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  1. Diagnostics for All: Teaching Relevance of Science and Engineering to Solving Societal Problems

    21 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): J. Marc Abelard, NNCI Nano

    This a cross-disciplinary lesson that connects chemistry with social and ethical issues. It is tied to a new and promising inexpensive form of diagnostics called paper diagnostics. The issue discussed focuses on HIV Aids.

  2. Noodling Around: Powers of Ten

    21 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Marilyn Garza, NNCI Nano

    This activity develops a K–12 student’s skills in measurement by using a pool noodle to measure objects. The activity encourages students to consider features that are useful when developing or using a measurement tool. This lesson introduces scale by demonstrating scales as factors...

  3. Nanotechnology and Cosmetics

    15 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Rochelle Lofstrand, NNCI Nano

    This is a series of four lessons which build upon each other to explore the use of nanotechnology in cosmetics as well as the social and ethical issues associated with nano-based cosmetics. The purpose of these lessons is to familiarize students with the chemistry of cosmetics and the anatomy...

  4. Nanoparticles Land to Ocean: Understanding the Effect of Nanoparticle Pollutants

    15 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Chloe Figuerido, NNCI Nano (editor)

    Pollution, both macroscopic and microscopic, is an important environmental issue for aquatic ecosystems. For this lab, students will model how nanoparticle pollution travels from land to water. This lab isa 2-part series of labs designed to help students understand the effect that nanoscale...

  5. Nanomotors: Nanoscale Propulsion

    15 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Paul Longwell, Chantelle Smith, Stephen Stillanos, NNCI Nano

    This lesson is designed to engage students in hands-on experiments that explore nanoscale propulsion principles and guide students in recognizing and analyzing differences between macroscale and nanoscale propulsion systems.

  6. Nanobacteria: How Fast do Bacteria Grow?

    15 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Joe Donahue, NNCI Nano

    Students will calculate surface area, draw graphs, and approximate the populations of  bacteria and nanobes. Before starting this lab, the student should understand how to 1) calculate the surface area of a circle, 2) draw and label a graph, 3) define circumference and radius. This...

  7. Modeling Self Assembly High School Version

    15 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Roquel Stanley, NNCI Nano

    There are two activities in this lesson, the Fly Prison and the Water Maze.  The Fly Prison is a hands-on modeling activity designed to introduce students to the area of nanotechnology and give them a basic understanding of how researchers build very small devices by the self-assembly of...

  8. Exploring Physics with Optical Levitation of a Nanoparticle

    14 Jan 2020 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Tongcang Li

    Optical levitation of micro- and nanoparticles was pioneered by Arthur Ashkin, who just received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018. Thanks to their great isolation from the thermal environment, optically levitated micro- and nanoparticles in vacuum have great potentials in precision...

  9. Broadband Photonic Signal Processing for Time-Frequency Quantum Optics – and Imaging?

    10 Jun 2020 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Andrew M Weiner

  10. What Does Nanotechnology Have to Do with Magnetism? A Ferrofluids Activity

    13 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Joyce Allen, NNCI Nano

    Ferrofluid is a unique material that has both magnetic and liquid properties. It is a colloidal solution of nano-sized particles of magnetite suspended in a liquid. This activity will review what students know about magnetism and compares that knowledge to how ferrofluid behaves.

  11. Learning Set on Size, Scale, Function and Measurement Systems

    13 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Brett Criswell, David Oertner, NNCI Nano

    This activity is designed to be used at the 9th grade level in a general science or physical science class setting in conjunction with a unit on measurement. However, it is flexible in design and could easily be adapted to other grade levels in other classes. 

  12. Lab on a Slab: Microfluidics Activity

    13 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): John Gomm, NNCI Nano

    Microfluidics is a technique for manipulating liquid samples. With one drop of liquid sample, small devices and channels can be used with nanoparticles for sensitive detection of chemicals. In this lab, students will create a fluidic device with agar gel and use it to test and diagnose three...

  13. How Catalysts Work - A Nanoscale Phenomenon

    13 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Manueal Casillas, NNCI Nano

    This activity helps students understand how catalysts work on the nanoscale. Catalyst are more efficient when on the nanoscale because of the large amount of surface area in comparison to volume. This is a great way to introduce or review reactants, catalysts, and adsorption, desorption, and...

  14. Stories from the NNI: A Platform to Share Nano Simulation Tools - A Conversation with Gerhard Klimeck

    04 Mar 2020 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck, Lisa Friedersdorf

    In this episode of Stories from the NNI, Lisa Friedersdorf, Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office, speaks with Gerhard Klimeck, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University and Director of nanoHUB, about an online platform that shares modeling and...

  15. How Big is a Nanometer?

    13 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Chantelle Smith, Paul Longwell, Stephen Stilianous, NNCI Nano

    The purpose of this activity is to help students conceptualize the magnitude of a nanometer compared to other metric units of length. At the end of this activity, students will be able to state the size of a nanometer, convert between nanometers and other metric units of length, and give...

  16. Hiding Behind the Mask: A Fabrication Activity Focused on Etching

    13 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): John Gomm, NNCI Nano

    This lab is designed to help students understand one aspect of semiconductor manufacture: selective layering. The activity focuses on electrochemical etching which is used in semiconductor manufacturing.

  17. Gelatin Microfluidics

    13 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Javier Cervantes, NNCI Nano

    This lab shows the importance of channel design in biotechnology and nanotechnology and the methods used to study the behavior of fluids as they flow through a channel.  Students will create and test a microfluidic device by creating narrow channels in gelatin, injecting dye in the...

  18. Computational Imaging with Few Photons or Electrons

    19 Feb 2020 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Vivek K. Goyal

  19. Physics and Computation (with Nuclear Spins)

    21 May 2020 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gerardo Ortiz

    There is a deep connection between Physics and Computation. Indeed, any computation can be represented as a physical process. In 1981 Richard Feynman raised some provocative questions in connection to the simulation of physical phenomena using a special device called a "Quantum...

  20. Advances in Computational and Quantum Imaging Workshop

    28 Jan 2020 | Workshops

    The purpose of the workshop is to bring different communities together, review recent theoretical and experimental advances and explore synergetic collaborations. The workshop aligns well with the significant investments in quantum technologies through the National Quantum Initiative in the...