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Christopher J. Crowley, Iosif I. Shinder, Michael R. Moldover
Abstract- Accurate calibrations of multi-hole Pitot tubes require thousands of measurements spanning ranges of the fluids velocity, and the pitch and yaw angles. When calibrating a commercially-manufactured multi-hole Pitot tube in NISTs low-turbulence
Ravikiran Attota, Benjamin D. Bunday, Victor Vertanian
We present results using simulations and experiments to demonstrate metrological applications of the through-focus scanning optical microscopy (TSOM) down to features at and well below the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors' 22 nm node
Content-based 3D object retrieval has be- come an active topic in many research communities. In this paper, we propose a novel visual similarity based 3Dshaperetrievalmethod(CM-BOF)usingClockMatch- ing and Bag-of-Features. Specifically, pose normaliza-
Sketch-based 3D shape retrieval has become an important research topic in content-based 3D object retrieval. The aim of this track is to measure and compare the performance of sketch-based 3D shape retrieval methods based on a large scale hand-drawn sketch
George A. Klouda, Jeffrey R. Anderson, John E. Fuller III
Over the last eight years, gas (filled) proportional counters (GPCs) of the HD-2(Fe) type (Davis et al., 1968, 1972; Wink et al., 1993) have been fabricated at NIST through a collaboration of the Materials Measurement Science Division, Facility for Low
We have developed a measurement system to accurately measure the electrical current and high-voltage output of electroshock weapons (ESW) that are used to deliver an electrical stimulus to humans for the purpose of incapacitation. Since the output of
Scott Grutzik, Brian G. Bush, Frank W. DelRio, Richard S. Gates, Melissa Hines, Alan Zehnder
The ability to accurately predict the strength of nanoscale, single crystal structures is critical in micro- and nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS) design. Because of the small length scales involved failure does not always follow the same
Alain Rufenacht, Charles J. Burroughs, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz
A 10 V programmable Josephson voltage standard has enabled sine waves with voltages up to 7 V rms to be accurately measured with a differential sampling measurement technique. Expanding the voltage range for this technique enables direct calibration of the
Described here are the configurations and procedures used to provide traceability to electrical standards for an aerosol electrometer calibration in the range ± 20 fA to ± 40 fA. The technique used here simulated the condition of a current induced when
Mode corrections factors (MCFs) are a significant adjustment to the spring constant values measured using the Thermal cantilever calibration method. Usually, the ideal factor of 0.971 for a tipless rectangular cantilever is used which adjusts the value by
The bubble point pressures of two compositions of each of eight binary mixtures have been measured over a temperature range of 270 K to 380 K. Six of the mixtures included pentane, which was mixed with 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane (R-245fa); methyl
Lane C. Sander, Mary Bedner, David L. Duewer, Katrice A. Lippa, Melissa M. Phillips, Karen W. Phinney, Catherine A. Rimmer, Michele M. Schantz, Katherine E. Sharpless, Susan Tai, Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, Stephen A. Wise, Laura J. Wood, J. M. Betz, Paul M. Coates
The National Institute of Standards and Technology administers quality assurance programs devoted to improving measurements of nutrients and related metabolites in foods, dietary supplements, and serum and plasma samples. These programs have been developed
Programmers routinely omit run-time safety checks from applications because they assume that these safety checks would degrade performance. The simplest example is the use of arrays or array-like data structures that do not enforce the constraint that
Susan M. Ballou, Michael Garris, Anthony Clay, Joi Dickerson, Peter T. Higgins, Lisa Jackson, Joe Morrissey, Beth Owens, Joe Polski, Janet Hoin, Leo Norton, Melissa Taylor
This is one of a series of documents prepared by the Latent Print Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) Interoperability Working Group. The purpose of these documents is to provide guidance and a framework to those involved in the
Theodore D. Doiron, Wei Ren, Eric S. Stanfield, Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Christopher J. Blackburn
The capabilities of non-contact laser spot triangulation sensors for high accuracy measurements have slowly increased over the past decade, and now have usable resolution below 0.1 µm. The Dimensional Metrology Group has developed a simple scanning system
Darwin R. Reyes-Hernandez, Michael W. Halter, Jeeseong Hwang
New metrology tools to measure the critical parameters of internal structures in lab on a chip devices are greatly needed in order to develop standard tests for this technology. Here we present a method that combines a custom made optical coherence
Optical probing technology on coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) operates significantly differently from discrete point probing associated with tactile probing CMMs hence manufacturers of this technology seek to use different testing artifacts for
De-Hao D. Tsai, Tae Joon Cho, Sherrie R. Elzey, Julien C. Gigault, Vincent A. Hackley
We report a high-resolution and traceable method to quantify the drug loading on nanoparticle-based cancer therapeutics, and demonstrate this method using a model cisplatin functionalized dendron-gold nanoparticle (AuNP) conjugate. Electrospray
As the National Metrology Institute (NMI) for the United States, NIST, formerly the National Bureau of Standards, has provided measurement services, both calibrations and reference materials, for more than 100 years. Through these services, our customers
Roger V. Bostelman, Richard J. Norcross, Joseph A. Falco, Jeremy A. Marvel
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been researching human-robot/vehicle collaborative environments for automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and manned forklifts. Safety of AGVs and manned vehicles with automated functions (e.g
Dazhen Gu, James P. Randa, Robert L. Billinger, Dave K. Walker
We report a record low noise temperature (NT) measured on a cryogenic low-noise amplifier (LNA) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The LNA exhibits about 44 dB gain and less than 2 K average NT in its operational band
Ravikiran Attota, Haesung Park, Victor H. Vartanian, Ndubuisi G. Orji, Richard A. Allen
Through-focus scanning optical microscopy (TSOM) transforms conventional optical microscopes into truly 3D metrology tools for nanoscale- to- microscale dimensional analysis with nanometer-scale sensitivity. Although not a resolution enhancement method
In-line metrologies currently used in the semiconductor industry are being challenged by the aggressive pace of device scaling and the adoption of novel device architectures. In defect inspection, conventional bright field techniques will not likely be
Gar W. Truong, Kevin O. Douglass, Stephen E. Maxwell, Roger D. van Zee, David F. Plusquellic, Joseph T. Hodges, David A. Long
Challenging applications in trace gas analyses require high precision and acquisition rates.1-4 Many continuous-wave laser spectroscopy techniques exhibit significant sensitivity and potential;5 however, their scanning rates are slow because they rely upon