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Supply chain and manufacturing resilience are at the forefront of U.S. economic security, as indicated by relevant House and Senate bills issued in 2020 and
NIST is working with DHS S&T and industry to research and develop novel approaches to DDoS detection and mitigation, techniques to test and measure the
The Advanced Dimensional Measurement Systems (ADMS) project provides the measurement science and infrastructure needed by industry to adopt new dimensional
Recent advances in nanofabrication and nanobiotechnology rely on biomacromolecules. In biotechnology, biomacromolecules at nanometer length scales are either
The Fire Research Division develops and maintains a set of computational tools to analyze fire behavior. These tools include the Consolidated Fire and Smoke
The Fluid Characterization Group is developing the advanced fluid characterization laboratory information management system (AFC-LIMS) to support several
There is high motivation in industry to replace the widely used brominated fire retardants (and their antimony synergist). In order to aid in the development
Advancements in additive manufacturing are progressively driven by digital technologies, with advanced sensors and measurements informing increasingly complex
The objective for Advanced IC Interconnects is to provide measurement standards and advanced measurement methods supporting metrology needs of the semiconductor
Metal Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing (AM) has revolutionized the manufacturing industry by directly producing functional metal components from
The scope of MRI is expanding with the development of both ultra-high field (14 T) and ultra-low field (0.1 mT) scanners not only for biomedical applications
The Surface and Trace Chemical Analysis Group conducts both applied and fundamental research into the development, characterization, and analysis of various
The Chemical Sciences Division supports the characterization of new, diverse, and technological critical materials. The constant evolution of material science
Using methods such as electronic structure (such as density functional theory, tight-binding, quantum Monte Carlo), force-field, machine-learning and quantum
An integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) approach is employed to link experimental and computational models across a variety of time and length
Electron, ion and photon-based microanalysis methods, instrumentation and protocols are developed to advance measurement science towards the elemental and
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 experimental and theoretical methods are developed to increase the accuracy and precision of X-ray line energies and information derived from X-ray
We develop methods to evaluate the mechanical behavior of micro- and mesoscale metal alloys to fracture, and Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) materials
Electricity meters today face unprecedented challenges, from distorted waveforms on the grid, bidirectional metering for renewables, and the use of meters as
The semiconductor industry continues to push for smaller features, more integration, and increased yield. New photoresist chemistries and advances in extreme
Advanced microscopy and spectroscopy techniques are used in this project to study the chemical and physical properties of particles contained in complex
Research on quantum information (QI) seeks to control and exploit exotic properties of quantum mechanics, and researchers are already generating "unbreakable"