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NIST Center for Automotive Lightweighting
Our objective is to develop the measurement methodology, standards and analysis necessary for the US auto industry and base metal suppliers to … more
Control of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Nanoscale Manipulation of Fluids and Materials
Scientists and engineers currently have a growing library of synthetic microscale and nanoscale swimmers which affect the hydrodynamics of their … more
Diffraction Metrology and Standards
Our objective is the development of Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) and quantitative, reproducible, and accurate measurement methods for … more
Theory of Transport in Graphene
Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms, is one of the most likely materials to produce the next breakthrough in the electronics … more
Nanostructure Fabrication Processes
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
In this project, we are developing metrology needed for the synthesis, processing, and characterization of semiconductor nanowire structures to … more Software
GPPois: Gaussian Processes for Poisson-noised data
gppois is a Bayesian tool for learning about a smooth function based on noisy measurements of its values. Users train a model of the … more
RMCProfile Utility Programs
Structure refinements using a Reverse Monte Carlo (RMC) method employ large atomic ensembles to fit experimental data. The method relies on a … more
Electron holography
An electron hologram is a fringe modulated image containing the amplitude and phase information of an electron transparent object. The HolograFREE … more
OOF: Finite Element Analysis of Microstructures
The OOF software provides a finite-element modeling capability to users in the field of materials science. It encapsulates advanced numerical … more |
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