Coffee Break with Nanoscience: Film Formation and "Coffee Rings" (Middle/High School curriculum lesson)

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Description
This lab will explore the phenomena involved in making thin film coatings. Students will explore the problems that crop up in real- life coating applications, and see how to avoid coffee rings and reduce cracking during the drop-casting deposition of a thin film.
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K-12 Lesson Plans
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Audience
Ages 11 - Adult
K-12 Educators
Topics
Nanotechnology
Engineering and Technology
Chemistry
Physical Sciences
Materials Science

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Nanometer-sized things are very small, and often behave differently than larger things do.
Scientists and engineers have formed the interdisciplinary field of nanotechnology by investigating properties and manipulating matter at the nanoscale.

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Funding

National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) funded by the National Science Foundation

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National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN); © 2013 University of Minnesota

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