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Jeffrey W. Gilman, Takashi Kashiwagi, Richard H. Harris Jr., S M. Lomakin, J D. Lichtenhan, A. Bolf, P. Jones
Additives that increase the amount of charcoal-like residue or carbonaceous char that forms during polymer combustion are very effective fire retardants (FR)...
The use of the atomic force microscope (AFM) to characterize surface structures for industrial applications is rapidly increasing. To compare the results...
The state-of-the-art in software testing is continually evolving. Researchers and practitioners are inventing techniques that improve the efficiency of software...
The phased array antenna is an important technology for future wireless communications. True time delay methods as opposed to phase-shifting method) allow...
Jack A. Stone Jr., Martin Schroeck, Michael T. Stocker
We have made a study of one method for testing displacement-measuring interferometer systems, a modified back-to-back comparison, that automatically compensates...
Steven Shooter, Walid Keirouz, Peter F. Hart, Kevin W. Lyons
The Open Assembly Design Environment (OpenADE)project is an initiative at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to provide an integrated and...
John A. Dagata, T Inoue, J Itoh, K Matsumoto, H Yokoyama
This talk describes methods for enhancing the growth rate and electrical characteristics of nanostructures produced on silicon and titanium substrates by...
Ronald G. Dixson, V W. Tsai, Theodore V. Vorburger, Edwin R. Williams, X Wang, Joseph Fu, R Koning
The presence of the atomic force microscope (AFM) in the industrial metrology setting is rapidly increasing. Properties commonly measured in such applications...
V W. Tsai, Theodore V. Vorburger, Ronald G. Dixson, Joseph Fu, R Koning, Richard M. Silver, E. C. Williams
Due to the limitations of modern manufacturing technology, there is no commercial height artifact at the sub-nanometer scale currently available. The single...
In microform metrology, complex 3-D surface features in the micrometer range must be quantified for their space and size including dimensions, curves, angles...
The extinction cross-sections of doublets of polystyrene and carbon spheres are determined using the optical theorem. The forward scattering amplitude is...
A proposed smart transducer interface standard, P1451 is being developed by TC9, Technical Committee on Sensor Technology, of the Instrumentation and...
John A. Kramar, E Gilsinn, E Amatucci, C Villarrubia, E C. Teague, W Scire, William B. Penzes
To help meet the measurement needs of industries preparing to manufacture future generations of nanoelectronic devices and circuits, the National Institute of...
Jun-Feng Song, Samuel R. Low III, David J. Pitchure, Theodore V. Vorburger
Recent developments in standard hardness machines and microform calibration techniques have made it possible to establish a worldwide unified Rockwell hardness...
Jun-Feng Song, Samuel R. Low III, Walter S. Liggett Jr, David J. Pitchure, Theodore V. Vorburger
A metrology-based Rockwell hardness scale is established by a standard machine and a standard diamond indenter. Both must be established through force and...