An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Material Measurement Laboratory Fiscal Year 2017 (2017) / Chapter Skim
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6 Materials Measurement Science
6 Materials Measurement Science
Pages 52-60
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The MMSD maintains a very broad scientific portfolio encompassing five program areas: the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) ; advanced materials; nanometrology; safety, security, and forensics; and synchrotron science.
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It also develops novel methods of chemical analysis based on optical microscopy, mass spectrometry, chromatography, ion mobility spectrometry, spectroscopy, autoradiography, nuclear counting, and nuclear track methods.3 It also conducts research in generation and size calibration of particle standards. Additionally, the group researches fundamental aspects of the trace detection of explosive and narcotic particles (including the use of computational fluid dynamics and advanced flow visualization)
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Yet, as the pace of change in scientific discoveries and technological advancements accelerates, the ability to quickly respond to new materials science problems is increasingly important to MMSD's stakeholders. The rapid response challenge is twofold: the ability to quickly adapt existing measurement competencies to meet new needs, and the timely development or acquisition of new competencies to address novel measurement science problems.
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The Nanomechanical Properties Group has developed special expertise in the technology pertaining to the measurement of mechanical properties of advanced materials and structures at the nanoscale. The group has the ability to determine, compile, evaluate, and disseminate key data needed to establish the relationships between structure, mechanical properties, and performance of inorganic and hybrid materials and devices.
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External awards won by the MMSD include the following: the IEC's 1906 award, the Roon Foundation award, Fellow of the ACS, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, ASTM Committee F12 Award of Excellence, the International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) Distinguished Fellow Award, American Ceramic Society (ACS)
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The Safety, Security, and Forensics program within the MMSD strives to provide the underpinning measurement science needed to advance threat detection, improve the accuracy of forensics measurements, and ensure the reliability of protective technologies and materials in ways that enable homeland security, the safety of public servants, and effective law enforcement. Chemical microscopy and particle characterization techniques have been developed in the MMSD to evaluate the threat signatures associated with trace explosives detection.
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The MMSD will maximize the use of this facility by NIST staff and associates, and has been reaching out to additional external users. The challenge for both facilities involves growing the user community with existing staff resources (i.e., without devoting additional resources)
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and industry members to develop a new standard test method for size measurement using dynamic light scattering. Finally, the MMSD has generated for other agencies significant outputs that, for security reasons, are not included in its list of publically available publications.
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Particularly for exploratory work, making the design of experiments more uniform (when the project is conducive to it) would improve efficiency in determining salient variables to explore.
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