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Micro-rheometry
Last Updated Date: 01/23/2012 Our goal is to develop and promote the adoption of small-volume rheological methods for complex fluids including bio-fluids, suspensions and … more
Chemical/Biochemical Microsensor Science
Last Updated Date: 12/29/2011 The Process Sensing Group at NIST is investigating a range of fundamental and technological issues related to next-generation chemical and … more
Nanocalorimetry
Last Updated Date: 12/29/2011 Nanocalorimetry using micromachined devices has the capability to provide quantitative data to support the development of advanced metal silicide … more
Surface Characterization of Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles
Last Updated Date: 12/29/2011 This work examines the surface chemistry of conjugated gold nanoparticles, where the molecular modifiers are linked to the gold NP via a … more
COMPLETED: Macromolecule and Nanoparticle Composition and Architecture
Last Updated Date: 12/21/2011 We develop quantitative methods for the analysis of macromolecules having complex architectures and nanoparticles having organic functionalities. … more
Advanced Magnetic and Quantum Materials
Last Updated Date: 12/15/2011 Quantum coherent materials have become important in magnetic sensors as well as information processing technology. For magnetic sensors, … more
Electronics-Based Bio-Sensing, Single Molecule Metrology, and Membrane Protein Structure-Function
Last Updated Date: 12/15/2011 Nearly 14 years ago, we demonstrated that a single nanopore could be used to electrically detect individual molecules of single-stranded RNA and … more
Nanometer Scale Dimensional Metrology
Last Updated Date: 12/15/2011 Nanometer scale metrology for instrument calibration applications such as atomic force microscopy or scanning electron microscope calibrations … more
Membranes for Clean Water
Last Updated Date: 12/13/2011 The goal of this project is to develop quantitative measurement methods for determining the structure, dynamics, and mechanical properties of … more
Nanoscale Strength Measurements and Standards
Last Updated Date: 12/09/2011 To develop new mechanical test structures and methodologies based on microelectromechanical and nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS) … more
Nanoscale Stress Measurements and Standards
Last Updated Date: 11/17/2011 Our objective is to develop accurate measurement methods for the nanoscale stress distributions and surface defects that control device … more
Scanning Probe Microscopy Measurements and Standards
Last Updated Date: 11/17/2011 Our goal is to develop standard reference materials and quantitative, reproducible, measurement methods and protocols for scanning probe … more
Semiconductor Metrology for Energy Conversion
Last Updated Date: 11/07/2011 Optical Materials Metrology 21st century optoelectronics emphasizes energy technologies, and modern security issues have heightened needs for … more
Nanostructure Fabrication and Metrology
Last Updated Date: 11/07/2011 Single photons are the fundamental particles for all optical measurements. Single photon detectors made from avalanche photodiodes or … more
AFM-Based Nanomechanics
Last Updated Date: 11/04/2011 Our goal is to provide tools for nanotechnology research and development that rapidly and nondestructively map the nanoscale mechanical properties … more |
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