Implementation of Nanotechnology Studies in the Undergraduate Curriculum

纳米技术涉及对纳米长度尺度上发生的结构和过程的研究。这个相对较新的领域已经影响了基础科学和应用科学的许多领域，并预计将产生未来的变化，这将深刻影响每个人的生活。 该项目纳入陶森大学的课程实验，为学生提供纳米技术原理和应用的理解。使用市售的扫描探针显微镜进行这些实验。该仪器，这是能够作为一个扫描隧道显微镜以及原子力显微镜，满足现有的实验室课程的迫切需要，为本科生提供独立的研究项目，并允许新课程的开发。

Nanotechnology involves the study of structures and processes which occur at the nanometer length scale. This relatively new field has impacted many areas of basic and applied science, and is projected to produce future changes which will profoundly effect the lives of everyone. This project incorporates into the Towson University curriculum experiments which provide students with an understanding of nanotechnology principles and applications. A commercially available scanning probe microscope is used to perform these experiments. This instrument, which is capable of acting as a scanning tunneling microscope as well as an atomic force microscope, fulfills immediate needs in existing laboratory courses, provides independent research projects for undergraduates, and allows the development of new courses.