E SC 211: Materials, Safety, and Equipment Overview for Nanotechnology

Course Description

This collection from, the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Resource Center (NACK Center), includes materials from the undergraduate laboratory course titled Materials, Safety, and Equipment Overview for Nanotechnology. The following five units are included in the course:

1. Safety and Environmental Concerns
2. Processing/Manufacturing Infrastructure
3. Materials Overview
4. General Processing Concerns, Contamination and Damage
5. Basic Characterizations Tools.

Course Contents

Each unit includes a number of lectures and laboratory activities in .ppt and .pdf formats. Most lectures are also included in .mp4 format. Lectures provide in-depth coverage of each topic, including illustrations, examples, and comprehensive information.  A .zip folder of lectures in Spanish are also included in .pdf and .ppt formats. 

The following labs are included:

• Lab 1: EHS: Chemical & Materials Overview
• Lab 2: EHS: Equipment Safety Awareness
• Lab 3: Vacuum Equipment Simulation Lab with EquipSim
• Lab 4: Vacuum Equipment Components & Systems Part 1
• Lab 5: Vacuum Equipment Components & Systems Part 2
• Lab 6: Introduction to Metrology & Characterization
• Metrology Online Lab Final

Each lab includes a variety of information, such as an objective, background information, a detailed procedure, charts and tables, and follow-up questions. 

For orientation purposes E SC 211 Unit 1 Lecture 1.pdf is included as a separate attachment and offers a sample of the type of material included in this course.

Below is a list of the files included in the .zip attachments. The size of each file is included in parenthesis.

E SC 211 Informacion general sobre materiales seguridad y equipos para la nanotecnologia.zip (70 files, 134 MB)

• Unidad 1 - Seguridad y el Medio Ambient (7 files, 25.8 MB)
• Unidad 2  Infraestructura de Procesamiento y de Manufactura (20 files, 45.3 MB)
• Unidad 3 - Vision General de Materiales (34 files, 58 MB)
• Unidad 4 - Cuidados de Procesamiento General, Contaminacion y Danos (4 files, 2.8)
• Unidad 5 - Herramientas Basicas de Caracterizacion (4 files, 2.1 MB)

E SC 211 Labs.zip (10 files, 9.8 MB)

• Mandatory Refresher Training: Chemical & Hazardous Waste Handling (211_Lab_1 EHS Chemical and Materials Overview 06 24 10.pdf 46 KB)
• EHS: Equipment Safety Awareness (211_Lab_2_EHS_Equipment_Saftey_Awareness_06_24_10.doc 30 KB)
• EquipSim - Vacuum Equipment Simulation (211_Lab_3 Vacuum Equipsim Labs 06 24 10.doc 574 KB)
• EquipSim - Vacuum Equipment Simulation (211_Lab_3_Vacuum_Equipsim_Labs_06_24_10.pdf 688 KB)
• Vacuum Equipment: Components and Systems Part 1 (211_Lab_4 Vacuum Equipment Components and Systems Part 1 06 24 10.doc 5.9 MB)
• Vacuum Equipment: Components and Systems Part 2A (211_Lab_5 Vacuum Equipment Components and Systems Part 2 06 24 10_Recovered_6-19-2025.doc 186 KB)
• Introduction to Metrology and Characterization Equipment (211_Lab_6 Metrology Lab 06 24 10.doc 1.8 MB)
• Introduction to Thermal Evaporation (Intro_PVD_Lab-FINAL.pdf 110 KB)
• Introduction to Metrology (Metrology_Online_Lab-FINAL.pdf 219 KB)

E SC 211 Materials Safety and Equipment Overview for Nanotechnology.zip (129 files, 9.45 GB)

• Unit 1 - Safety and Environmental Concerns (16 files, 1.21 GB)
• Unit 2 - Processing/Manufacturing Infrastructure (36 files, 2.79 GB)
• Unit 3 - Materials Overview (61 files, 4.8 GB)
• Unit 4 - General Processing Concerns, Contamination and Damage (6 files, 640.2 MB)
• Unit 5 - Basic Characterization Tools (9 files, 11.5 MB)