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Evaluating Measurement Quality of Microfluidic Cell-based Assays
Last Updated Date: 08/31/2012

Microfluidic technologies show promise as miniaturized, portable platforms for cell assays, but must be tested to establish confidence of … more

IECn42
Last Updated Date: 08/23/2012

The purpose of the IEC 62755 standard N42 data format is to facilitate manufacturer-independent transfer of information from radiation measurement … more

Semiconductor Metrology for Energy Conversion
Last Updated Date: 08/21/2012

Optical Materials Metrology 21st century optoelectronics emphasizes energy technologies, and modern security issues have heightened needs for … more

radioactivity_srm
Last Updated Date: 07/24/2012

The Standard Reference Materials Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides science, industry, and government … more

Proficiency Test Results
Last Updated Date: 07/19/2012

Proficiency Test (PT) results are available at no cost to customers who have tested SRMs 2092, 2096, and 2098.   A PT result serves as a … more

ANSI N42.42 Standard
Last Updated Date: 07/19/2012

The purpose of the N42 data format is to facilitate manufacturer-independent transfer of information from radiation measurement instruments for … more

Theory and Modeling of Materials for Renewable Energy
Last Updated Date: 07/12/2012

Renewable energy sources such as solar energy are attractive alternatives to fossil fuels because of their abundant supply and pollution-free power … more

Computational Biology: Comarison of Cell Image Segmentation Algorithms
Last Updated Date: 07/10/2012

With the advent of automated data acquisition systems in conjunction with on-line imaging devices, the biological researcher is potentially … more

Nanostructures for Energy Conversion
Last Updated Date: 07/10/2012

Electrochemical systems containing nanostructured materials are increasingly being incorporated into  devices for efficiently harvesting, … more

Optoelectrical Characterization of Nanostructured Photovoltaic Materials and Devices
Last Updated Date: 07/10/2012

Photovoltaics technology is usually categorized into three generations: 1) devices based on polysilicon; 2) devices based on thin-film direct … more

Nanoscale Functional and Structural Characterization of Thin-Film Inorganic Solar Cells
Last Updated Date: 07/10/2012

Large-scale implementation of solar power generation requires photovoltaic (PV) devices with efficiency-to-cost ratios better than existing … more

Nanostructured Thermoelectrics
Last Updated Date: 07/09/2012

Thermoelectrics are materials that can reversibly convert a temperature difference across the material into electricity. As a renewable technology, … more

Fundamental Chemical Metrology
Last Updated Date: 07/03/2012

The Analytical Chemistry Division serves as the Nation’s reference laboratory for chemical compositional measurements and standards to … more

Absolute Ag108 Characterization Based on Gamma-Gamma Coincident Detection by Two Nai (TI) Detectors
Last Updated Date: 06/27/2012

A two-dimensional analysis of three coincident gamma-rays in 108 Ag m decay, detected by two NaI(Tl) scintillation detectors, allows a direct … more

Quantification of the Alpha Wall Effect in Liquid Scintillation Counting
Last Updated Date: 06/27/2012

A long-standing uncertainty in liquid scintillation (LS) counting has been the possible loss of counting efficiency.  more

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