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Modeling Nanotechnology Project
Teaching Materials | 03 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s):: Ayesha Denny, NNCI Nano
Students will explore products that have been developed or enhanced by incorporation of nanotechnology. They will choose a product to investigate and then determine how this nano-product works, e.g. the science and engineering of the product. Their final part of the project will be to...
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To See or Not to See? Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Surfaces
Teaching Materials | 03 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s):: Jenny Willis, NNCI Nano
This activity can be completed as a separate one or in conjunction with the lesson Superhydrophobicexpialidocious: Learning about hydrophobic surfaces found at: https://www.nnci.net/node/5895. The activity is a visual demonstration of the difference between hydrophobic and hydrophilic...
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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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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...
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MODULE 4 - Quantum Mechanics: "Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots" Supplementary Lesson Plans: Going Atomic
Teaching Materials | 15 Nov 2020 | Contributor(s):: Rachel Altovar, Susan P Gentry
The last and final module in the "Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots" Supplementary Lesson Plans, studies basic concepts in quantum mechanics such as quantum dots, band gap theory of solids, waves vs. particles, and the photoelectric effect. The activity for this module...
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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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Leomar Duran
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Spectrophotometry of Metal Nanoparticles
Teaching Materials | 16 Jun 2020 | Contributor(s):: Chris Kaus, James J Marti, NNCI Nano
This activity has students chemically synthesize gold and silver nanoparticles, measure the spectra of light absorption and transmission by these particles, compare these spectra to those of known-sized particles, and then estimate the size distribution of the particles they have made. By using...
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Simulating a Controlled Drug Delivery System
Teaching Materials | 11 Jun 2020 | Contributor(s):: Rebekah Ravgiala, NNCI Nano
In this activity, students will learn about alternative drug delivery methods and then prepare a controlled drug delivery system using sodium alginate and glucose to mimic the behavior of a controlled release drug delivery system. The purpose of this investigation is to model a controlled drug...
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Nanofabrication Tools: Etching and Thin Films
Teaching Materials | 11 Jun 2020 | Contributor(s):: Rano Sidhu, NNCI Nano
This is a four-part lesson designed to help students understand the terminology, procedures, and equipment used to manufacture micro and nanoscale products. It helps them explore the processes used in nanofabrication including electroplating, PCB etching and etch time. In this lesson, students...
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Hands-on Unsupervised Learning using Dimensionality Reduction via Matrix Decomposition (2nd offering)
Online Presentations | 30 Apr 2020 | Contributor(s):: Michael N Sakano, Alejandro Strachan
This tutorial introduces unsupervised machine learning algorithms through dimensionality reduction via matrix decomposition techniques in the context of chemical decomposition of reactive materials in a Jupyter notebook on nanoHUB.org. The tool used in this demonstration...
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Machine Learning for Chemical Sensing
Online Presentations | 29 Apr 2020 | Contributor(s):: Bruno Ribeiro