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Acoustics and Vibration Project
Last Updated Date: 05/16/2013 The Acoustics and Vibration Project provides measurement services, and develops measurements and documentary standards for the SI units of … more
Nanomagnet Dynamics
Last Updated Date: 05/10/2013 We develop techniques for measuring magnetization dynamics in magnetic nanostructures with a particular emphasis on the emerging needs of future … more
Collagen Films Protocol
Last Updated Date: 05/08/2013 Background: Collagen type 1 is the most prevalent extracellular protein in connective tissue, and is part of the family of collagens that are … more
Personal Body Armor
Last Updated Date: 05/08/2013 Our goal is to prevent the catastrophic failure of ballistic body armor by developing measurements and predictive models to test and determine the … more
Measuring Topological Insulator Surface State Properties
Last Updated Date: 04/26/2013 The transmission of information in today’s electronics requires the movement of electrical charge, which expends energy and generates … more
Single Molecule Fluorescence Measurements of Nanoscale Proton Distributions in Photoresist
Last Updated Date: 04/10/2013 The semiconductor industry’s remarkable progress in making integrated circuits smaller, faster and cheaper relies on continual … more
Magnetic Nanostructures for Post-Complimentary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) Electronics
Last Updated Date: 04/10/2013 Just as integrated electronic circuits continue to pack on more and ever tinier components, so magnetic technologies for data storage and other … more
Superconductor Electromechanics
Last Updated Date: 04/10/2013 The Magnetics Group's program in superconductor electromechanics has moved to the University of Colorado. Contact principal investigators … more
Thin Film Electronics
Last Updated Date: 04/08/2013 The Thin Film Electronics Project enables the commercialization of emerging and future semiconductor electronic device technologies, such as … more
Nanotube Metrology
Last Updated Date: 04/05/2013 The Nanotube Metrology project is dedicated to improving the measurement methods for, and fundamental understanding of, single-wall carbon … more
Theory of Transport in Graphene
Last Updated Date: 03/21/2013 Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms, is one of the most likely materials to produce the next breakthrough in the electronics … more
FiPy-CTCMS
Last Updated Date: 03/15/2013 FiPy is an object oriented, partial differential equation (PDE) solver, written in Python , based on a standard finite volume (FV) approach. The … 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
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
Combinatorial Measurement Methods for Inorganic Materials
Last Updated Date: 03/15/2013 Our goal is to develop novel, combinatorially-compatible measurement methods and metrologies, as well as comprehensive and consistent data sets, … more |
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