K-14 Nano Resources
Meet a Scientist
This is a video series designed to introduce K–12 students to real scientists working in a variety of exciting fields. Through short, engaging interviews, students get a glimpse into the scientists' work, career paths, and what inspires them — helping to spark curiosity and make science more relatable.
Learn about nanotools, art, culture, viruses, and lipid connections! Dr. Ahanjit Bhattacharya shares slides which walk through the development of the Langmuir Blodgett Trough by a female scientist in her kitchen; in addition he highlights connections to art and culture!
Experimental design in the context of climate science! Rachel Porter, a Biophysics PhD candidate, talks about her passion for the environment & shares an experimental procedure about greenhouse gases by the Grandmother of Climate Science, Eunice Newton Foote.
Resources & Relevant Links
The National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, NNCI for short, is a network comprised of 16 sites across the United States.
The Montana Nenotechnology Facility website contains useful information and resources to bring to your classroom.
Nano in the News
News articles, highlights coming out of our facilities
This aerospace professor found that a supportive family, a gift for math, a solid worth ethic, and strong mentors were the formula for her success that she now shares.
A Stanford scientist and his colleagues show that patients fitted with a chip in their eye are able to integrate what the chip “sees” with objects their natural peripheral vision detects.
Adhesives based on gecko skin can hold huge weights – without sticking to anything.
Stanford’s Russ Altman and Debbie Senesky discuss why silicon, the bedrock of terrestrial electronics, doesn't have the right stuff to help us explore hot spots like Venus.
An electrical engineer explains why the future of semiconductor technology requires investments in both R&D and manufacturing.
Graphene and aerogels are both special in their own right, but what happens when researchers make graphene aerogel in space?