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NPL provides top-level reference standards for time and is the UK’s centre for precise time measurement.
Testing dielectric materials for areas of fluctuating current that affect their performance as superconductors.
Single photons can be detected by monitoring the change in voltage along a nanowire.
Developing standards to calibrate instruments used to monitor PET gas at hospitals and industrial sites.
Testing the properties of various material joint designs under mechanical and heat stress.
NPL’s acoustics divisions use the acousto-optic effect to characterise the propagation of sound within a variety of materials.
Simulating conditions inside a steam power plant in order to test the resistance to friction of materials.
High-precision clocks with previously unobtainable sensitivities can be used to test the fundamental laws of the universe.
The development of thermoelectric material devices with the aid of nanomaterials science.
Different techniques for the counting of proteins attached to surfaces in contact with a biological fluid.
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Light microscopes have a resolution limit of around 250 nanometres (nm), which means anything smaller will appear blurred.
Photoelectrochemical activity screening of dyes on TiO2 surfaces is becoming increasingly relevant as industry tries to expand commercialisation of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).
Joint winners of the NPL Science Poster Fair 2012
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