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CMOS Device and Reliability
Last Updated Date: 03/08/2013

The CMOS Device and Reliability Project will develop advanced metrology tools to enable high performance CMOS devices with sufficient reliability. … more

MEMS Measurement Science and Standards
Last Updated Date: 02/21/2013

Our goal is to provide technical leadership in R&D for the MEMS measurement infrastructure essential to improving U.S. economic … more

Connecting Thermodynamic and Dynamic Properties of Bulk and Confined Fluids
Last Updated Date: 02/13/2013

It is well known that the physical properties of a fluid can change profoundly, and often non-trivially, when placed in a confined environment. … more

Nanotechnology  for Sustainable Water and Energy
Last Updated Date: 02/06/2013

Objective We synthesize and characterize catalytic nanoparticles and nanoparticle-enhanced membranes for more efficient water treatment and … more

Membranes for Clean Water
Last Updated Date: 02/02/2013

This project provides measurement solutions that probe the surface and internal structure of polymer membranes used in water purification, and … more

Assessing NP EHS
Last Updated Date: 02/02/2013

Due to their small size, nanoparticles can enter living organisms in previously unforeseen ways and their immense surface area results in higher … more

AFM-Based Nanomechanics
Last Updated Date: 01/31/2013

Local mechanical-property information is essential to evaluate emerging micro- and nanoscale materials, which many manufacturers would like to … more

Legacy Project - Fate of Nanoparticles in Neural Environments
Last Updated Date: 01/29/2013

Our goal is to develop an advanced in vitro system for nano-neurotoxicology that employs neural progenitor cells and tissue-engineering hydrogels. … more

Scanning Probe Microscopy Measurements and Standards
Last Updated Date: 01/24/2013

Our goal is to develop standard reference materials and quantitative, reproducible, measurement methods and protocols for scanning probe … more

Nanoscale Stress Measurements and Standards
Last Updated Date: 01/24/2013

Our objective is to develop accurate measurement methods for the nanoscale stress distributions and surface defects that control device … more

Nanotribology for Nanomanufacturing
Last Updated Date: 01/23/2013

Tribology is the science and technology of interacting surfaces in relative motion and includes studies of friction, adhesion, lubrication, and … more

Advanced Materials Metrology
Last Updated Date: 01/11/2013

In this project we measure the fundamental electrical properties of materials from bulk to nanoscale from 1 MHz to 0.3 THz. Understanding the … more

Thin Film and Interconnect Reliability
Last Updated Date: 01/04/2013

This project, now concluded, developed methods to evaluate the reliability of thin films and interconnects in their as-manufactured states. Such … more

DNA Origami for Precise Manufacturing of Nanoscale Structures
Last Updated Date: 01/02/2013

Over the past decade nanoscale science has produced varied and fascinating nanostructures with an extraordinary range of interesting and useful … more

Manipulating the Position and Orientation of Nanoparticles using Feedback Control
Last Updated Date: 12/26/2012

To advance the development of miniaturized systems, there is a need to place nanostructured materials in very precise locations. Only then can … more

nanotubes
Scanning electron microscope image of typical titania nanotubes for a photocatalytic cell to produce hydrogen gas from water.
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