Journal of Technology back issues from September 2008:
Study results from Center for Satellite Applications and Research broaden understanding of science.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Hsinchu, Taiwan, "A new p-channel nitride-based one-time programmable (OTP) memory was developed for advanced-logic nonvolatile-memory (NVM) applications." "A 0.296-mu m(2)/bit (similar to 35 F-2) OTP cell, i.e., 0.592 mu m(2)/cell, with a ...
Study findings on science are outlined in reports from Boston University.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "This paper presents an experimental study of substrate noise isolation in BF-Moat and P+/DT/n-well/DT/P+ guard-ring-defined regions on a lightly doped substrate in the IBM 0.18-mu m 7WL bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS) technology," scientists in the United States report. "Measurements of ...
New findings from E. Perahia and co-authors in the area of science published.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... "This article provides insight into the IEEE 802.11n standard amendment development process, beginning with a general overview of the IEEE 802.11 process. Development of requirements and usage models in the study group and task group is discussed," scientists writing in the journal IEEE ...
Researchers from Kyushu University describe findings in metals.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Fukuoka, Japan, "Three rhodadisilacyclopentene complexes are synthesized by the reaction of 1,2-bis(dimethylsilyl)benzene with RhCl(PPh3)(3) of Rh(H)(PPh3)(4), and their contributions to the catalytic hydrosilylation of acetone are discussed. Treatment of the ...
Research on electron devices detailed by scientists at Rutgers University.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from the United States, "The SiC trenched-and-implanted vertical junction field-effect transistor (TI-VJFET) is an excellent device for power switching applications, but its on-resistance needs to be further reduced to suppress ON-state power loss. In this paper, we ...
New findings in photonics described by B. Sumpf and co-researchers.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Highly efficient 670-nm high-power broad-area laser diodes with a single InGaP quantum-well embedded in AlGaInP waveguide layers and n-AlInP and p-AIGaAs cladding layers are presented," investigators in Berlin, Germany report. "The developed vertical layer structure leads to a ...
Data on magnetics detailed by researchers at Cardiff University.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Wales, "Magnetostrictive materials have been utilized for the production of ultrasonic frequency vibrations for a number of years. This has particularly been the case in laminated nickel-based ultrasonic dental-scaler cleaning systems." "In this study, ...
Recent findings from D. Henann and co-authors highlight research in materials science.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "An extremely promising microscale processing method for bulk metallic glasses called thermoplastic forming has emerged in recent years. At present, there is no generally accepted theory to model the large-deformation, elastic-viscoplastic response of bulk metallic glasses in the ...
Data on thin solid films described by D. Chen et al.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... "A method for the controlled synthesis of silver nanoshells on various dielectric colloids, such as silica and polystyrene is presented in this study," scientists in Beijing, People's Republic of China report. "The complexation of triethanolarnine and silver ions is applied ...
Reports outline imaging technology study results from Y.S. Chan et al.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, "Motion-compensated fine-granularity scalability (MC-FGS) with leaky prediction has been shown to provide an efficient tradeoff between compression gain and error resilience, facilitating the ...
Recent studies from University of KwaZulu-Natal add new data to fluids.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Durban, South Africa, "A new variable volume static type high-pressure VLE apparatus has been designed, constructed, and tested on a number of systems." "The apparatus has an operating temperature range from 250 K to 393 K and pressure range from ...
Findings from Federal University of Minas Gerais provide new insights into gel technology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Bioactive glass/polymer hybrids are promising materials for biomedical applications because they combine the bioactivity of bioceramics with the flexibility of polymers. In previous work hybrid foams with 80% bioactive glass and 20% polyvinyl alcohol were prepared by the sol-gel method," ...
Study data from B.K. Sapra et al provide new insights into nuclear technology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Mumbai, India, "An experimental nuclear aerosol test facility has been built at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre for validating the aerosol behavior computer codes used in nuclear reactor safety assessment. Its essential components are the 10-m(3) stainless steel ...
