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The Chemical Sciences Division supports the characterization of new, diverse, and technological critical materials. The constant evolution of material science
Electron, ion and photon-based microanalysis methods, instrumentation and protocols are developed to advance measurement science towards the elemental and
Advanced experimental and theoretical methods are developed to increase the accuracy and precision of X-ray line energies and information derived from X-ray
Protein drugs are the top selling pharmaceuticals worldwide, a hundred billion dollar industry, but also the fastest growing category of health care costs. The
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) established the Clinical Measurements Quality Assurance Program (ClinQAP) to support the measurement
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) established a Fatty
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) established a Food Nutrition and Safety Measurements Quality Assurance Program (FNSQAP) to support the
This project applies hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) for determining the dynamical structure of therapeutic antibodies, glycoproteins
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) established a Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program (HAMQAP), in part as a
There is always a degree of uncertainty surrounding measurements of polymeric materials, especially complex mixtures with varying distributions in chemistry
The Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) was initiated in 1984 by the National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Prevention and
Overview Capture of carbon dioxide from the air (direct air capture; DAC) combined with energy efficiency and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS)
The Scientific Working Group for the Analysis of Seized Drugs ( SWGDRUG) maintains a database of reference mass spectra, or “molecular fingerprints” of
NIST has developed an integrated measurement services program for forensic and cannabis testing laboratories to help ensure the quality of routine analysis
NIST is collaborating with the DEA and the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany – Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) to develop a web-based forensic drug chemistry
PRIME (Platform for Realizing Integrated Molecule Experiments) aims to establish primary, quantum-based realizations for both the radiometric watt and kelvin
The manufacture of polymeric materials from their raw form into their final useful product occurs under highly non-equilibrium conditions where temperature and
The use of cluster sources such as C 60 and argon gas cluster ion beams (Ar GCIB) allow for the analysis of the subsurface volume. It can also minimize the
Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) employs a pulsed primary ion beam and a time-of-flight mass analyzer for the detection of molecular
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) established a Vitamin