Serving Nanoscale Science, Engineering & Technology
Audience: High School
This lab is designed to help students understand how very small measurements can be made (even at the nanoscale) and how the accuracy of those measurements affects their results.
In this activity, students will experiment with silicon PV cells and determine some reasons for why there may exist a need for better alternatives.
Subject: Biology, Chemistry, Physics
This lab is designed to introduce students to gold nanoparticles and some of their applications.
These labs are designed to help students understand diffraction, how a grating diffracts light, and how this method can be used to determine nanoscale structure.
Subject: Chemistry, Physics
Audience: High School, Adult
In this lesson students will synthesize and characterize CdSe quantum dots
Resource sheet with basic nanotechnology information on one side and physics formulas on the back. PDF file suitable for printing and lamination.
This lesson is designed to familiarize students with the reduction synthesis of silver nanoparticles and to gain experience with characterization tools used in nanoscale science and engineering.
Subject: Physical science, Physics
How light interacts with matter.
Subject: Chemistry, Physics, Tools and Technology
Introduction to selective layering through etching.
Subject: Chemistry, Physical science, Physics
Lesson looks at the absorption and release of light energy using quantum dots.
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