Study results from D. Levchuk and colleagues in the area of coatings technology published.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Al-Cr-O films are proposed as hydrogen permeation barriers," investigators in Liechtenstein report. "Layers of a few microns in thickness are able to suppress hydrogen permeability by a factor of 2000 to 3500 at temperatures of 700 degrees C, as has been found in our gas phase ...
New lubrication technology study findings have been published by M.J. Hourani and colleagues.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Alkylated naphthalene is a unique class of synthetic fluids with outstanding thermo-oxidative and hydrolytic stability, low volatility, and good solubility characteristics," investigators in the United States report. "This paper discusses the flexibility of this technology to ...
Research conducted at D. Chambliss and co-authors has provided new information about IBM research and development.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from the United States, "The very rapid growth of data-intensive computing makes it attractive to perform computations locally, where data is stored. Large storage systems based on standard system technologies with server virtualization capabilities make it feasible to ...
New findings from Dokuz Eylul University in the area of composite materials published.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... "In this study, the wetting behavior of oxide and metallic coated SiC substrate with Al-Si-Mg alloy has been investigated. SiC substrate and particles were coated with SiO2, TiO2, and metallic Ni by using thermo-chemical treatment, sol-gel and electroless coating techniques, respectively," ...
Studies from N.P. Wu and co-authors have provided new information about fluoride.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Fluoride, "A study was conducted of behavioral differences in Wistar rat pups born of dams drinking water containing 1.0, 5.0, and 25 mg F/L from the day of conception. A control group drank tap water containing 0.6 mg F/L." ...
Studies from C. Brun and colleagues provide new data on flow turbulence and combustion.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Orleans, France, "The purpose of the present work is to study the various specific time scales of the turbulent separating flow around a square cylinder, in order to determine the Reynolds number effect on the separating shear layer, where occurs a ...
New polymer research study findings recently were reported by Y.P. Wang and co-researchers.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Composite microporous polymer electrolyte membranes comprising poly(vinylidene fluoride), PVDF, poly(ethylene glycol), PEG, and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate functionalized montmorillonite (EMIm-MMT) were prepared by a phase inversion method. The EMIm-MMT was subjected to ...
Study data from Xi'an Jiao Tong University update understanding of plasma science and technology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Xian, People's Republic of China, "Samples of peripheral blood lymphocytes from 20 healthy adult volunteers were treated by using low-temperature plasmas produced by DBD to investigate their activity and function change as a result of plasma exposure." ...
New veterinary parasitology findings from Department of Agriculture published.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Veterinary Parasitology, "The effect of Eimeria praecox on concurrent Eimeria maxima infection was studied in susceptible chickens. Cinical signs of coccidiosis were assessed in single E. praecox or E. maxima infections and compared to ...
Reports outline high temperature research study findings from A.S. Vladimirov and colleagues.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Results are given of experimental investigations of the process of interaction between flying bodies and heterogeneous flow," scientists in Russia report. "Experiments are performed in an electric-discharge setup operating as a ballistic route. The processing of the results ...
Studies from B.W. Reed and co-authors have provided new information about materials science.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Roughness scaling laws for intergranular cracks deviate from self-affine (fractal-like) behavior at length scales related to the polycrystalline microstructure. We consider two versions of the same alloy material with many of the same microstructural length scales but differing in their ...
New medical ultrasound research from Mayo Clinic outlined.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... "The purpose of this study was to compare the accuracy of ultrasound-guided piriformis injections with fluoroscopically guided contrast-controlled piriformis injections in a cadaveric model. Twenty piriformis muscles in 10 unembalmed cadavers were injected with liquid latex using both ...
Studies from S.W. Banovic et al have provided new data on metals.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Crystallographic texture evolution was quantified as a function of biaxial strain level and strain path for AA5754-O sheet metal in an effort to provide a physical description of grain rotation resulting from in-plane stretching ....
