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Accelerated Weathering Laboratory: Metrology and Technology Transfer

Ongoing

The NIST Accelerated Weathering Laboratory provides researchers with well-quantified accelerated aging environments, using a unique SPHERE (Simulated

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

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

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 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 Metrology

Ongoing

In this project we measure the fundamental electrical properties of materials from bulk to nanoscale from 1 MHz to 0.3 THz. Understanding the interaction of

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

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

Amplifiers

Ongoing

To process quantum information it is important to have amplifiers with wide bandwidth, high dynamic range, and low noise.

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

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

Analytical Transmission Scanning Electron Microscopy

Ongoing

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

ATOMIC ARRANGEMENTS AND STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS

Ongoing

Provide reference materials and data, analysis and structure modeling protocols for the determination and prediction of atomic arrangements to enable innovation

Atomistic Potentials and the Future of Nanomaterials Metrology

Ongoing

As part of NIST's response to the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI), this project provides resources to address some of the challenges to the wider use of

Automotive Lightweighting

Ongoing

Our objective is to support the efforts of the US automotive industry and its suppliers to incorporate advanced lightweight materials for improving fuel economy

Autonomous Materials Science

Ongoing

We use autonomous experimentation (the merger of automated synthesis, characterization, AI-driven decision-making) to elucidate the role of composition

Autonomous Systems for Materials Research and Metrology: Accelerating Discovery and Democratizing Science

Ongoing

We are developing novel machine learning algorithms and incorporating them into closed-loop autonomous systems to accelerate knowledge capture in the lab and in

Bioimaging

Ongoing

Our goal is to develop methods and materials for imaging-based characterization of molecular signatures that occur during cellular proliferation

Biomaterials for Oral Health

Ongoing

Our goal is to enable the development and manufacturing of biomaterials for oral health moving forward in 21st century by providing critical measurement methods

Carbon Capture and Carbon Sequestration

Ongoing

Characterization of 3D Photovoltaics

Completed

Our goal is to provide industry with test structures and models of next-generation photovoltaics, with an initial focus on cadmium telluride (CdTe) and CuInxGa1

Charpy Machine Verification Program

Ongoing

WARNING RELATED TO TESTING SUPER-HIGH ENERGY SPECIMENS The steel currently used by NIST for the production of super-high energy reference Charpy specimens tends

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

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

Concurrent Experiments and Simulations of Zinc Oxide Nanowires

Ongoing

As part of NIST's response to the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI), this project seeks to unite contact-resonance atomic force microscopy and molecular

Confocal Raman Microscopy: A Platform for Mapping Stress in Materials

Ongoing

Researchers in the Nanomechanical Properties Group, Materials Measurement Science Division, MML have applied high spatial resolution, confocal Raman and

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