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Taking Measure

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Paul Blanchard

Paul Blanchard started his NIST career as an undergraduate research assistant in 2005. After graduating with a B.S. in engineering physics from the Colorado School of Mines, Paul began working for NIST’s Applied Physics Division full time. When he’s not taking things apart atom-by-atom, he might be found in his home music studio writing songs that are never quite finished.

Developing the APTitude to Design New Materials, Atom-by-Atom

January 12, 2017

Cars, buildings, computer chips, you and me and the air we breathe, everything is made of atoms. We learn this in elementary school, because, well, it’s an

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