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1. 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....

2. Nanotechnology Invention and Design: Phase Changes, Energy, and Crystals

   Teaching Materials | 11 Jan 2017 | Contributor(s):: Daniella Duran, NNCI Nano

   This 3-part lesson introduces the nanoscale effect of various energy inputs on the crystal lattice of a smart material, Nitinol, and then invites students to become nanotechnology inventors. Students will first explore how energy exchanges lead to solid-state phase changes at the macroscale and...