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THERE IS GROWING INTEREST IN COMMERCIALIZING CONDUCTING POLYMERS AS NEW CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS AND FOR USE AS THE ACTIVE LAYER IN LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES. NEW PROCESSABLE CONDUCTING POLYMERS ARE HIGHLY DESIRABLE FOR BOTH APPLICATIONS. INVESTIGATORS ARE EXAMINING THE SYNTHESIS OF A NOVEL WATER-SOLUBLE AND SELF-DOPABLE CONDUCTING POLYMER POLY(2-HYDROXYPARAPHENYLENE, SODIUM SALT) (II). CHARGE DELOCALI ...

THE TRANSIENT ENERGY FUNCTION METHOD (OR GENERALIZED LYAPUNOV METHOD) FOR POWER SYSTEMS CAN BE USED WHEN NETWORK TOPOLOGY IS CHANGING. RESEARCHERS ARE DEVELOPING METHODS FOR SELECTION OF OPTIMAL ACTIONS FOR CONTINGENCY ARMING SCHEMES (GENERATOR TRIPPING, LOAD SHEDDING, FAST TURBINE VALVING, DYNAMIC BRAKING, HIGH SPEED RECLOSING) ON AN ANALYTICAL BASIS INSTEAD OF "CUT AND TRY" OR SENSITIVITY METHO ...

ULTRASOUND WORKS BY ILLUMINATING THE BODY'S INTERIOR WITH SHORT, HIGH FREQUENCY SOUND BURSTS, PROCESSING THE ECHOES NUMERICALLY, AND DISPLAYING THE MOVING IMAGE IN REAL-TIME ONA CRT SCREEN. ITS UTILITY AND RANGE OF APPLICATION INCREASESUBSTANTIALLY EACH YEAR DUE TO INNOVATIVE NEW EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES. THE HEART OF ULTRASOUND IS THE TRANSDUCER. OF COURSE, IMAGE PROCESSING AND DISPLAY ARE IMPORT ...

WE HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING CODES FOR SEISMIC RAY TRACING AND TRAVEL TIME INVERSION IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPLEX GEOLOGICAL MEDIA THAT REQUIRE SUPERCOMPUTERS FOR PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. THIS INVERSION PROCEDURE, AS MOST OTHERS IN THE LITERATURE, SUFFERS FROM THE BUMPINESS OF THE RESPONSE SURFACE AND THUS GETS TRAPPED AT LOCAL SOLUTIONS. UNDER THEPROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT WE WILL EXTEND THE INVERSION S ...

RESEARCHERS ARE DEVELOPING NUCLEAR/PARTICLE DETECTORS USING NEW FAST HEAVY INORGANIC SCINTILLATORS. THESE MATERIALS ARE OF TWO CLASSES: (1) BRIGHT CERIUM-ACTIVATED CRYSTALS - YAP, GAO, AND GSO - WHICH COULD DISPLACE THALLIUM DOPED SODIUM AND CESIUM IODIDE IN CERTAIN APPLICATIONS. THE CURRENT YAP CRYSTALS (UP TO 50 X 50 X 10 MM(3) HAVE MEASURED EFFICIENCIES, RESOLUTIONS, BRIGHTNESSES, AND MECHANI ...