Low-cost laboratory experiments in nanoscience

CHED 252

Dana N Horoszewski, dana@cae.wisc.edu1, Wendy C. Crone1, Kenneth L Gentry1, Steve Kim Hoong Ng1, Christopher Johnson1, George C. Lisensky, lisensky@beloit.edu2, Jason Marmon, jason.marmon@gmail.com2, Derek Keefer, keeferd@stu.beloit.edu2, Jacob Horger2, Karen J. Nordell, nordellk@lawrence.edu3, and Richard Amankwah3. (1) MRSEC, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1550 Engineering Dr, Madison, WI 53706-1609, (2) Department of Chemistry, Beloit College, 700 College St, Beloit, WI 53511, (3) Department of Chemistry, Lawrence University, 115 S. Drew St., Appleton, WI 54912
As nanotechnology gains importance in the world economy, more undergraduates will need to be attracted to the field to meet the workforce demand. However, many undergraduate institutions cannot afford specialized equipment for teaching such as scanning probe microscopes and diffractometers that are often used in nanotechnology research. Chemists and engineers from several institutions affiliated with the Interdisciplinary Education Group of the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) on Nanostructured Interfaces at the U. of Wisconsin-Madison have created nanoscale experiments that involve equipment and supplies that are within the scope and budget of a typical undergraduate laboratory class. Experiments that will be presented include Electrochromic Prussian Blue Thin Films, Nanoparticle Stained Glass, and Synthesis of Inverse Opal Photonic Crystals. These and other experiments can be found at http://mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/nanolab/.
 

Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education
8:30 AM-11:55 AM, Monday, March 26, 2007 McCormick Place North -- Room N227B, Level 2, Oral

Division of Chemical Education

The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007