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Michael T. Postek, Andras Vladar, John A. Kramar, L A. Stern, John Notte, Sean McVey
The Helium Ion Microscope (HIM) offers a new, potentially disruptive technique for nano-metrology. This methodology presents an approach to measurements for nanotechnology and nano-manufacturing which has several potential advantages over the traditional
In critical dimension Atomic force microscopy (CD-AFM), a source of uncertainty is the tip. Measurements made using a CD-AFM tip show an apparent broadening of the width. Usually the results can be approximated if the tip-width is known. In addition to tip
The computation of images of lines or strips on a substrate and trenches in a substrate or a layer above a substrate, all made of dielectric or absorbing materials, using integral equations equivalent to Maxwell's equations and using Fourier optics are
Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Christopher J. Blackburn, Daniel S. Sawyer, Bruce R. Borchardt, William T. Estler, Steven D. Phillips
While the versatility and economics of laser trackers are quite appealing, the ability to assess their accuracy and to compare various brands has been limited by a lack of a national or international standard that encompasses testing and traceability
Laser trackers are now the tool of choice for large scale coordinate metrology. They are transportable allowing reconfigurable production facilities at a lower capital cost than large CMMs. Trackers now include absolute distance measuring (ADM) capability
Wei Chu, Joseph Fu, Ronald G. Dixson, Theodore V. Vorburger
The emergence of ultra-sharp carbon nanotube (CNT) tips provides a new approach to minimize the distortion of the measured linewidth profile caused by interaction with the fmite probe tip size. However, the inevitable tilt angle resulting from attaching
Jun-Feng Song, Theodore V. Vorburger, Susan M. Ballou, Thomas Brian Renegar, Li Ma, Eric P. Whitenton, David R. Kelley, Robert A. Clary, A Zheng, M Ols
The National INstitute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standard bullets and casings project will provide support to firearm examiners and to the National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN) in the United States. The standard bullet is
Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Jack A. Stone Jr., John R. Stoup
We have described a fiber probe for dimensional measurement of micro-holes in the 2004 and 2006 ASPE annual meetings. In this abstract, we describe the adaptation of this probe for measuring roundness of tiny holes and knife edge apertures. In its current
This paper presents the development of a Web-based surface metrology algorithm testing system. The system includes surface analysis tools and a surface texture specimen database for parameter evaluation and algorithm verification. The system runs from a
The National Institute of Standards and technology (NIST) plans to develop Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2809 Rockwell Diamond Indenter to support Rockwell hardness standardization. Most tolerances of the SRM indenters are adopted from those of the
We propose a control chart with dynamic control limits that promotes the process of developing and refining an uncertainty budget and verifying the measurement uncertainty. The upper and lower dynamic control limits, µ +2s and µ - 2s, are calculated from
NIST Handbook 150-18 presents technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program(NVLAP)Fasteners and Metals Program. It is intended for information and use by accredited
In previous work, several significant improvements in the measurement of distillation curves for complex fluids were introduced. The modifications to the classical measurement provide for (1) temperature and volume measurements of low uncertainty, (2)
The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) is a private standards-setting body created in 1820 by practitioners who wished to promote the quality of therapeutic products in commerce. The principal product of USP, then and now, is the United States Pharmacopeia
In the past few years, we have received a number of requests for verification specimens for Izod impact machines, similar to what we offer for Charpy impact machines. Although there are similarities between Izod and Charpy impact testing, there are some
Optical photomask feature metrology and wafer exposure process simulation both rely on optical image modeling for accurate results. While it is fair to question the accuracies of the available models, model results also depend on several input parameters
Uniform sample illumination via K hler illumination, is achieved by establishing a pair of conjugate focal planes; a light source is focused onto the condenser lens aperture while the image of the field aperture is focused at the plane of the specimen
Peter E. Barker, Paul D. Wagner, Stephen E. Stein, David M. Bunk, S Srivastava, Gilbert Omenn
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) co-sponsored a workshop on August 18-19, 2005 to examine needs for reference materials to support biomarker discovery for early cancer detection. Needs for
We present a portable spectrometer that uses the frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down spectroscopy technique to realize high-precision measurements of trace water vapor concentration. Measuring one of the strongest rovibrational transitions in the 1 + 3
Michael T. Postek, Richard R. Cavanagh, C M. Allocca, Douglas T. Smith, Robert D. Shull, David A. Wollman, David G. Seiler, Stephen Knight, A Diebold, Richard M. Silver, Charles W. Clark, Kevin W. Lyons, James R. Whetstone, Ronald F. Boisvert
This document describes the Water Flow Calibration Facility (WFCF) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This facility has three parallel pipelines with diameters of 100, 200 and 400 mm and three weighing systems with capacities of
C Londono, John Lawall, Michael T. Postek, Jack A. Stone Jr., John R. Stoup
The National Institute of Standards and Technology as the U.S. National Metrology Institute has the fundamental responsibility to continuously push the limits of measurement science (metrology) to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness. In
Qian Dong, Andrei F. Kazakov, Chris D. Muzny, Robert D. Chirico, Jason A. Widegren, Vladimir Diky, Joe W. Magee, Kenneth N. Marsh, Michael D. Frenkel
Ionic Liquids Database (ILThermo)is a free web research tool that allow users worldwide to access an up-to-data data collection from the publications on experimental studies of thermodynamic and transport properties of ionic liquids, as well as binary and
In a previous paper, a number of improvements in the method and apparatus used for the measurement of distillation curves for complex hydrocarbon fluid mixtures were presented. These improvements included the addition of a composition-explicit channel of
L. R. Motowidlo, E Barzi, D. Turrioni, Najib Cheggour, Loren F. Goodrich
Powder-in-Tube (PIT) Nb 3Sn conductors have been fabricated utilizing a low-cost intermetallic Cu 5Sn 4 powder as the tin source. A novel octagonal PIT design that incorporates dispersion strengthened copper as well as a hexagonal PIT design were