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About Materials Reliability Division |
Technical Activities |
News & Events |
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The Materials Reliability Division (MRD) is one of five divisions of the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (MSEL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). MRD is the sole MSEL Division at the NIST Boulder Laboratories site. The Materials Reliability Division develops and demonstrates measurement technologies and standards which enable the producers and users of materials to improve the quality and reliability of their products. Measurement technologies are developed for process control to improve the quality and consistency of materials, nondestructive evaluation to assure quality of finished materials and products, and materials evaluation to assure reliable performance. Division Staff/Organization Chart Customers & Collaborators: International Activities Division Publication Listings (FY06-07):
Archived Publications (pre-FY06) Employment: |
Cell and Tissue Mechanics Group Instrumented Bioreactors Project Overview Single Cell Mechanics Project Overview Medical Device Reliability Project Overview Thin Film & Interconnect Reliability Project Overview AFM-Based Nanomechanics Project Overview Nanoscale Strain Metrology Project Overview Carbon Nanotube Quality Project Overview
Charpy Impact Verification Overview Hydrogen Pipeline Safety Overview
Resources Green's Functions Page
Feature Highlight (March 2008)
MSEL "Writes the Book" on Nanoscale Mechanical Metrologies Researchers in MSEL have summarized several years’ worth of key developments targeting the measurement of mechanical properties of small-scale structures for a chapter in the forthcoming book Micro and Nano Mechanical Testing of Materials and Devices (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC). The chapter entitled “Metrologies for Mechanical Response of Micro- and Nanoscale Systems” describes the development of three new measurement methods that are inherently sensitive to small volumes of matter. Measurements of several primary forms of mechanical response – elasticity, strength, and fatigue – are detailed in descriptions of contact-resonance atomic force microscopy, microtensile testing, and controlled joule heating by electric current. Use of the highly accurate data generated by these methods will enable product designers to better balance performance and reliability in ultra small-scale devices such as integrated circuits, discrete devices, optoelectronic components, and sensors. |
Completed Events:
Workshop on Test Procedures for Materials for Hydrogen Pipelines (August, 2007)
Workshop on Materials Characterization for
Nanoscale Reliability (August, 2007)
NASA/NIST Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Meeting, (March,
2006)
Advanced Welding and Joining Technical Workshop, (January, 2006)
Workshop on Measurement Methods for Evaluation
of the Reliability of Active Implantable Medical Devices, (October, 2005)
NIST Nanoindentation Round Robin
2nd
Joint Workshop on Measurement Issues in Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes Workshop on Reliability Issues in Nanomaterials
(August, 2004)
Workshop on Computational Tools for
Modeling Acoustic Propagation in Real-World Materials (CTAP 2004)
(August, 2004) |
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Division Inquiries: Materials Reliability Division NIST 325 Broadway, Mailcode 853 Boulder, CO 80305-3328
Phone: (303) 497-4326 FAX: (303) 497-5030 |
NIST Boulder Laboratories Inquiries: NIST Boulder 325 Broadway, Mailcode 346.16 Boulder, CO 80305-3328
Phone: (303) 497-3246 TTY (303) 497-3665
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NIST Inquiries: Public Inquiries Unit NIST 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 3460 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3460
Phone: (301) 975-NIST (6478) TTY (301) 975-8295 |
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