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Materials /Materials characterization

Thermal properties

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2D Material Electronic Test

Electronic Material Characterization

Ongoing
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...

Material Qualification

Ongoing
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...

Publications

The Importance of Sub-nanosecond Relaxations on the Ballistic Impact Resistance of Cross-linked Thermoset Network Polymers

Author(s)
Christopher Soles, Katherine Evans, Polette Centellas, Adam Biacchi, Angela Hight Walker, Madhu Sudan Tyagi, Kanae Ito, Christian Yoon, Adam Burns, Timothy Sirk, Kevin Masser, Joseph Lenhart, Joseph Dennis, Kohei Sasaki, Naoyuki Shoji, Takefumi Yamashita, Hiroshi AKIBA, Yoshinori Ohmasa
This manuscript explores the importance of the collective, many atom relaxations that occur in cross-linked glassy polymer networks on the picosecond to...

Control of Dynamic Composites through Filler Surface Chemistry

Author(s)
Neil Dolinski, Lily Alperstein, Ran Tao, Anthony Kotula, Hojin Kim, Kyle Petersen, Elina Ghimire, Charlie Lindberg, Julia Murphy, Kexin Li, SJ Sibener, Aaron Forster, Stuart Rowan
The addition of hard fillers to polymeric networks allows for enhancement of mechanical properties, generally at the expense of extensibility. In the case of...

Tools and Instruments

Video clips of different Kolsky Bar tests performed at NIST

Pulse-Heated Kolsky Bar

This facility provides dynamic strength measurements in tension and compression at strain rates between 500 strain/s and 5000 strain/s with the option for rapid
Nanocalorimeter Measurement System

Nanocalorimeter Measurement System

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
Nanocalorimeter Calibration System

Nanocalorimeter Calibration System

The Nanocalorimeter Calibration System is used to calibrate each individual nanocalorimeter sensor chip used in the nanocalorimetry measurements project. The

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