You may find the following resources helpful to succeed in your research, improve your soft-skills, stay safe and healthy, and establish a good relationship with your colleagues.
Whether you are an incoming student (STAR, Co-Op, MS, PhD), Post-Doc, Professor, or international visitor, you may find the following resources helpful navigating laboratory logistics and safety.
If you find any additional resources that would be helpful, please let us know in the following document – link.
Safety
- Risk Assessment Forms — Word format [must be submitted to and signed before starting any new experiments]
- Click here to download a free copy of ChemSketch (registration required) for generating chemical structures, etc for the Risk Assessment forms
- Waste Pickup Request Form (password required to access shared spreadsheet)
- General Laboratory Safety Training Refresher — PDF [for questions, contact Samantha Buczek]
- Laser safety presentation – PDF [for questions, contact Asya Sarycheva]
- Lab Hygiene and Awareness – PDF [for questions, contact Babak Anasori]
- HF/Hydrofluoric Acid Safety – PDF [for questions, contact Mohamad Alhabeb]
- Safety Equipment Location & Proper Use – PDF [for questions, contact Steven Seon Joon Kim]
- Lab Organization – PDF [for questions, contact Xu Xiao]
- Chlorination Setup – PDF [for questions, contact Patrick Urbankowski]
- Fume Hood Safety – PDF [for questions, contact Simge Uzen]
- Waste Management Safety – PDF [for questions, contact Christopher Shuck]
- Gas Cylinder Safety – PDF [for questions, contact Tyler Mathis]
- Biosafety – PDF [for questions, contact Mykola Seredych]
- Electrochemistry Station Safety – PDF [for questions, contact Tyler Mathis]
- Anodization Unit Safety – PDF [for questions, contact Narendra Kurra]
- Glove Box Safety – PDF [for questions, contact Xuehang Wang]
- Plasma Cleaning – PDF [for questions, Contact Kathleen Maleski]
- Four Point Probe – PDF [for questions, Contact Yoshito Soda]
- TGA Safety – PDF [for questions, contact Kanit Hantanasirisakul]
- Electrospinning Safety – PDF [for questions, contact Ariana Levitt]
- Vacuum Oven Safety – PDF [for questions, contact Linfan Cui]
- Fume Hood Safety – Video [for questions, contact Mykola Seredych]
Nanotechnology
- American Elements
- The History of Nano
- National Nanotechnology Initiative
- Nanotechnology Resources at the Drexel Library
- The Institute of Nanotechnology (UK)
- Nanomaterials: It’s a small, small world
- International Council on Nanotechnology
- NanoTechWeb
- Nanotechnology Now
- NanoWerk
- R & D Roadmap for Nanomaterials
- Morokuma Group Computational Nanomaterials Research Team
- Spotlight on Nanotechnology