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ELLIPSOMETRY USES POLARIZED LIGHT REFLECTANCE TO CHARACTERIZE SURFACES, INTERFACES, AND THIN FILMS. ELLIPSOMETRY HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN DONE USING A FEW (USUALLY ONE) DISCRETE ANGLES OF INCIDENCE OF THE LIGHT BEAM WITH A SURFACE NORMAL, AND A FEW SELECTED WAVELENGTHS (FREQUENTLY ONLY 632.8 NM FROM A HENE LASER). RECENTLY IT WAS SHOWN (BY WOOLLAM AND COWORKERS) THAT USING VARIABLE ANGLE OF INCIDENC ...

TL-BA-CA-CU-O THIN FILMS HAVE ZERO RESISTANCE ABOVE 110K AND CRITICAL CURRENTS UP TO 10(6) A/CM(2) AT 77K. IN THICKER SAMPLES THE CRITICAL CURRENT IS LOWER. THUS, TO PREPARE STRONG, "BULK" SUPERCONDUCTORS WE ARE PROPOSING TO MAKE MULTILAYER SAMPLES COMPOSED OF STRONG SUBSTRATES (EITHER HASTALLOY OR CARBON FIBER) ON WHICH A LARGE NUMBER OF LAYERS OF SUPERCONDUCTOR AND BUFFER LAYERS HAVE BEEN DEPOSI ...

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Many military installations and Department of Defense (DoD) contractors are subject to recently promulgated regulations that require storm water flow metering and collection of both grab samples (in response to a rainfall event of a specified intensity) and flow-weighted composite samples. Such sampling is required prior to preparation of storm water quality management plans and will be required o ...

This project develops a nutrition program, MenuChoice©, for community-based group homes for persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD). Adults with IDD experience poorer nutritional health and more nutrition-related secondary conditions than adults without disabilities. These conditions are preventable and modifiable through a safe, healthful diet, but multiple challenges precl ...

As the threat landscape continues to evolve, modern forces and especially foot mounted soldiers are increasingly tasked with conducting operations in either complex urban or remote cavernous environments where GPS signals are severely corrupted and/or unusable. The ability to track and navigate in unfamiliar subsurface environments such as canyons, subterranean caves, mines or other manmade subsu ...