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Samuel M. Stavis (Fed)

Samuel M. Stavis is the Leader of the Nanostructure Fabrication and Measurement Group. He received a B.S.E. in Engineering Physics from the University of Michigan and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Cornell University, where he was also a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biological and Environmental Engineering. At Cornell, he performed early research in measuring fluorescence from single molecules in nanofluidic devices. Sam joined the NIST staff through a National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associateship award. At NIST, he has advanced what is possible to make and measure at small scales. By developing and combining fabrication processes, device technologies, and microscopy methods, he has established new ways and limits of controlling and quantitating nanoscale systems. His research has diverse applications in manufacturing, healthcare, and the environment. Sam has received a Bronze Medal award, two Innovations in Measurement Science awards, a Strategic and Emerging Research Initiative award in support of the Circular Economy Program, and an Outstanding Authorship award from NIST.

Selected Publications

Publications

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Patents (2018-Present)

Patent description for Critical-Dimension Localization Microscopy

Apparatus for Critical-Dimension Localization Microscopy

NIST Inventors
Samuel M. Stavis and Craig Copeland
Performing critical-dimension localization microscopy includes: subjecting a first dimensional member and a second dimensional member of a reference artifact to critical-dimension metrology, the first and second dimensional members, in combination, including a critical dimension and each
Drawings describing the technology within patent 10,639,634

Vacuum Compatible Fluid Sampler

NIST Inventors
James Alexander Liddle , Samuel M. Stavis and Glenn Holland
A fluid sampler includes: a sample cell that includes: a substrate comprising: a first port; a second port in fluid communication with the first port; a viewing reservoir in fluid communication with the first port and the second port and that receives the fluid from the first port and communicates
Diagram of cells and other components within a blood vessel

Measuring a size distribution of nucleic acid molecules in a sample

NIST Inventors
Craig Copeland and Samuel M. Stavis
A process for measuring a size distribution of a plurality of nucleic acid molecules, the process comprising: labeling the nucleic acid molecules with a fluorescent dye comprising a plurality of fluorescent dye molecules to form labeled nucleic acid molecules, such that a number of fluorescent dyes
an image showing several different charts and figures that is titled "High-Resolution imaging and spectroscopy at High Pressure: A Novel Liquid Cell for the TEM"

Vacuum Compatible Fluid Sampler

NIST Inventors
Glenn Holland , Samuel M. Stavis and James Alexander Liddle
A fluid sampler includes: a sample cell that includes: a substrate comprising: a first port; a viewing reservoir in fluid communication with the first port and the second port and that receives the fluid from the first port and communicates the fluid to the second port, the viewing reservoir
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Created April 17, 2019, Updated July 13, 2023