Characterization, Nanometrology, and Nanoscale Measurements Programs & Projects | |
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Nanotribology for Nanomanufacturing
Last Updated Date: 03/20/2013 Tribology is the science and technology of interacting surfaces in relative motion and includes studies of friction, adhesion, lubrication, and … more
Nanoparticle Measurements and Standards for Biomedical Applications and Health
Last Updated Date: 03/15/2013 Our goal is to develop certified reference materials, standard test methods, measurements, and critical data for the physicochemical … more
Scanning Probe Microscopy Measurements and Standards
Last Updated Date: 03/15/2013 Our goal is to develop standard reference materials and quantitative, reproducible, measurement methods and protocols for scanning probe … more
Nanoscale Stress Measurements and Standards
Last Updated Date: 03/15/2013 Our objective is to develop accurate measurement methods for the nanoscale stress distributions and surface defects that control device … more
Nanoscale Strength Measurements and Standards
Last Updated Date: 03/15/2013 To develop new mechanical test structures and methodologies based on microelectromechanical and nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS) … more
AFM-Based Nanomechanics
Last Updated Date: 01/31/2013 Local mechanical-property information is essential to evaluate emerging micro- and nanoscale materials, which many manufacturers would like to … more
Thin Film and Interconnect Reliability
Last Updated Date: 01/04/2013 This project, now concluded, developed methods to evaluate the reliability of thin films and interconnects in their as-manufactured states. Such … more
DNA Origami for Precise Manufacturing of Nanoscale Structures
Last Updated Date: 01/02/2013 Over the past decade nanoscale science has produced varied and fascinating nanostructures with an extraordinary range of interesting and useful … more
Real-Time Tracking and Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Individual Nanoparticles
Last Updated Date: 12/26/2012 The behavior and properties of macroscale objects are stable and predictable because they are the result of the average behavior of very large … more
Analytical Transmission Scanning Electron Microscopy
Last Updated Date: 12/07/2012 This project develops low-energy transmission electron diffraction, imaging, and spectroscopy in the scanning electron microscope, to enable … more
Magnetic Nanoparticle Metrology
Last Updated Date: 12/03/2012 We are developing best practice metrology for characterization of magnetic nanoparticle systems (e.g. blocking temperature, anisotropy, property … more
Quantum Voltage System Development and Dissemination
Last Updated Date: 11/14/2012 This project is developing new standards using Josephson junctions, superconductor-based devices whose quantum behavior makes them perfect … more
Diffraction Metrology and Standards
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 Our objective is the development of Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) and quantitative, reproducible, and accurate measurement methods for … more
Thin Film X-Ray Reflectometry
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 Our goal is to develop Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) and quantitative, reproducible X-ray reflectometry (XRR) data analysis methods to … 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 |
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