Projects/Programs

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NIST Tools for Cannabis Laboratory Quality Assurance

NIST is developing an integrated measurement services program for Cannabis to ensure the quality of routine analysis in forensic laboratories, third party

Plastic Pollution Measurement Science

While plastics have yielded immense benefits to society, discarded plastics or plastic pollution has become a pervasive highly visible problem especially in the

Micro-rheometry

Our goal is to develop and promote the adoption of small-volume rheological methods for complex fluids including bio-fluids, suspensions and polymers, where

Measurement Science of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards & Technology are creating reference materials and data resources to address the per- and polyfluoroalkyl

Lead-Free Surface Finishes for Electronic Components: Tin Whisker Growth

This project will provide data and materials measurements necessary to improve the reliability of solder interconnects degraded by the switch to lead-free

Thermodynamic & Kinetic Data for Sustainable Energy

Industry needs thermodynamic and kinetic data for the development of new materials for sustainable energy applications; expanded and new databases are needed

Activated Carbon and FGD Gypsum Standard Reference Materials

New Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) consisting of activated carbon sorbent materials and flue gas desulfurization (FGD) gypsum are being developed to

Additive Manufacturing Fatigue and Fracture

This project aims to enable use of metal additive manufacturing (AM) in fatigue and fracture critical applications via two main thrusts: Develop appropriate

Additive Manufacturing and Inkjet Printing

Additive Manufacturing (AM), the building of 3D objects through layer-by-layer deposition of metal, polymer, or biological materials offers enormous potential

Advanced Ambient Mass Spectrometry, Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry and Ion Mobility Spectrometry

The Surface and Trace Chemical Analysis Group (STCAG) conducts both applied and fundamental research into the development, characterization, and analysis of

Advanced Composites Pilot for the Materials Genome Initiative

The development of new materials for diverse applications relating to the development of new energy sources, more efficient homes, autos, and aircraft, and the

Advanced IC Interconnects - Process Metrology and Models

The objective for Advanced IC Interconnects is to provide measurement standards and advanced measurement methods supporting metrology needs of the semiconductor

Advanced Materials Characterization

The Chemical Sciences Division supports the characterization of new, diverse, and technological critical materials. The constant evolution of material science

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

Advanced Materials: X-ray Science for Standards and Analysis

Advanced experimental and theoretical methods are developed to increase the accuracy and precision of X-ray line energies and information derived from X-ray

Cross section of a SAC solder joint in a BGA, with sketches of potential micro specimens

Advanced Mechanical Characterization of Mesoscale Materials

Conventional mechanical test methods face limitations when specimens are smaller than a few millimeters in length, but information at this scale is needed for

Advanced Microscopy for Trace and Bulk Particle Characterization

Advanced microscopy and spectroscopy techniques are used in this project to study the chemical and physical properties of particles contained in complex

Advanced Spectral Analysis: Two-Dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy

We have developed an approach to characterize overlapping spectral data based on two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2DCOS). Using advanced 2DCOS, we

Advanced Therapies Laboratory Programs

The NIST Advanced Therapy laboratory programs are focused on developing innovative measurement assurance solutions and technologies to accelerate translation

Analysis of Copper Incorporation Into Zinc Oxide Nanowires

ZnO nanowires (NWs) are grown on bulk copper by chemical vapor deposition. Photoluminescence (PL) microscopy revealed band gap emission at 380 nm and a more

Analysis and Modeling of Atmospheric Particles to Assess Effects on Climate

Atmospheric aerosol particles often have compositions and shapes that cannot be described as a single material phase within a simplified geometric form such as

$Four examples of Transmission electron diffraction patterns obtained in a scanning electron microscope.$

Analytical Transmission Scanning Electron Microscopy

This project develops STEM-in-SEM methods or low-energy transmission electron diffraction, imaging, and spectroscopy in the scanning electron microscope, to

Artificial Intelligence for Chemical Manufacturing

NIST uses AI for high-throughput data evaluation, which is critical to the chemical manufacturing enterprise.

ASM Structural Materials Data Demonstration Project

The ASM Structural Materials Data Demonstration Project SMDDP) is a cooperative research project with the NIST Materials Measurement Laboratory (MML) that is

Assessing the Environmental, Health and Safety Impact of Nanoparticles

Due to their small size, nanoparticles can enter living organisms in previously unforeseen ways and their immense surface area results in higher reactivity

Advanced communications
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Bioscience
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-Glycomics
-Metabolomics
-Microbial measurements
-Proteomics
Buildings and Construction
-Building codes and standards
-Building control systems
-Building damage and repair
-Building economics
-Building materials
-Heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment
-Indoor air quality
-Resilient buildings
-Structural engineering
-Sustainable buildings
Chemistry
-Analytical chemistry
-Chemical engineering and processing
-Chemical thermodynamics and chemical properties
-Molecular characterization
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Electronics
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Energy
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Environment
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Fire
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Forensic Science
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Health
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Information technology
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--Smart cities
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--Configuration and vulnerability management
--Cryptography
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-Data and informatics
--Human language technology
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-Data enry
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-Internet of Things (IoT)
-Interoperability testing
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--Mobile and wireless networking
--Network management and monitoring
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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
--Collaborative robots
--Dexterous grasping
--Industrial autonomous vehicles
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--Navigation / actuation / control
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-Supply chain
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Materials
-Ceramics
-Composites
-Concrete / cement
-Materials characterization
--Composition and structure
--Magnetic properties
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--Thermal properties
-Metals
-Modeling and computational material science
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Mathematics and Statistics
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-Image and signal processing
-Mathematical knowledge management
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-Numerical methods and software
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Metrology
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-Amount of substance
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-Weights and measures
Nanotechnology
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--Lithography
--Self-assembly
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Neutron research
Performance excellence
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Physics
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Public safety
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-Response robots
--Aerial
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--Ground
Resilience
-Community resilience
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-Resilient materials
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Standards
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Transportation
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