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Tissue Engineering
Last Updated Date: 06/08/2016 Our goal is to develop reliable tools and standards for measuring the properties of cells, biomaterials, scaffolds and tissue-engineered … more
Measuring Topological Insulator Surface State Properties
Last Updated Date: 04/27/2016 The transmission of information in today’s electronics requires the movement of electrical charge, which expends energy and generates heat, … more
Fundamental Chemical Metrology
Last Updated Date: 04/26/2016 The Chemical Sciences Division serves as the Nation’s reference laboratory for chemical compositional measurements and standards to enhance U.S. … more
Thin Film Electronics
Last Updated Date: 04/25/2016 The Thin Film Electronics Project develops rigorous measurements and methodology needed for continued U.S. leadership in manufacturing and … more
Affect of Partial Charge Calculation Method on Adsorption Thermodynamics
Last Updated Date: 04/14/2016 In classical molecular simulations, electrostatic contributions to the potential energy are typically accounted for by assigning partial charges … more
Nanomagnetic Imaging
Last Updated Date: 04/06/2016 The microscopic arrangement of the magnetic structure within a thin metal film plays a fundamental role in many technological applications ranging … more
Tracking Nanoparticles as Optical Indicators of Device Dynamics
Last Updated Date: 04/01/2016 Nanofabricated and microfabricated devices, ranging from nanomotors propelled by ultrasound to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), can move in … more
NIST Standard Reference Simulation Website
Last Updated Date: 03/31/2016 The Standard Reference Simulation Website is an ongoing project whose aim is to provide well-documented simulation results for a variety of … more
COMPLETED: Nanoscale Thermal Properties Project
Last Updated Date: 03/31/2016 Our goal is to develop measurement techniques to characterize the changes in thermal transport and thermal transition temperatures in polymeric … more
Dimensional Metrology for Nanofabrication
Last Updated Date: 03/29/2016 Our goal is to develop measurements that quantify the shape, size, orientation, and fidelity of nanoscale patterns as a platform to quantitatively … more
Charpy Verification Program
Last Updated Date: 03/29/2016 The objective of the impact verification program is to evaluate the performance of impact test machines used worldwide to qualify structural … more
Quantifying the environmental contributions to mass change
Last Updated Date: 03/11/2016 Since the inception of the SI system of units, physical mass artifacts have been transferred and exchanged in order to disseminate the kilogram. … more
Determinations of Boron Deposit Quality by Neutron Depth Profiling
Last Updated Date: 03/08/2016 Straw detectors are a new concept in position-sensitive neutron detectors recently developed by Proportion Technology Inc. The detectors are … more
Advanced Materials Metrology
Last Updated Date: 02/04/2016 In this project we measure the fundamental electrical properties of materials from bulk to nanoscale from 1 MHz to 0.3 THz. Understanding the … more
Novel materials for enhancing spin information
Last Updated Date: 01/04/2016 Most computing technology relies on the presence or absence of charge to represent binary information during computation. Limitations in reducing … more |
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