Nano

//Group: Nanotechnology Student: Hannah Back __Logsheet 01__ 

Monday // : Date: 6/15/2009 Progress: I learned about the Atomic Force Microscope and about the vibration isolator it stands on. I also visited the labs that I might be working in and read Wikipedia articles about AFM, SEM, and STM microscopes.

//Tuesday //: Date: 6/16/2009 Progress: I made a schedule for the summer and learned about the goals of nanotechnology. I learned how to make a good poster. I looked at and talked about pictures of AFM scans. Then I looked up and printed articles about nanoelectronics.

//Wednesday //: Date: 6/17/2009 Progress: I read articles about nanoelectronics and watched videos that show how the three microscopes work.

//Thursday //: Date: 6/18/2009 Progress: I started to learn how to use the AFM and scanned a chip of mica. Then I read about the software that runs the AFM.

//Friday: // Date: 6/19/2009 Progress: I planned what will be on my poster. I started writing information for my poster. I scanned a silicon chip using the AFM.

 __Logsheet 02__ //Monday //: __Date:__ 6/22/2009 Progress: Typed a plan of the things I need to do to for my project to make my poster. Had a meeting with the teachers. Talked about their curriculum plans and how to add the nano microscopes into their teaching. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Tuesday //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">: __Date__: 6/23/2009 Progress: Scanned a microstructure by myself using the AFM. Learned about the program parameters by changing them while scanning. Went to a meeting and listened to what research other high school students are doing. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Wednesday //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">: __Date__: 6/24/2009 Progress: Tried to scan a different sample with the AFM. Started to use the SEM and did two scans with it. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Thursday //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">: __Date__: 6/25/2009 Progress: Visited Fermilab. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Friday: //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">__Date__: 6/26/2009 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left; display: block;">Progress: Watched and tried to help Michael Crocker make a Matlab program that plotted the path of particles affected by a nanomagnet. Tried to scan samples with the AFM, but the tip of the AFM wouldn’t approach the sample. Looked up projects that kids could do to learn about atomic microscopes.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center; display: block;">__Logsheet 03__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left; display: block;"> <span style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; text-align: left; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left; display: block; font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;">//Monday : Date: 7/6/2009 // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left; display: block; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;">Progress: Scanned gold with the STM. Scanned microstructure with STM but the STM wouldn’t recognize the microstructure surface and I couldn’t get an image. Asked Dr. Loughran how to make the microstructure scan but when I tried again it still wouldn’t work. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left; display: block; font-size: 16px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left; display: block;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left; display: block;">Tuesday : Date: 7/7/2009 Progress: Installed easyScan on another laptop. Scanned a gold sputtered silicon surface with the AFM. // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left; display: block;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left; display: block;">Wednesday : Date: 7/8/2009 Progress: Used a sample stage with a clip to try to make the microstructure conductive. The STM didn’t recognize a current and wouldn’t scan. The microstructure doesn’t seem to be scanable on the STM because it isn’t conductive. Analyzed the roughness of one of the gold scans. // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left; display: block;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left; display: block;">Thursday : Date: 7/9/2009 Progress: Scanned gold with the STM. Looked at old scans to find the best ones for the poster. // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left; display: block;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left; display: block;">Friday: Date: 7/10/2009 Progress: Started making my poster. Taught 5 people how to use the SEM.

<span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center; display: block;">__Logsheet 04__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left; display: block; font-style: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px;"> // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Monday //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">: __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Date: __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> 7/13/2009 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Progress: Scanned gold on SEM. Got pictures for poster. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Tuesday //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">: __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Date __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">: 7/14/2009 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Progress: Went to a group meeting. Prepared a sample for the AFM. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Wednesday //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">: __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Date __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">: 7/15/2009 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Progress: Taught someone how to use the AFM. Scanned a CD with the AFM and the SEM but couldn’t get an image on the SEM because the CD isn’t conductive. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Thursday //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">: __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Date __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">: 7/16/2009 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Progress: Worked on poster. Took pictures of microscopes. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Friday: //__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Date __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">: 7/17/2009 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Progress: Toured Notre Dame campus. Printed a <span style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">rough draft <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> of my poster. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">