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Material Measurement Laboratory

Projects/Programs

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Electron-Solid Interactions

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

Energy Storage & Delivery

Completed
The goal of the project is to develop measurement methods to characterize the nanoscale structure and dynamics of polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs) to enable
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Environmental Metabolomics

Ongoing
The metabolomics program at NIST is a collaboration between multiple institutions located at the Hollings Marine Laboratory (HML) in Charleston, SC. This
Harnessing EUV capabilities for non-destructive metrology

EUV Scatterometry

Ongoing
The state of the art for measurement and inspection of the smallest printed features on an integrated circuits (IC) chip is a combination of electron scanning
Ammunition metal box with explosives sticker.

Explosives Decomposition Chemistry

Completed
High-energy materials are commonly used as military explosives and as advanced propellants. The detailed chemical reactions responsible for detonation
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Extreme Atom Probe Tomography

Ongoing
NIST is engaged in a joint effort between the Material Measurement Laboratory (MML) and the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) aimed at revolutionizing 3D

Fatigue in Silicon

Ongoing
Our objective is to evaluate mechanisms of fatigue in bulk silicon, a material that has been traditionally considered to be immune to degradation of mechanical

Fingerprint Chemistry

Ongoing
The goal of this focus area is to leverage the wealth of chemical information present in fingerprint deposits for novel forensic applications. This includes

FiPy

Ongoing
FiPy is an open software framework, designed to facilitate sharing of simulation codes for microstructural evolution in support of the Materials Genome

Fire Debris and Explosives

Ongoing
The goal of this focus area is to enhance the measurement science capabilities and address measurement science challenges present in the analysis of fire debris