The Characterization and Measurement Group provides standards, reference data, and measurements needed by industry, government agencies, and the scientific and technical communities for synthesis, processing, and use of polymeric materials. Activities include developing new measurement techniques including combinatorial and high-throughput methods, data analysis algorithms, and theoretical models to support polymer materials characterization, quality control, process development, and performance.We focus on adhesives and coatings,sustainable materials, and polymers for Homeland Security applications.
Combinatorial Approaches to Thin Film Nanomaterials — Our goal is to develop combinatorial library approaches for measuring and optimizing the effect of substrate chemical functionalization on the structure and performance of polymer thin film …
Macromolecule and Nanoparticle Composition and Architecture — We develop quantitative methods for the analysis of macromolecules having complex architectures and nanoparticles having organic functionalities. Our approaches leverage new concepts in mass …
Mechanics and Adhesion at Complex Interfaces — Our goal is to develop measurement methods that elucidate the mechanical integrity and robustness of the complex materials interfaces inherent to emerging technologies, such as next-generation …
Nanoscale Thermal Properties Project — Our goal is to develop measurement techniques to characterize the changes in thermal transport and thermal transition temperatures in polymeric and hybrid materials induced by nanoscale confinement …
NIST Combinatorial Methods Center (NCMC) —
Our goal is to enable industrial acquisition of combinatorial and high-throughput measurement approaches for polymeric materials research and development. Leveraging a unique “open …
Personal Body Armor — Our goal is to prevent the catastrophic failure of ballistic body armor by developing measurements and predictive models to test and determine the long-term reliability of polymers used in …
Polymer Formulations Project — Our goal is to develop combinatorial and high-throughput measurement approaches for rapid characterization of the structure and phase behavior of multicomponent fluid mixtures, as needed to advance …
Sustainable Polymers — Economic growth, such as that experienced in developed countries over the last century, cannot continue into the next century nor spread to less developed countries unless industries and societies …
