Characterization and Measurement Group

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 …

• Ballistic Fibers: A Review of the Thermal, Ultraviolet, and Hydrolytic Stability of the Benzoxazole Ring Structure
• Raman Spectroscopic Moinitoring of Droplet Polymerization in a Microfluidic Device
• A Buckling-Based Metrology for Measuring the Elastic Moduli of Polymeric Thin Films