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Atom Manipulation with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope

Ongoing
Manipulation of single atoms with the scanning tunneling microscope is made possible through the controlled and tunable interaction between the atoms at the end of the STM probe tip and the single atom (adatom) on a surface that is being manipulated. In the STM tunneling junction used for atom

Atom-based Silicon Quantum Electronics

Ongoing
This project is developing atomically precise, atom-based electronic devices for use in quantum information processing and analog quantum simulation. We are developing the fabrication, measurement, and modeling methods needed to realize single atom, spin-based qubits in silicon as an integrated

Atomic Spectroscopy Data Center

Ongoing
The Atomic Spectroscopic Data Center at NIST provides the most comprehensive collection of atomic spectroscopy data in the world. We monitor scientific literature and maintain bibliographic databases of all papers containing spectroscopic data. By evaluating and compiling data on energy levels

Atomic Standard for Pressure

Ongoing
Atomic physicists have calculated the pressure p( n, T) of helium gas as a function of the gas's temperature T and its refractive index at microwave frequencies, n. Near room temperature and 4 MPa, the fractional uncertainties from the calculations, the impurities in helium, state-of-art

Atomic-force microscopy

Ongoing
Atomic-force microscopy enables subnanometer imaging resolution, to extract geometric parameters of reference structures that advance measurement science, and to quantify the accuracy of device design and fabrication for stakeholders. We are advancing two primary atomic-force microscopy systems

Basic Metrology: Applications of Diagnostic X-ray Spectrometers

Ongoing
These have been fielded to help characterize the performance and x-ray spectra from advanced medical x-ray sources, laser-produced plasmas, terawatt pulsed accelerators, electron cyclotron resonance ion sources, electron-beam ion traps, intense ultrafast laser sources, and inverse-Compton

Basic Metrology (Archive): Fit-for-purpose liquid scintillators

Completed
It is now common to use surfactants to entrain aqueous metal salts in organic scintillators. This is crucial for radioactivity measurements because most radionuclides of interest are metals. More, non-metal radionuclides encountered in the environment or in medicine are nearly always in aqueous form

Basic Metrology (Archive): New Standardization of Ra-228

Completed
Radium-228 has a half-life of (5.75 years) and decays by emitting a beta particle. It is a radioactive decay product in the thorium-232 decay series, a very difficult and complex decay chain: 232Th→ 228Ra → 228Ac → 228Th → 224Ra → 220Rn → 216Po → 212Pb → 212Bi → 208Tl → 208Pb(stable); with a sub

Basic Metrology (Archive): New Statistical Analysis Tools

Completed
Several new powerful analysis programs, based on specific requests and evaluations by the RG members, have been developed by the SED collaborators. These tools are now available on the internal NIST web site. It is intended that they will eventually be made available to the general public. The new

Basic Metrology (Archive): Primary Radioactivity Standardization of Ni-63

Completed
Generally, 63Ni has great utility as a low-energy β - calibration standard because of the favorable combination of long half-life (T = 100 a) and β - endpoint energy. Primary standardizations of 63Ni have been actively pursued by national radionuclidic metrology laboratories for over 40 years. As a

Basic Metrology (Archive): Radon Binding to Water-Soluble Cryptophane

Completed
In collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania, a 222Rn emanation sources, similar to the NIST 222Rn emanation standard (SRM 4968, NIST, 1996) was found to have a unique and novel application in a radon-in-water generator for the determination of the binding affinity of radon to a cryptophane

Basic Metrology (Archive): Standardization of Am-243

Completed
The radionuclide 243Am decays by alpha emission and it is the most stable of the americium isotopes however, is not found in nature. It is formed in the nuclear fuel cycle by neutron capture on 242Pu followed by beta decay. It is used as a monitor for radioactive contamination and as a tracer on

Basic Metrology: Comparison of NIST-1 and NIST-3 Standard Ampoules

Ongoing
Exhaustive comparisons of the NIST-1 and NIST-3 ampoules are underway. Ion chamber evaluations have been completed for 99Mo, 133Ba, 241Am, 201Tl, and 67Ga. HPGe gamma-ray spectrometry evaluations have been completed for 99Mo, 133Ba, 241Am, 201Tl, and 67Ga. Many more evaluations are in the design /

Basic Metrology: Dose/Dose-Rate Effects in Alanine Dosimetry

Ongoing
Check standards are used by the NIST Radiation Physics Division to monitor the performance of the alanine dosimetry system which is central to its high-dose transfer dosimetry service. These measurements are performed to confirm the operational readiness of the calibration curve. Deviations from the

Basic Metrology: High-Dose Dosimetry Uncertainty Tables

Ongoing
Gammacell™ Calibration Geometry Dose Rate Uncertainty Source Type A (%) Type B (%) Water Calorimetry in Vertical Beam 0.16 0.51 Gammacell/Pool Source Ratio Data 0.10 Pool/B036 Source Ratio Data 0.17 Geometry Correction Factor 0.11 Field Uniformity 0.01 Source Timer (irrad time > 8min) 0.20 Co-60

Basic Metrology: High-Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy

Ongoing
X-ray sources of interest include Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT), Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source (ECRIS), and laser-produced plasma ion sources, including the new generation of petawatt lasers. In support of these efforts, we also maintain laboratory x-ray sources from 1 keV to 300 keV

Basic Metrology: Neutron Cross Section Standards

Ongoing
Data from a number of NIST collaborations have produced measurements for the standards program. Measurements are underway now at NIST of the 6Li(n,t) and 235U(n,f) cross sections at sub-thermal energy. These will be the first absolute measurements of these cross sections in this energy region. These

Basic Metrology: NIST-3 Standard Ampoules and Automatic Tip Sealing

Ongoing
Report NISTIR 8254 referenced above was intended to document and archive the historical record for the acquisition and testing of standardized ampoules used by the NIST / NBS Radioactivity Group since the 1950s. These ampoules were intended to contain 5 mL of solutions of radionuclides decaying with