Study data from O. Trunova et al provide new insights into coatings technology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Detailed damage analyses of a plasma sprayed ZrO2/8 Wt--% Y2O3-MCrAlY-CMSX-4 TBC system during isothermal and cyclic oxidation tests with different dwell times at high temperature have been performed. The resulting failure mode, i.e. the particular delamination crack path, is strongly ...
Scientists at Rutgers University describe research in electron devices.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... "In this paper, a new and easy-to-implement analytical model is developed for the breakdown voltage and on-resistance of 4H-SiC superjunction devices. By considering the 2-D charge compensation effects, electric field distribution along the critical path has been modeled, and the device ...
Catapult Technology Gunning for Top 20 in Federal Times' Ranking of Government Contractors.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Catapult Technology, a leading Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVO) Information Technology (IT) contractor to the Federal government, jumped to the 21st spot on Federal Times' 2007 annual ranking of the Top 100 Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) vendors, with more than $39 ...
Scientists at University of Cambridge release new data on materials science.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Cambridge, the United Kingdom, "This paper describes how both capillary diameter and voidage can be manipulated by downstream mechanical processing of plastic microcapillary films (MCFs). MCFs are a novel thermoplastic extrudate that have been manufactured ...
Study findings on metals are outlined in reports from California Institute of Technology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "The C-H activation of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) mediated by pincer iridium complexes derived from PNP and PCP frameworks has been studied. Double C-H activation of MTBE by these complexes leads to formation of Ir(I) ischer carbenes of the type (pincer)Ir=C(H)(OBu)-Bu-t via ...
Research from B.S. Santanna and co-researchers in the area of science and technology published.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Sao Vicente, Brazil, "The present study analyzed the growth of males and females of the hermit crab Clibanarius vittatus (Bosc, 1802), at Sao Vicente, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Monthly collections were made from May/2001 through April/2003, at the Pescadores Beach in Sao ...
Scientists at Cologne University publish new data on imaging technology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "A novel critically sampled orientation-selective orthogonal lapped transform called the lapped Hartley transform (LHT) is derived. In a first step, overlapping basis functions are generated by modulating basis functions of a 2-D block Hartley transform by a cosine wave," scientists ...
Reports summarize magnetics research from Iwate University.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Morioka, Japan, "Relationships between minor hysteresis loops and dislocation density have been investigated at various temperatures from 10 to 600K in polycrystalline nickel with tensile deformation." "It was revealed that coefficients obtained from ...
Research data from M.R. Othman and colleagues update understanding of gel technology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the Journal of Sol - Gel Science and Technology, "Intercalated materials containing iron and carbonate species were synthesized in this work to study their hydrolysis and condensation from sol to gel transition. The former material was designated ...
Tennessee Technology Company Pleads Guilty to Arms Export Control Act Violations.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Atmospheric Glow Technologies Inc. (AGT), a privately-held plasma technology company located in Knoxville, Tenn., pleaded guilty today to ten counts of a federal indictment charging AGT with unlawfully exporting in 2005 and 2006 ten different "defense articles" to a citizen of the People's ...
Investigators at University of Technology have published new data on magnetics.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Warsaw, Poland, "This paper presents the idea of the extension of the Jiles-Atherton model applied for modelling of the magnetic characteristics of Mn-Zn, as well as Ni-Zn ferrites. The presented extension of the model takes into account changes of the ...
Data from University of Central Florida advance knowledge in thin solid films.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "We report a design of experiment approach for the optimization of CdS thin films grown by chemical bath deposition using nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) as a complexing agent. With the help of this approach, we developed a set of ...
Findings from F. Heismann et al in photonics reported.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "The sensitivity of tightly filtered duobinary and conventional nonreturn-to zero ON-OFF-keyed (NRZ-OOK) signals to second-order polarization-mode dispersion (SO-PMD) is assessed through extensive numerical simulations." "On ...
New IBM research and development study findings have been published by K. Magoutis and colleagues.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Modern business information systems are typically multi-tiered distributed systems comprising Web services, application services, databases, enterprise information systems, file systems, storage controllers, and other storage systems ....
