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This webinar, published by the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Support (NACK) Center at Pennsylvania State University, provides a brief overview of fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy techniques. During the webinar, presenter...

This short YouTube video, created as part of a school science project, demonstrates how to make a supersaturated solution using sodium acetate. It also illustrates an exothermic reaction or the heat of crystallization shown when the solution is touched.

This webinar, provided by the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Support (NACK) Center at Pennsylvania State University, provides an overview of the fundamentals of metrology and characterization for nanotechnology. During the webinar, Dr. Diane Hickey-Davis from Pennsylvania State...

This lab activity, provided by the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Network (NACK) Center, teaches students about "oxidation and the furnace used to grow oxides." In the lab, students will "attempt to visually determine the oxide thickness of oxidized samples from a previous group,"...

This 7-page lab guide, created by the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Support (NACK) Center at Pennsylvania State University, features an online laboratory activity that provides a demonstration and overview of the necessary procedures to operate the Lindberg tube furnace. During...

This webinar is provided by the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Support Center (NACK Center) and is presented by Dr. Carmen L. Gomes, a mechanical engineer from Iowa State University. The presentation highlights the need for convergence between several domains, to address the...

This video, provided by the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Support Center (NACK Center), features a demo of the Nanoscribe two-photon lithography tool, an advanced 3D printing system that prints items on the micro and nano scale. Throughout the video, the presenter walks through...

This 11-page article, from Nature Communications, discusses probabilistic neural networks (PNNs) that can improve computing power through energy scaling, size scaling, and complexity scaling. The authors highlight how 2D materials enable aggressive size scaling, analog Gaussian synapses support...

This lab, presented by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, covers the concept of material properties. Students will create a microfluidic device to show "the importance of channel design in biotechnology and nanotechnology and the methods used to study the behavior of fluids as...

This reference sheet, presented by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, provides valuable information on genetics and cell division for high school students studying these topics. The sheet includes diagrams of DNA molecules, information on the genetic code for amino acids, both a...