- Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Materials | NIST
Cementitious Materials Our team studies cementitious materials to develop measurement science tools and standards for additive manufacturing Learn more NIST studies cementitious materials for additive manufacturing, like the 3D printed cement structure pictured above
- Additive Manufacturing of Materials | NIST
Advanced Materials NIST Additive Manufacturing researches advanced materials, such as biomaterials, composites, and metamaterials Learn more NIST studies advanced materials for additive manufacturing, such as biomaterials and composites, like the prosthetics pictured above
- Materials Data Resources | NIST
Materials Resource Registry allows for the registration of materials resources, bridging the gap between existing resources, software and repositories and end users
- Rare Crystal Shape Found to Increase the Strength of 3D-Printed Metal
NIST researchers have found special atomic patterns called quasicrystals in 3D-printed aluminum alloys Quasicrystals increase the strength of 3D-printed aluminum, the researchers discovered, making it possible to use in lightweight, high-strength objects such as airplane parts Once thought impossible, quasicrystals were originally discovered at NIST, leading to a 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Materials characterization | NIST
Materials discovery in combinatorial and high-throughput synthesis and processing: A new Frontier for SPM August 27, 2025 Author (s)
- Nanometer-Scale Planar Reference Materials | NIST
Reference materials of planar films will accelerate the adoption of new materials into production, improve the yield from current process technologies, and allow for manufacturers to better compare metrology and process monitoring results between foundries
- Metrology of Purity and Contaminants in Solid Materials
Summary Chips manufacturers use a variety of high-purity solid materials, such as silicon, germanium, copper, gold, silver, GeSi, AlGaN, etc , in their processes Reliable chips require that these source materials be extremely pure and that they be qualified based on overall purity and priority contaminants
- Bioinspired Materials Can Take a Punch | NIST
The mantis shrimp packs a powerful punch thanks partly to unique structures in its exoskeleton NIST researchers have fabricated synthetic versions of these structures and tested their impact resistance by blasting them with microprojectiles These bioinspired structures can be used to create new, impact-resistant materials for aerospace, defense, sports and more
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