NIST reference materials are 'gold standard' for bio-nanotech research

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False color scanning electron micrograph (250000 times magnification) showing the gold nanoparticles created by NIST and the National Cancer Institutes Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory for use as reference standards in biomedical research l ...
False color scanning electron micrograph (250,000 times magnification) showing the gold nanoparticles created by NIST and the National Cancer Institute's Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory for use as reference standards in biomedical research laboratories. Credit: Andras Vladar, NIST

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued its first reference standards for nanoscale particles targeted for the biomedical research community—literally “gold standards” for labs studying the biological effects of nanoparticles. The three new materials, gold spheres nominally 10, 30 and 60 nanometers in diameter, were developed in cooperation with the National Cancer Institute’s Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory (NCL).


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