Laboratory experiences nanotechnology course

Using this venue, a First-Year Seminar course entitled Explorations in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology was offered at the University of Iowa in Spring 2003 and Fall 2005. In this seminar course, the fundamental concepts of nanoscience were introduced, the properties of nanoscale materials were examined, and applications in nanotechnology were presented in a series of laboratory experiments and hands-on demonstrations. The first unit of the course included several laboratory explorations involving nanomaterials, such as memory metal, LED s 21), ferrofluids (22) and qnantum dots. The quantum dot experiment was adapted for this conrse from the course materials used for 4 011 Principles of Chemistry and 4 006 Technology and Society Laboratory previously described in this chapter. 

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