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Material Measurement Laboratory

Projects/Programs

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Chemical Characterization of Nanoparticles

Ongoing

The Chemical Sciences Division is helping to support nanotechnology research being conducted throughout NIST by developing and applying methods for the chemical

Chemical Foundations for a Cannabis Breathalyzer

Ongoing

Founded in 2019, this program was motivated by the rapid decriminalization of recreational and medical cannabis by state governments. This has led to extensive

Photograph of titanium metal crystal with cubic symmetry.

Chemical Metrology for Metals, Ores, and Related Materials

Ongoing

A wide range of industrial sectors and their customers and suppliers are involved directly with NIST in the prioritization and development of certified

Chemical Metrology for Polymers Manufacturing

Ongoing

Chemical metrology for polymers manufacturing is a new area of endeavor for the Chemical Sciences Division. At the outset, efforts have involved mostly

CHiMaD Phase Field Community

Ongoing

CHiMaD Phase Field Website Repository See the live website at pages.nist.gov/chimad-phase-field. In January 2015 a group of phase field

Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell line authentication

Ongoing

The misidentification of cell lines has been a problem in the scientific community for the past 50 years. Methods are now in place to genotype human cell lines

Classification Methods for the NIST Biorepository

Ongoing

We aim to identify chemometric fingerprints using artificial intelligence methods that reflect the temporal and geographic history of seabirds, and by extension

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Climate Science

Ongoing

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is working to advance measurement capabilities needed to study the world’s climates. Climate Science

Clinical Measurements Quality Assurance Program

Ongoing

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) established the Clinical Measurements Quality Assurance Program (ClinQAP) to support the measurement

Cloud of Reproducible Records

Ongoing

An important part of the NIST (National Institute of Science and Technology) MGI (Materials Genome Initiative) effort is to investigate infrastructure and tools

Combating Antibiotic Resistance

Ongoing

A Paradigm Shift in Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance: Measuring the Transition Between Antibiotic Susceptibility and Resistance With the exception of our own

Combinatorial Approaches to Thin Film Nanomaterials

Completed

Our goal is to develop combinatorial library approaches for measuring and optimizing the effect of substrate chemical functionalization on the structure and

Comparative Mammalian Proteome Aggregator Resource (CoMPARe) Program

Ongoing

NIST is developing a portal to enable researchers to mine high-quality proteomic data from phylogenetically diverse species to identify advantageous biological

Comparative Serum Proteomics Project

Ongoing

Initially the Comparative Mammalian Proteome Aggregator Resource (CoMPARe) Program will generate proteomic data from sera from 25 different species that

Comparing the Biological Responses of Photoluminescent Silicon Nanoparticles with Silicon Micron-sized Particles

Ongoing

Photoluminescent silicon nanoparticles have a bright and stable fluorescence and are promising candidates for use in bio-imaging, cell staining and drug

A Comparison of WD-EPMA Heterogeneity Testing Procedures

Ongoing

The heterogeneity of the four elements in a TiAl(NbW) SRM 2061 alloy were determined from five specimens with WD-EPMA (wavelength dispersive – electron probe

Complete Automation and Distribution of Parallel Simulation Tasks

Ongoing

As part of NIST's response to the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI), this project addresses the need for automation for the assembly and distribution of

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Computation Platform for AI/ML

Ongoing

The enki system provides access to research on and use of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Computational Design of Photopolymerized Materials

Ongoing

The Biomaterials Group develops advanced measurement capabilities and measurement assurance strategies for characterizing biomaterials, biological systems, and

Connecting Thermodynamic and Dynamic Properties of Bulk and Confined Fluids

Ongoing

It is well known that the physical properties of a fluid can change profoundly, and often non-trivially, when placed in a confined environment. Only for the

Consistency Analysis and Uncertainty in ‘omic Data

Ongoing

As ‘omics moves into industrial and commercial applications, there is a need for quality and process control to ensure safety and efficacy of products and

Continuing Support of Cement Manufacturing

Ongoing

Cement manufacturers and their customers rely on the NIST Portland cement SRMs for laboratory qualification under ASTM International C 114-07 Standard Test

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Contributions to International Standards on the Properties of Water

Ongoing

Researchers in the Applied Chemicals and Materials Division play a leading role in the development of international standards for the properties of water. This

Controlling Microfluidic Cell Cultures

Ongoing

NIST has taken advantage of recent technological advances to develop polymer microfluidic cell culture systems that provide a level of control over the cellular

Diagram of the CDSAXS method, shows an x-ray beam going through a sample and onto an e-ray detector.

Critical Dimension Small Angle X-Ray Scattering (CDSAXS) for Next Generation in-line Metrology

Ongoing

The semiconductor industry is in need of new, high throughput in-line dimensional metrology methods to characterize next generation 3D nanostructures. The

Advanced communications
-Open Radio Access Network (Open-RAN)
-Quantum communications
-Spectrum sharing
-Wireless (RF)
Bioscience
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-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
-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
-Alternative energy
-Conventional energy
-Electric power / smart grid
-Fuels
Environment
-Air / water / soil quality
-Climate
-Environmental health
-Greenhouse gas measurements
-Marine science
-Sustainability
Fire
-Emergency building evacuation
-Fire detection
-Fire dynamics and science
-Fire fighting
-Fire modeling
-Fire risk reduction
-Materials flammability
-Structural fire resistance
-Wildland urban interface fire
Forensic Science
-Digital evidence
-Drugs and toxicology
-Firearms and toolmarks
-Forensic biometrics
-Forensic genetics
-Trace evidence
Health
-Biopharmaceuticals
-Clinical diagnostics
-Dentistry
-Food and nutrition
-Medical imaging
-Precision medicine
-Regenerative medicine and advanced therapy
Information technology
-Artificial intelligence
--AI measurement and evaluation
--Applied AI
--Fundamental AI
--Hardware for AI
--Machine learning
--Trustworthy and responsible AI
-Biometrics
-Cloud computing and virtualization
-Complex systems
-Computational science
-Conformance testing
-Cyber-physical systems
--Smart cities
-Cybersecurity
--Cryptography
--Cybersecurity education and workforce development
--Cybersecurity measurement
--Identity and access management
--Privacy engineering
--Risk management
--Securing emerging technologies
--Trustworthy networks
--Trustworthy platforms
-Data and informatics
--Human language technology
--Information retrieval
--Natural language processing
-Federal information processing standards (FIPS)
-Health IT
-Internet of Things (IoT)
-Interoperability testing
-Location based services
-Mobile
-Networking
--Mobile and wireless networking
--Network management and monitoring
--Network modeling and analysis
--Network security and robustness
--Network test and measurement
--Next generation networks
--Protocol design and standardization
--Software defined and virtual networks
-Privacy
-Software research
--Software testing
-Usability and human factors
--Accessibility
-Video analytics
-Virtual / augmented reality
-Visualization research
-Voting systems
Infrastructure
Manufacturing
-Additive manufacturing
-Factory communications
-Factory operations planning and control
-Interoperability in manufacturing
-Machining
-Manufacturing economics
-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
-Assessment tools and services
-Baldrige award
-Baldrige examiners
-Baldrige Framework and Criteria
-Best practices
-Leadership development
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
-Calibration services
-Conformity assessment
-Documentary standards
-Frameworks
-Reference data
-Reference instruments
-Reference materials
-Standards education
Transportation
-Aerospace
-Automotive