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Machine Learning Force Field for Materials
25 Jan 2021 | | Contributor(s):: Chi Chen, Yunxing Zuo
Machine learning force field for materials
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Materials Camp for High School Students
01 Jul 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Amber Genau
These activities were all developed for the Materials Camp program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), which began in 2011. The camp is a five-day, non-residential program designed to introduce mostly local 10th-12th grade students to the field of materials engineering and the...
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Nanofiltración (NanoFiltration)
30 Jun 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education, Sandra Weeks, Laura Arndt, Rodfal Alberto Rodriguez (editor), María Teresa Rivera (editor)
El suministro de agua contaminada se ha convertido en un problema local en las comunidades de los Estados Unidos y el mundo. Aunque las situaciones dramáticas en Flint, Michigan y Nueva Orleans después del huracán Katrina ocuparon los titulares noticiosos, los vecindarios y...
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Nano-celulosa (Nanocellulose)
30 Jun 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education, kim Grady, Rich Wilkosz (editor), Rodfal Alberto Rodriguez (editor), María Teresa Rivera (editor)
Este módulo le presenta a los estudiantes la nanotecnología, procesos y métodos que están siendo desarrollados para producir nano-fibras de celulosa fuertes y rígidas. El módulo está diseñado para guiar a los estudiantes a...
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Nanotratamiento del Agua (Nanotreatment)
30 Jun 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education, Sandra Weeks, Laura Arndt, Rodfal Alberto Rodriguez (editor), María Teresa Rivera (editor)
Este módulo se concentra en las tecnologías que utilizan fuerzas e interacciones en la nano escala para tratar el agua. Se le presenta a los estudiantes la oportunidad de seleccionar un problema de tratamiento del agua para determinar qué contaminantes están...
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Memory Metals
29 Jun 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education, Matthew Shultz, Deb Newberry, James J Marti
This module explores the properties of shape memory alloys, commonly called “memory metals”. These alloys, when made into wires or thin structures, exhibit the shape memory effect: if bent or deformed, the metal will revert to its original shape upon heating. This module...
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Balloon Skewer Relay Race
29 Jun 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Amber Genau
Do you think you could get a bamboo barbecue skewer through a balloon without popping it? With a little dish soap and some practice, I bet you could! Skewering a balloon is a fun and inexpensive way to demonstrate the structure-dependent properties of polymers. Polymers are made...
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Materials Matching Mixer Activity
29 Jun 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Amber Genau
This materials-themed ice breaker activity is great for the first day of a camp program to get students thinking about basic material properties, as well as talking to each other and speaking out loud in front of the group. The name of a common engineering material (steel, rubber, concrete,...
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Pineapple Packaging Design Challenge
29 Jun 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Amber Genau
This activity asks students to work in teams to consider the pros and cons of different materials as a container for cut pineapple (metal can plastic jar, glass jar). It reinforces the differences between different categories of material, weighing conflicting factors to reach a design...
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Engineering Communication with Tinker Toys
29 Jun 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Amber Genau
This resource describes three variations on an engineering communication activity using Tinker Toys. In the main activity, small groups of students are given a bag of Tinker Toys and instructed to build anything they like. They are then asked to write down building instructions for...
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Nano-concreto (Nanocrete)
16 Jun 2020 | | Contributor(s):: kim Grady, Jim Marti (editor), Deb Newberry (editor), Rodfal Alberto Rodriguez (editor), María Teresa Rivera (editor), Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education
Este módulo le presenta a los estudiantes la nanotecnología, procesos y métodos que están siendo probados por la industria para preparar productos y sistemas cementosos fuertes y livianos. El módulo lleva al estudiante a través del procesamiento de un...
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Nanocrete
06 Feb 2020 | | Contributor(s):: kim Grady, James Marti (editor), Deb Newberry (editor), Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education
This module introduces students to the nanotechnologies, processes, and methods being tested by industry to prepare strong and lightweight cementitious products and systems. The module takes the learner through processing a material (called microgrinding or powder milling) to reduce its size...
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Latest Developments in the Field of the Metal-Insulator Transition in Two Dimensions
11 Nov 2019 | | Contributor(s):: Sergey Kravchenko
Ignited by the discovery of the metal-insulator transition, the behavior of low-disorder two-dimensional (2D) electron systems is currently the focus of a great deal of attention. In the strongly-interacting limit, electrons are expected to crystallize into a quantum Wigner crystal...
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How Plasmonic Materials Make Light Work at Nanoscale
16 Aug 2019 | | Contributor(s):: Alexandra Boltasseva
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Effective Integration of NIST Reference Data, Reference Materials, and Informatics in Support of Science and Technology
15 May 2019 | | Contributor(s):: Carlos A. Gonzalez
In this talk, a general description of NIST’s SRM program will be provided, highlighting some examples related to environmental science, clinical diagnoses and petroleum chemistry. In addition, issues related to the effective integration of reference data with reference materials and...
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NSF's Advanced Manufacturing Program and Research in Nanomanufacturing
02 Apr 2019 | | Contributor(s):: Khershed P. Cooper
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Manufacturing at the Nanoscale: Challenges and Opportunities
28 Mar 2019 | | Contributor(s):: Placid M. Ferreira, Jay R Roloff
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PDMS: An Example of a Versatile Material for Micro- and Nanotechnology
16 Jul 2018 | | Contributor(s):: Travis L. Benati, NACK Network
OutlineProperties of PDMSApplications of PDMSModification of PDMS
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Physical and Chemical Vapor Deposition
23 Apr 2018 | | Contributor(s):: Sebastien Maeder, NACK Network
OutlinePlasma Deposition IntroductionDeposition CoverageThe Six Basic Steps of Chemical Vapor DepositionFilm GrowthIssues Concerning PECVD DepositionTypes of PECVD Deposition
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Plasmas and Materials
27 Mar 2018 | | Contributor(s):: Terry Kuzma, NACK Network
OutlinePart 1: This lectureIntroductionModels to understand the plasma processPart 2: Can be viewed hereChemistryAnalyzing recipe parameters, and the resultant etch profilesEndpoint