Made some nanoparticles

Yesterday I met with Ryan in VanVlack to use the SEM on some of his Ni samples. This was quite interesting as I had not used an SEM before. After that we went to the lab where I got some experience in setting up the lenses and mirrors before making some GaAs particles. I will need to do some programming in lab view to make Ryan' program for adjusting the sample stage faster and simpler. I read a few papers this week that did not really have any new and interesting information. I did some research into cavitation as a follow up to some of the papers I read last week. I think I have a basic understanding of the process and how it may apply to making particles with our laser.