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Magnetodynamics and Spin Electronics
Last Updated Date: 05/13/2013 The Magnetics Group's program in magnetodynamics and spin electronics develops new measurement techniques to characterize the high frequency … more
MEMS Measurement Science and Standards
Last Updated Date: 05/09/2013 Our goal is to provide technical leadership in R&D for the MEMS measurement infrastructure essential to improving U.S. economic … more
Measuring Topological Insulator Surface State Properties
Last Updated Date: 04/26/2013 The transmission of information in today’s electronics requires the movement of electrical charge, which expends energy and generates … more
Optical Spectroscopy of Nanostructures
Last Updated Date: 04/15/2013 Understanding the underlying chemistry and physics of nanomaterials, including noble and transition metallic nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, and … more
CMOS Device and Reliability
Last Updated Date: 04/11/2013 The CMOS Device and Reliability Project will develop advanced metrology tools to enable high performance CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide … more
Quantum Frequency Conversion of Single Photons
Last Updated Date: 04/11/2013 Optical frequency conversion, in which the color of light is changed, is a process that has numerous applications in physics and technology. For … more
Measuring Light-Matter Interactions in Chip-Based Optical Cavities
Last Updated Date: 04/11/2013 Measuring interactions between light and matter has both fundamental and practical importance. For example, lasers have had a profound influence … more
Nanoelectronic Device Metrology
Last Updated Date: 04/09/2013 The Nanoelectronic Device Metrology (NEDM) project is developing the measurement science infrastructure that will enable emerging … more
Theory of Transport in Graphene
Last Updated Date: 03/21/2013 Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms, is one of the most likely materials to produce the next breakthrough in the electronics … more
Analytical Transmission Scanning Electron Microscopy
Last Updated Date: 12/07/2012 This project develops low-energy transmission electron diffraction, imaging, and spectroscopy in the scanning electron microscope, to enable … more
Dimensional Metrology for Nanofabrication
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 Our goal is to develop measurements that quantify the shape, size, orientation, and fidelity of nanoscale patterns as a platform to quantitatively … more
Mitigation of Systematic Errors in EFTEM Spectral Imaging via Median Filtering
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 A method has been developed for the removal from CCD images of point blemishes (PBs) ubiquitous in the acquisition of energy-filtered transmission … more
Coupling Nanowire Chemisresistors with MEMS Microhotplate Gas Sensing Platforms
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Recent advances in nanotechnology have yielded materials and structures that offer great potential for improving the sensitivity, selectivity, … more
Analysis of Copper Incorporation Into Zinc Oxide Nanowires
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 ZnO nanowires (NWs) are grown on bulk copper by chemical vapor deposition. Photoluminescence (PL) microscopy revealed band gap emission at 380 nm … more
Nanocalorimetry
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 Nanocalorimetry using micromachined devices has the capability to provide quantitative data to support the development of advanced metal silicide … more |
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