Materials Science &
Engineering Laboratory

The NIST Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (MSEL) promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness in the development and use of materials by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology – in ways that enhance economic security and improve the quality of life.

MSEL research and services lower measurement barriers to innovative materials and devices in a broad spectrum of industries. more...

Multi-Laboratory Study Sizes Up Nanoparticle Sizing

As a result of a major inter-laboratory study, the standards body ASTM International has been able to update its guidelines for a commonly used technique for measuring the size of nanoparticles in …

NIST Scientists Study How to Stack the Deck for Organic Solar Power

A new class of economically viable solar power cells - cheap, flexible and easy to make - has come a step closer to reality as a result of recent work* at the National Institute of Standards and …

Unexpectedly Long-Range Effects in Advanced Magnetic Devices

A tiny grid pattern has led materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Institute of Solid State Physics in Russia to an unexpected …

Materials Science & Engineering Laboratory (MSEL)
Eric Amis, Acting Director

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(301) 975-5012 Facsimile

NIST, 100 Bureau Drive M/S 8500
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8500
msel@nist.gov