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"Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots" Supplementary Lesson Plans: Going Atomic
Series | 15 Nov 2020 | Contributor(s):: Rachel Altovar, Susan P Gentry
Expanding on the pre-existing resource on nanoHUB: “Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots” this resource expands on the concepts in the experimental guide to give a comprehensive overview of materials pertaining to concepts and ideas within the...
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2017 Purdue Quantum Center Workshop: Coherent Effects in Physics and Chemistry
Workshops | 28 Apr 2017 | Contributor(s):: Vladimir M. Shalaev, Mikhail Shalaginov
Presentations for this workshop are in production and will be available in the next 30 days Click on image to download high resolution image
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Applied Thermal Measurement at the Nanoscale
Papers | 09 Feb 2022 | Contributor(s):: Zhen Chen, Chris Dames
This book aims to serve as a practical guide for novices to design and conduct measurements of thermal properties at the nanoscale using electrothermal techniques. An outgrowth of the authors’ tutorials for new graduate students in their own labs, it includes practical details on...
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CDs and DVDs as Diffraction Gratings
Teaching Materials | 13 Jan 2020 | Contributor(s):: Rama Balachandran, Karen Porter Davis, NNCI Nano
The objective of this lab is to compare the diffraction behavior of light waves between a CD and DVD. CDs and DVDs contain regularly spaced micrometer sized features which can act like a diffraction grating. Using commercial electronic storage devices like CDs and DVDs as gratings rather than...
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Characterizing Electrolytic Materials
Teaching Materials | 31 Mar 2021 | Contributor(s):: Steven Kandel, NNCI Nano
The lab is designed to help students understand that the resistance of an object depends on length, cross-sectional area, and the type of material. Students measure the current through objects to see that different materials resist current in different amounts. Students will find that,...
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Design Challenge: Incorporating Shape Memory Alloys into Rube Goldberg Devices
Teaching Materials | 05 Feb 2020 | Contributor(s):: Joyce Allen, NNCI Nano
This lesson consists of two parts. In Part 1, students determine which of set of wires is a unique metal alloy called Nitinol. Nitinol is called a shape memory alloy (an SMA) because it can “remember” its original shape under certain conditions after being bent, twisted, or...
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Doping to Create a Semiconductor: Changing conductive properties through diffusion
Teaching Materials | 14 Jan 2020 | Contributor(s):: Kaye Sheets, NNCI Nano
In the semiconductor industry scientists take advantage of diffusion to “dope” or introduce atoms into a silicon wafer to change its conductive properties. The lesson simulates the diffusion of a gas phase substance (ammonia) into a solid substrate (gelatin) and compares the...
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Efficiency of Nitinol Wire
Teaching Materials | 11 Jun 2020 | Contributor(s):: John Nice, NNCI Nano
This lab activity focused on nitinol or muscle wires which are shape memory alloys. These wires can be used to lift a weight up a height. Students will explore how the work performed lifting a load with the nitinol wire compares to the energy pumped into the wire by an electrical current....
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Hiding Behind the Mask: A Fabrication Activity Focused on Etching
Teaching Materials | 13 Jan 2020 | 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.
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How Catalysts Work - A Nanoscale Phenomenon
Teaching Materials | 13 Jan 2020 | 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...
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Illinois MatSE485/Phys466/CSE485 - Atomic-Scale Simulation
Courses | 27 Jan 2009 | Contributor(s):: David M. Ceperley
THE OBJECTIVE is to learn and apply fundamental techniques used in (primarily classical) simulations in order to help understand and predict properties of microscopic systems in materials science, physics, chemistry, and biology. THE EMPHASIS will be on connections between the simulation...
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Illinois PHYS 466, Lecture 1: Introduction
Online Presentations | 28 Jan 2009 | Contributor(s):: David M. Ceperley
Introduction to Simulation Content: Why do simulations? Moore's law Two Simulation Modes Dirac, 1929 Challenges of Simulation: Physical and mathematical underpinnings Complexity Estimation of Computer Time and Size Challenges of Simulation: Multi-scale computational materials research Short...
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Illinois PHYS 466, Lecture 6: Scalar Properties and Static Correlations
Online Presentations | 27 Feb 2009 | Contributor(s):: David M. Ceperley
Scalar Properties, Static Correlations and Order ParametersWhat do we get out of a simulation? Static properties: pressure, specific heat, etc. Density Pair correlations in real space and Fourier space Order parameters and broken symmetry: How to tell a liquid from a solid Dynamical properties...
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Illinois PHYS 466, Lecture 7: Dynamical Correlations & Transport Coefficients
Online Presentations | 27 Feb 2009 | Contributor(s):: David M. Ceperley
Dynamical correlations and transport coefficientsDynamics is why we do molecular dynamics! Perturbation theory Linear-response theory Diffusion constants, velocity-velocity auto correlation fct. Transport coefficients Diffusion: Particle flux Viscosity: Stress tensor Heat transport: energy...
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Illustrative Mathematical Concepts
Tools | 05 Jun 2020 | Contributor(s):: Hae Ji Kwon, Mike Jovanovich, David R. Ely
Illustrates mathematical concepts and their applications
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Light Extraction by Changing Composition of Material
Teaching Materials | 06 Jan 2020 | Contributor(s):: Sidhu Rano, NNCI Nano
This activity has been designed to have students explore light emitting diodes (LED) and the importance of index of refraction in improving LED efficiency. This activity investigates the tune-ability of a polymer’s index of refraction by using a macromodel LED.
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Model Rockets and Composite Materials: Design, Build, Launch
Teaching Materials | 27 May 2021 | Contributor(s):: Amber Genau
Students will gain experience with polymer matrix fiber composites, composite production, and the tradeoffs inherent in the engineering design process by designing, building and launching their own model rocket. Composite materials are created via hand layup and vacuum assisted resin...
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MODULE 1 - Graphene: "Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots" Supplementary Lesson Plans: Going Atomic
Teaching Materials | 13 Nov 2020 | Contributor(s):: Rachel Altovar, Susan P Gentry
The first module in "Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots" Supplementary Lesson Plans, explores the material, graphene, how it was discovered, and the unique properties that it has. The activity paired with this lesson plan re-creates the famous "sticky-tape"...
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MODULE 2 - Sizes: "Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots" Supplementary Lesson Plans: Going Atomic
Teaching Materials | 13 Nov 2020 | Contributor(s):: Rachel Altovar, Susan P Gentry
The next installment of Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots" Supplementary Lesson Plans delves into the concept of size and how materials and their properties may change at the macro-, micro-, and nanoscale. Activities include viewing images from a microscope to determine...
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MODULE 3 - Structures: "Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots" Supplementary Lesson Plans: Going Atomic
Teaching Materials | 15 Nov 2020 | Contributor(s):: Rachel Altovar, Susan P Gentry
In MODULE 3- Structures in the "Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots" Supplementary Lesson Plans, crystal structures and systems are investigated. This module relates back to graphene and how its structure relates back to its unique properties in comparison to other forms of...