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NIST Sensor Experts Invent Supercool Mini-Thermometer

November 17, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have invented a miniature thermometer with big potential applications, such as

NIST Designs a Prototype Fuel Gauge for Orbit

November 12, 2020

Liquids aren’t as well behaved in space as they are on Earth. Inside a spacecraft, microgravity allows liquids to freely slosh and float about. This behavior

A Billion Tiny Pendulums Could Detect the Universe’s Missing Mass

October 13, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have proposed a novel method for finding dark matter, the cosmos’s

Quantum Matchmaking: New NIST System Detects Ultra-Faint Communications Signals Using the Principles of Quantum Physics

September 23, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have devised and demonstrated a system that could dramatically increase the performance

Projects and Programs

Sensing and Imaging of concealed objects

Emergency response, law enforcement and military personnel must face threats and dangerous situations as part of their jobs. These threats can vary from knives

Measurements, Standards, and Data for Energy Conversion Materials

The Measurements, Standards, and Data for Energy Conversion Materials Project provides the underpinning measurement science needed to support the development

Long Wavelength Detectors and Applications

The Long-wavelength Project develops state-of-the-art sensor arrays and multiplexed readout technology for the detection of millimeter and sub-millimeter

Smoke Stack Simulator

Today, inconsistencies between measured CO2 emissions and emissions calculated from coal consumption are on the order of 10% to 20%. The objective of this

Publications

Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds with ZnO Nanorod Gas Sensors

December 16, 2020

Author(s)

Papa K. Amoah, Pengtao Lin, Helmut Baumgart, Yaw S. Obeng, Rhonda R. Franklin

Metal-oxide semiconductor gas sensors based on chemical resistivity necessarily involve making electrical contacts to the sensing materials. These contacts are

An outlook into the flat land of 2D materials beyond graphene: synthesis, properties and device applications

December 1, 2020

Author(s)

Amber D. McCreary, Olga Kazakova, Deep Jariwala, Zakaria Al Balushi

The field of two-dimensional (2D) and layered materials continues to excite many researchers around the world who are eager to advance and innovate viable

Elastic-plastic properties of mesoscale electrodeposited LIGA nickel alloy films: microscopy and mechanics

November 23, 2020

Author(s)

Li-Anne Liew, David T. Read, May L. Martin, Frank W. DelRio, Peter E. Bradley, Nicholas Barbosa, Todd R. Christenson, John T. Geaney

The elastic-plastic properties of mesoscale electrodeposited LIGA Ni alloy specimens are investigated as a function of specimen size, strain rate, and material

Optical and Mechanical Design of a Telescope for Lunar Spectral Irradiance Measurements from a High-Altitude Aircraft

September 9, 2020

Author(s)

Clarence J. Zarobila, Steven E. Grantham, Steven W. Brown, John T. Woodward IV, Stephen E. Maxwell, Dana R. Defibaugh, Thomas C. Larason, Kevin Turpie

We have designed a non-imaging telescope for measurement of the spectral irradiance of the moon. The telescope was integrated into a wing pod of a NASA ER-2