[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 22 (Friday, February 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7399-7400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02132]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-651, as amended
by Pub. L. 106-36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301), we invite comments
on the question of whether instruments of equivalent scientific value,
for the purposes for which the instruments shown below are intended to
be used, are being manufactured in the United States.
Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the
regulations and be postmarked on or before February 21,
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2013. Address written comments to Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room
3720, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Applications
may be examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at the U.S. Department
of Commerce in Room 3720.
Docket Number: 12-064. Applicant: University of Pittsburgh, 4200
Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Instrument: Dilution Refrigerator
with 18T Solenoid Superconducting Magnet. Manufacturer: Leiden
Cryogenics, the Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used
for three purposes: To develop ways for preserving quantum information
in a way that is immune to a wide variety of decoherence mechanisms by
using predicted topological properties of superconductors in two
dimensions, to program fundamental couplings at near-atomic scales and
quantum simulation of ``metasuperconductors'' by using the extreme
nanoscale precision with which the LaAIO3/SrTiO3
interface can be gated, and to develop new mechanisms for the transfer
of quantum information between long-lived localized states (nitrogen-
vacancy centers) and delocalized states (superconducting resonators).
The experiments will combine the unique local control capable with the
LaAIO3/SrTiO3 interface with the natural tendency
of SrTiO3 to become superconducting to develop
superconducting structures with vortices that will be manipulated to
achieve topologically protected quantum computation, as well as
electrostatic programming of the LaAIO3/SrTiO3
interface with V(x,y) to create new electronic states of matter which
themselves can become superconducting. The unique properties of this
instrument are the capability of cooling the sample below the
superconducting transition temperature (Tc~200mK), to apply large
magnetic fields (>18T) to investigate the large spin-orbit present in
these samples (Bso~15T), and the ability to orient the sample in any
orientation relative to the magnetic fields. Justification for Duty-
Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same general category
manufactured in the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner
of Customs: December 13, 2012.
Docket Number: 12-066. Applicant: University of Pittsburgh, 4200
Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Instrument: mK Scanning Probe
Microscope. Manufacturer: Nanomagnetics, Turkey. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used for three purposes: To develop ways for
preserving quantum information in a way that is immune to a wide
variety of decoherence mechanisms, by using predicted topological
properties of superconductors in two dimensions, to program fundamental
couplings at near-atomic scales and quantum simulation of
``metasuperconductors'' by using the extreme nanoscale precision with
which the LaAIO3/SrTiO3 interface can be gated,
and to develop new mechanisms for the transfer of quantum information
between long-lived localized states (nitrogen-vacancy centers) and
delocalized states (superconducting resonators). The experiments will
combine the unique local control capable with the LaAIO3/
SrTiO3 interface with the natural tendency of
SrTiO3 to become superconducting to develop superconducting
structures with vortices that will be manipulated to achieve
topologically protected quantum computation, as well as electrostatic
programming of the LaAIO3/SrTiO3 interface with
V(x,y) to create new electronic states of matter which themselves can
become superconducting. The unique properties of this instrument are
the capability of scanning probe microscopy at base temperature
(T<50mK), and to locally (on nanometer scales) gate, modify, and probe
nanowire devices and quantum dot arrays. Justification for Duty-Free
Entry: There are no instruments of the same general category
manufactured in the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner
of Customs: December 13, 2012.
Docket Number: 13-002. Applicant: University of California,
Berkeley, Stanley Hall, Room B306, Berkeley, CA, 94720. Instrument:
High Speed Atomic Force Microscope (HSAFM). Manufacturer: Research
Institute of Biomolecule Metrology (RIBM), Japan. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used for a number of experiments including tracking
the enzymatic activity of an RNA II polymerase along its template, a
DNA gene, while synthesizing the messenger RNA. Having access to higher
scan rates in an aqueous environment will provide an unprecedented view
of transcription through nucleosomal DNA. By visualizing transcription
steps, it is possible to precisely follow in real time the dynamics of
events that accompany transcription by RNAP II through the nucleosome
including spontaneous DNA unwrapping from the core particle, histone
transfer, and histone dissociation under different conditions while
determining the main factors that regulate nucleosome stability/
instability during transcription. In addition to this capability, the
instrument will have the time and spatial resolution to visualize
individual tubulin subunits as they arrive at the microtubule end and
will complement cryo-EM studies at near nanometer resolution on
stabilized intermediates in the assembly process. The unique
characteristics of this instrument are the ability to capture images at
a rate of up to 15-20 frames per second, reading scan rates as high as
25 frames per second, resonant frequencies of 3.5 MHz in air and 1.2
MHz in water, spring constants of 0.2 N m-1, a quality
factor in water of ~2, and a response time in water of ~0.5
microseconds. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no
instruments of the same general category manufactured in the United
States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: January 17,
2013.
Dated: January 25, 2013.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-02132 Filed 1-31-13; 8:45 am]
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