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Where To Buy Materials For The Activities, Morton Sternheim Jan 2015

Where To Buy Materials For The Activities, Morton Sternheim

Nanotechnology Teacher Summer Institutes

Sources for some of the less common materials used in the activities.


Nanotechnology Overview Powerpoint, Mark Tuominen Jan 2015

Nanotechnology Overview Powerpoint, Mark Tuominen

Nanotechnology Teacher Summer Institutes

Nanotechnology is the understanding and control of matter at dimensions of roughly 1 to 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel applications. This PowerPoint gives an overview of the field and introduces the teacher summer institute.


Seeing At The Nanoscale: New Microscopies For The Life Sciences, Jennifer Ross Jan 2015

Seeing At The Nanoscale: New Microscopies For The Life Sciences, Jennifer Ross

Nanotechnology Teacher Summer Institutes

Visualizing single modules with fluorescence microscopy


Ozone, Uv, And Nanoparticles, Morton Sternheim, Jennifer Welborn Jan 2015

Ozone, Uv, And Nanoparticles, Morton Sternheim, Jennifer Welborn

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•Ultraviolet light causes skin damage and cancer •Ozone in the stratosphere blocks UV •Sunscreen blocks UV, partly •Nanoparticles in sunscreen improve blocking Sunscreen PowerPoint and activities based on NanoSense web site:

http://nanosense.sri.com/activities/clearsunscreen/index.html


Self Assembly, Mark Tuominem, Jennifer Welborn, Rob Snyder Jan 2015

Self Assembly, Mark Tuominem, Jennifer Welborn, Rob Snyder

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No abstract provided.


Magnetic Memory: Data Storage And Nanomagnets, Mark Tuominem Jan 2015

Magnetic Memory: Data Storage And Nanomagnets, Mark Tuominem

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An overview of magnetic data storage and a simple activity.


Nanomedicine, Mark Tuominen Jan 2015

Nanomedicine, Mark Tuominen

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An overview of nanomedicine. The end goal of nanomedicine is improved diagnostics, treatment and prevention of disease. Nanotechnology holds key to a number of recent and future breakthroughs in medicine.


Making Solar Cells, D. Venkataraman Jan 2013

Making Solar Cells, D. Venkataraman

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Overview of solar energy and photovoltaic cells. Making a cuprous oxide cell activity.


More On Powers Of Ten, Morton Sternheim Jan 2009

More On Powers Of Ten, Morton Sternheim

Nanotechnology Teacher Summer Institutes

A powers of ten personation and activity adapted from the Nanosense project:

http://nanosense.sri.com/activities/sizematters/index.html


Synthesize A Nanoscale Ferrofluid, Rob Snyder Jan 2007

Synthesize A Nanoscale Ferrofluid, Rob Snyder

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The chemical synthesis of a ferrofluid is a nanoscale science activity that originally appears in the Journal of Chemical Education. Access to the following website requires a subscription to the journal. J. Chem. Educ., 76, 943-948 (1999). The article was authored by Jonathan Breitzer and George Lisensky.