Areas of future application include semiconductor manufacturing, holography, and navigation. Developed the means to manipulate, count, and store electrons one at a time. The pioneering electron counter will enable extremely accurate measurements of stored electrical energy, or capacitance, which is vital to makers and users of electronics products and control instruments. Demonstrated the potential of three experimental methods for measuring the widths of the gates and interconnecting wires on integrated circuits with atomic-level accuracy, necessary for future generations of chips. Enhancements should improve the ability to determine the distribution and concentration of dopants in advanced semiconductor devices, a pressing industry need.
Examples are brain and plant tissue, DNA probes, organic polymers, and drug compounds.
Called cluster SIMS, the NIST approach meticulously maps the surface and in-depth chemical composition of surfaces, molecular layer by molecular layer. Infrastructure for e-Commerce Fast, reliable, and secure networks that link people, organizations, information, and technology underpin modern economies and societies. With a variety of partners, NIST attends to the integrity and advancement of the nation's information infrastructure. NIST narrowed the international field of AES competitors to five, down from 15. The finalists are undergoing the next round of rigorous evaluation before one is chosen as the standard algorithm for encrypting and decrypting sensitive government information.