Materials Science Programs & Projects | |
Theory of Transport in Graphene
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms, is one of the most likely materials to produce the next breakthrough in the electronics … more
Fundamental Chemical Metrology
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 The Analytical Chemistry Division serves as the Nation’s reference laboratory for chemical compositional measurements and standards to … more
Nanostructure Fabrication Processes
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 In this project we are developing in situ measurements relevant to the electrochemical fabrication, processing, and application of nanostructured … more
Semiconductor Nanowire Metrology: Electronics, Photonics, and Sensors
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 In this project, we are developing metrology needed for the synthesis, processing, and characterization of semiconductor nanowire structures to … more
Measurements for Hydrogen Storage Materials
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 The goal of this project is to develop the metrology necessary for rapid, high-throughput measurement of the hydrogen content of novel materials … more
Microscopy Methods
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 This project is developing means of quantitatively measuring chemical distributions in three dimensions at the nanometer scale in materials with … more
Thermodynamic & Kinetic Data for Sustainable Energy
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 Industry needs thermodynamic and kinetic data for the development of new materials for sustainable energy applications; expanded and new databases … more
COMPLETED: Polymer Formulations
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 Our goal is to develop combinatorial and high-throughput measurement approaches for rapid characterization of the structure and phase behavior of … more
COMPLETED: Nanoscale Thermal Properties Project
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 Our goal is to develop measurement techniques to characterize the changes in thermal transport and thermal transition temperatures in polymeric … more
COMPLETED: Combinatorial Approaches to Thin Film Nanomaterials
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 Our goal is to develop combinatorial library approaches for measuring and optimizing the effect of substrate chemical functionalization on the … more
COMPLETED: NIST Combinatorial Methods Center (NCMC)
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 Our goal is to enable industrial acquisition of combinatorial and high-throughput measurement approaches for polymeric materials research and … more
Personal Body Armor
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 Our goal is to prevent the catastrophic failure of ballistic body armor by developing measurements and predictive models to test and determine the … more
COMPLETED: Macromolecule and Nanoparticle Composition and Architecture
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 We develop quantitative methods for the analysis of macromolecules having complex architectures and nanoparticles having organic functionalities. … more
Membranes for Clean Water
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 The goal of this project is to develop quantitative measurement methods for determining the structure, dynamics, and mechanical properties of … more
Fundamentals of Deformation
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 This project provides new measurement methods, property data and simulations for areas critical to US manufacturing, describing the mechanisms … more |
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