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Atom Manipulation with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope
Last Updated Date: 04/26/2013 At the heart of nanotechnology is the need to create nanostructures, which are material structures whose dimensions are in the nanometer scale. … 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
Microfluidic Synthesis of Nanoparticles
Last Updated Date: 04/16/2013 Liposomes are nanometer-sized spherical vesicles made of phospholipids similar to those found in cell membranes of living organisms. Traditional … more
Fluctuations and Nanoscale Control Software
Last Updated Date: 04/14/2013 MATLAB Software [1-2] developed and referenced within Fluctuations and Nanoscale Control projects are available for download from this page. If you … more
Structure, Defects, and Scattering in Graphene
Last Updated Date: 04/10/2013 Since its discovery, graphene, a single atomic sheet of carbon atoms, has become a leading contender to be a key building-block material for … 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
Nanoparticle Measurements and Standards for Biomedical Applications and Health
Last Updated Date: 03/15/2013 Our goal is to develop certified reference materials, standard test methods, measurements, and critical data for the physicochemical … more
DNA Origami for Precise Manufacturing of Nanoscale Structures
Last Updated Date: 01/02/2013 Over the past decade nanoscale science has produced varied and fascinating nanostructures with an extraordinary range of interesting and useful … more
Real-Time Tracking and Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Individual Nanoparticles
Last Updated Date: 12/26/2012 The behavior and properties of macroscale objects are stable and predictable because they are the result of the average behavior of very large … more
3D Tissue Scaffolds
Last Updated Date: 12/12/2012 Our goal is to develop advanced measurement tools and standards for measuring polymer scaffold properties and their impact on biological … 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
Surface Characterization of Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles
Last Updated Date: 11/16/2012 This work examines the surface chemistry of conjugated gold nanoparticles, where the molecular modifiers are linked to the gold NP via a … more
Chemical Characterization of Nanoparticles
Last Updated Date: 11/16/2012 The Chemical Sciences Division is helping to support nanotechnology research being conducted throughout NIST by developing and applying methods … more
NIST SRM for Reproducible Analyses of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Last Updated Date: 10/16/2012 Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are one of the first major nanoscale manufactured products to enter the market. Therefore, reliable and reproducible … more
Thin Film X-Ray Reflectometry
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 Our goal is to develop Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) and quantitative, reproducible X-ray reflectometry (XRR) data analysis methods to … more |
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