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Bridge Safety
Last Updated Date: 06/01/2012 Our goal is to guide improvement in construction codes for both rehabilitated and new structures. Destructive and nondestructive data will allow … more
Measuring Topological Insulator Surface State Properties
Last Updated Date: 06/01/2012 The transmission of information in today’s electronics requires the movement of electrical charge, which expends energy and generates … more
COMPLETED: Macromolecule and Nanoparticle Composition and Architecture
Last Updated Date: 05/30/2012 We develop quantitative methods for the analysis of macromolecules having complex architectures and nanoparticles having organic functionalities. … more
Thin Film X-Ray Reflectometry
Last Updated Date: 05/30/2012 Our goal is to develop Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) and quantitative, reproducible X-ray reflectometry (XRR) data analysis methods to … more
Light-matter Interactions in Semiconductor Nanostructures
Last Updated Date: 05/30/2012 The quantum optics of light interacting with semiconductor-based nanostructures is being studied to extend concepts of entanglement and coherence … more
Designing the Nanoworld: Nanostructures, Nanodevices, and Nanooptics
Last Updated Date: 05/30/2012 Nanoscale theory of the electronic, optical and mechanical properties of ultrasmall structures, devices and their dynamical operation and the … more
Combinatorial Measurement Methods for Inorganic Materials
Last Updated Date: 05/07/2012 Our goal is to develop novel, combinatorially-compatible measurement methods and metrologies, as well as comprehensive and consistent data sets, … more
Membranes for Clean Water
Last Updated Date: 03/19/2012 The goal of this project is to develop quantitative measurement methods for determining the structure, dynamics, and mechanical properties of … more
SWCNT Reference Materials
Last Updated Date: 03/09/2012 Single-wall carbon nanotubes are an important class of carbon nanomaterials with significant potential for commercial applications. The National … more
Advanced Materials Metrology
Last Updated Date: 03/02/2012 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
Broadband Coherent anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy of Thin Films
Last Updated Date: 01/17/2012 Coherent anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS) is a high sensitivity alternative to conventional Raman spectroscopy. Ultrafast lasers are used to … more
Nanometer Scale Measurements of Crack Tips in Glass
Last Updated Date: 01/13/2012 Our objective is to develop atomic force microscopy-based methods to measure the structure of crack tips, the rates of crack growth, and the … more
Chemical/Biochemical Microsensor Science
Last Updated Date: 12/29/2011 The Process Sensing Group at NIST is investigating a range of fundamental and technological issues related to next-generation chemical and … more
Advanced Magnetic and Quantum Materials
Last Updated Date: 12/15/2011 Quantum coherent materials have become important in magnetic sensors as well as information processing technology. For magnetic sensors, … more
Nanoscale Stress Measurements and Standards
Last Updated Date: 11/17/2011 Our objective is to develop accurate measurement methods for the nanoscale stress distributions and surface defects that control device … more |
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