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1. ECE 606 L3.4 Crystals - Surfaces, Miller Index

   Online Presentations | 20 Jul 2023 | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck

2. To See or Not to See? Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Surfaces

   Teaching Materials | 03 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s):: Jenny Willis, NNCI Nano

   This activity can be completed as a separate one or in conjunction with the lesson Superhydrophobicexpialidocious:  Learning about hydrophobic surfaces found at: https://www.nnci.net/node/5895. The activity is a visual demonstration of the difference between hydrophobic and hydrophilic...

3. Superhidrofobicidad: Un balance Entre Fuerzas (Superhydrophobicity: A Balance Between Forces)

   Teaching Materials | 25 Apr 2020 | Contributor(s):: Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education, Thomas Deits, Kristi Jean, Deb Newberry (editor), Rodfal A. Rodríguez (editor), María T. Rivera (editor)

   Este módulo demuestra y provee a los estudiantes un entendimiento de las fuerzas presentes en las interacciones hidrofóbicas e hidrofílicas. El balance entre las fuerzas cohesivas y adhesivas tiene como resultado una gota de agua casi esférica sobre una superficie,...

4. El Método Científico (Scientific Method)

   Teaching Materials | 24 Apr 2020 | Contributor(s):: Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education, Thomas Deits, Deb Newberry (editor), Rodfal A. Rodríguez (editor), María T. Rivera (editor)

   Utilizando el pez de celofán, los estudiantes aprenden y ponen en práctica el método científico. Observando, proponiendo y experimentando, los estudiantes ponen a prueba varias hipótesis del por qué el pez se dobla hacia arriba, se enrolla o no hace...

5. Scientific Method

   Teaching Materials | 16 Apr 2020 | Contributor(s):: Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education, Thomas Deits, Deb Newberry (editor)

   In this module, students will use cellophane “fortune telling” fish to walk through the scientific method. The students learn and practice the scientific method by proposing, testing and observing what happens with their "fish". Students will test various...

6. Superhydrophobicity: A Balance Between Forces

   Teaching Materials | 16 Apr 2020 | Contributor(s):: Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education, Thomas Deits, Kristi Jean, Deb Newberry

   This module demonstrates and gives students an understanding of the forces behind hydrophobic and hydrophilic interactions. The balance between cohesive and adhesive forces results in an almost spherical drop of water standing on a surface, such as a lotus leaf. This effect is called...

7. NNCI Outreach Demonstration Guide

   Teaching Materials | 10 Feb 2020 | Contributor(s):: Nancy Healy, NNCI Nano

   This compendium of demonstrations includes 17 activities that can be used to demonstrate topics to students and the general public.  They are useful for science festivals, family science nights, and science cafes.  ...

8. Golden Opportunities: Gold Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

   Online Presentations | 14 Jan 2020 | Contributor(s):: Catherine J. Murphy

   In this talk I will discuss how these nanoparticles are prepared, how their surface chemistry can be tuned, how apparent cytotoxicity can be traced back to reagents in the synthesis rather than the particles per se, how protein orientation can be controlled on their surfaces, how cells respond...

9. Exploring the Properties of Magic Sand

   Teaching Materials | 13 Jan 2020 | Contributor(s):: Amy Brunner, Nancy Healy, NNCI Nano

   This lesson uses a hydrophobic material called Magic Sand to: 1. Explore the properties of molecular bonding; 2. Introduce students to the engineering of hydrophobic surfaces; and 3. Demonstrate the concepts of hydrophobic and hydrophilic behavior. It is suitable for high school students in...

10. Crystal-free Zone in a Glass-Ceramic Dish

    Teaching Materials | 28 May 2019 | Contributor(s):: Adam Powell

    Estimate the thickness of the crystal-free surface layer in a glass-ceramic dish by relating a heat equation solution to the T-T-T diagram.

11. Role of Computing and In situ Measurements in Scalable Manufacturing of Nanoscale Materials and Interfaces

    Online Presentations | 22 Apr 2019 | Contributor(s):: Santanu Chaudhuri

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13. Ions in Nanoconfinement

    Tools | 22 Dec 2017 | Contributor(s):: Kadupitige Kadupitiya, Nasim Anousheh, Suresh Marru, Fox, Geoffrey C., Vikram Jadhao

    The Ions in Nanoconfinement app empowers users to simulate ions confined between material surfaces that are nanometers apart, and extract the associated ionic structure.

14. Wet Etching in Nanofabrication

    Teaching Materials | 11 Jan 2017 | Contributor(s):: Manuel Casillas, NNCI Nano

    This lab will help students understand how chemical reactions are used to create the specific shapes on surfaces of crystalline materials, which make up functional components within electronics. The fabrication of electronic devices is now reaching into the nanoscale with the capability of more...

15. How Dry am I? Exploring Biomimicry and Nanotechnology

    Teaching Materials | 01 Dec 2016 | Contributor(s):: Elizabeth Davenport, Nancy Healy, NNCI Nano

    Through a series of activities, students will explore superhydrophobic properties of materials. This inquiry based lesson leads them through activities that has them compare and contrast physical properties of superhydrophobic coated materials with uncoated materials. In the process they will...

16. [Illinois] Optimizing Physisorption of Biomolecules to Surfaces and Nanoparticles via Molecular Modeling

    Online Presentations | 18 Nov 2015 | Contributor(s):: Yaroslava G Yingling

17. [Illinois] Surface Plasmons

    Online Presentations | 29 Dec 2014 | Contributor(s):: Mahta Moghaddam

18. Functionalization Workbench

    Tools | 30 Aug 2013 | Contributor(s):: AbderRahman N Sobh, Chen-Yu Li, Nahil Sobh, Aleksei Aksimentiev

    Using molecular dynamic simulation - explore the interactions between a molecular structure and substrate when they are linked together.

19. [Illinois] ECE 416 Avidin-Biotin and Surface Functionalization I

    Online Presentations | 24 Apr 2013 | Contributor(s):: Brian Cunningham

               In this lecture, we start off by taking a look at X-Ray Crystallography and how it is used to understand how biomolecules binding works. The x-ray data is processed by computer algorithms to determine coordinates of all atoms in...

20. Multiscale Manufacturing of Fractal Structures

    Online Presentations | 28 Feb 2013 | Contributor(s):: Charalabos (Haris) Doumanidis

    This lecture overviews the philosophy and background of the presenter’s research group in thermomechanical materials processing and manufacturing process modeling and control by scanned distributed-parameter, dynamic adaptive techniques. It also elaborates on his current investigations in random...