Experiment design

News and Updates

NIST Researchers Link Cutting-Edge Gravity Research to Safer Operation of Construction Cranes

February 17, 2022

In the beginning, all that Stephan Schlamminger wanted to do was to write down an equation that would help him obtain a more precise value for G, the

The Case of the Cloudy Filters: Solving the Mystery of the Degrading Sunlight Detectors

March 25, 2021

More than 150 years ago, the Sun blasted Earth with a massive cloud of hot charged particles. This plasma blob generated a magnetic storm on Earth that caused

NIST Publishes a Beginner’s Guide to DNA Origami

January 8, 2021

In a technique known as DNA origami, researchers fold long strands of DNA over and over again to construct a variety of tiny 3D structures, including miniature

Projects and Programs

Autonomous Materials Science

Ongoing

We use autonomous experimentation (the merger of automated synthesis, characterization, AI-driven decision-making) to elucidate the role of composition

Metrology for Real-Time Monitoring of Additive Manufacturing

Ongoing

Part quality in additive manufacturing (AM) is highly variable due to inadequate dimensional tolerances, surface roughness, and defects, thereby limiting its

NIST PS1 Primary Standard for quantitative NMR (Benzoic Acid)

Ongoing

The "first-of-its-kind" in an entirely new class of reference material, NIST PS1 Primary Standard for quantitative NMR (Benzoic Acid) is now available! The PS

Additive Manufacturing Part Qualification

Ongoing

Critical parts for defense, aerospace, and medical applications must be formally qualified prior to use. Currently, extensive empirical testing consisting of

Publications

Robust spin relaxometry with fast adaptive Bayesian estimation

June 15, 2022

Author(s)

Michael Caouette-Mansour, Adrian Solyom, Brandon Ruffolo, Robert D. McMichael, Jack Childress (Sankey), Lilian Childress

Spin relaxometry with nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond offers a spectrally selective, atomically localized, and calibrated measurement of microwave

Flexible Software for Rigorous Simulations of Magnetic Particle Imaging Systems

March 21, 2022

Author(s)

Klaus Natorf Quelhas, Mark-Alexander Henn, Thinh Bui, Hunter Wages, Weston L. Tew, Solomon I. Woods

Modeling of Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) systems allows for developing and testing novel methods for image reconstruction and simulating various setups

Performance Measurement of a Mobile Manipulator-on-a-Cart and Coordinate Registration Methods for Manufacturing Applications

November 18, 2021

Author(s)

Omar Aboul-Enein, Roger V. Bostelman, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Mili Shah

Mobile manipulators, which consist of a robotic manipulator arm on a vehicular base, enable more flexible and dynamic workflows in manufacturing processes by

Voices of First Responders—Nationwide Public Safety Communication Survey Findings: Day to Day Technology, Phase 2, Volume 3

October 15, 2021

Author(s)

Shanee Dawkins, Kerrianne Buchanan, Sandra Spickard Prettyman

The Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN) is being developed to provide a dedicated network for first responders' use during incident response. A

Tools and Instruments

Large Aperture Scanner

The Large Aperture Scanner (LAS) scans a radar transceiver over a 5 meter by 20 meter aperture. Image reconstruction techniques enable a three-dimensional

Awards

Xiao Tang - 2016 Fellow of the American Physical Society

For outstanding contributions in optical technologies and systems, with application to quantum communications, spectrometry, and digital