Today I hope to get through two papers. The first is about what effect target size has on alpha-Fe nanoparticle production using a pulsed laser. The second is about the structure and impact of literature, based on my cursory scan of the paper it has some search terms that should help me find more relevant papers in future searches.
Yesterday I continued researching nanoparticle production. The paper was about ZnO producing laser like emissions after being excited with 150ps pulse at 355nm. While it was an intersting paper it turned out to not have much to do with production of nanoparticles.
26 January 2010
21 January 2010
Lab visits
Today I met with Ryan to learn more about LabVIEW. After some exploring I realized that LabVIEW is an expanded version of a program that I am very familiar with, Multimedia Logic. LabVIEW has more features and simple work is a bit more streamlined that is Multimedia Logic. It should be an easy transition should I start using it for research.
After perusing LabVIEW I continued with reading papers the papers that I found last week. I found a most interesting paper about making metal and ceramic colloids in water and acetone. It describes how variables effects the nanoparticle production rate. From what I have read so far this paper is most relevant to what Steve has asked me to look into.
Next I will continue with my research into the manufacture of nanoparticles and try to meet with Ryan and Kristen when they are doing lab work.
Yesterday I met with Ryan in VanVlack. There he showed me some of the basics of taking pictures using the optical microscopes there. I learned how to add the scale bars to a picture and save the pictures to the flash card. It was also good to refresh my microscope skills. I would like to ask or find out how to save the pictures using FTP instead of saving them to flash and having to hook the flash up to a computer to get the images.
After getting the needed picures we went to the laser lab in Gerstacker. Ryan breifly showed me the laser setup then we irradiated one of his samples. He introduced me to LabVIEW and the programs that he uses to control the movement of the sample.
After perusing LabVIEW I continued with reading papers the papers that I found last week. I found a most interesting paper about making metal and ceramic colloids in water and acetone. It describes how variables effects the nanoparticle production rate. From what I have read so far this paper is most relevant to what Steve has asked me to look into.
Next I will continue with my research into the manufacture of nanoparticles and try to meet with Ryan and Kristen when they are doing lab work.
Yesterday I met with Ryan in VanVlack. There he showed me some of the basics of taking pictures using the optical microscopes there. I learned how to add the scale bars to a picture and save the pictures to the flash card. It was also good to refresh my microscope skills. I would like to ask or find out how to save the pictures using FTP instead of saving them to flash and having to hook the flash up to a computer to get the images.
After getting the needed picures we went to the laser lab in Gerstacker. Ryan breifly showed me the laser setup then we irradiated one of his samples. He introduced me to LabVIEW and the programs that he uses to control the movement of the sample.
18 January 2010
Reading Papers
This weekend I read some of the papers that I found last week. I focused mainly on the experimental setups detailed in the papers so that I have some idea about what to expect in our lab. However, in order to understand the papers that I found I have needed to expand my laser related vocabulary. New words should also increase my understanding at the weekly meetings.
15 January 2010
Lasers and nanoparticles
I am continuing to look for papers that pertain to the manufacture of nanoparticles and general information about how short pulse lasers interact with thin material films.
If Kristen or Ryan are available this weekend I will ask one of them to assess the relevance and credibility of some papers that I found. That would help me to focus future searches and be more discerning when I do so.
If Kristen or Ryan are available this weekend I will ask one of them to assess the relevance and credibility of some papers that I found. That would help me to focus future searches and be more discerning when I do so.
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