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Physical Measurement Laboratory

Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division

Projects/Programs

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A micromechanical bulk acoustic resonator that uses phononic crystal tethers to achieve a quality factor approaching the fundamental dissipation limit (fxQ can be as large as 1.2 x 1013 Hz)

Micro- and Nanoelectromechanical Systems

Completed
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are integrated devices with critical applications in sensing, timing, signal processing, and biomedical diagnostics, and

Micro- and nano-optomechanical systems

Ongoing
Light can interact with mechanical systems in interesting and useful ways, not only probing the mechanical motion with spectacular sensitivity, but also driving
molecular physiology illustration

Molecular Physiology

Ongoing
The natural world is a magnificent place with observable, via measurement and inference, physical structures spanning at least 43 orders of magnitude in space
pumpless body cube with four tissues

Multi-Organ Microphysiological Systems

Ongoing
Ninety percent of clinical trials fail because new drugs are often not effective or turn out to be more toxic than estimated with data from animal trials. We
Talin_fig_1

Nanostructures for Energy Conversion

Completed
Electrochemical systems containing nanostructured materials are increasingly being incorporated into devices for efficiently harvesting, storing, and converting
Optofluidic chip

Optofluidic Cytometry

Ongoing
This NIST-wide collaborative project aims to improve biotechnology and medical diagnostics by increasing the resolution and precision of measurements of cells
focused ion beam machining graphs

Photon Drag in Metal Films

Ongoing
We explore the physics of the transfer of photon momentum to free electrons in thin metal films, including unexpected phenomena such as the counterintuitve sign
JMONSEL simulation

Scanning-electron microscopy

Ongoing
Scanning-electron microscopy is a primary method of measuring nanostructure dimensions. The Nanostructure Fabrication and Measurement Group advances measurement
golden aspect ratio illustration

Sensing, Transport, and Simulation

Ongoing
The transport of particles through a region of space acquires an imprint of local information that enables sensing, such as detecting the presence of a
nanopore event

Single-molecule biosensors

Ongoing
Nanopores offer the potential to study a wide range of protein-related phenomena that includes unfolding kinetics, differences in unfolding pathways, protein
Prototype standard for super-resolution optical microscopy

Super-resolution optical microscopy

Ongoing
Super-resolution optical microscopy extends deep into the nanometer scale with high throughput. The Nanostructure Fabrication and Measurement Group is improving
The excellent agreement of measured and simulated TSOM images allow for more reliable quantitative results

Three-Dimensional Nanometer Metrology

Ongoing
We use physics theories to understand and simulate the interaction of electrons, light, and mechanical probes with nanometer-scale structures, devices and