Nanometrology

News and Updates

Scientists Greatly Expand the Frequencies Generated by a Miniature Optical Ruler

February 23, 2022

Like a vocal coach who extends the octave range of an opera singer, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have expanded by

Groundbreaking Technique Yields Important New Details on Silicon, Subatomic Particles and Possible ‘Fifth Force’

September 9, 2021

Using a groundbreaking new technique at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an international collaboration led by NIST researchers has

Identifying Individual Molecules: NIST Study Suggests How to Build a Better ‘Nanopore’ Biosensor

April 27, 2021

Researchers have spent more than three decades developing and studying miniature biosensors that can identify single molecules. In five to 10 years, when such

Projects and Programs

Microplastic and Nanoplastic Metrology

Ongoing

The mission of the Micro and Nanoplastic (MNP) Metrology Project is to assist regulators in assessing the human health and environmental risks associated with

Chemical Functionalization and Manipulation of Nano Materials

Ongoing

This project focuses on understanding the potential for nanoscale engineered materials to advance state-of-the-art spectroscopic techniques and foster the

PTIR combines the spatial resolution of AFM with the specificity of absorption spectroscopy

Nano-Chemical Imaging and -Spectroscopy (IR, nIR, VIS)

Ongoing

Conventional techniques for analyzing chemical composition, such as infrared (IR) microscopy often miss critically important nanoscale details. To overcome this

Neuromorphic Device Measurements

Ongoing

Neuromorphic computing is a radical new approach to information processing for artificial intelligence where, instead of using digital electronics, inspiration

Publications

High throughput nanoimaging of thermal conductivity and interfacial thermal conductance

May 17, 2022

Author(s)

Mingkang Wang, Georg Ramer, Diego Perez, Georges Pavlidis, Jeffrey Schwartz, Liya Yu, B. Robert Ilic, Vladimir Aksyuk, Andrea Centrone

Thermal properties of materials are often determined by measuring thermalization processes. Measuring such properties at the nanoscale, however, requires high

High Throughput Synthesis and Characterization of Next-Generation Lipid Nanoparticles for Enhanced In Vivo Performance

March 3, 2022

Author(s)

Bryant C. Nelson, Sven Even Borgos

Spatially-resolved bandgap and dielectric function in two-dimensional materials from Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy

February 15, 2022

Author(s)

Abel Brokkelkamp, Jaco ter Hoeve, Isabel Postmes, Sabrya van Heijst, Luigi Maduro, Albert Davydov, Sergiy Krylyuk, Juan Rojo, Sonia Conesa Boj

The electronic properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials depend sensitively on the underlying atomic arrangement down to the monolayer level. Here we present

Micro to nano: multiscale IR analyses reveal zinc soap heterogeneity in a 19th-century painting by Corot

February 9, 2022

Author(s)

Xiao Ma, Georges Pavlidis, Eoghan Dillon, Victoria Beltran, Jeffrey Schwartz, Mathieu Thoury, Ferenc Borondics, Christophe Sandt, Kevin Kjoller, Barbara Berrie, Andrea Centrone

The formation and aggregation of metal carboxylates (metal-soaps) can degrade the appearance and integrity of oil paints and frequently poses a challenge to the

Software

HolograFREE

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

Nanometrology

News and Updates

Scientists Greatly Expand the Frequencies Generated by a Miniature Optical Ruler

Groundbreaking Technique Yields Important New Details on Silicon, Subatomic Particles and Possible ‘Fifth Force’

Identifying Individual Molecules: NIST Study Suggests How to Build a Better ‘Nanopore’ Biosensor

Projects and Programs

Microplastic and Nanoplastic Metrology

Chemical Functionalization and Manipulation of Nano Materials

Nano-Chemical Imaging and -Spectroscopy (IR, nIR, VIS)

Neuromorphic Device Measurements

Publications

High throughput nanoimaging of thermal conductivity and interfacial thermal conductance

High Throughput Synthesis and Characterization of Next-Generation Lipid Nanoparticles for Enhanced In Vivo Performance

Spatially-resolved bandgap and dielectric function in two-dimensional materials from Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy

Micro to nano: multiscale IR analyses reveal zinc soap heterogeneity in a 19th-century painting by Corot

Software

HolograFREE

Tools and Instruments

Focused Ion Beam (Helios 660)

Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope

Focused Ion Beam

Analytical Electron Microscope