Materials Science Programs & Projects | |
|
Nanotube Quality Control
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 Our goal is to develop new methods to rapidly screen bulk carbon nanotubes for chemical purity and homogeneity. The different synthesis routes … more
Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 Our goal is to develop an integrated suite of nondestructive measurement methods to evaluate organic-based electrical devices and tie both the … more
Instrumented Bioreactors
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 Our goal is to develop novel bioreactors that combine mechanical stimulation with integrated sensing to enable real-time optimization of the … more
Magnetic Nanoparticle Metrology
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 We are developing best practice metrology for characterization of magnetic nanoparticle systems (e.g. blocking temperature, anisotropy, property … more
Magnetic Nanostructures for post-CMOS Electronics
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 Our goal is to address the metrology of magnetic effects at the nanoscale level. Nanomagnet arrays form the basis for major data storage … more
Lead-Free Surface Finishes for Electronic Components: Tin Whisker Growth
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 This project will provide data and materials measurements necessary to improve the reliability of solder interconnects degraded by the switch to … more
Metrics for Reactive Wetting in Complex Systems
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 For processes involving wetting between two materials, classically defined metrics such as surface or interface energy and contact angle are only … more
Next-Generation Metrology for Drug Delivery Systems
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 A critical metrology issue for pharmaceutical industries is the application of analytical techniques to the characterization of drug delivery … more
Materials Science
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 Key metrologies/systems: In situ spectroscopic ellipsometry, linear and non-linear spectroscopies/Polymeric thiophene-based semiconductors for … more
Coupling Nanowire Chemisresistors with MEMS Microhotplate Gas Sensing Platforms
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 Recent advances in nanotechnology have yielded materials and structures that offer great potential for improving the sensitivity, selectivity, … more
Analysis of Copper Incorporation Into Zinc Oxide Nanowires
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 ZnO nanowires (NWs) are grown on bulk copper by chemical vapor deposition. Photoluminescence (PL) microscopy revealed band gap emission at 380 nm … more
Analysis of 3D Elemental Mapping Artifacts in Biological Specimens using Monte Carlo Simulation
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 We performed Monte Carlo simulation to demonstrate the feasibility of using the focused ion beam based X-ray microanalysis technique (FIB-EDS) for … more
Evaluation of the Extent of Electron Scattering in a Low Vacuum Scanning Electron Microscope
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 Low vacuum scanning electron microscopes utilize gas molecules in the specimen chamber to neutralize the specimen charging from the impinging … more
3D Elemental Mapping of Cells using Electron and Ion Beams
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 Although it is the most commonly used technique for the chemical analysis of cells, mass spectrometry of cell lysate can only provide bulk … more
Three-Dimensional Plasmonic Metamaterials
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 Metamaterials are tailor-made photonic composites--combinations of materials designed to achieve optical properties not seen in nature. The … more |
Contact
General Information:301-975-NIST (6478) inquiries@nist.gov 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 1070 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1070 |