Nanotechnology in undergraduate education
By: Kimberly A.O. Pacheco, Richard W. Schwenz, Wayne E. Jones, Jr., editors ; sponsored by the ACS Division of Chemical Education
Contributors: American Chemical Society. Division of Chemical Education
Series: ACS symposium series -- 1010; ACS symposium series -- 1010.
Publisher: American Chemical Society; Distributed by Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, DC; [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780841269682
Notes: "This text grew out of a symposium on nanotechology held at the American Chemical Society national meeting in August of 2007 ..."--P. 2.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Course and curriculum innovations. Nanotechnology items for ACS exams standardized tests / T. Holme; title: Seeding nanoscience throughout the undergraduate chemistry curriculum / B.H. Augustine; title: Integration of nanoscale science and technology into undergraduate curricula / S. Iyer; title: Big emphasis on a small topic: introducing nanoscience to undergraduate science majors / R. Schwenz; title: Nanoscal laboratory experiences. X-ray diffraction / R. Macaluso; title: Development of hands-on nanotechnology content materials: undergraduate chemistry and beyond / S.C. Larsen; title: Laboratory modules on environmental impacts of nanotechnology / J. Zhang; title: Scanning tunneling microscopy and single molecule conductance: novel undergraduate laboratory experiments / E.V. Iski; title: Evolution of a nanotechnology lab for 1st year college students / K. Winkelmann; title: Integration of nanoscience into the undergraduate curriculum via simple experiments based on electrospinning of polymer nanofibers / N.J. Pinto; title: Exploring the scanning probe: a simple hands-on experiment simulating the operation and characteristics of the atomic force microscope / A. Layson (Teeters); title: Benchtop nanoscale patterning experiments / T. Odom.