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Beyond Optical Microscopy (m14353)
Maintainers: Melissa Dominguez, Sean McCudden, McKenzie Smith, Kevin Kelly, Tish Stringer
Keywords: atomic force microscopy, history, instrumentation, microscopy, nanotechnology, scanning tunneling microscopy
Summary: A brief overview of the kinds of instruments used in nanotechnology research, including the scanning tunneling microscope and the atomic force microscope.
Subject: Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 83.80%
Revised: 2007-03-11
Revisions: 2
Brownian Motion (m14354)
Maintainers: Jason Holden, Kevin Kelly, Tish Stringer
Keywords: brownian, kinetic-molecular theory, motion, nano, nanotech, nanotechnology, pollen, Robert Brown
Summary: This module presents an overview of Brownian motion, with a focus on how it relates to nanotechnology. It looks at Brownian motion from a historical, physical, mathematical, and biological perspective in order to give the reader a complete view of this phenomenon.
Subject: Science and Technology, Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 97.13%
Revised: 2007-05-29
Revisions: 3
Buckyballs: Their history and discovery (m14355)
Maintainers: Tish Stringer, John S. Hutchinson
Keywords: buckminsterfullerenes, buckyballs, carbon, chemistry, history, nanotube
Summary: An introduction to Buckminsterfullerenes: Their history and discovery, their unique chemical and physical properties, methods in fullerene production, and the many possible uses of "buckyballs" that may be seen in the near future.
Subject: Science and Technology, Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 98.99%
Revised: 2007-02-20
Revisions: New
Government-Funded Science: Vannevar Bush and the National Science Foundation (m14356)
Maintainers: Sean McCudden, McKenzie Smith, Melissa Dominguez, Christopher Kelty, Tish Stringer
Keywords: Basic Science, cold war science, history of science, National Science Foundation, National Science Policy, Vannevar Bush
Summary: A brief history of the National Science Foundation and Vannevar Bush's vision of "Science, The Endless Frontier."
Subject: Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 64.65%
Revised: 2007-02-20
Revisions: New
Nanocars and the Development of Molecular Manufacturing (m14511)
Maintainers: Bo Qiu, Tish Stringer, Christopher Kelty
Keywords: Nanocars, STM
Summary: An introduction to the creation of Nanocars at Rice University
Subject: Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 72.53%
Revised: 2007-05-07
Revisions: New
Patent or Perish (m14509)
Maintainers: Tish Stringer, Devon Fanfair, Salil Desai, Christopher Kelty
Keywords: intellectual property, invention, nanotechnology, patents
Summary: A brief overview of patent law and its controversies and uses in nanotechnology
Subject: Science and Technology, Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 76.14%
Revised: 2007-05-07
Revisions: New
The Early History of Nanotechnology (m14504)
Maintainers: Tish Stringer, Christopher Kelty
Subject: Science and Technology, Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 98.34%
Revised: 2007-05-06
Revisions: New
The Environmental Impact of the Manufacturing of Seminconductors (m14503)
Maintainers: Christopher Kelty, Tish Stringer, Andrew R. Barron
Keywords: chemical, environmental health, manufacturing, semiconductors
Summary: This module gives a brief general overview of semi-conductor manufacturing and some of the components and processes used to produce them that can potentially cause harm to humans or the environment.
Subject: Science and Technology
Language: English
Popularity: 97.98%
Revised: 2009-06-02
Revisions: 3
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