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Material Measurement Laboratory

Projects/Programs

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Topic Area

Accurate Calibration of Atomic Force Microscope Cantilever Spring Constants using Laser Doppler Vibrometry

Ongoing

The application of atomic force microscopy to go beyond topographic imaging and accurately measure nanomechanical properties of materials often depends on being

Activated Carbon and FGD Gypsum Standard Reference Materials

Ongoing

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

Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics

Ongoing

The NIST program seeks to facilitate the commercialization of the ceramics additive manufacturing via the concurrent development of: New measurement approaches

EBSD grain orientation map for additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V showing elongated prior-Beta grain morphology in the build direction (vertical in this image)"

Additive Manufacturing Fatigue and Fracture

Ongoing

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

Ongoing

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

Ongoing

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

Completed

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 Fluid Characterization - Laboratory Information Management System

Ongoing

The Fluid Characterization Group is developing the advanced fluid characterization laboratory information management system (AFC-LIMS) to support several

Advanced IC Interconnects - Process Metrology and Models

Ongoing

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

Advanced Materials Characterization

Ongoing

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

Advanced Materials Design: Electronic and Functional Applications

Ongoing

Using atomistic-level calculations (density functional theory and classical molecular dynamics), this project aims at increasing our knowledge of electronic and

Advanced Materials Design: Structural Applications

Ongoing

An integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) approach is employed to link experimental and computational models across a variety of time and length

Advanced Materials: Elemental and Chemical Analysis of Microstructured Materials

Ongoing

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

Ongoing

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

Ongoing

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

Ongoing

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 (2DCOS)

Ongoing

We have advanced a spectral analysis method to characterize overlapping spectral data based on two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2DCOS). Using advanced

Ambient and Atmospheric Pressure Mass Spectrometry

Ongoing

Ambient and atmospheric pressure mass spectrometry platforms provide sample collection, transport, and ionization for vapor, aerosol, and liquid samples

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

Ongoing

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

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

Material Measurement Laboratory

Projects/Programs

Accurate Calibration of Atomic Force Microscope Cantilever Spring Constants using Laser Doppler Vibrometry

Activated Carbon and FGD Gypsum Standard Reference Materials

Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics

Additive Manufacturing Fatigue and Fracture

Additive Manufacturing and Inkjet Printing

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

Advanced Composites Pilot for the Materials Genome Initiative

Advanced Fluid Characterization - Laboratory Information Management System

Advanced IC Interconnects - Process Metrology and Models

Advanced Materials Characterization

Advanced Materials Design: Electronic and Functional Applications

Advanced Materials Design: Structural Applications

Advanced Materials: Elemental and Chemical Analysis of Microstructured Materials

Advanced Materials: X-ray Science for Standards and Analysis

Advanced Mechanical Characterization of Mesoscale Materials

Advanced Microscopy for Trace and Bulk Particle Characterization

Advanced Spectral Analysis: Two-Dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy (2DCOS)

Ambient and Atmospheric Pressure Mass Spectrometry

Analysis of Copper Incorporation Into Zinc Oxide Nanowires

Analysis and Modeling of Atmospheric Particles to Assess Effects on Climate

Analytical Transmission Scanning Electron Microscopy

Artificial Intelligence for Chemical Manufacturing

ASM Structural Materials Data Demonstration Project

Assessing the Environmental, Health and Safety Impact of Nanoparticles

Assessing the Internal Structure and Composition of Climatically-Relevant Atmospheric Particles

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-Biomaterials
-Cell biology
-Engineering / synthetic biology
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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
-Energy efficiency
-Heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment
-Indoor air quality
-Structural engineering
-Thermal comfort
Chemistry
-Analytical chemistry
-Chemical engineering and processing
-Chemical thermodynamics and chemical properties
-Molecular characterization
-Theoretical chemistry and modeling
-Thermochemical properties
Electronics
-Electromagnetics
-Flexible electronics
-Magnetoelectronics
-Optoelectronics
-Organic electronics
-Semiconductors
-Sensors
-Superconducting electronics
Energy
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Environment
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Fire
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Health
-Biopharmaceuticals
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Information technology
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--AI measurement and evaluation
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Infrastructure
Manufacturing
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-Interoperability in manufacturing
-Machining
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-Manufacturing systems design and analysis
-Monitoring, diagnostics and prognostics
-Process improvement
-Process measurement and control
-Product data
-Quality assurance
-Robotics in manufacturing
--Agility and adaptability
--Collaborative robots
--Dexterous grasping
--Manipulation
--Mobility and industrial autonomous vehicles
--Navigation / actuation / control
--Sensing and perception
-Supply chain
-Sustainable manufacturing
-Systems engineering
-Systems integration
-Technology commercialization
Materials
-Ceramics
-Composites
-Concrete / cement
-Materials characterization
--Composition and structure
--Mechanical properties
--Thermal properties
-Metals
-Modeling and computational material science
-Polymers
-Superconductors
Mathematics and statistics
-Experiment design
-Image and signal processing
-Modeling and simulation research
-Numerical methods and software
-Statistical analysis
-Uncertainty quantification
Metrology
-Amount of substance
-Dimensional metrology
-Electrical / electromagnetic metrology
-Flow metrology and rheology
-Force metrology
-Humidity metrology
-Ionizing radiation metrology
-Mass metrology
-Metric
-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
-Nanomagnetics
-Nanomaterials
-Nanomechanics
-Nanometrology
-Nanophotonics
-Nanophysics
-Nanoplasmonics
Neutron research
Performance excellence
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Physics
-Atomic / molecular / quantum
-Biological physics
-Condensed matter
-Electron physics
-Magnetics
-Nuclear physics
-Optical physics and communications
-Quantum information science
-Radiation
-Spectroscopy
-Thermodynamics
-Time and frequency
Public safety
-Chemical / Biological / Radiological / Nuclear / Explosives (CBRNE)
-First responder preparedness
-Law enforcement
-Public safety communications research
-Response robots
Resilience
-Community resilience
-Disaster and failure studies
-Earthquake risk reduction
-Resilience economics
-Resilient materials
-Windstorm impact reduction
Standards
-Accreditation
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Transportation
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