Nanotechnology Portal - OverviewAdvancing nanoscale measurement science, standards, and nanotechnology is an important component of NIST's mission to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness. From leading cutting edge research to coordinating the development of standards that promote trade, NIST's programs in nanotechnology directly impact priorities important to the nation's economy and well being. …more Subject Areas
Programs and Projects
Theory of Transport in Graphene
Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms, is one of the most likely materials to produce the next breakthrough in the electronics … more
Microscopy Methods
This project is developing means of quantitatively measuring chemical distributions in three dimensions at the nanometer scale in materials with … more
COMPLETED: Nanoscale Thermal Properties Project
Our goal is to develop measurement techniques to characterize the changes in thermal transport and thermal transition temperatures in polymeric … more
COMPLETED: Combinatorial Approaches to Thin Film Nanomaterials
Our goal is to develop combinatorial library approaches for measuring and optimizing the effect of substrate chemical functionalization on the … more
COMPLETED: Macromolecule and Nanoparticle Composition and Architecture
We develop quantitative methods for the analysis of macromolecules having complex architectures and nanoparticles having organic functionalities. … 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 Software
Electron holography
An electron hologram is a fringe modulated image containing the amplitude and phase information of an electron transparent object. The HolograFREE … more |
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