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Stephanie L. Hume, Ann Chiaramonti Debay, Katherine P. Rice, Rani K. Schwindt, Robert I. MacCuspie, Kavita Jeerage
Serum protein concentration and ionic strength are important factors in nanoparticle transformation within cell culture environments. However, silver nanoparticles are not routinely tracked at their working concentration in the specific medium used for in
Francesca M. Tavazza, Thomas Senftle, Chenyu Zou, Chandler A. Becker, Adri van Duin
Nanoindentation in molecular dynamics simulations typically uses a much idealized indenter tip. This tip is often either a single sphere or collection of atoms, both of which are purely repulsive in their interactions with the substrate. It is also assumed
Carl T. Boone, Justin M. Shaw, Hans T. Nembach, Thomas J. Silva
We determined the spin-transport properties of Pd and Pt thin films by measuring the increase in ferromagnetic resonance damping due to spin-pumping in ferromagnetic (FM)-nonferromagnetic metal (NM) multilayers with varying NM thicknesses. The increase in
The atomic force microscope (AFM) is a widely utilized instrument for measuring nanometer-scale variations in mechanical properties. Most AFM techniques only measure these properties at a single high frequency (e.g. hundreds of kHz on resonance), or at low
Justin Zook, Robert MacCuspie, Stephen E. Long, Elijah Petersen
This special publication is one in a series stemming from the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Nano-EHS Research Strategy which identified Nanomaterial Measurement Infrastructure as one of the essential areas of research needed in order to develop
NIST recently has released a SiNP reference material RM8027 that consists of five hermetically sealed pre-scored glass ampoules, each containing nominally 1 ml of cyclohexane-stabilized SiNPs suspended in toluene. The suspension contains particles
James G. Kushmerick, Amanda E. Schuckman, Lisa M. Perez, Mikki Vinodu, Joao Tome, Lam H. Yu, Charles M. Drain, James D. Batteas
When tunneling is the dominant mechanism of charge transport in a molecular junction, the conductivity of the junction is largely insensitive to chemical and structural perturbations which do not impact the overall length of the junction. This severely
This special publication is one in a series stemming from the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Nano-EHS Research Strategy which identified Nanomaterial Measurement Infrastructure as one of the essential areas of research needed in order to develop
A 2x2 Mach-Zehnder optical switch design with a footprint of 0.5 um x 2.5 um using nanomechanical gap plasmon phase modulators [1] is presented. The extremely small footprint and modest optical loss are enabled by the strong phase modulation of gap
This chapter will provide an overview of the thermal techniques available to study nanoparticles, including thermogravimetric analysis, calorimetry and differential scanning calorimetry. The use of thermoanalysis for the measurement of nanoparticle purity
Katherine P. Rice, Stephen E. Russek, Roy H. Geiss, Justin M. Shaw, Robert J. Usselman, Eric R. Evarts, Thomas J. Silva, Hans T. Nembach, Elke Arenholz, Yves Idzerda
High quality cubic Tb-doped magnetite nanocrystals have been fabricated and have shown that the Tb is incorporated into the octahedral 3+ sites. Magnetization and FMR data indicate that the Tb spins are weakly coupled to the iron spin lattice at room
Spin-torque memory is under consideration for high-speed, scalable, non-volatile memory applications. The storage medium is a magnetic layer with an intrinsic anisotropy that favors orientation of the magnetization in either of two directions perpendicular
Rick L. Paul, Rabia Oflaz, Jan Kucera, J W Bennett, E. A. De Nadai Fernandes, M. Kubesova, M. A. Bacchi, A. J. Stopic, R. E. Sturgeon, P. Grinberg
Instrumental neutron activation analysis with both relative and k0 standardization was used in four experienced laboratories to determine element mass fractions in single-wall carbon nanotube certified reference material (CRM) SWCNT-1. Results obtained
David G. Goodwin , Kris M. Marsh, Iruhany B. Sosa, Julianne B. Payne, Justin Gorham, Edward J. Bouwer, D H. Fairbrother
The environmental fate and impact of polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) containing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) will depend upon their interactions with microorganisms, with implications for the antimicrobial properties and long term persistence of PNCs. Using
Andrew L. Balk, Carlos M. Hangarter, Samuel M. Stavis, John Unguris
We present a magneto-optical imaging technique to rapidly measure two dimensional, sub-micrometer maps of fringe fields from single magnetic nanorods with microtesla sensitivity. Our technique implements an ultrathin, low-coercivity, perpendicularly
Justin M. Gorham, Jeremiah W. Woodcock, Keana C. Scott
FOREWORD This NIST Special Publication (SP) is one in a series of NIST SPs that address research needs articulated in the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy published in 2011 [1]. This Strategy
The ability to pattern the location of pillars in epitaxial matrix-pillar nanocomposites is a key challenge to develop future technologies using these intriguing materials. One such model system employs a ferrimagnetic CoFe2O4 (CFO) pillar embedded in a
Justin M. Gorham, Karen E. Murphy, Jingyu Liu, Dimitri Tselenchuk, Gheorghe NMN Stan, Thao M. Nguyen, Richard D. Holbrook, Michael R. Winchester, Robert F. Cook, Robert MacCuspie, Vincent A. Hackley
FOREWORD This NIST special publication (SP) is one in a series of NIST SPs that address research needs articulated in the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy published in 2011 [1]. This Strategy
Kevin W. Gotrik, Thomas F. Lam, Adam F. Hannon, Wubin Bai, Jonathan P. Winterstein, Alfredo Alexander-Katz, James Alexander Liddle, Caroline A. Ross
Transmission electron microscope (TEM) tomography was used to visualize the morphology and 3D connectivity of a lithographically-templated, self-assembled bilayer film of cylinder-forming 45.5 kg/mol polystyrene-block-polydimethylsiloxane. The structure
John T. Melcher, Julian Stirling, Felipe Guzman, Jon R. Pratt, Gordon A. Shaw
We report the development of an ultrasensitive optomechanical sensor designed to improve the accuracy and precision of force measurements with atomic force microscopy. The sensors achieve quality factors of 4.3x10^6 (a 100-fold improvement over quartz
Peter Ciesielski, Michael F. Crowley, M R. Nimlos, Aric Sanders, Gavin Wiggins, Bryon Donohoe
Biomass exhibits a complex microstructure of directional pores that can vary substantially between species of origin. However, models of biomass particles employed in simulations of conversion processes typically employ over-simplified geometry such as
Hui H. Yuan, Kai Zhang, Haitao Li, Hao Zhu, John E. Bonevich, Helmut Baumgart, Curt A. Richter, Qiliang Li
Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor capacitors with Bi2Te3 thin film sandwiched and embedded inside the oxide layer have been fabricated and studied. The capacitors exhibit ferroelectric-like hysteresis which is a result of the robust, reversible polarization of