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.

Word count 250

200-250 words (no more than 250)