TY - CHAP A1 - Roebben, G. A1 - Emons, H. A1 - Reiners, Georg ED - Murashov, V. ED - Howard, J. T1 - Nanoscale reference materials T2 - Nanostructure science and technology - Nanotechnology standards N2 - Globalisation of both science and trade has increased the relevance of the ­comparability of measurement data whether in research, industry or regulatory contexts. Reference materials (RMs) are essential tools in the quest for comparable and reliable measurement results, a quest which laboratories, worldwide, are tasked with every day. An explicit acknowledgement of the importance of RMs in today’s measurement systems is found, for instance, in the laboratory accreditation standards, such as ISO/IEC 17025. PY - 2011 SN - 978-1-4419-7852-3 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7853-0_3 IS - Chapter 3 SP - 53 EP - 75 PB - Springer Science + Business Media CY - New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London AN - OPUS4-23677 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -