Nano Science Day @ KU

Date: 7/26/22 (Tues)

Time: 10 am – 4:30 pm

Description: In this one-day event, you will learn about the basics of nanoscience and condensed matter physics, and how physicists design new materials for future electronics, computation, and harvesting renewable energies.

Fee: Free! Lunch will be provided.

Tentative Schedule:

10:00 – 11:30 KU campus tour

11:30 – 12:00 Seminar on Nanoscience and Material Research

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch 

1:00 – 2:00 Lab activity – Making a nanomaterial and bringing it home

2:00 – 2:30 Seminar on Renewable Energy

2:30 – 3:15 Lab activity – Making a solar cell with juices

3:15 – 3:30 Break

3:30 – 4:00 Seminar on Future Electronics and Quantum Computation

4:00 – 4:30 Visualizing nanomaterials with computers

Instructors:

Wai-Lun Chan (Associate Professor)

Hui Zhao (Professor)

Hartwin Peelaers (Assistant Professor)

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The event is sponsored by:

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas

National Science Foundation