[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58464-58466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24468]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
University of Pittsburgh, et al.; Notice of Decision on
Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
This is a decision pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational,
Scientific, and
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Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-651, as amended
by Pub. L. 106-36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). Related records can
be viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in Room 3720, U.S. Department
of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC.
Docket Number: 15-015. Applicant: University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Instrument: Oxygraph-2K. Manufacturer: Oroboros
Instruments Corp., Austria. Intended Use: See notice at 80 FR 44936,
July 28, 2015. Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know of
no instruments of equivalent scientific value to the foreign
instruments described below, for such purposes as this is intended to
be used, that was being manufactured in the United States at the time
of order. Reasons: The instrument will be used to evaluate the various
putative antidotes to reverse the effects of cyanide or sulfide
toxicants on mitochondria in cultured cells. The instrument will be
used to measure changes in oxygen consumption rates correlated with
either changes in mitochondrial inner-membrane depolarization, changes
in calcium fluxes between endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria, or
prevailing levels of hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide. The instrument
is unique in its ability to allow routine measurements to be made with
specifications summarized under the term ``high-resolution
respirometry'', meaning the limit of detection of O2 flux is
as low as 0.5 pmols-1cm-3, signal noise at zero
oxygen concentration is < 0.05 [micro]M O2, oxygen back-
diffusion at zero oxygen at < 3 pmols-1cm-3, and
oxygen consumption at air saturation and standard basic barometric
pressure (100kPa) at 2.7 0.9 SD in at 37 degrees Celsius.
The dual measurement capability of the instrument is also critical for
the experiments.
Docket Number: 15-022. Applicant: Purdue University, West
Lafayette, IN 47907. Instrument: Conical twin screw minicompounder.
Manufacturer: Xplore, the Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 80
FR 44936, July 28, 2015. Comments: None received. Decision: Approved.
We know of no instruments of equivalent scientific value to the foreign
instruments described below, for such purposes as this is intended to
be used, that was being manufactured in the United States at the time
of order. Reasons: The instrument will be used to find improved
formulations of polymer resins with improved mechanical, thermal,
electrical and other properties using compounding, recirculation,
master-batch mixing and additive mixing. The instrument satisfies
several requirements for the experiments, including surface hardness of
components at 2000 Vickers hardness, operational temperature to 450
degrees Celsius, conical twin screw design, capability of both co- and
counter-rotating, expandable to specialized screws for nanomaterial
compounding, expandable to film line, fiber line, and injection molder,
corrosive material tolerance (pH 0-14) and the ability to track
viscosity.
Docket Number: 15-024. Applicant: Institute for the Preservation of
Cultural Heritage, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516. Instrument:
Willard Multi-Function Table. Manufacturer: Willard, United Kingdom.
Intended Use: See notice at 80 FR 44936, July 28, 2015. Comments: None
received. Decision: Approved. We know of no instruments of equivalent
scientific value to the foreign instruments described below, for such
purposes as this is intended to be used, that was being manufactured in
the United States at the time of order. Reasons: The instrument will be
used to carry out conservation processes, for conservation fellows to
develop and research methodologies of treatment and to instruct student
conservators in structural conservation techniques. The surface of the
table can be heated very precisely and evenly, air can be circulated
under the surface to create downward pressure, air can also be passed
through ducts which can be heated and can produce precisely controlled
humidity, a vacuum system can be used to hold objects in place and can
be operated independently of the humidification system, which is a
unique feature of the instrument. Research into new techniques and the
testing of adhesives and consolidants will be undertaken.
Docket Number: 15-027. Applicant: University of Nebraska, Lincoln,
Lincoln, NE 68588-0645. Instrument: Photonic Professional GT-upgrade.
Manufacturer: Nanoscribe GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 80
FR 44936-37, July 28, 2015. Comments: None received. Decision:
Approved. We know of no instruments of equivalent scientific value to
the foreign instruments described below, for such purposes as this is
intended to be used, that was being manufactured in the United States
at the time of order. Reasons: The instrument will be used to research
micro/nano 3D printing, micro/nano technology, materials, and novel
laser-material interactions, using 3D laser lithography techniques
integrating both two-photon polymerization (TPP) and multi-photon
ablation (MPA). The instrument integrates both a precise piezo stage
and a galvano scanner for a large-are and fast micro/nano-structuring.
