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
NIST SRM for Reproducible Analyses of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are one of the first major nanoscale manufactured products to enter the market. Therefore, reliable and reproducible … more
Control of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Nanoscale Manipulation of Fluids and Materials
Scientists and engineers currently have a growing library of synthetic microscale and nanoscale swimmers which affect the hydrodynamics of their … more
Diffraction Metrology and Standards
Our objective is the development of Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) and quantitative, reproducible, and accurate measurement methods for … more
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 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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