Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education

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