Guide to All Materials

TOPIC

Background and Supporting Slides

Lesson Plans, Units, and Courses

Laboratories

Activities, Demo Videos, Exhibits, and Kits

Size and Scale

• Nanoscale slides*

• Cutting it Down to Nano Lesson*
• How small is a pygmy shrew? Lesson*
• NanoSolutions Lesson*
• NanoSugar Lesson*
• NanoWeights Lesson*
• The Mitten Challenge Lesson*

• Cutting it Down to Nano Activity*
• The Mitten Challenge Activity*
• Exploring the Nanoworld Exhibit*

• Societal Implications slides*

• NanoCommnunity Lesson*
• Rocks and Nanobots Lesson*
• Technology and Public Policy: Nanoville Lesson*

• NanoVenture Board game*

• Scanning Probe Microscopy Background*
• Atomic Force Microscopy Background*
• Individual Atom Manipulation Background*
• Scanning Microscopy Slides*

• Using SPM to Determine the position of Atoms Lesson*
• Inside the Black Box Lesson*

• Probe Microscopy Exhibit*
• Probe Microscopy Activity*
• Atomic Imaging Videos*
• Particle Manipulation Videos*
• Exploring the Nanoworld Exhibit*

• Structure of DNA Background*
• Diffraction Slides*
• DNA Slides*

• Using Diffraction to Determine the Position of Atoms*
• Determining the Structures of Metals and Ionic Metals Using Difraction*

• PDMS Soft Lithography**
• Production of F-Centers***

• Optical Transform Kit*
• DNA Optical Transform Kit*
• Structure of DNA Videos*

• Quantum Dot Background*
• DNA Barcode Slides*
• Gold Slides*
• Quantum Dot Slides*
• Nanowire Sensor Slides*
• Nickel Nanowire Lab Slides*

• Nano Stained Glass Lesson* (coming soon!)

• Citrate Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles*
• Photochemical Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles* (coming soon!)
• Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles*
• Synthesis of Nickel Nanowires: Beaker (en espanol)**
• Synthesis of Nickel Nanowire:Syringe (en espanol)**
• Synthesis of CdS Nanoparticles**
• Synthesis of CdSe Quantum Dots***
• Preparation of PMMA Nanospheres*** (coming soon!)
• Diffraction of PMMA Nanospheres*** (coming soon!)
• Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Y2O3:Eu Phosphor***

• Nano Stained Glass Activity* (coming soon!)

• Ferrofluid Background*
• Smart Medicine Background*
• Ferrofluid Slides*
• Electrons and Magnetism Slides*

• Investigating Ferrofluids Lesson*
• Ferrofluid: Nanomedicine Lesson*

• Synthesis of Aqueous Ferrofluid Nanoparticles*

• Ferrofluid Videos*
• Ferrofluid Activity*
• Magnetorheology Videos*

• Molecular Motor Background*
• Space Elevator Background*
• Stain Resistant Fabric Background*
• Societal Implications Slides*
• Nanowire Sensor Slides*
• Semiconductor Sensor Slides*
• Solar Power Slides*
• OLED Slides*
• Photonics Slides*

• NanoTex: Testing New Nanofabrics Lesson*
• Smart Papers Lesson*

• Electrochromic Prussian Blue Nanolayer Pixel** (coming soon!)
• Titanium Dioxide Raspberry Solar Cells**
• Preparation of a Fuel Cell**
• Synthesis of Inverse Opal Photonic Crystals *** (coming soon!)
• SEM Characterization of Inverse Opal Photonic Crystals*** (coming soon!)
• Synthesis of Organic Light Emitting Diodes***
• Preparation of a Fuel Cell***
• A Microfluidic Nanofilter***

• Lotus Effect Activity*
• Magic Sand Activity*
• Exploring the Nanoworld Exhibit*
• Magic Sand Videos*

• Carbon and Carbon Nanotubes Background*
• Carbon Nanotubes Slides*

• NanoArchitecture: Forms of Carbon Lesson*
• Using Vectors to Construct Carbon Nanotubes Lesson**

