Web Resources & Links

• NASA Virtual Lab completely emulates a scanning electron microscope and allows any user to zoom and focus into a variety of built-in microscopic samples.
• The Virtual Microscope is a NASA-funded project that provides simulated scientific instrumentation for students and researchers worldwide.
• Understanding Nanotechnology is dedicated to providing clear explanations of nanotechnology applications in areas such as energy, medicine, and consumer goods.
• Exploring the Nanoworld A Website from the University of Wisconsin, this is an excellent resource for teachers and students of all ages.
• Bugscope The Bugscope project is an educational outreach program for K-12 classrooms. The project provides a resource so that classrooms can remotely operate a scanning electron microscope to image "bugs" at high magnification.
• How Stuff Works has an excellent overview of how nanotechnology will work.
• Big Pictures on NanoScience from Nanotechnology.com [  1,053 KB]
• nanoHUB contains a wealth of online tools, learning modules, and teaching materials – perfect for classroom use.
• Discovery School Virtual Electron Microscope demonstrates how microscopes have contributed to our knowledge of life science, and provide a better understanding of the basic differences between plant and animal cells. Lesson plans on The Microscopic World for grades 6-12 are also available
• Ask a Microscopist Tool Have a specific question about microscopy? Use the Microscopy Society of America's Ask a Microscopist Tool.
• Iowa State University has an exceptional site on the Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM) that includes SEM overviews and tutorials.
• Visit MicroWorlds an interactive tour of current research in the materials sciences at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source.
• Small Science, Big Deal The London Science Museum has a fantastic exhibit on Nanotechnology
• The NanoKids™ educational outreach program at Rice University is dedicated to increasing public knowledge of the nanoscale world.
• Rice University’s "The Incredible Shrunken Kids" in their Science News for Kids education portal.
• History of the Microscope
• Electron Microscope Web Course
• Electron Microscopy

Career Links

• Career Resource Center for Materials Science & Engineering
• tinytechjobs

Industry Organizations

• American Society for Cell Biology
• American Society for Materials International
• Cientifica
• Electronic Device Failure Analysis Society/ISTFA
• European Microscopy Society
• IDEMA
• Institute of Nanotechnology
• International Federation of Societies for Microscopy
• Japanese Society of Microscopy
• Materials Research Society
• NanoBusiness Alliance
• SEMI
• Three Dimensional Electron Microscopy/Network of Excellence
• 3D EM Training

Nanotechnology Links

• Understanding Nanotechnology
• The Center for Nanotechnology at the University of Washington
• nano tech 2006
• The Nanotechnology Site
• Nanotechnology and Cryonics
• Nanotechnology Now
• NanoWerk
• National Nanotechnology Initiative
• Open Encyclopedia Project: Nanotechnology
• TNTlog: Global Nanotechnology Blog

Publications

• Advanced Materials & Processing
• European Semiconductor
• Forbes/Wolfe Nanotech Report
• Materials Today
• Microscopy & Analysis
• Microscopy Today
• Micro
• MRS Bulletin
• R&D Magazine
• Scanning
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• Semiconductor International
• Small Times
• Solid State Technology

Research Organizations

• Center for Advanced Electron Microscopy
• Imaging Technology Group
• Nano Science and Technology Institute

Semiconductor, Data Storage, and MEMS

• www.semi.org
• www.vlsiresearch.com
• www.memsnet.org/glossary
• www.fsa.org
• www.atomicscaledesign.net/microelectronics/links/software/index.shtml

NanoResearch and Industry Web Resources

• www.nanoforum.org
• www.nanovip.com
• www.nanoroad.net
• www.azonano.com
• www.nanotechproject.com
• www.smalltimes.com
• www.science.doe.gov/bes/EPSCoR/index.htm