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Certification of Standard Reference Material(R) 1989 Monodisperse Irregularly Shaped Epoxy-Based Particles (Nominal 100 mm, 150 mm, 220 mm)

May 2, 2025
Author(s)
Srivalli Telikepalli, Dean Ripple, Michael Carrier, Kristen Steffens, David Newton, Christopher Montgomery, Nicholas Ritchie, Anthony Asmar, Michael Halter
Standard Reference Material (SRM) 1989 is a NIST particle standard produced using photolithographic methods and delivers a certified value for particle size of an irregularly shaped particle. This SRM was developed to allow a more accurate monitoring of

A re-assessment of archived (1989-2006) beluga liver from the North American Arctic with non-targeted analysis reveals brominated chemicals of emerging concern

May 1, 2025
Author(s)
Jacqueline Bangma, Chris Fuller, James McCord, Heather Whitehead, Richard Liberatore, Jason Boettger, Amanda Moors, Rebecca Pugh, Steven O'Connell, Jessica Reiner
In 2011, 68 archived beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) liver samples collected from Cook Inlet and the eastern Chukchi Sea from 1989 to 2006 were characterized for 12 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) using targeted mass spectroscopy (MS)

MEMSDuino: An Arduino-Based MEMS Switch Controller

May 1, 2025
Author(s)
Lafe Spietz, Adam Sirois, Nathan Flowers-Jacobs, Peter Hopkins, Samuel Benz, Steve Waltman
Radio frequency cryogenic switches are a critical enabling technology for quantum information science, both for calibration and high throughput testing of samples. Traditionally solenoid-based switches have been used, but transition is being made to MEMS

The Burning Characteristics of 3 m to 6 m Dry Douglas-Fir Trees

May 1, 2025
Author(s)
Erik Johnsson, Giovanni Di Cristina Torres, Eric Mueller, Matthew Bundy, Anthony Chakalis, Marco Fernandez, Anthony Hamins
A series of experiments are reported on the burning behavior of dry, 3 m to 6 m tall, Douglas fir trees. The measurements were conducted in the open under quasi-quiescent conditions. The global measurements reported include the transient, peak, and total

Atomic layer deposition of Al2O3 to Ti-6Al-4V feedstock improves oxidation resistance and tensile strength in additively manufactured parts

April 30, 2025
Author(s)
Nicholas Derimow, Joseph Gauspohl, Alec Saville, Jake Benzing, Elisabeth Mansfield, Christopher Gump, Nikolas Hrabe
With the ever-increasing research and development into additive manufacturing (AM) via laser powder bed fusion (PBF-L) of Ti-6Al-4V alloy, there has been numerous efforts to introduce different coatings onto the metal powder feedstock in order to achieve

CODATA Recommended Values of the Fundamental Physical Constants: 2022

April 30, 2025
Author(s)
Peter Mohr, David Newell, Barry N. Taylor, Eite Tiesinga
We report the 2022 self-consistent values of constants and conversion factors of physics and chemistry recommended by the Committee on Data of the International Science Council (CODATA). The recommended values can also be found at physics.nist.gov

Modular Autonomous Virtualization System for Two-Dimensional Semiconductor Quantum Dot Arrays

April 30, 2025
Author(s)
Anantha Rao, Donovan Buterakos, Barnaby van Straaten, Valentin John, Cecile Yu, Stefan Oosterhout, Lucas Stehouwer, Giordano Scappucci, Menno Veldhorst, Francesco Borsoi, Justyna Zwolak
Arrays of gate-defined semiconductor quantum dots are among the leading candidates for building scalable quantum processors. High-fidelity initialization, control, and readout of spin qubit registers require exquisite and targeted control over key

A Plan for Global Engagement on AI Standards

April 29, 2025
Author(s)
Jesse Dunietz, Mark Latonero, Kathleen Roberts
This plan has been developed by the Department of Commerce in coordination with the Department of State and agencies across the U.S. Government. It reflects more than 65 comments received in response to a December 2023 Request for Information

Multistage Networks for Glassy Holographic Photopolymers

April 29, 2025
Author(s)
Alexander Osterbaan, Andrew Sias, Marianela Trujillo-Lemon, Kieran Fung, Jason Killgore, ROBERT MCLEOD, Christopher Bowman
In the writing of holographic photopolymers, the addition of a third stage cure to the typical polyurethane matrix and acrylate writing monomer steps is used here to modify the ultimate thermomechanical properties of the final holographic photopolymer

Application of neutron grating interferometry and tomography to study ancient Korean copper-based coins

April 28, 2025
Author(s)
Youngju Kim, Michael Daugherty, Caitlyn Wolf, Daniel Hussey, Jacob LaManna, David Jacobson, Paul A. Kienzle, Daeseung Kim, Seung Wook Lee, Minsoo Han, Hahn Choo, Jongyul Kim, Taejoo Kim
Distinguishing differences between authentic artifacts and replicas is a significant challenge in the field of cultural heritage. In this study, we explore the application of neutron grating interferometry and tomography techniques to identify ancient