New materials science research from University of Tennessee described.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Probability and statistics analyses are increasingly being used for reliability and durability assessments for life predictions of advanced material systems. Fatigue-life predictions have historically been based on crack-growth approaches, which are almost exclusively empirically based," ...
Reports on science and technology findings from Federal University provide new insights.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Curitiba, Brazil, "The aim of this work was to identify the introduced and cryptogenic species in encrusting and associated communities of hard substrates in Paranagua Bay, Brazil, and to attempt to determine which of these species could negatively affect ...
Recent findings in thin solid films described by K. Daoudi and colleagues.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Thin films of La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 (LCMO) have been grown epitaxially on (001) single-crystal substrates of (LaAlO3)(0.3)-(SrAlTaO6)(0.7) by metalorganic deposition. The microstructures of the LCMO films were investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) on cross-sections," researchers ...
New findings from F. Gonzales and co-researchers in the area of metals described.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "In a recent contribution, we have reported that dendrites in the aluminum-zinc binary system can change their growth direction continuously from to as the concentration of zinc C-Zn increases from 5 to 90 wt pct.([1]) This was interpreted as an influence of the hcp Zn element on the low ...
New IBM research and development research reported from S. Gopisetty and co-authors.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from the United States, "Exponential growth in storage requirements and an increasing number of heterogeneous devices and application policies are making enterprise storage management a nightmare for administrators. Back-of-the-envelope calculations, rules of thumb, ...
Research from T. Vincent and co-researchers in the area of polymer research described.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Ales, France, "Cyphos (R) IL 101, a tetraalkyl-phosphonium chloride salt, (ionic liquid, IL) was immobilized in capsules prepared by ionotropic gelation in calcium chloride solutions. These resins were tested for Pd recovery from HCl solutions." "The ...
Data on composite materials discussed by researchers at Federal University of Minas Gerais.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... "When holes are produced on carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) laminates, in particular for the aerospace and automotive industries, special attention should be focused on as the machining parameters influencing the damage," researchers in Belo Horizonte, Brazil report. "In ...
Bay Harbour Affiliate Set to Acquire Retailer Steve & Barry's Following Auction of Company's Assets.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Steve & Barry's LLC announced that BH S&B Holdings LLC, a newly formed affiliate of investment firm Bay Harbour Management, was the successful bidder at the auction that concluded early this morning. The bid to acquire certain assets of Steve & Barry's is subject to Court approval. The ...
US Marine Base Adds Intelli-Check - Mobilisa's Defense ID Security.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Intelli-Check - Mobilisa, Inc. (AMEX: IDN) announced that they recently installed Defense ID security equipment at a US Marine base. The Defense ID system was delivered to Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico in Virginia. Since its inception in 1917, MCB Quantico has been the ...
Reports by J.Y. Lee and co-researchers describe recent advances in electron devices.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "A monolithic bipolar integrated circuit technology employing transistor-transistor logic (TTL) is demonstrated in 4H-SiC for the first time." "Operating on a 15-V power supply, as required by the higher base-emitter voltage ...
Findings from J. Sagarduy and co-researchers advance knowledge in magnetics.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Losses in laminated non-oriented steel under the effect of two high harmonic clusters, caused by voltage excitation typical of two-level pulse- with-modulated (PWM) DC-link and space-vector modulated (SVM) matrix converters, were analyzed," researchers in Sweden report. "The ...
Reports summarize science and technology study results from M.I.D. Pelozo and co-researchers.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "The present work was designed to quantify the caffeine and total polyphenols in the extractive solution and the granulated form from the seeds of Paullinia cupana var. sorbilis, by the spectrophotometric method. The method showed linearity for the caffeine and polyphenols in the range of ...
Study results from K. Suzuki and colleagues in the area of electron devices published.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "The concentration at a certain depth with high-tilt-angle implantation is calculated by integrating the lateral contribution of all beams in general, and so, it takes a long time to obtain depth profiles," investigators in Atsugi, Japan report. "We propose a new mesh ...
