Nanoscience/Nanotechnology Laboratory
PHY/CHE/CHM 1091
SPRING 2009

Class Time: Monday 6:00-8:40 PM
Online Resource: http://my.fit.edu/~jbrenner/nanotechmanual
name = fltech password = brenner

Date Jan. 12 Jan. 19 Jan. 26 Feb. 2 Feb. 9 Feb. 16 Feb. 23 Mar. 2 Mar. 9 Mar. 16 Mar. 23 Mar. 30 Apr. 6 Apr. 13 Apr. 20 Apr. 27 May 4

Description Introduction, Polymer/Silica Nanocomposite Precursors to Templated Carbon Foams NO LAB - MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY Lecture / Demo: STM / AFM Preparing Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) Tips Imaging Samples with STM and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) (Group A) NO LAB - PRESIDENTS' DAY Imaging Samples with STM and AFM (Group B) NO LAB - SPRING BREAK Preparing Catalyst for CVD Based Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Synthesis Imaging Carbon Nanotubes by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Synthesis and Study of Ferrofluids Synthesizing Au Nanoparticles Synthesizing CdS Nanoparticles Preparing Thin Films by Sputter Coating and Thermal Evaporation Biological Imaging with Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Seminar: Nanotechnology at NASA Oral Presentations and Class Evaluations

Instructors HO, JB, KW HO Joel Olson HO HO JB JB KW KW KW HO Michael Grace Tracy Gibson HO, JB, KW

Location conf. room, PS conf. room, PS Gen Chem A, PS 226 PS 226 PS Gen Chem B, PS 128 LS Gen Chem A, PS Gen Chem A, PS Gen Chem A, PS 226 PS 128 LS conf. room, PS conf. room, PS

KW = Kurt Winkelmann, HO = Hakeem Oluseyi, JB = Jim Brenner
PS = Olin Physical Sciences Building, LS = Olin Life Sciences Building,
conf. room = conference room on 2nd floor of Olin Physical Sciences Building, across from elevator

Purpose: This interdisciplinary lab is designed for students whose career interests are in nanoscience research or nanotechnology.
The course introduces students to techniques that involve nanomaterial fabrication by thin film deposition and by chemical synthesis,
as well as to sample characterization techniques such as atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy. The goals of the course
are focused on the learning of experimental techniques that will allow students to better understand the underlying principles behind the concepts
presented in more advanced courses in materials science and engineering, chemistry, and physics. Students who take this class will also be more
prepared to contribute to faculty supervised research projects involving nanotechnology. This course was originally designed for freshmen,
but should be of interest to other underclassmen levels and to first-year graduate students.

Policies and Expectations:
Your laboratory instructor will evaluate your performance for each laboratory experiment. Satisfactory performance consists of the following:
attending and being on time for the lab, following directions, completing the goals of the experiment (i.e. synthesizing a product, completing a
sample analysis), cleaning up your work area after completing the lab, answering questions posed by the instructor and participating in any discussions.
If your absence is excused, you need to make arrangements with the instructor to complete the laboratory experiment as soon as possible.
Excused absences include your participation in a university-sponsored event or an illness with excuse signed by a doctor.

Instead of writing several short laboratory reports, you will write an in-depth (8 – 12 page) research paper that focuses on one area of nanotechnology
that we cover during the semester. Each student will choose a different topic. Talk to Dr. Winkelmann about your selected topic before you begin writing.
You will also present your work to the class during our final meeting. We will provide more information later regarding the details of how your
report and presentation will be graded. Drs. Brenner, Zhang and Winkelmann will each grade your report and presentation;
your grade will be the average score from each professor.

Grading:
Overall letter grades will be based on the standard grading scale:
90-100% A, 80-89% B, 70-79% C, etc.

Lab Instructors: Prof. Kurt J. Winkelmann Assistant Professor of Chemistry Florida Institute of Technology Olin Physical Sciences 222 Office Hours: MR 2-4 PM TELEPHONE 321-674-7376 E-MAIL kwinkel@fit.edu WWW http://my.fit.edu/~kwinkel

Prof. Hakeem Oluseyi Assistant Professor of Physics and Space Sciences Florida Institute of Technology Olin Physical Sciences ??? Office Hours: ??? TELEPHONE 321-674-7247 E-MAIL holuseyi@fit.edu

Prof. James R. Brenner Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Florida Institute of Technology 210 Olin Engineering Bldg. Office Hours: MW 11-12 and MR 1-2 PM in Frueauff 104, W 1-3 in 210 Olin Engineering TELEPHONE 321-749-3437 FAX 321-674-7565 E-MAIL jb012767@aol.com OR jbrenner@fit.edu WWW http://my.fit.edu/~jbrenner

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