E SC 213: Materials in Nanotechnology

Collection description:
This collection, from the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Support (NACK) Center at Pennsylvania State University), includes materials from the undergraduate laboratory course titled Materials in Nanotechnology. The following nine units are included in the course:

1. An Introduction to Colloidal and Self-Assembled Materials
2. An Introduction to Nanoparticles and Nanostructures
3. An Introduction to Nanoparticle Synthesis and Applications
4. Quantum Dots
5. Micro- and Nanomaterials in Bio Applications
6. PDMS- An Example of a Versatile Material for Micro- and Nanotechnology
7. Oxidation and Dielectric Materials
8. Material Fabrication Utilizing Dry Etch Chemistry
9. Material Fabrication Utilizing Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD)

Course Contents:
Each unit includes a number of lectures and associated laboratory activities that can be viewed separately or downloaded in .ppt and .pdf formats. Lectures provide in-depth coverage of each topic, including illustrations, examples, and comprehensive information. Each lab includes a variety of information, such as an objective, background information, a detailed procedure, charts and tables, and follow-up questions. Course lectures are available to view separately.

The following labs are included:

• Fluorescent Tagging of Liposomes
• Furnace Oxidation Lab
• PVD: Gold Nucleation Analysis
• Reactive Ion Etch Lab
• Self-Assembly Lab
• Nickel Nano-wires: Electrodeposition from Solution into a Pre-formed Porous Template
• Statistical Process Control
• Nano-Scale Phase Separation of Block Copolymer Films
• Silicon Nanowires
• Dye-Sensitized Nanocrystalline Solar Cell
• Synthesis of Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles in Solution

For orientation purposes E SC 213 Unit 1 Lecture 2 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 attachment. The size of each file is included in parenthesis.

E SC 213 Materials in Nanotechnology.zip (42 files, 64.5 MB)

• Unit 1 - An Introduction to Colloidal and Self-Assembled Materials (6 files, 13.1 MB)
• Unit 2 - An Introduction to Nanoparticles and Nanostructures (4 files, 6.73 MB)
• Unit 3 - An Introduction to Nanoparticle Synthesis and Applications (4 files, 11 MB)
• Unit 4 - Quantum Dots (4 files, 7 MB)
• Unit 5 - Micro- and Nanomaterials in Bio Applications (10 files, 11.1 MB)
• Unit 6 - PDMS- An Example of a Versatile Material for Micro- and Nanotechnology (4 files, 4.49 MB)
• Unit 7 - Oxidation and Dielectric Materials (4 files, 5.73 MB)
• Unit 8 - Material Fabrication Utilizing Dry Etch Chemistry (7 files, 8,82)
• Unit 9 - Material Fabrication Utilizing Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) (3 files, 3.9 MB)

E SC 213.zip (5 files, 2.45 MB)

• Fluorescent Tagging of Liposomes (213_liposome_tags_imbedded_10_7_13_eng_l.pdf 1.14 MB)
• Furnace Oxidation Lab (Furnace_Online_Lab-Final.pdf 473 KB)
• PVD: Gold Nucleation Analysis (PVD_Nucleation_Online_Lab_Handout.pdf 80.4 KB)
• Reactive Ion Etch Lab RIE_Online_Lab.doc 387 KB)
• Self-Assembly Lab (Self_Assembly_Lab_Handout-FINAL.pdf 398 KB)

E SC 213 Laboratories.zip (7 files, 4.25 MB)

• Nickel Nano-wires: Electrodeposition from Solution into a Pre-formed Porous Template (213_Lab_7 Ni Nanowires Lab Handout 06 24 10.doc 64 KB)
• Statistical Process Control (213_Lab_8 Statistical Process Control 06 24 10.doc 985 KB)
• Fluorescent Tagging of Liposomes (E SC 213 Unit 5 Lecture 3.pdf 1.16 MB)
• Nano-Scale Phase Separation of Block Copolymer Films (213_Lab_1%2C2 Block Copolymers Lab Handout 06 24 10.doc 1.52 MB)
• Silicon Nanowires (213_Lab_3%2C4 Silicon Nanowires 06 24 10.doc 114 KB)
• Dye-Sensitized Nanocrystalline Solar Cell (213_Lab_5 DSC Lab Handout 06 24 10 384 KB)
• Synthesis of Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles in Solution (213_Lab_6 Colloidal Chemistry - Gold Nanoparticles 06 24 10.doc 56.5 KB)