[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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