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News and Updates

Getting a closer look at living cells and batteries: a little bit of graphene goes a long way

March 6, 2020

Researchers at NIST have devised a way to eliminate a long-standing problem affecting our understanding of both living cells and batteries. When a solid and an

Opposite sides of a quartz crystal resonator

Universe in the Balance

February 12, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have found a way to link measurements made by a device integral to microchip

STM image of electrons in two coupled quantum dots

What a Pair! Coupled Quantum Dots May Offer a New Way to Store Quantum Information

January 29, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have for the first time created and imaged a novel pair of quantum

What a Switch! NIST-Led Team Develops Tiny Low-Energy Device to Rapidly Reroute Light in Computer Chips

November 14, 2019

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have developed an optical switch that routes light from one

Projects and Programs

Ab initio theoretical modeling for predicting structure and properties in advanced materials

We develop first-principles-based methods for prediction of atomic arrangements and properties in advanced materials and develop tools for the prediction and

Measurements, Standards, and Data for Energy Conversion Materials

The Measurements, Standards, and Data for Energy Conversion Materials Project provides the underpinning measurement science needed to support the development

Sub-nanoscale electron microscopy of complex nanostructures

The aim of this project is to develop robust, quantitative measurement methods utilizing transmission electron microscopy methods for complex, nanostructured

Advanced Materials: Elemental and Chemical Analysis of Microstructured Materials

Electron, ion and photon-based microanalysis methods, instrumentation and protocols are developed to advance measurement science towards the elemental and

Publications

Ultrafast Measurements of Polarization Switching Dynamics on Ferroelectric and Anti- Ferroelectric Hafnium Zirconium Oxide

August 14, 2019

Author(s)

Mengwei Si, Xiao Lyu, Pragya R. Shrestha, Xing Sun, Haiyan Wang, Kin P. Cheung, Peide Ye

The ultrafast measurements of polarization switching dynamics on ferroelectric (FE) and antiferroelectric (AFE) hafnium zirconium oxide (HZO) are studied. The

Materials Science in the AI age: high-throughput library generation, machine learning and a pathway from correlations to the underpinning physics

July 22, 2019

Author(s)

Kamal Choudhary, Aaron G. Kusne, Francesca M. Tavazza, Jason R. Hattrick-Simpers, Rama K. Vasudevan, Apurva Mehta, Ryan Smith, Lukas Vlcek, Sergei V. Kalinin, Maxim Ziatdinov

The use of advanced data analytics, statistical and machine learning approaches (AI) to materials science has experienced a renaissance, driven by advances in

Spontaneous current constriction in threshold switching devices

April 9, 2019

Author(s)

Jonathan M. Goodwill, Georg Ramer, Dasheng Li, Brian D. Hoskins, Georges Pavlidis, Jabez J. McClelland, Andrea Centrone, James A. Bain, Marek Skowronski

Threshold switching devices exhibit extremely non-linear current-voltage characteristics, which are of increasing importance for a number of applications

Apparatus for Characterizing Gas-Phase Chemical Precursor Delivery for Thin Film Deposition Processes

March 26, 2019

Author(s)

James E. Maslar, William A. Kimes, Brent A. Sperling

Thin film vapor deposition processes, e.g., chemical vapor deposition, are widely utilized in high volume manufacturing of electronic and optoelectronic devices

Tools and Instruments

Nanocalorimeter Measurement System

This Nanocalorimeter Measurement System is used for nanocalorimetry measurements at fast heating rates (100 °C/s to 100,000 °C/s) and measurements of samples

Material Analysis Using Neutron Depth Profiling

Light elements such as helium, lithium, boron, and nitrogen are essential constituents in materials that enable energy technologies; lithium ion batteries