Multi-photon polymerization and multi-photon ablation will be
investigated and applied for printing 3D micro/nano-structures of
arbitrary geometries, especially those on plasmonics, photonics and
microelectromechanical systems. The influence of degree of
polymerization on the micro 3D printing will be studied for further 3D
fabrication.
Docket Number: 15-032. Applicant: The Trustees of Princeton
University, Princeton, NJ 08540. Instrument: Helios Dual Beam.
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: See notice at
80 FR 44936-37, July 28, 2015. Comments: None received. Decision:
Approved. We know of no instruments of equivalent scientific value to
the foreign instruments described below, for such purposes as this is
intended to be used, that was being manufactured in the United States
at the time of order. Reasons: The instrument will be used to perform
imaging on cross sections of nanoscale, biological, photonic and
multifunctional materials, made at precise geometric locations at a
very small scale. Additionally, it is used to cross-section through the
exact center of an impression, or along planes parallel to a set of
microstructural features. Standard methods are incapable of preparing
cross sections with the requisite spatial precision. With its unique
triple detection system located inside the column and immersion mode,
the system is designed for simultaneous detector acquisition for
angular and energy selective SE and BSE imaging. Fast access to very
precise, clear information is guaranteed, not only top-down, but also
on titled specimen or cross-sections. Additional below-the-lens
detectors and a beam deceleration mode unsure that all signals are
collected and no information is left behind. The instrument extends
characterization with a versatile 110mm goniometer stage with tilt
capability up to 90 degrees and optimal tripe in-column detection.
Unique features of the instrument include the shortest time to
nanoscale information using best in class Ga ion gun and Elstar
Schlottky FESEM high resolution, stability and automation, sample
management tailored to individual application needs, with the high
flexibility 110mm and high stability 150mm piezo stages, the focused
ion beam can mill any material to a very fine scale, and can make
features with a high degree of accuracy at the nanoscale, with critical
dimensions of less than 50 nm, rapidly
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design, create and inspect micro and nano-scale functional prototype
devices and create 3D Nanoprototyping with a DualBeam, sharp, refined
and charge-free contrast obtained from up to 6 integrated in-column and
below-the-lens detectors, can mill difficult charging samples with
charge neutralizer.
Docket Number: 15-034. Applicant: Purdue University, West
Lafayette, IN 47907. Instrument: Diode-Pumped Solid-State Laser.
Manufacturer: Edgewave GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 80 FR
44936-37, July 28, 2015. Comments: None received. Decision: Approved.
We know of no instruments of equivalent scientific value to the foreign
instruments described below, for such purposes as this is intended to
be used, that was being manufactured in the United States at the time
of order. Reasons: The instrument will be used to enhance the
fundamental understanding of propellant combustion so that safer and
higher performance solid propellants can be designed and developed. The
instrument is to be used for the measurement of flame radical species
in propellant flames in real-time, using high-frame-rate (10-40kHz)
imaging of the flame radical OH, produced in the reaction zone. The OH
distribution is used to determine the burning mode for the propellant,
and the laser system will give the capability to obtain high-frame-rate
images of other propellants. The primary technique is high-frame-rate
planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) imaging. The UV laser from a
Credo dye laser, pumped by the Edgewave DPSS laser, is formed into a
focused sheet using a combination of spherical and cylindrical lenses.
The frequency of the UV beam is then tuned to a resonance transition
for the OH radical and the OH radical is pumped from the ground state
to an excited electronic state by absorbing a photon from the laser
sheet. Once in the excited state, the OH radical can decay by emitting
a photon (fluorescence). The fluorescence light is imaged using a high-
frame-rate intensified CMOS camera to produce an image of the OH
distribution in the laser sheet, providing both time-and space-resolved
information on the laser process. No domestic instruments have the
required power, rep rate, and pulse length on the order of 10
nanoseconds.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Enforcement and Compliance.
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