Materials Science Portal - Overview Plastics, carbon nanotubes, high-strength alloys, artificial bone and joint replacements are just some of the emerging materials for which the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) develops testbeds, defines benchmarks, and develops formability measurements and models... Programs and Projects
Broadband Coherent anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy of Thin Films
Coherent anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS) is a high sensitivity alternative to conventional Raman spectroscopy. Ultrafast lasers are used to … more
Advanced Magnetic and Quantum Materials
Quantum coherent materials have become important in magnetic sensors as well as information processing technology. For magnetic sensors, … more
Membranes for Clean Water
The goal of this project is to develop quantitative measurement methods for determining the structure, dynamics, and mechanical properties of … more
Combinatorial Measurement Methods for Inorganic Materials
Our goal is to develop novel, combinatorially-compatible measurement methods and metrologies, as well as comprehensive and consistent data sets, … more
Hardness Standardization
Our objective is to standardize and improve hardness measurement both in the U.S. and internationally. NIST is the U.S. National Metrology … more
Nanoscale Stress Measurements and Standards
Our objective is to develop accurate measurement methods for the nanoscale stress distributions and surface defects that control device … more Software
RMCProfile Utility Programs
Structure refinements using a Reverse Monte Carlo (RMC) method employ large atomic ensembles to fit experimental data. The method relies on a … more
Electron holography
An electron hologram is a fringe modulated image containing the amplitude and phase information of an electron transparent object. The HolograFREE … more
OOF: Finite Element Analysis of Microstructures
The OOF software provides a finite-element modeling capability to users in the field of materials science. It encapsulates advanced numerical … more |
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