AIP Publishes First Open Access Article

["Christine Orr" <CORR@aip.org>]

Please excuse cross-posting.

MELVILLE, NEW YORK, October 10, 2005 -- AIP is pleased to announce the
publication of the first Open Access article in its Author Select program.

"Cryogenic scanning Hall-probe microscope with centimeter scan range and
submicron resolution," by Rafael B. Dinner, M. R. Beasley, and Kathryn A.
Moler, is now available in the online edition of Review of Scientific
Instruments, Vol. 76, No. 10, October 2005.
(http://scitation.aip.org/dbt/dbt.jsp?KEY=RSINAK&Volume=76&Issue=10)

Scanning Hall-Probe Microscopy is a high-resolution, sensitive method for
imaging the magnetic fields near a sample's surface. Using a combination
of motors, sophisticated electronics, and mechanical gears, the
researchers demonstrate a technique that significantly increases the
traditional scanning area while maintaining high, sub-micron image
resolution. This advance increases the practicality of the technique for
many applications, while allowing for fast turn-around time in changing
samples, another improvement that may help secure an important role for
the Hall-Probe microscope in testing and developing new materials.

AIP has introduced the Author Select/Open Access option in three of its
journals (Journal of Mathematical Physics and Chaos: An Interdisciplinary
Journal of Nonlinear Science being the other two), and plans to extend the
program to all of its journals in 2006.

"Open Access is far from being a 'trend' in physics publishing," said AIP
Publisher Martin Burke. "But we are more than happy to offer researchers
an open access option within our well-known, high-impact, and heavily
cited 'traditional' journals."

For information about the AIP Author Select program, please see
http://www.aip.org/press_release/author_select.html.

The AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS publishes 11 journals, two magazines,
and a Conference Proceedings series. In addition to publishing, it is a
service provider to scientific and engineering society publishers,
providing everything from XML composition to online distribution. AIP's
Scitation platform currently hosts 150 publications from 21 societies.

For further information, contact:

Mark Cassar
Manager, Journal Development 
American Institute of Physics
2 Huntington Quadrangle
Melville, New York 11747
Email: mcassar@aip.org