Cannabis Laboratory Quality Assurance Program: Exercise 3 Moisture Final Report

April 28, 2025
Author(s)
Andrea Yarberry, Charles Barber, Laura Wood, Walter Wilson
NIST launched a Cannabis Laboratory Quality Assurance Program (CannaQAP) in 2020 to assist laboratories in demonstrating and improving cannabis (hemp and marijuana) measurement comparability and competence. CannaQAP provided tools that allowed analysts and

Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report for NIST Cybersecurity and Privacy Program

April 28, 2025
Author(s)
Patrick O'Reilly, Kristina Rigopoulos
Throughout Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 2024) — from October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024 — the NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Cybersecurity and Privacy Program successfully responded to numerous challenges and opportunities in security and

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 (Mandarin Chinese translation)

April 28, 2025
Author(s)
Cherilyn Pascoe, Stephen Quinn, Karen Scarfone
The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 provides guidance to industry, government agencies, and other organizations to manage cybersecurity risks. It offers a taxonomy of high-level cybersecurity outcomes that can be used by any organization —

Microstructural Features and Metastable Phase Formation in a High-Strength Aluminum Alloy Fabricated Using Additive Manufacturing

April 25, 2025
Author(s)
Andrew Iams, Jordan Weaver, Brandon Lane, Lucille Giannuzzi, Feng Yi, Darby LaPlant, John Martin, Fan Zhang
Additive manufacturing (AM) has captured recent attention for its potential to fabricate high-strength aluminum alloy components. A detailed understanding of the microstructure under the as-fabricated conditions is required to harness its potential. We

C-V2X Interoperability Analyzer Software Tool: Description and Use

April 24, 2025
Author(s)
Yuyin Song, Davide Pesavento, Thomas Roth, Tyler Wong
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) can perform driving tasks without any human intervention, relying on advanced technologies to sense their surroundings, exchange information with digital road-side infrastructure, make decisions, and control the vehicle. AVs use

Dynamically generated concatenated codes and their phase diagrams

April 24, 2025
Author(s)
Grace Sommers, David Huse, Michael Gullans
We formulate code concatenation as the action of a unitary quantum circuit on an expanding tree geometry and find that for certain classes of gates, applied identically at each node, a binary tree circuit encodes a single logical qubit with code distance

Lab-based multi-wavelength EUV diffractometry for critical dimension metrology

April 24, 2025
Author(s)
Bryan Barnes, Aaron Chew, Nicholas Jenkins, Yunzhe Shao, Martin Sohn, Regis Kline, Daniel Sunday, Purnima Balakrishnan, Thomas Germer, Steven Grantham, Clay Klein, Stephanie Moffitt, Eric Shirley, Henry Kapteyn, MARGARET MURNANE
Background: The industry is developing extreme-ultraviolet wavelength (EUV) techniques to measure critical dimensions (CDs) in logic fabrication. As nascent approaches are unveiled, evaluations against reference metrologies are essential to motivate

Quantifying grating defects in X-ray Talbot-Lau interferometry through a comparative study of two fabrication techniques

April 24, 2025
Author(s)
Alexandre Pereira, Simon Spindler, Zhitian Shi, Lucia Romano, Michal Rawlik, Federica Marone, Martin Stauber, Marco Stampanoni, Daniel Josell
The performance of an X-ray grating interferometry system depends on the geometry and quality of the gratings. Fabrication of micrometer-pitch high-aspect-ratio gold gratings, which are essential for measuring small refraction angles at higher energies, is

SysML Extension for Logistics Modeling and Analysis (SysLMA)

April 23, 2025
Author(s)
Raphael Barbau, Conrad Bock
Many engineers use analysis tools to predict behavior or find optimal values for properties of systems built to proposed designs, informing system design work by identifying cases where a design will perform incorrectly or in suboptimal ways. Design and

Multi-technique reference measurement of critical dimension and shape for model validation in scanning electron microscopy

April 22, 2025
Author(s)
Wataru Yamane, Daron Westly, Glenn Holland, Yu Yamazawa, Naoto Ito, Andras Vladar, John Villarrubia
In semiconductor device manufacturing, 3D structure measurements of newly complex devices would be valuable alongside conventional scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and critical dimension SEM (CD-SEM) measurements. Since these applications in SEM directly

Sampling from exponential distributions in the time domain with superparamagnetic tunnel junctions

April 22, 2025
Author(s)
Temitayo Adeyeye, Sidra Gibeault, Daniel Lathrop, Matthew Daniels, Mark Stiles, Jabez McClelland, William Borders, Jason Ryan, Philippe Talatchian, Ursula Ebels, Advait Madhavan
Though exponential distributions are ubiquitous in statistical physics and related computational models, sampling them from device behavior is rarely done. The superparamagnetic tunnel junction (SMTJ), a key device in probabilistic computing, shows
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