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        Microwave Detectors and Multiplexing: NIST Researchers Help Astronomers Examine the Early Universe
                        January 24, 2024Perched atop a high plateau in Chile’s Atacama Desert, a long-awaited observatory is beginning to take shape: the largest suite of ground-based telescopes
  Spotlight: The Unfortunate Origin of a NIST Metal Toughness Program Still Going Strong
                        October 19, 2023A series of catastrophic failures in U.S. ships during World War II prompted the start of a program still in existence and going strong at NIST.
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                        October 5, 2023A single-atom-thick sheet of carbon known as graphene has remarkable properties on its own, but things can get even more interesting when you stack up multiple

    

  
  

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                        Tue, Mar 12 2024Purpose The Proposer’s Day is intended to familiarize potential applicants with the objectives and structure of the

    

  
  

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        Synthesis and longevity of candidate direct air capture (DAC) materials
                  OngoingOur team is focusing on developing reliable methods to characterize DAC materials for longevity and stability. We are currently focusing on aminosilane-silica
  X-ray Testbed for Breakthrough Catalyst Measurements
                  OngoingNIST’s Material Measurement Laboratory and Physical Measurement Laboratory are developing a first-of-kind X-ray testbed for operando monitoring of catalytic
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                  OngoingNIST’s Material Measurement Laboratory and Communications Technology Laboratory are developing a new spectroscopy for intermolecular interactions. The team is
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        Considerations for using Calibration Curves to Infer Oxide Stoichiometry from Atom Probe Tomography Data
                        August 1, 2024
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                                Ann  Chiaramonti Debay,   Daniel  Schreiber,   Karen  Kruska,   Kayla  YanoAtom probe tomography (APT) is a powerful analytical technique whose strengths lie in its combination of three-dimensional reconstructions, (sub)nanometer
  ToF-SIMS Analysis of Ultrathin Films and Their Fragmentation Patterns
                        February 8, 2024
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                                Shin  Muramoto,   Daniel  Graham,   David  CastnerOrganic thin films are of great interest due to their intriguing interfacial and functional properties, especially for device applications such as thin-film
  Advanced Characterization of Materials using Atom Probe Tomography
                        February 1, 2024
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                                Jacob  Garcia,   Ann  Chiaramonti DebayNo abstract required for this submission
  Connecting Molecular Exchange Dynamics to Stress Relaxation in Phase-Separated Dynamic Covalent Networks
                        January 22, 2024
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                                Neil  Dolinski,   Ran  Tao,   Nicholas  Boynton,   Anthony  Kotula,   Charlie  Lindberg,   Kyle  Petersen,   Aaron M.  Forster,   Stuart  RowanA suite of phase separated dynamic covalent networks based on highly tunable dynamic benzalcyanoacetate (BCA) thia-Michael acceptors are investigated. In situ

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        NIST DTSA-II
                        March 10, 2023NIST DTSA-II builds on the best available algorithms in the literature to simulate, quantify and plan energy dispersive x-ray analysis measurements.
  Custom Lifetime Imaging Platform (CLIP)CLIP is an analysis program for fluorescence lifetime images. It provides the user with the ability to fit or calculate the phasor plots for lifetime decays

    

  
  

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        Atom Probe Tomography (LEAP 4000X Si/HR – Local Electrode Atom Probe)LEAP 4000X Si/HR Imaging time-of-flight mass spectrometer and field ion microscope. Can deliver 3-D, isotopically- and chemically- resolved images Sub-nanometer
  Hysitron PI-85 PicoindentorThis in-situ indentation system can be integrated into electron microscopes as well as being run in other unusual setups. With a load capacity of 150 mN, this
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        William Luecke Recognized with ASTM Award of MeritFor dynamic and outstanding leadership in the organization of editorial and terminology advances in mechanical testing and calibration
  Vivek M. Prabhu Named APS FellowFor fundamental insight into the chain conformation, structure, phase separation, and interfaces of polyelectrolytes enabled by light and
  Aaron Gilad Kusne Named APS FellowFor pioneering work on applications of machine learning for automated delineation of materials phase diagrams, and for the development of
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