Material Measurement Laboratory / Materials Science and Engineering Division

Functional Nanostructured Materials Group

The Functional Nanostructured Materials Group develops measurement methods, models, data, standards, and science for the electrical, chemical, and magnetic properties of nanostructured inorganic materials, including metals and semiconductors, as related to their microstructure and processing.

Group Competence

  • Deposition and evaporation of thin films and alloys
  • Electrodeposition of metals and alloys
  • Magnetic materials characterization
  • Growth of nanowires and creation of devices
    • Gallium-nitride and wide bandgap nanowires
    • Silicon and germanium nanowires
  • Measurements for evaluation of hydrogen in materials
  • Development of microscopy methods
  • Measurements of stress in thin films

Projects and Programs

Future Directions for Magnetic Sensors

Our goal is to develop the scientific understanding needed to allow modeling and simulation to become the driving force in improving magnetic sensors and to...
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Magnetic Imaging

Our goal is to develop a real-time magnetic domain imaging system and apply it to technologically important systems, including data-storage and permanent...
Magnetic nanoparticles

Magnetic Nanoparticle Metrology

We are developing best practice metrology for characterization of magnetic nanoparticle systems (e.g. blocking temperature, anisotropy, property distributions...
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Software

HolograFREE

An electron hologram is a fringe modulated image containing the amplitude and phase information of an electron transparent object. The HolograFREE routines...
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Contact

  • Albert Davydov, Group Leader

    301-975-4916 Telephone
    301-975-4553 Facsimile

    100 Bureau Drive, M/S 8555
    Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8555