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Perched atop a high plateau in Chile’s Atacama Desert, a long-awaited observatory is beginning to take shape: the largest suite of ground-based telescopes
The natural, or resonance, frequency at which a simple harmonic oscillator vibrates reveals with exquisite sensitivity the essential properties of the physical
Project activities include: Electronic structure of semiconductor-oxide interfaces. Thermodynamics of flexible microporous materials for gas storage Gas adsorption in microporous materials Analysis of topological materials, including magnetic topological insulators High-throughput screening of
Objective To improve residential and industrial building energy efficiency by decreasing measurement uncertainties of the thermal resistance of insulating materials and develop measurement techniques for innovative insulation materials and systems using PCMs. Technical Idea One of the most cost
Manufacturing optimized devices that incorporate newly-emerging materials requires predictable performance throughout device lifetimes. Unexpected degradation in device performance, sometimes leading to failure, is often traceable to poor material reliability. Reliability is rooted in the stability
Objective
To develop, utilize, and analyze methods of characterizing the precursor materials in additive manufacturing in both virgin and recycled states with the goal of advancing measurement science to benefit the AM community. The components of principal interest will include the rheological
Oluwagbemiga Ojo, Wilarachchige Gunatilleke, Adam Biacchi, Hsin Wang, George Nolas
Materials-related discovery continues to drive advancements in technologically significant fields of interest. Moreover, an understanding of the thermal
Boris Slautin, Yungtao Liu, Yu Liu, Reece Emery, Seungbum Hong, Astita Dubey, Vladimir Shvartsman, Doru Lupascu, Sheryl Sanchez, Mahshid Ahmadi, Yunseok Kim, Evgheni Strelcov, Keith Brown, Philip Rack, Sergei Kalinin
For over three decades, scanning probe microscopy (SPM) has been a key method for exploring material structures and functionalities at nanometer and often
Dylan Kirsch, Joshua B. Martin, Ronald Warzoha, Mark McLean, Donald Windover, Ichrio Takeuchi
Frequency Domain Thermoreflectance (FDTR) is a versatile and rapidly developing technique used to measure the thermal properties of thin films, multilayer
This Nanocalorimeter Measurement System is used for nanocalorimetry measurements at fast heating rates (100 °C/s to 100,000 °C/s) and measurements of samples
The Nanocalorimeter Calibration System is used to calibrate each individual nanocalorimeter sensor chip used in the nanocalorimetry measurements project. The