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CNST Video Collection

Welcome to the CNST Video Collection.  Here you will find videos about CNST's NanoFab and NanoLab.

Innovation Workshop provides five educational videos describing nanotechnology targeted to the middle school community that explores the cutting-edge science and engineering of nanoscale matter. These videos were produced by the Fairfax County Virginia school system. Part 2 features the CNST NanoLab's cutting edge scanning tunneling microscope while Part 5 brings you into the CNST NanoFab's cleanroom.

 

What is Nano? | Innovation Workshop: Nanotechnology, Part 1
What is Nano? | Innovation Workshop: Nanotechnology, Part 1

What is Nano? | Innovation Workshop: Nanotechnology, Part 1

 

Seeing Small  | Innovation Workshop: Nanotechnology, Part 2
Seeing Small | Innovation Workshop: Nanotechnology, Part 2

Seeing Small | Innovation Workshop: Nanotechnology, Part 2

 

Building with Nanomaterials | Innovation Workshop: Nanotechnology, Part 3
Building with Nanomaterials | Innovation Workshop: Nanotechnology, Part 3

Building with Nanomaterials | Innovation Workshop: Nanotechnology, Part 3

 

#SugarChallenge | Innovation Workshop: Nanotechnology, Part 4
#SugarChallenge | Innovation Workshop: Nanotechnology, Part 4

#SugarChallenge | Innovation Workshop: Nanotechnology, Part 4

 

Inside the NanoFab | Innovation Workshop: Nanotechnology, Part 5
Inside the NanoFab | Innovation Workshop: Nanotechnology, Part 5
The NIST produced video below shows the many skills necessary to construct the NanoLab's cutting edge scanning tunneling microscope.

 

The Scope That NIST Built
The Scope That NIST Built

The Scope that NIST built
Created May 27, 2016, Updated July 11, 2022