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University of Puerto Rico - CayeyRISE Program
Rubric for Assessing Workshop Summaries Rollbook # 6 Name Hector L. Figueroa Monsanto Points
Date February ___, 2015 30 Points Total
Summary Number 2
1 2 3 4 5A. PURPOSE OF THE LAB TECHNIQUE
Refers to purpose and objectives of the lab techniquesB. BIOLOGICAL COMPETENCE
Demonstrates knowledge of laboratory procedures
Reports findings adequatelyC. ENGLISH COMPETENCE
Uses correct grammar, syntax, spelling, and punctuation
Demonstrates clarity and coherenceD. CRITICAL THINKING
In concluding identifies applications and or implications of the techniques
Template for 2nd Workshop Summary Biol. 3955-Biomedical Techniques Due date February 13, 2015
2st Summary- Nanotechnology and Electron Microscopy Dr. Wilfredo Otaño February 12, 2015During the Seminar of Nanotechnology and Electron Microscope we were introduced into the nano world which
consists of the things that are within the radius of five hundred to ten nanometers scale. (Afterwards we were
taken to a series of.stations in the nanotech field that complied of small processes like the creation of material
through an equipment that could stain with a certain material in our example we used gold and through the
conditions of temperature and pressure to see the results of the stained material. Once the material was
stained it could add on some properties of the metal like boiling point, conductivity and others. In order to see
the formation of fibers, we had to look through the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). We also learned other
concepts on the nano scale like the behavior of particles in layers because the more inner the particles are their
behavior with be different to those on the outer side. Dr. Otaño said that the particles that are in the surface will
behave differently than those that are in the core of any material just because they have more superficial area.
We also saw some allotropes of the carbon atom that could be in a graphite or diamond, but recently
discovered from the graphite when a thin amount is taken. This thin layer of graphite can have many new
purpose of conductivity of electricity in nano scale for future investigations. Nanotechnology can be
complicated but interesting in the matter that the processes that take place in such scale are able to be studied
and worked upon. Even though we successfully prepared our sample we weren’t able to see the filaments on
the SEM.
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