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The NIST Physical Measurement Laboratory has established the color and appearance metrology facility to support calibration services for 0°/45° colored samples, 20°, 60°, and 85° specular gloss samples, research in the colorimetric characterization of gonioapparent including a new standards for...

Manufacturers are creating pigments with new and unique appearance attributes. For example, gonioapparent materials such as metallic and pearlescent coatings exhibit differences in their perceived color with changes in the illumination or viewing angle, or both. These coatings are very important to...

The NIST Virtual Cybernetic Building Testbed (VCBT) is a whole building emulator designed with enough flexibility to be capable of reproducibly simulating normal operation and a variety of faulty and hazardous conditions that might occur in a " cybernetic building", where numerous building control...

The SP5 is a laser scanning two-photon and confocal microscope equipped with multiple illumination sources, internal and external detectors, and spectral analysis system. The SP5 system can be used in variety of imaging modes including conventional confocal, multiphoton, differential interference...

The NIST transition edge sensor microcalorimeter is energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer capable of ~5 eV resolution over a range of energies from hundreds to eV to 8 keV. Calorimeters measure the thermal energy deposited in a block of normal (non-superconducting) metal by individual x-ray photons...

The Eagle III Micro XRF unit is similar to a traditional XRF unit, with the primary difference being that the X-rays are focused by a polycapillary optic into a spot nominally 50 µm in size. The small, focused spot allows users to do X-ray imaging and microanalysis of a wide variety of samples...

A JEOL model 7830F field emission source, scanning Auger microscope. Specifications / Capabilities: Ultra-high vacuum (UHV), electron gun range from 0.1 kV to 25 kV, hemispherical electron energy analyzer (0 keV to 3 keV), two-stage sample introduction, parking stage, backscattered electron...

he Bruker D8 defractometer is a general purpose X-ray diffraction system. The instrument features easy reconfiguration of the X-ray optics for a variety of experimental configurations. The combination of the Gobel parabolic X-ray mirror and Cu-Ka X-ray source at 40 kV produce a beam intensity in...

Description: CORAL Name: Unaxis ICP Etcher Chlorine-based system utilizing Boron Trichloride and Chlorine to etch metals and III-V group materials on planar substrates up to 150 mm in diameter. Specifications / Capabilities: ICP: 2.0 MHz 250W RF: 13.56MHz 300W Gases: Cl 2, Ar, BCl 3, SF 6, O 2...

The ASPEX Personal SEM (PSEM) is a tungsten filament scanning electron microscope optimized for automated particle analysis. The system was designed with staging, scan control and detector geometries optimized for sizing and measuring the composition of particles in the 0.5 micrometer to 100...

FEI Company, Model Quanta 200 F Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope Specifications / Capabilities: Field emission gun, high vacuum, low vacuum and environmental vacuum mode capable. Energy dispersive silicon drift x-ray detector, cathodoluminescence system, backscattered electron detector,...

The JEOL JXA 8500f is a thermal field emission electron microprobe capable of performing quantitative X-ray microanalysis and secondary and backscattered electron imaging on a wide variety of samples. The state of the art electron column is capable of outputting high currents (typically 10 - 100 nA...

The Quantum Electronics and Photonics Division utilizes a fully automated, dual-chamber molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system for the growth of advanced, compound semiconductor heterostructures, composed of compounds based on GaAs, InP, and GaN, with sub-nanometer control of the film thicknesses. The...

Description: CORAL Name: Microwave Asher A tool using microwave oxygen plasma to remove organics on the surfaces Specifications / Capabilities: Frequency: 2.45 GHz Power: 100W No Cr, AG exposed to the surface Scientific Opportunities / Applications: Surface cleaning after processes including ion...

Description: In the late 1970s and early 1980s the fire community was pushing for reliable bench-scale tools to measure material flammability based on heat release rate. A measure of heat release rates was thought to be the most reliable and accurate measure of the flammability of a material...

Description: In order to enable studies of a range of indoor air quality and ventilation issues, EL maintains a highly instrumented three-bedroom test house. Previous research in this test house has focused on residential ventilation strategies and their energy impacts, release of nanoparticles...

Description: CORAL Name: Nanoimprinter This tool creates a pattern in a thin resist by embossing from a mold. The pattern is later transferred to the wafer by reactive ion etching. Specifications / Capabilities: Pieceparts up to 150 mm wafers Nitrogen cushion pressure ensures uniformity Imprint...

Description: This apparatus, developed at EL, determines material properties related to piloted ignition of a vertically oriented sample under constant and uniform heat flux up to 6.5 W/cm2 and to aerial flame spread on a vertical surface due to an externally applied radiant flux. The apparatus...

The NIST Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) Research Facility includes two commercial metal-based AM systems located in two different buildings on the main NIST campus. These systems build parts from metal powders using two different additive manufacturing processes: Direct Metal Laser Sintering (...

This apparatus, developed at EL, has been constructed to generate a controlled and repeatable size and mass distribution of glowing firebrands. The purpose of NIST Dragon is to simulate wind driven firebrand showers observed in long range spotting and therefore glowing firebrands were desired. But...

The National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL) is adding a unique facility that will serve as a center of excellence for fireperformance of structures ranging in size from small components to two-story buildings. The laboratory will be led, managed, and operated by the NIST Engineering Laboratory...

PGAA is a widely applicable technique for determining the presence and amount of many elements simultaneously in samples ranging in size from micrograms to many grams. It is a non-destructive method, and the chemical form and shape of the sample are relatively unimportant. Typical measurements take...

Description: CORAL Name: PECVD Need something here Specifications / Capabilities: From small size samples to 200 mm wafers No photoresist No plastic or PDMS Glass and Silicon Substrates allowed All other substrates need approval Scientific Opportunities / Applications: Low temperature film...

Description: CORAL Name: RTA This system uses 21-1200W lamps to control temperature ramps and steady state temperatures from 250 degrees to 1200 degrees C anneals Specifications / Capabilities: Silicon Wafers only Scientific Opportunities / Applications: Short time, high temperature anneals Growth...

Description: CORAL Name: E-Beam Evap 2 This is an electron gun evaporator for the deposition of metals and dielectrics thin films. Materials available are: Ag, Al, Au, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mo, Pd, Permalloy, Pt, Ta, Ti, W, Al 2O 3, MgO, Si, SiO 2, TiO 2. Specifications / Capabilities: Wafers from 50 to...

Description: This tool measures the resistivity of samples by using the four point probe technique. The probe consists of four equally spaced tips which pass a current through the outer probes and measures the voltage across the two inner probes. Specifications / Capabilities: Measures the...

TheHelios650NanoLab(HNL650)is a Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscope equipped withspectroscopicdetectorsto allow elemental and phase measurementsto be performed at high spatial resolution. TheHNL650 operates between 1 keV and 30keVelectronbeamenergyand2kVand30kVionbeam acceleratingvoltage...

Cressington 208 HR Gold Sputter Coater

NIST has developed a test facility for micro-combined heat and power (micro-CHP) devices to measure their performance over a range of different operating strategies and conditions. The facility was designed to test grid interconnected and grid independent systems with natural gas as the fuel and an...