• Forms of Carbon Activity*
• Carbon Nanotube Videos*
• Suspended Balloon Carbon Nanotube*
• Tabletop Balloon Carbon Nanotube Activity*

• Self-Assembly Background*
• Lithography Slides*

• Octadecanethiol Monolayer on Silver*
• Critical Micelle Formation*
• Microcontact Printing**
• Electrochromic Prussian Blue Thin Film**
• Preparation of Surface Conductive Glass***

• Self Assembly Videos*
• Balloon Self-Assembly Videos*
• Magic Sand Videos*
• Magic Sand Activity*
• Lotus Effect Activity*

• Giant Magneto Resistance Background*
• CD and DVD Slides*
• Computer Technology Slides*
• Electrons and Magnetism Slides (includes GMR)*

• Giant Magnetoresistance Lesson*

• Giant Magnetoresistance Videos*
• Semiconductor Device Videos*

• SciFi Nanotechnology Unit*
• NanoStained Glass Lesson* (coming soon!)

• NanoStained Glass Activity* (coming soon!)

TOPIC

Background and Supporting Slides

Lesson Plans, Units, and Courses

Laboratories

Activities, Demo Videos, Exhibits, and Kits

 Amorphous Metal

• Amorphous Metal Background*
• Amorphous Metal Slides*
• Defects Slides*

• Amorphous Metal Activity*
• Amorphous Metal Videos*
• Amorphous Metal Kit*

 Liquid Crystals

• Liquid Crystal Background*
• Liquid Crystals Slides*

• Liquid Crystal Sensors Lesson*

• Preparation of Chlolesteryl Ester Liquid Crystals*
• Preparation of a Liquid Crystal Thermometer*
• Disassembly of a Liquid Crystal Watch*
• Preparation of a Liquid Crystal Pixel*
• Liquid Crystal Sensor***

• Liquid Crystal Sensors Activity*
• Liquid Crystals Videos*

 Memory Metal

• NiTi Memory Metal Background*
• Memory Metal Slides*

• Nickel Titanium – A Shape Memory Alloy Lesson*
• Using Shape Memory Metal in Simple Machines Lesson*

• Training NiTi shape memory alloy* (coming soon!)

• Memory Metal Activity*
• Memory Metal Videos*
• Memory Metal Phases Videos*
• Memory Metal Mystery Video*

Light Emitting Diodes
(LEDs)

• LEDs are Diodes Background*
• OLEDS Background*
• LED Applications Slides*
• Electronic Structure Slides*
• OLED Slides*
• Periodic Properties of LEDs slides*
• p-n Junction Slides*

• Light Emitting Diodes Lesson*

• Periodic properties and LEDs: Voltmeter*
• Periodic Properties of LEDs: ELVIS*
• Synthesis of Organic Light Emitting Diodes*
• Preparing LED Circuits from Holiday Lights*

• LED Activities*
• LED Videos*
• LED Colorstrip Kit*

Solid State Physics and Crystal Structure

• Band Gap Background*
• Electronic Structure Slides*
• Metals Slides*
• Semiconductors Slides*
• Defects Slides*
• Structure and Properties Slides*
• Thermoelectric Device Slides*
• Unit Cells and Stoichiometry Slides*
• Semiconductor Sensor Slides*
• Piezoelectricity Slides*

• Synthesis of a Superconductor***
• Production of F-Centers***
• Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Y2O3:Eu Phosphor***

• Semiconductor Device Movies*
• Polyhedral Model Kit*
• Superconductor Videos*
• Piezoelectric Videos*
• Silicon Videos*
• Thermoelectric videos*
• Band Gap Videos*
• Solid State Model Kit*
• F-Center Videos*
• Exploring the Nanoworld with LEGO® Bricks*

 Magnetism

• NMR/MRI Background*
• Refrigerator Magnets Background*

• Magnetism Lesson*

• NMR/MRI Videos*

Polymers

• PDMS Background*
• Reentrant Foam Background*

• Reentrant Foam Videos*