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Teaching middle school or high school students? Use these resources to help kids understand what nanotechnology is and how it may impact their lives. You might start by watching Mark Ratner's seminar A Gentle Introduction to Nanotechnology and Nanoscience. Check out the various animations that we have to explain nanoscience concepts. Try running a simple tool online, such as CNTbands.
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Online Presentations
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10.0 Ranking Jones: Scientific Computing with Python
Scientific Computing with Python
Type Online Presentations Contributor(s) Eric Jones, Travis Oliphant Date 24 Oct. 2004 Avg. Rating (2) Rate this Python has emerged as an excellent choice for scientific computing because of its simple syntax, ease of use, and elegant multi-dimensional array arithmetic. Its interpreted evaluation allows it to serve as both the development language and the command line environment in which to explore data. ...
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10.0 Ranking Sands: Nanotubes and Nanowires: ...
Nanotubes and Nanowires: One-dimensional Materials
Type Online Presentations Contributor(s) Timothy D. Sands Date 17 Jul. 2006 Avg. Rating (6) Rate this What is a nanowire? What is a nanotube? Why are they interesting and what are their potential applications? How are they made? This presentation is intended to begin to answer these questions while introducing some fundamental concepts such as wave-particle duality, quantum confinement, the ...
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9.4 Ranking Ratner: A Gentle Introduction to ...
A Gentle Introduction to Nanotechnology and Nanoscience
Type Online Presentations Contributor(s) Mark A. Ratner Date 13 Feb. 2006 Avg. Rating (20) Rate this While the Greek root nano just means dwarf, the nanoscale has become a giant focus of contemporary science and technology. We will examine the fundamental issues underlying the excitement involved in nanoscale research - what, why and how. Specific topics include assembly, properties, ...
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8.2 Ranking Meieran: Technology challenges of the 21st ...
Technology challenges of the 21st Century
Type Online Presentations Contributor(s) Eugene S. Meieran Date 14 May. 2007 Avg. Rating (1) Rate this The 20th century was a century of remarkable scientific and technical achievement, as recorded in the National Academy of Engineering book, "A Century of Innovation". Three forces ("a perfect storm") combined to make this possible; almost universal availability of electric power to enable many of ...
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6.3 Ranking Batt: Thinking Small
Thinking Small
Type Online Presentations Contributor(s) Carl Batt, NCLT administator Date 17 Apr. 2008 Avg. Rating (0) Rate this There is an overwhelming need on the part of the research community to explain our efforts in nanoscale science and engineering to the general public. To do so effectively there is also a need to catalogue the public's understanding of nanotechnology especially with respect to their ability ...
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6.0 Ranking Ratner: Mark Ratner Interview on ...
Mark Ratner Interview on Nanotechnology
Type Online Presentations Contributor(s) Mark A. Ratner, Krishna P. C. Madhavan Date 23 Mar. 2006 Avg. Rating (0) Rate this Nanotechnology interview with Krishna Madhavan.
Teaching Materials
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10.0 Ranking Serrano: Nanotechnology and Visible Light
Nanotechnology and Visible Light
Type Teaching Materials Contributor(s) Raymond Serrano Date 19 Dec. 2006 Avg. Rating (1) Rate this This submission is an undergraduate project by Raymond Serrano, a chemistry student at UTEP. Raymond has been a nanoHUB student for one year. In addition to being factor of scale, nanoscience is also defined by the changes in the physical and chemical properties the nanoparticles. This ...
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8.6 Ranking Gardner: Nanotechnology in Biology
Nanotechnology in Biology
Type Teaching Materials Contributor(s) Elizabeth Gardner Date 31 Aug. 2006 Avg. Rating (2) Rate this This is the first of two exercises developed by El Paso High School teachers as part of a two week workshop on nanotechnology education, part of the National Center for Learning and Teaching of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NCLT) Professional Development Workshop held June 19-30, 2006 at the ...
Animations
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10.0 Ranking Vargo: 3D Molecular Models
3D Molecular Models
Type Animations Contributor(s) Nicholas Vargo Date 26 Jun. 2007 Avg. Rating (0) Rate this This animation was created as part of the Children's Museum Nanotechnology Exhibit to give the viewer an idea of what objects look like at the nano-level. The molecules range from something as small as caffeine to major proteins and viruses.Nicholas Vargo created this kiosk presentation as an ...
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8.0 Ranking LSPM Team: Scanning Probe Microscopes
Scanning Probe Microscopes
Type Animations Contributor(s) EPICS LSPM Team Date 15 Mar. 2005 Avg. Rating (1) Rate this Laura explains how scanning probe microscopes can be used to create images of small devices, molecules, and even atoms! A large-scale version of the scanning probe microscope is built out of Legos to show the basic principles.
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7.9 Ranking LSPM Team: What is a Nanometer?
What is a Nanometer?
Type Animations Contributor(s) EPICS LSPM Team Date 02 Apr. 2005 Avg. Rating (7) Rate this Join Laura and Martin on a wild ride through the milliworld and the microworld to reach the nanoworld. Along the way, they discover how small a nanometer truly is.
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7.8 Ranking LSPM Team: Nano/Bio Connection
Nano/Bio Connection
Type Animations Contributor(s) EPICS LSPM Team Date 02 Apr. 2005 Avg. Rating (2) Rate this Nanotechnology is not just a topic for physicists, chemists, and engineers. Laura explains the important role of biologists in this field, and shows how they may help provide clues to molecular assembly techniques.
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7.7 Ranking LSPM Team: Nanomanufacturing: Top-Down and ...
Nanomanufacturing: Top-Down and Bottom-Up
Type Animations Contributor(s) EPICS LSPM Team Date 15 Mar. 2005 Avg. Rating (1) Rate this Martin presents an overview of nanomanufacturing techniques, explaining the difference between top-down and bottom-up approaches.
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Downloads
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9.7 Ranking Xie: Molecular Workbench: An Interface ...
Molecular Workbench: An Interface to the Molecular World
Type Downloads Contributor(s) Charles Xie Date 31 Aug. 2006 Avg. Rating (2) Rate this The Molecular Workbench software is a free, open-source modeling and authoring program specifically designed for use in science education. Powered by a set of real-time molecular simulation engines that compute and visualize the motion of particles interacting through force fields, in both 2D and ...
Series
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9.4 Ranking NCLT Seminar Series
NCLT Seminar Series
Type Series Contributor(s) Date 23 Nov. 2005 Avg. Rating (1) Rate this National Center for Learning and Teaching in Nanoscale Science and Engineering. (NCLT). The mission of NCLT is to develop the next generation of leaders in NSE teaching and learning, with an emphasis on NSEE capacity building, providing a strong impact on national STEM education. The guiding theme ...
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