Manufacturing Programs & Projects

One of the major obstacles to incorporating nanotechnology into everyday products is the difficulty of making nanoscale structures inexpensively … more

The behavior and properties of macroscale objects are stable and predictable because they are the result of the average behavior of very large … more

Machining is the workhorse process that adds the most value to engineered products, since it is capable of achieving the precision required for … more

Integration of equipment performance data, machine and process models, and real-time condition information help create a smart machine … more

This project provides the measurement science for the additive manufacturing industry to measure material properties in a standardized … more

On-machine measurement of micro optics is essential for producing complex high-precision optical components used in next generation imaging … more

Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) offer many new capabilities in sensing and electronics that are expected to provide significant advances in … more

NIST will advance commercial building system commissioning as a standard quality assurance practice by developing techniques to automate … more

One challenge of nanomanufacturing is to establish methods to assemble solution-based nanoparticles into organized structures with nanometer … more

Our objective is the development of Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) and quantitative, reproducible, and accurate measurement methods for … more

Our goal is to develop Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) and quantitative, reproducible X-ray reflectometry (XRR) data analysis methods to … more

In this project we are developing in situ measurements relevant to the electrochemical fabrication, processing, and application of nanostructured … more

Well characterized test materials are essential for validating the performance of trace explosive detection systems. Particle size, chemical … more

Our goal is to provide industry with test structures and models of next-generation photovoltaics, with an initial focus on cadmium telluride … more

Our goal is to develop and demonstrate precise measurement methods that quantify the physical shape, critical dimensions (CD) and … more