An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory Fiscal Year 2010 (2010) / Chapter Skim
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2 Ceramics Division
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The division is organized into four groups: Nanomechanical Properties; Functional Properties; Synchrotron Methods; and Structure Determination Methods. The chief of the Ceramics Division presented for the division review team a comprehensive overview, including as topics the mission, organization, staffing, budget, facilities, equipment, and core competencies.
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ACHIEVEMENT OF OBJECTIVES AND DESIRED IMPACT The Ceramics Division has met its objective of developing and disseminating measurement science, standards, and technology relevant to mechanical properties, functional properties, structure determination, and synchrotron methods for the development and use of advanced materials. Personal interaction and organized 8
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The production of SRMs, documentary standards, SRDs, and data analysis software continues to provide an invaluable service to the entire materials community worldwide. TECHNICAL PROGRAM REVIEW Nanomechanical Properties Group The Nanomechanical Properties Group consists of 5 NIST permanent technical staff, 2 NRC postdoctoral associates, 3 term employees or students, 18.1 NIST associates (see footnote 1)
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Another opportunity area is that of self-healing nanostructured coatings to replace chromate-based protective coatings for diverse applications. The panel's findings and recommendations with respect to the Ceramics Division's Nanomechanical Properties Group are as follows: Finding: The electromechanical measurement method for thin films has potential for broader use.
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These are significant challenges, but well within the capabilities of the Nanomechanical Properties Group's personnel. Functional Properties Group The Functional Properties Group consists of four NIST permanent technical staff, one NRC postdoctoral researcher, and 4.2 NIST associates (see footnote 1)
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The panel's finding and recommendation with respect to the Functional Properties Group are as follows: Finding: There is substantial room for the Functional Properties Group to expand technically, especially in the area of energy conversion materials, where batteries and capacitors were identified as an appropriate growth area. Recommendation: The Functional Properties Group should continue to hold workshops, such as the upcoming workshop on carbon mitigation planned for 2011, to determine how NIST can best contribute to broad and fast-moving fields from the perspective of measurement science and technology.
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The group has established a very mature capability that clearly meets stated mission objectives through significant accomplishments. Recommendation: The upcoming transition to the National Synchrotron Light Source-II project should be used to build and upgrade facilities and equipment.
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The X-ray Metrology and Standards project develops SRMs and quantitative, reproducible measurement methods and protocols for powder diffraction, high-resolution diffraction, and x-ray reflectometry to enable the accurate and precise determination of material structure at the x-ray wavelength scale. Among other notable accomplishments, this project has achieved order-of-magnitude improvements in accuracy and precision in lattice parameter determination with its new divergent beam diffractometer.
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Other-agency funding can be used to expand staffing and capabilities and helps to sharpen people's focus, as developing external funding is a very competitive process.
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