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Frank Gayle

The NIST Metallurgy Division works closely with materials suppliers and users to develop the measurement and standards infrastructure needed in technological areas ranging from sheet metal forming to the fabrication of nanostructured multilayers for magnetic recording heads.

In the pursuit of ever-increasing performance and reliability at lower cost, U.S. industry is making fundamental changes in the ways that new products are developed and manufactured and in the ways that materials are used. At the core of these changes is the need by both the metals producers and users for the metrology that makes possible more accurate predictions of materials performance, manufacturability, and long-term reliability.  The Metallurgy Division works to supply the necessary measurements, standards, and data.

Frank W. Gayle
Chief,Metallurgy Division

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NIST Researchers Holding Steady in an Atomic-Scale Tug-of-War NIST Researchers Holding Steady in an Atomic-Scale Tug-of-War

How hard do you have to pull on a single atom of--let's say--gold to detach it from the end of a chain of like atoms?* It's a measure of the astonishing progress in nanotechnology that …

Therapeutic Nanoparticles Give New Meaning to Sugar-Coating Medicine Therapeutic Nanoparticles Give New Meaning to Sugar-Coating Medicine

A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) studying sugar-coated nanoparticles for use as a possible cancer therapy has uncovered a delicate balancing act that …

Unexpectedly Long-Range Effects in Advanced Magnetic Devices Unexpectedly Long-Range Effects in Advanced Magnetic Devices

A tiny grid pattern has led materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Institute of Solid State Physics in Russia to an unexpected …