Scientists at University of Zagreb release new data on materials science.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "At the interface between complex insulating oxides, novel phases with interesting properties may occur, such as the metallic state reported in the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 system(1). Although this state has been predicted(2) and reported(3,4) to be confined at the interface, some studies indicate a ...
Reports summarize materials science study results from M.V. Candal and co-researchers.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Caracas, Venezuela, "The influence of the overmoulding processing conditions (melt and mould temperatures, holding pressure and injection rate) on the adhesion strength between two polymers in a hard-soft part was studied. The used materials were thermoplastic ...
Reports from Y. Nannoolal and co-researchers add new data to research in fluids.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Oldenburg, Germany, "A group contribution method for the estimation of the normal boiling point of non-electrolyte organic compounds, which was published earlier, has been the basis for development of subsequent physical property methods. In this work, the ...
Data from J. Zhang and colleagues advance knowledge in metals.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "The choice of synthetic methodology leads to either carbene or diazoalkane complexes of the same system. Thus, treatment of RuCl2(PPh3)(3) with 9-diazofluorene followed Bu-t-PNP (Bu-t-PNP = 2,6-bis(di-tert-butylphosphinomethyl)pyridine) resulted in loss of dinitrogen and formation of the ...
New plasma science and technology data have been reported by researchers at Feng Chia University.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Taichung, Taiwan, "The electrochromic properties of VOxCy films deposited onto 40 Omega.square(-1) flexible PET/ITO substrates by low-temperature plasma polymerization were investigated." "The organic precursor was carried by Ar/O-2 and polymerized by ...
Study results from F. Simon and colleagues broaden understanding of polymer research.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "The two polyelectrolytes poly(vinylformamide-co-vinylamine) [P(VFA-co-VAm)] and poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) have been alternately adsorbed from aqueous solution onto silica particles with sizes in the range 15-40 mu m, and a mean pore radius of 60 A. The growth of the alternately adsorbed ...
Studies from J.H. Lee and co-researchers in the area of thin solid films published.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) shadow masks were fabricated by replica molding using laser-patterned metal shadow masks as primary templates, which were applied to solution as well as vapor deposition to prepare patterned thin films on solid substrates," scientists in South Korea report. ...
Studies from University of Adelaide have provided new data on metals.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Adelaide, Australia, "The heterometallic carbon-chain complex (Cp*(dppe)Ru)C CC CC CC{Co-3(mu-dppm)(CO)(7)] (1) has been obtained by three routes that involve assembly of the C-7 chain by combination of appropriate C-1 + C-6, C-2 + C-5, or C-3 + C-4 ...
Research data from Technical University update understanding of plasma science and technology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Braunschweig, Germany, "Imaging ToF-SIMS has been applied to characterize the surface chemistry variations across small areas produced by a DBD-type plasma printing technique on a BOPP substrate using pure nitrogen and a nitrogen-hydrogen gas mixture. CH4N+ and ...
New research on coatings technology from Dalian Maritime University summarized.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from People's Republic of China, "Al-Cu-Cr quasicrystalline coatings were prepared by low power plasma spraying with axially-fed powder systerm. The Al65Cu20Cr15 powders were deposited on AISI 1045 steel substrate at the power ranged from 4.0 to 6.0 kW." ...
Albany International Provides Update on Short-Term Prospects in the Composites Business.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Albany International Corp. (NYSE:AIN) reported that Eclipse Aviation, a significant customer of Albany Engineered Composites (AEC), has indicated that it was substantially reducing production of the Eclipse 500 jet, and planned purchases of components from AEC and other suppliers, for the ...
Scientists at Isfahan University discuss research in materials science.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Microstructural evolution and solidification cracking susceptibility of dissimilar metal welds between Type 310 austenitic stainless steel and Inconel 657, a nickel-based alloy, were studied using a combination of electron microscopy analysis and Varestraint testing techniques. In ...