Analytical chemistry

News and Updates

A Standard for Standards

March 19, 2018

A new NIST standard ensures reliably accurate comparisons of measurements of the purity of tens of thousands of organic...

A graph with vertical lines showing the mass spectrum of fentanyl

Free Software Can Help Spot New Forms of Fentanyl and Other Illegal Drugs

March 07, 2018

Fentanyl, the synthetic drug that is driving a nationwide overdose epidemic, is not only a killer. It’s also a shape...

NIST Announces 2018 Small Business Innovation Research Funding Opportunity

February 16, 2018

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is now accepting proposals for its 2018 Small Business...

Detecting Chemical Agents with Confidence

January 17, 2018

The Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) has become an important defense tool on battlefields and in war-torn cities...

Publications

Nanoscale photocurrent mapping in perovskite solar cells

June 01, 2018

Author(s):

Yohan Yoon, Dongheon Ha, Ik Jae Park, Paul M. Haney, Sangwook Lee, Nikolai B. Zhitenev

In this work, we study spatially-resolved generation of photocurrent of methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) perovskite solar cells to reveal the...

Metrology for stable isotope reference materials: 13C/12C and 18O/16O isotope ratio value assignment of pure carbon dioxide gas samples on the Vienna PeeDee Belmnite-CO2 scale using dual-inlet mass spectrometry

May 25, 2018

Author(s):

Abneesh Srivastava, R M. Verkouteren

Isotope ratio measurements have been conducted on a series of isotopically distinct pure CO2 gas samples using the technique of dual-inlet isotope ratio mass...

Determination of Hexavalent Chromium Fractions in Plastics Using Laboratory-Based, High- Resolution X Ray Emission Spectroscopy

May 24, 2018

Author(s):

Evan P. Jahrman, Gerald Seidler, John R. Sieber

Cr(VI) is a well-known human carcinogen with many water-soluble moieties. Its presence in both natural and man-made substances poses a risk to public health,...

Richard Niessner and Andreas Schäffer: Organic Trace Analysis

May 16, 2018

Author(s):

Melissa M. Phillips

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Projects & Programs

Metabolomics Quality Assurance and Quality Control Materials (MetQual) Program

The NIST Metabolomics Quality Assurance and Quality Control Materials (MetQual) Program has been created to demonstrate and improve the comparability of...

Biomaterials for Oral Health

Our goal is to enable the development and manufacturing of biomaterials for oral health moving forward in 21st century by providing critical measurement...

Understanding the Bioaccumulation of Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents using Advanced Measurement Capabilities

Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents (GBCA) are intravenous drugs used in diagnostic imaging procedures to enhance the quality of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI...

Method Assessment for Non-Targeted Analyses (MANTA) Program

The MANTA Program is an ongoing collaboration with laboratories to increase the comparability and reproducibility of their results using non-targeted analysis...

Software

NIST Mass and Fragment Calculator Software

The NIST Mass and Fragment Calculator is a program written in Visual Basic which calculates the mass of an input peptide or protein sequence along with m/z...

NIST DTSA-II

NIST DTSA-II builds on the best available algorithms in the literature to simulate, quantify and plan energy dispersive x-ray analysis measurements.

JB95 Spectral fitting program

A graphical user interface program, JB95 , based on a Windows 95 © API platform has been written in the C programming language to aid in the analysis of...

Simulated Chromatographic Data

The following information is provided as an aid in the validation of mathematical models used in quantitation with chromatographic data. This data may also be...

Analytical chemistry

News and Updates

A Standard for Standards

Free Software Can Help Spot New Forms of Fentanyl and Other Illegal Drugs

NIST Announces 2018 Small Business Innovation Research Funding Opportunity

Detecting Chemical Agents with Confidence

Publications

Nanoscale photocurrent mapping in perovskite solar cells

Metrology for stable isotope reference materials: 13C/12C and 18O/16O isotope ratio value assignment of pure carbon dioxide gas samples on the Vienna PeeDee Belmnite-CO2 scale using dual-inlet mass spectrometry

Determination of Hexavalent Chromium Fractions in Plastics Using Laboratory-Based, High- Resolution X Ray Emission Spectroscopy

Richard Niessner and Andreas Schäffer: Organic Trace Analysis

Projects & Programs

Metabolomics Quality Assurance and Quality Control Materials (MetQual) Program

Biomaterials for Oral Health

Understanding the Bioaccumulation of Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents using Advanced Measurement Capabilities

Method Assessment for Non-Targeted Analyses (MANTA) Program

Software

NIST Mass and Fragment Calculator Software

NIST DTSA-II

JB95 Spectral fitting program

Simulated Chromatographic Data

Tools & Instruments

TESCAN MIRA3 for automated electron microscopy

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

Milli X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer

Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope