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High-Dose Dosimetry Uncertainty Tables
Last Updated Date: 08/21/2012 The high-dose dosimetry program supports radiation-processing applications by assuring that the absorbed dose to the product, often prescribed or … more
High-Dose Dosimetry
Last Updated Date: 08/21/2012 The activities described here support the application of high-dose, high-energy ionizing radiation for a variety of industrial processes. … more
Dosimetry Standardization for Radiobiology
Last Updated Date: 08/21/2012 A program for the development of dosimetry standards for radiobiology was launched through a highly successful workshop. The … more
Nanomagnetic Imaging
Last Updated Date: 08/20/2012 The microscopic arrangement of the magnetic structure within a thin metal film plays a fundamental role in many technological applications ranging … more
Novel Sources for Focused-ion Beams
Last Updated Date: 08/14/2012 Focused beams of ions have a wide range of uses, from nanoscale imaging to the fabrication of nanomaterials. At the CNST, researchers … more
Micro- and Nano-Mechanical Systems
Last Updated Date: 07/25/2012 Micro- and nano-optomechanical systems are being investigated experimentally to bring these systems toward the quantum limit, study quantum … more
Quantum State Manipulation of Ultra-cold Atoms and Superconducting Devices
Last Updated Date: 07/25/2012 Theory is being developed and exploited for the quantum operation of laser-cooled and Bose condensed atoms as well as superconducting devices, such … more
Single Electron Coherence
Last Updated Date: 07/25/2012 CMOS-compatible Si-based SET quantum dots systems are being fabricated and electrically characterized at low temperature to explore the possibility … 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
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
Nano-biophotonics for molecular imaging
Last Updated Date: 07/12/2012 Biophotonics is at the intersection of photonics and biology where light is used to image, detect, and manipulate biological materials. This … 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
Spectroscopy of Engineered Atoms
Last Updated Date: 07/05/2012 Experiments with atomic systems designed to have features more favorable for improved measurements of atomic properties and constants of nature. … 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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