Metals Programs & Projects

We develop techniques for measuring magnetization dynamics in magnetic nanostructures with a particular emphasis on the emerging needs of future … more

The transmission of information in today’s electronics requires the movement of electrical charge, which expends energy and generates … more

Just as integrated electronic circuits continue to pack on more and ever tinier components, so magnetic technologies for data storage and other … more

Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms, is one of the most likely materials to produce the next breakthrough in the electronics … more

To develop nanocalorimetry as a method for measuring heats of reaction of nanoscale samples with nanojoule sensitivity in order to detect … more

This project provides property data, metrology, and standard test methods for materials systems under extreme conditions for areas critical to US … more

Our objective is to develop the measurement methodology, standards and analysis necessary for the US auto industry and base metal suppliers to … more

Local mechanical-property information is essential to evaluate emerging micro- and nanoscale materials, which many manufacturers would like to … more

The objective of the impact verification program is to evaluate the performance of impact test machines used worldwide to qualify structural … more

This project, now concluded, developed methods to evaluate the reliability of thin films and interconnects in their as-manufactured states. Such … more

This project develops low-energy transmission electron diffraction, imaging, and spectroscopy in the scanning electron microscope, to enable … more

This project provides a resource to address some of the challenges to the wider use of quantitative classical atomistic simulations (e.g. … more

We are developing best practice metrology for characterization of magnetic nanoparticle systems (e.g. blocking temperature, anisotropy, property … more

Our objective is to standardize and improve hardness measurement both in the U.S. and internationally. NIST is the U.S. National Metrology … more

The goal of this project is to enable the development of a scientific and technical infrastructure for the safe and efficient use of hydrogen as a … more