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Material Measurement Laboratory

Materials Science and Engineering Division

Projects/Programs

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Schematic of approach to clean water membranes

Membranes for Clean Water

Completed
This project provides measurement solutions that probe the surface and internal structure of polymer membranes used in water purification, and correlate that
Photo of the magnetic moment and susceptibility SRMs - platinum cylinder, YIG sphere, Ni sphere, and Ni disk.

Metrology of Magnetic Materials

Ongoing
Our aim is to develop the metrology for quantitative measurements of magnetic properties, including properties and property distributions in multilayer systems

Metrology for Nanoimprint Lithography

Completed
Our goal is to develop, advance, and demonstrate measurements that facilitate Nanoimprint Lithography (NIL) as a viable technology for the patterning of robust
CDSAXS instrument

Metrology for Nanolithography

Ongoing
Our goal is to develop measurements that quantify the shape, size, orientation, and fidelity of nanoscale patterns as a platform to quantitatively evaluate

Micro-rheometry

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

Microscopy Methods

Completed
This project is developing means of quantitatively measuring chemical distributions in three dimensions at the nanometer scale in materials with complex
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Multiscale MD-FEM Methodology

Completed
MSED is developing methods to statically couple finite element modeling (FEM) to atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) 1. Compared to non-hybrid approaches, this

Nanoparticle Assembly in Complex Fluids

Completed
Develop measurement methods that quantify the interdependent stability, transport, and redox properties of nanomaterials in biophysical multicomponent complex

Nanoscale Thermal Properties

Completed
Our goal is to develop measurement techniques to characterize the changes in thermal transport and thermal transition temperatures in polymeric and hybrid

Nanotube Metrology

Completed
Nanotube metrology improvement is a significant effort in the Particles, Tubes and Colloids project dedicated to improving the measurement methods for, and

Particles, Tubes, and Colloids

Ongoing
The goal of the Particles, Tubes and Colloids (PTC) project is to develop measurement methods and technologies to enable and improve commerce of dispersed

Personal Body Armor

Completed
Our goal is to prevent the catastrophic failure of ballistic body armor by developing measurements and predictive models to test and determine the long-term

Physical Infrastructure: Connections

Completed
Using a complementary approach of experimental measurements and detailed finite element analysis, we will develop more realistic yet computationally efficient

Polymer Analytics

Ongoing
The Polymer Analytics project was established with the goal of accelerating the discovery of new polymer physics through the development of datasets, methods
Composite Interphase

Polymer Composites

Ongoing
The purpose of this project is to quantify the role that the fiber-matrix interphase plays in initiating and propagating damage in polymer matrix composites

Polymer Formulations

Completed
Our goal is to develop combinatorial and high-throughput measurement approaches for rapid characterization of the structure and phase behavior of multicomponent
High Impact Ballistic Testing of Polymer Films

Polymer Mechanics

Ongoing
Polymers play a central role in high rate impact mitigation applications ranging from helmets, to body armor, to aircraft and spacecraft protective coatings. A
Schematic of selective transport of water, ions, or molecules across a polymer membrane.

Polymer Membranes

Ongoing
Membranes and sorbents are key to the nation’s water and energy security. Polymer-based membranes already play a significant role in fields such as water