EurekAlert!

NIST scientists use electron beam to unravel the secrets of an 'atomic switch'

Scientists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used a beam of electrons to move a single atom in a small molecule back and forth between two ...
EurekAlert!

NIST helps chip industry measure features by counting atoms

The quest to develop the nanotechnology equivalent of rulers--length-measurement references based on the spacing of atoms in a perfectly ordered crystal--has inspired a burst of innovation at the ...
Design-Reuse

Microsemi Achieves NIST Certification on EnforcIT Cryptography IP Cores for FPGA and ASIC Designs

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -- April 12, 2013--Microsemi Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced it has achieved ...
Nature

Whispering-gallery mode quantum resonators in graphene

Recently, a research group from the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the ...