4. Availability of nanoscale reference materials
The main players in the production of MR(C) dedicated to nanometrology are essentially National Metrology Institutes (NIST (USA), BAM (Germany), DFM (Denmark), NMIJ (Japan), KRISS (South Korea)) or assimilated (JRC-IRMM) and some private companies (ThermoFisher, Polysciences, Whitehouse Scientific, VLSI Standards, etc.). The latter, however, mostly offer second-level reference materials, for example traceable to MRs developed by National Metrology Institutes, and the information provided is unfortunately often incomplete from a metrology point of view (methods used, details of uncertainties, etc.).
It should also be noted that MR(C) are marketed under different trade names, such as ERM (CE), SRM (NIST) or other names specific to private companies.
Various databases exist to list the MR(C) available,...
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Bonne pratique pour la préparation des matériaux de référence, ISO, Geneva, 2025 - ISO/TR 33402 - 2025
- Reference materials – Approaches for characterization and assessment of homogeneity and stability, ISO, Geneva, 2024 - ISO 33405 - 2024
- Reference materials – Requirements and recommendations for use, ISO, Geneva, 2024 - ISO 33403 - 2024
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