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Photolithography (Option A)
06 Feb 2020 | | Contributor(s):: James J Marti, Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education
This module presents an introduction and demonstration of photolithography, the process of copying a high-resolution pattern onto multiple substrates. Students replicate key steps in the process of photolithography and learn how these processes fit into the fabrication of micro- and nanoscale...
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Photolithography (Option B)
06 Feb 2020 | | Contributor(s):: James J Marti, Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education
This module presents an introduction and demonstration of a key step in photolithography, the process of patterning a substrate used in the manufacture of integrated circuit chips. Students replicate some of the steps in the process of photolithography, and learn how these processes fit into...
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Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
06 Feb 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education, Frank Fernandes, University of Wisconsin MRSEC
In this module, you will construct a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC). This device is essentially a photo-electrochemical cell, which means that a photo-induced chemical reaction causes electrons to travel from one material to another. DSC’s consist of a nanostructured semiconductor film...
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Encapsulation & Controlled Release
05 Feb 2020 | | Contributor(s):: James J Marti, Kyle Forgette, Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education
This module introduces the process of forming macrocapsules and the concept of self-assembly. Forming capsules at the macro, micro, and nano levels have very important applications in drug delivery, cosmetics, food technology, and cleaning up environmental toxins. The module includes a...
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Micelles
05 Feb 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Dr. Lisa Siedman, Jeanette Mowery, Kyle Forgette, James J Marti, Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education
This module introduces micelles and the concept of critical micelle concentration (CMC). Micelles have important applications in biotechnology. Micelles are sometimes used to deliver drugs to their target in the body. Micelles are also sometimes used to deliver genes into plant cells in...
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Aerogels
05 Feb 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Carol Bouvier, James J Marti, Deb Newberry, Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education
This module introduces aerogels, nicknamed “blue smoke.” Using exploratory activities this module introduces the nano structure of aerogels and the resulting extreme physical properties exhibited such as: thermal conductivity, transparency, and impact resistance. These properties...
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NanoFiltration
05 Feb 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Sandra Weeks, Laura Arndt, Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education
Contaminated water supplies have become local problems in communities across the United States and the world. Though dramatic situations in Flint, Michigan, and in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina catch the headlines, neighborhoods, and communities across our country are facing water quality...
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NanoTreatment
05 Feb 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Sandra Weeks, Laura Arndt, Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education
This is a module about nanotechnologies that use forces and interactions to treat water. Learners will select a water treatment problem, determine which contaminants are present in their water, and use the described nanotechnologies and their knowledge of intramolecular forces to identify the...
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Nanocellulose
05 Feb 2020 | | Contributor(s):: kim Grady, Richard Wilkosz (editor), Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education
This module presents the nanotechnologies, processes, and methods being developed to produce strong and stiff cellulose nanofibers. The module is designed to take the student through processing a material (called feed stock or substrate) to break down and...
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Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education
Nano-Link Alliance Members are the acknowledged experts in nanotechnology education: igniting nanoscience education, generating excitement among students and strengthening the country by supplying...
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Remotely Accessible Instruments in Nanotechnology (RAIN) Labs
30 Jan 2018 | | Contributor(s):: Jared Ashcroft, NACK Network
Remotely Accessible Instruments in Nanotechnology (RAIN) is a community of educators that aims to bring advanced technologies into K-12 and college classrooms via remote access. RAIN's mission is to facilitate the study of nanoscale science by lowering barriers for instructors to deliver...
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Dye-Sensitized Nanocrystalline Solar Cell
12 Dec 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Jared Ashcroft, NACK Network
A dye-sensitized nano-crystalline solar cell is produced and characterized using a remote Scanning Electron Microscope provided by the Remotely Accessible Instruments in Nanotechnology (RAIN) Network.
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Silver Nanowire Synthesis and Characterization
12 Dec 2017 | | Contributor(s):: NACK Network
Silver nanowires are synthesized and characterized using a remote Scanning Electron Microscope provided by the Remotely Accessible Instruments in Nanotechnology (RAIN) Network.
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Electrodeposition of Nickel Nanowires
05 Dec 2017 | | Contributor(s):: NACK Network
Nickel nanowires were put through electrodeposition processes and analyzed using a remote Scanning Electron Microscope provided by the Remotely Accessible Instruments in Nanotechnology (RAIN) Network.
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Nanotechnology and the NAE grand challenge Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure
13 Sep 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Edward Davis, Virginia A. Davis, Joni Lakin
This group of materials is designed to provide a framework to teach students in an introductory engineering course basic nanotechnology concepts. The materials use the NAE grand challenge “Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure” to underpin the need and potential for nanotechnology...
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Jacob Trevino
I am currently a Principal Scientist at Chemeleon, a Brooklyn, NY based start-up company developing next generation colorimetric chemical sensors. Chemeleon seeks to apply nanotechnology, photonics...
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Robert Radcliffe Gotwals
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Nanoparticle Pollutants
17 Jan 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Darren Hayes, Nancy Healy, NNCI Nano
Many plastics are in our oceans due to pollution, including ocean dumping and land runoff. Sunlight and alkaline ocean water break these plastics down into small particles, many are nanoscale in size. These nanoparticles can easily enter our cells. Students examine if and how these...
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Help or Hype: The Ethics of Bio-nanotechnology
11 Jan 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Samantha Andrews, NNCI Nano
This lesson explores the ethical concerns related to bio-nanotechnology. Bio-nanotechnology is the application of nanotechnology to living things. This ranges from the creation of pharmaceuticals to medical devices. While scientists have created many life-saving treatments ethical concerns,...
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Synthesis and Characterization of CdSe Qunatum Dots
11 Jan 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Nicholas Blake, NNCI Nano
In this laboratory, students will study how surfactant-based chemistry can be used to synthesize CdSe quantum dots and study how the size of the quantum dots can be controlled by varying reaction time. The laboratory will demonstrate how the color of these quantum dots can be connected to...