Chemistry 597A: Nanoscience
Fall 2002

Faculty

Professor Mary Beth Williams
Office: 204 Chandlee
Phone: (814) 865-8859
E-mail: mbw@chem.psu.edu
Instant Messenger: nbkybtst32
Office Hours: By appointment or AIM
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Secretary: Amy Luzier, 224 Chandlee, (814) 865-4041

Professor Paul S. Weiss
Office: 407 Davey Laboratory
Phone: (814) 865-3693
E-mail: stm@psu.edu
Instant Messenger: PSWeiss
Office Hours: By appointment or AIM
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Staff assistant: Stephen Bumbarger, 415 Davey Laboratory, (814) 865-7817, sxb10@psu.edu, Catsman4 (AIM)

We also have excellent guest lecturers planned.

Learning in Chem 597A

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Some Nanotechnology Sites of Interest

Selected groups at Penn State

Selected groups elsewhere

Class Topics and Readings

Grading

All Penn State policies (http://www.psu.edu/ufs/policies/) regarding ethics and honorable behavior apply to this course.

Choose a topic from the current, primary literature that is related to the nanoscience topic listed below. The paper must have been published no earlier than January 1, 2001, and should be taken from the journals Science, Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nanoletters, Applied Physics Letters, or Physical Review Letters. Papers from other journals are permitted only with prior consent.

Spend time selecting your paper. You are going to put a lot of effort into working on it, so it should be something of interest to you and others, and it should be important

Know the leader(s) and location(s) of the group(s) performing the work. Look up the papers cited in order to understand the background and context of the paper.

Use spell checking and proof read your paper: your paper will be returned, ungraded, if there are large numbers of typographical, spelling and/or grammatical errors.

Short Papers focus on a single published paper and are not to exceed 3 typed pages, including references and figures. In addition to the paper covered, you are expected to reference related, cited and subsequent work. The sixth short paper may be on any nanoscience topic, and will form the basis of the full paper.

The Full Paper focuses on a single topic, includes multiple papers and/or the work of multiple research groups, is typically 10 typed pages and is not to exceed 12 typed pages including references and figures. This paper is an expanded version of one of the short papers. The full paper should include abstract, introduction, experimental results and discussion, and conclusion sections.

Use the following formatting defaults:
• All margins are a minimum of 1”.
• Font no less than 12 point.
• Line spacing no less than 1.5 lines.
• Include page numbers.

Title Page (which is not included in the page limit): Include your name, date, email address, and full reference for the paper you are discussing.

Figures: Use illustrative examples only (do not attempt to fill space by incorporating copious numbers of figures). Include a figure legend.

References: Use one of the following formats:
Tang, Z.; Kotov, N. A.; Giersig, M. “Spontaneous Organization of Single CdTe Nanoparticles into Luminescent Nanowires” Science 2002, 297 (5579), 237 – 240.

Papers are due by class time on the dates indicated, and neither late papers nor electronic submissions will be accepted. For each short paper, come to class with a single viewgraph overview that you can use to explain the key elements of the paper. You may include both figures and text on the viewgraph, and these should be readable from the back of the room (this may mean retyping or redrawing).
You should be prepared to talk for approximately 5 minutes and to justify your choice of paper.

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