Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division

Our mission is to develop integrated microsystems by advancing the state of the art in nanofabrication, enabling the transfer of NIST measurement technologies to the industrial, academic, and government communities.

News and Updates

cryogenically cooled laser microresonator frequency comb

Comb on a Chip: New Design for ‘Optical Ruler’ Could Revolutionize Clocks, Telescopes, Telecommunications

June 22, 2020

Just as a meter stick with hundreds of tick marks can be used to measure distances with great precision, a device known as a laser frequency comb, with its

What a Switch! NIST-Led Team Develops Tiny Low-Energy Device to Rapidly Reroute Light in Computer Chips

November 14, 2019

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have developed an optical switch that routes light from one

NIST Goes With the (Slow) Flow: New Technique Could Improve Biotech, Precision Medicine

September 26, 2019

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed an optical system that accurately measures the flow of extraordinarily

Probing the Origin of Alzheimer’s . . . with Transistors

August 7, 2019

A prime suspect in the onset of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases is a normally benign enzyme that is essential to proper development of the nervous system

Projects and Programs

Measuring Light-Matter Interactions in Chip-Based Optical Cavities

Measuring interactions between light and matter has both fundamental and practical importance. For example, lasers have had a profound influence on science and

Fluctuations and Nanoscale Control (Archived)

The behavior and properties of macroscale objects are stable and predictable because they are the result of the average behavior of very large numbers of atoms

Directed Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers (Archived)

One of the major obstacles to incorporating nanotechnology into everyday products is the difficulty of making nanoscale structures inexpensively over large

Real-Time Tracking and Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Individual Nanoparticles (Archived)

The behavior and properties of macroscale objects are stable and predictable because they are the result of the average behavior of very large numbers of atoms

Software

Cover page for Nanolithography Toolbox manual

CNST Nanolithography Toolbox

October 5, 2016

The Nanolithography Toolbox is a platform-independent software package for scripted lithography pattern layout generation. The Center for Nanoscale Science and

MOSAIC

MOSAIC is a modular analysis toolbox to decode multi-state nanopore data. MOSAIC leverages the underlying physics of the system to considerably increase the

Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division

News and Updates

Comb on a Chip: New Design for ‘Optical Ruler’ Could Revolutionize Clocks, Telescopes, Telecommunications

What a Switch! NIST-Led Team Develops Tiny Low-Energy Device to Rapidly Reroute Light in Computer Chips

NIST Goes With the (Slow) Flow: New Technique Could Improve Biotech, Precision Medicine

Probing the Origin of Alzheimer’s . . . with Transistors

Projects and Programs

Measuring Light-Matter Interactions in Chip-Based Optical Cavities

Fluctuations and Nanoscale Control (Archived)

Directed Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers (Archived)

Real-Time Tracking and Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Individual Nanoparticles (Archived)

Software

CNST Nanolithography Toolbox

MOSAIC

Awards

2020 Excellence in Research in Physical Science - John Villarrubia

Branco Weiss Fellowship (Society in Science) - Christian Haffner

NIST Physicist Honored by the Optical Society - Kartik Srinivasan

2010 APS Fellow - John Kasianowicz

Contacts

Acting Division Chief