(s)
Svenja A. Knappe, John E. Kitching
In this chapter, we discuss miniaturized atomic magnetometers, and the technology and applications relevant to this somewhat unusual direction in magnetometer

Smoldering in Flexible Polyurethane Foams: the Effect of Foam Morphology

Author(s)
Mauro Zammarano, Szabolcs Matko, Roland H. Kraemer, Rick D. Davis, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Li Piin Sung, Douglas M. Fox, Shivani N. Mehta
Smoldering is a self-sustaining heterogeneous oxidation reaction that induces a slow, low temperature, flameless combustion. Flexible polyurethane foams (PUF)

Magnetic Neutron Scattering

Author(s)
Jeffrey W. Lynn
Neutron scattering is a powerful tool to investigate the magnetic structures and spin dynamics of materials. In this tutorial we provide examples of the