Browse Resources

This lab, presented by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, covers the concept of semiconductor manufacturing. Students will learn how scientist "take advantage of diffusion to 'dope' or introduce atoms into a silicon wafer to change its conductive properties." The lesson...

This webinar was presented on February 23, 2018 by Dr. Nava Ariel-Sternberg, Director of the Columbia Nano Initiatives (CNI) Labs, and by Dr. Amir Zangiabadi, Director of the Electron Microscopy Labs. The webinar was moderated by Robert Ehrmann, Managing Director of the Nanotechnology Applications...

This webinar, published by the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Support (NACK) Center at Pennsylvania State University, covers atomic force microscopy and the atomic force microscope (AFM). During the webinar, Dr. Wesley Sanders from Salt Lake Community College provides a general...

This webinar, published by the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Support (NACK) Center at Pennsylvania State University, provides an overview of scanning electron microscopy (SEM). During the webinar, Dr. Atilla Ozgur Cakmak from Pennsylvania State University discusses the history and...

This video, provided by the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Support (NACK) Center at Pennsylvania State University, provides an overview of charged-particle interaction analysis. During the presentation, Dr. Atilla Ozgur Cakmak from Pennsylvania State University walks through...

This webinar, published by the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Support (NACK) Center at Pennsylvania State University, focuses on chemical vapor deposition (CVD). During the webinar, Terry Kuzma from Pennsylvania State University goes over the foundational aspects of CVD, covering...

This document, presented by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, is a valuable chemistry reference sheet for high school students. Definition of terms, diagrams, abbreviations, mathematical notations, the periodic table, and other information related to nanotechnology and...

Module Description:  This module, from Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), provides participants with "an overview of how microtechnology is used for standard clinical laboratory tests". The module presents information for participants to learn about "the testing that takes place in a...

This lab, presented by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, will help students begin to understand nanotechnology, specifically behaviors of materials at the nanoscale. Students will "explore two factors affecting the thin film deposition, film cracking and the formation of...

This resource, provided by Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Support Center (NACK Center), is a 9-page guide for a lab on colloidal gold nanoparticle synthesis and characterization. Throughout the lab, students will investigate the synthesis of the colloidal nanoparticle solutions,...