A Conceptual Atomic Force Microscope Using LEGO for Nanoscience Education
A Conceptual Atomic Force Microscope Using LEGO for Nanoscience Education
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使用乐高积木进行纳米科学教育的概念原子力显微镜
DOI：
10.5875/ausmt.v4i2.358
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2014
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Lu Yen
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作者：
Hsieh Tsung‐han;Tsai Yu;Kao Chih;Chang Yin;Lu Yen
缺乏有效的教育材料限制了公众对纳米科学的认识和兴趣。提出了一种利用LEGO®MINDSTORMS系列建立的原子力显微镜(AFM)概念模型。AFMS可能是纳米科学和纳米技术中最基本和最广泛使用的工具之一，因此，这种乐高®AFM的引入应该有利于纳米科学教育。该LEGO®模型在LabVIEW中编程，能够扫描样品，并根据AFM所使用的机制构建样品的三维(3D)表面图。有了这款乐高原子力显微镜，学生可以通过构建原子力显微镜模型的实践经验，直接接触纳米科学概念。这种互动将导致对纳米科学原理的更好理解，并激励学习者进一步探索该领域的理论和实验方面。
A lack of effective educational materials is limited general public awareness of, and interest in, nanoscience. This paper presents a conceptual atomic force microscope (AFM) model built by using the LEGO® MINDSTORMS series. AFMs are perhaps one of the most fundamental and widely-used instruments in nanoscience and nanotechnology, thus the introduction of this LEGO® AFM should be beneficial to nanoscience education. Programmed in LabVIEW, this LEGO® model has the ability to scan the samples and construct a three-dimensional (3D) surface graphs of the sample, based on the mechanism used for AFM. With this LEGO® AFM, the students can directly access nanoscience concepts through hands-on experience constructing an AFM model. This interaction will lead to a better understanding of nanoscience principles, and motivate learners to further explore both the theoretical and experimental aspects of the domain.