Selected NIST Nanotechnology Research Projects and Papers by Topic Area
(Return to NIST Nanotechnology Portal Page)NIST conducts research in a broad range of topics areas related to nanotechnology. Below is a selected list of project descriptions within various research fields. Several of these projects could be classified by more than one topic area, so if you don’t see a particular project of interest within a specific category, try scrolling through the full list.
Characterization, Nanometrology, and Nanoscale Measurements
- Atomic Scale Characterization and Fabrication
- Characterization of Nanoscale Structures and other Nanometrology Projects at JILA
- Nanometrology Projects in the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (PDF)
- Aberration-corrected, Monochromated Analytical Electron Microscope (PDF)
- Process Models and Metrologies for Atomic Layer Deposition (PDF)
- Modeling of Nanostructures Mesoscopic Environments
- Characterization and Photoreactivity of Titanium Dioxide Nanostructures
- Metrologies for Characterizing Filler Dispersion, Multi-scale Structure, and Optical Properties of Polymeric Materials
- Nanofluids Heat Transfer Measurements
- Nanoscale and Quantum Metrology
- Next-Generation Nanometrology (PDF)
- Advanced Optics Metrology Program (PDF)
- Nanobiotechnology in the Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory
- Cancer Nanotechnology: Characterization of Chemical and Biological Coatings on Gold Nanoparticles by Differential Mobility Analysis (PDF)
- Nanosensor Development: Self-assembly of DNA-Wrapped Carbon Nanotubes for Sensing Applications (PDF)
- Microsystems For Bio-Imaging And Metrology
- Cancer Biomarker Validation and DNA Diagnostics
- Thin Films of Collagen as Reference ECM
- Self-Assembled Monolayers for Diagnostics & Sensing
Nanoelectronics and Nanoscale Electronics
- Nanoscale Electronic Structure Measurements in Organic Systems (PDF)
- Nanoelectronic Device Metrology
- Nanostructure Fabrication and Metrology for Optoelectronics
- Semiconductor Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics Programs (PDF, 254 pages)
- Electronic Nanodevices
- Nano-Structures for CD and Interconnect Metrology
- Thermal Management of Active Nanodevices
- Presentations from biennial International Conferences on Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology (2000, 2003, 2005, 2007)
Nanofabrication, Nanomanufacturing, and Nanoprocessing
- A New Manufacturing Process for Non-Toxic, Silicone Photoluminescence Nano-Crystal Quantum Dots with Defined Spectral Properties (PDF)
- Nanoscale Measurement and Fabrication Using Laser-Controlled Atoms
- Nanofabrication and Directed Self-Assembly
- Nanomanufacturing Metrology Program (PDF)
- Nanoimprint Lithography
- Micro-Nano-Technology (MNT)
Nanomagnetics
- Surface Nanomechanical Characterization of Polymers (Polymer Interphase Consortium - Projects 1 and 2)
- Quantifying Micro-Scale Mechanical and Fracture Properties in Nanocomposite Materials
Nanotech/Environment, Health & Safety
- SLP: Service Life Prediction of Nanostructured Polymeric Materials
- Reliability Approach for Relating Outdoor and Accelerated Laboratory Aging for Nanostructured Polymeric Systems
- Prediction and Optimization of Concrete Performance
- Defect Metrology
- Measurement Issues in Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes
Nanophotonics and Nanoplasmonics
- Metrology of Nanoscale Biophotonic Materials
- Nanophotonics at the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
- Nanoplasmonics at the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology