Projects/Programs

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Advanced electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy for structural characterization of bionanomaterials for bioscience and biotechnology

Ongoing

Recent advances in nanofabrication and nanobiotechnology rely on biomacromolecules. In biotechnology, biomacromolecules at nanometer length scales are either

Advanced Metrology to Enable Next Generation EUV Photoresists

Ongoing

The semiconductor industry continues to push for smaller features, more integration, and increased yield. New photoresist chemistries and advances in extreme

Atomic-force microscopy

Ongoing

Atomic-force microscopy is a reference method for traceable and correlative measurements of nanostructures. The Nanostructure Fabrication and Measurement Group

Bioelectronic Sensors for Tissue/Organ-on-a-Chip Systems

Ongoing

The use of tissue/organ-on-a-chip systems is limited to endpoint and destructive measurements. Integration of electronic elements in these systems have proven

Biomolecular assembly

Ongoing

Biomolecular assembly allows the integration of nanoscale components into functional nanostructures. The Nanostructure Fabrication and Measurement Group

Computational Scanning Electron Microscopy

Ongoing

To advance the development of nanometer-scale devices and systems, there is a need to image and characterize nanostructured materials very precisely and

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Control of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Nanoscale Manipulation of Fluids and Materials (Archived)

Completed

Scientists and engineers currently have a growing library of synthetic microscale and nanoscale swimmers which affect the hydrodynamics of their surroundings in

Directed Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers (Archived)

Completed

One of the major obstacles to incorporating nanotechnology into everyday products is the difficulty of making nanoscale structures inexpensively over large

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DNA Origami for Precise Manufacturing of Nanoscale Structures

Completed

Over the past decade nanoscale science has produced varied and fascinating nanostructures with an extraordinary range of interesting and useful properties. In

Dynamic Nanoflow Metrology

Ongoing

Current work, within the NIST on a Chip Program, includes developing microfluidic systems that improve the accuracy of flow measurements, which are fundamental

Efficient Optical Spectroscopy of Single Solid-State Quantum Emitters

Ongoing

Devices such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and lasers are typically based upon the accumulated emission from a large number of gas phase atoms, ions in solids

Electro-acoustic Metrology of Piezoelectric Materials for Wireless Communications

Ongoing

Microwave acoustic resonators are widely used to filter signals on multiple frequency bands for mobile communications. To predict filter performance, industry

Electroacoustic Wave-Based Flow Sensors

Ongoing

Applications such as single cell measurements of protein content (e.g., antibodies, surface markers), low analyte concentration (e.g., biomarkers), and

Electron-beam lithography

Ongoing

Electron-beam lithography enables fine control of nanostructure features that form the basis of diverse nanotechnologies. The Nanostructure Fabrication and

Electronic Biophysical Measurements

Ongoing

Chipscale electronic devices such as field-effect transistors (FETs) are being developed for biochemical applications ranging from clinical diagnostics to

Electron-Solid Interactions

Ongoing

Fundamental understanding of electron-solid interactions is key to interpreting electron microscopy images for quantitative metrology. Scanning electron

A high-finesse Fabry-Perot interferometer

Fabry-Perot Displacement Interferometry

Ongoing

High-resolution Fabry-Perot interferometry is being developed and employed for demanding applications in mechanical displacement metrology.

Fluctuations and Nanoscale Control (Archived)

Completed

The behavior and properties of macroscale objects are stable and predictable because they are the result of the average behavior of very large numbers of atoms

Fluctuations and Nanoscale Control Software (Archived)

Completed

MATLAB Software [1-2] developed and referenced within Fluctuations and Nanoscale Control projects are available for download from this page. If you use this

Focused-ion-beam machining

Ongoing

Focused-ion-beam machining is a powerful method to directly form complex nanostructures. The Nanostructure Fabrication and Measurement Group develops novel

Frequency Conversion Interfaces for Photonic Quantum Systems

Ongoing

Optical frequency conversion, in which the color of light is changed, is a process that has numerous applications in physics and technology. For example, green

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Gene Delivery Particle Analysis with High-Throughput Light Scattering Microscopy

Ongoing

Manipulating the Position and Orientation of Nanoparticles using Feedback Control (Archived)

To advance the development of miniaturized systems, there is a need to place nanostructured materials in very precise locations. Only then can practical

Mapping of Thermal Properties at the Nanoscale

Ongoing

Precise measurements of thermal properties at the nanoscale are needed to engineer advanced and heterogeneously integrated devices, but measurements at this

Measuring Light-Matter Interactions in Chip-Based Optical Cavities

Ongoing

Measuring interactions between light and matter has both fundamental and practical importance. For example, lasers have had a profound influence on science and

Advanced communications
-Open Radio Access Network (Open-RAN)
-Quantum communications
-Spectrum sharing
-Wireless (RF)
Bioscience
-Bioinformatics
-Biomanufacturing
-Biomaterials
-Cell biology
-Engineering / synthetic biology
-Genomics
-Glycomics
-Metabolomics
-Microbial measurements
-Proteomics
Buildings and Construction
-Building codes and standards
-Building control systems
-Building damage and repair
-Building economics
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Chemistry
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Electronics
-Electromagnetics
-Flexible electronics
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-Superconducting electronics
Energy
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Environment
-Air / water / soil quality
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Fire
-Emergency building evacuation
-Fire detection
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-Fire fighting
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-Materials flammability
-Structural fire resistance
-Wildland urban interface fire
Forensic Science
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Health
-Biopharmaceuticals
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Information technology
-Artificial intelligence
--AI measurement and evaluation
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--Machine learning
--Trustworthy and responsible AI
-Biometrics
-Cloud computing and virtualization
-Complex systems
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--Smart cities
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--Cryptography
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--Trustworthy networks
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-Data and informatics
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--Mobile and wireless networking
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Infrastructure
Manufacturing
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-Process improvement
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-Product data
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-Robotics in manufacturing
--Agility and adaptability
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Materials
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--Composition and structure
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Mathematics and statistics
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-Image and signal processing
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-Uncertainty quantification
Metrology
-Amount of substance
-Dimensional metrology
-Electrical / electromagnetic metrology
-Flow metrology and rheology
-Force metrology
-Humidity metrology
-Ionizing radiation metrology
-Mass metrology
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-Optical / photometry / laser metrology
-Pressure and vacuum metrology
-Thermometry metrology
-Time and frequency metrology
-Weights and measures
Nanotechnology
-Nanobiotechnology
-Nanochemistry
-Nanoelectronics
-Nanofabrication / manufacturing
--Lithography
--Self-assembly
-Nanofluidics
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-Nanophotonics
-Nanophysics
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Neutron research
Performance excellence
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Physics
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-Condensed matter
-Electron physics
-Magnetics
-Nuclear physics
-Optical physics and communications
-Quantum information science
-Radiation
-Spectroscopy
-Thermodynamics
-Time and frequency
Public safety
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-Response robots
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-Community resilience
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