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Microsystems for Harsh Environment Testing
Last Updated Date: 11/13/2012 Our goal is to develop and demonstrate a MEMS-based methodology for evaluating time-dependent mechanical properties of materials that undergo … more
Nanostructure Fabrication Processes
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 In this project we are developing in situ measurements relevant to the electrochemical fabrication, processing, and application of nanostructured … 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
Thermodynamic & Kinetic Data for Sustainable Energy
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 Industry needs thermodynamic and kinetic data for the development of new materials for sustainable energy applications; expanded and new databases … more
Fundamentals of Deformation
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 This project provides new measurement methods, property data and simulations for areas critical to US manufacturing, describing the mechanisms … more
Physical Infrastructure: Connections
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 Using a complementary approach of experimental measurements and detailed finite element analysis, we will develop more realistic yet … more
Magnetic Nanostructures for post-CMOS Electronics
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 Our goal is to address the metrology of magnetic effects at the nanoscale level. Nanomagnet arrays form the basis for major data storage … more
Magnetic Imaging
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Our goal is to develop a real-time magnetic domain imaging system and apply it to technologically important systems, including data-storage and … more
Metrics for Reactive Wetting in Complex Systems
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 For processes involving wetting between two materials, classically defined metrics such as surface or interface energy and contact angle are only … more
Lead-Free Surface Finishes for Electronic Components: Tin Whisker Growth
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 This project will provide data and materials measurements necessary to improve the reliability of solder interconnects degraded by the switch to … more
Chemical Metrology for Metals, Ores, and Related Materials
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 A wide range of industrial sectors and their customers and suppliers are involved directly with NIST in the prioritization and development of … more
Nanomagnetic Imaging
Last Updated Date: 08/20/2012 The microscopic arrangement of the magnetic structure within a thin metal film plays a fundamental role in many technological applications ranging … more
Theory of Spin Transfer Torque
Last Updated Date: 08/14/2012 The working of countless electronic devices involves electric and magnetic effects interacting within nanostructured materials. In the phenomenon … more
Designing the Nanoworld: Nanostructures, Nanodevices, and Nanooptics
Last Updated Date: 05/30/2012 Nanoscale theory of the electronic, optical and mechanical properties of ultrasmall structures, devices and their dynamical operation and the … more
Three-Dimensional Plasmonic Metamaterials
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 Metamaterials are tailor-made photonic composites--combinations of materials designed to achieve optical properties not seen in nature. The … more |
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