"Characterization methods" refers to the different ways or techniques used to understand or describe the characteristics, features, or qualities of something or someone.
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With these probes, near - field microscopy appears poised to fulfill its promise by combining the power of optical
characterization methods with nanometric spatial resolution.
Traditional, bottom - up
detector characterization methods provide one way to model underlying detector physics, and generate ever more faithful numerical simulations, but this approach... ▽ More As astronomical observations from space benefit from improved sensitivity, the effectiveness of scientific programs is becoming limited by systematics that often originate in poorly understood image sensor behavior.
Traditional, bottom - up detector
characterization methods provide one way to model underlying detector physics, and generate ever more faithful numerical simulations, but this approach is vulnerable to preconceptions and over-simplification.
Once we fabricate electrodes and measure their surface areas, we use a suite
of characterization methods to determine unknown semiconductor properties by the following procedure: We determine the conductivity type of an unknown material by monitoring the open - circuit potential response upon illumination, which is important to establish the reverse - bias conditions used for all subsequent testing.
Her team's research opens up new possibilities in the nascent field of 3 - D nanomagnetics, which has evolved through recent discoveries of new magnetic effects at the atomic level, as well as advances
in characterization methods such as in the X-ray magnetic microscopy technique used by the group.
Going forward, he says, «our vision is to link up this
fast characterization method with the faster materials and device synthesis methods we've developed in our lab.»
The research team found that the
synchrotron characterization methods enable new insight into why compacted graphite iron, which is used by Caterpillar in heavy - duty engine components, can conduct heat better than ductile iron while maintaining good ductile strength.
He brings a variety of in situ and ex
situ characterization methods to bear on the these materials, including high - resolution x-ray and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, Rutherford backscattering, scanning transmission electron microscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy, atom probe tomography and scanning probe microscopy.
Current research efforts in the Heterogeneous Catalysis project involve the design and study of new oxygen - and hydrogen - evolving materials and development of novel
surface characterization methods for in situ measurements.
«We are using synthesis, processing and
characterization methods that are robust and widely applicable, with an eye toward scaling these methods to facilitate the future industrial adoption of block polymers,» says Thomas H. Epps, III, who leads the group.