Useful Web Links

Chapter 1:

http://www.howstuffworks.com  A useful website concerning the workings of many things

http://goldbook.iupac.org/src_G.B..html  A useful website from IUPAC concerning quantities, units and symbols).

http://www.mcdonough.com/  A useful website concerning Cradle to Cradle approaches.

http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/Issues/2011/January/CriticalThinking.asp Endangered Elements

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/making-stuff.html  Making Stuff: Nova

https://www.azom.com/ The A to Z of Materials

http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/CubicCrystalLattices/ Cubic Crystal Classes

http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/SpherePacking/  Sphere packing

http://www.materialseducation.org/ Materials Education National Resource Centre

http://www.compoundchem.com/ Compound Interest (a science resource)

Chapter 2:

http://enchroma.com/technology/ Lenses to allow better color vision for those with red-green color blindness

http://www.usask.ca/chemistry/courses/243/links/BBR/BBR.html   Black body radiation (Interactive black-body radiation)

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/radfrac.html Black body radiation

Chapter 3:

http://home.howstuffworks.com/photocopier1.htm How Photocopiers Work

http://www.howstuffworks.com/question421.htm How do one-way mirrors work?

http://www.photonstartechnology.com/learn/how_leds_produce_white_light How LEDs produce white light

https://www.si.edu/spotlight/hope-diamond Hope diamond

Chapter 4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YWTtCsvgvg How to make a 3D hologram

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORn7A7i127o  Hologram projector

https://www.zink.com/ Thermochromic ink for instant-printing photos

http://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/energy-efficiency/smart-window.htm How Smart Windows Work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Fpsw_yYPg A neat use of refraction

https://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/products/communication-networks/products/fiber/clearcurve-single-mode-fiber.html ClearCurve Optical Fibers

Chapter 5:

http://www.physics.org/article-questions.asp?id=56  How 3D movies work

https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/plasma-display.htm How plasma displays work

https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/how-quantum-dot-lcd-tvs-work/ How quantum dot LED tv works

http://www.3lcd.com/explore/?bot=true LCD projection

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj8zB-JNs2o Polarized light from a 3D projector

http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/DoubleRefractionByAUniaxialCrystal/ Double refraction (Birefringence)

Chapter 6:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jZ36LYAVWY Phase Change Materials

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQm94pvvsuM Materials Characterization by Thermal Analysis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cPS3qa3qKs Glass properties and applications

https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grosser_and_his_sustainable_fridge Sustainable refrigerator

https://cen.acs.org/articles/90/i25/New-Applications-Glass-Emerge.html?h=-1871182411  Glass applications

Chapter 7:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHhvaUdWfDI Thermal expansion of water

https://physics.aps.org/story/v14/st21 Negative thermal expansion

https://physics.aps.org/articles/v9/121 3D structure shrinks when heated

http://community.dur.ac.uk/john.evans/webpages/research_nteintro.html Negative thermal expansion materials

http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/BimetallicStrip/ Bimetallic strip

Chapter 8:

https://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=36107  Reducing thermal conductivity in nanowires using “wings”

https://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=15296 Fabrics that provide heat resistance solutions

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/03/17/insulation-r-value-what-is-it-exactly-which-materials-are-the-best-rated/ Insulation R value

https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news/newsid=49802.php Thin film could help manage heat flow

Chapter 9:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gCTKteN5Y4 Supercritical CO₂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l7JqonyoKA  Steel making

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNFYqzFzWqc Melting of Ice VII under high pressure and high temperature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnBKDviBJgc Ice VI formation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFH8_uLzano Hydrothermal growth of synthetic quartz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGYHXhcKM5s Using a Triangular (Ternary) Phase Diagram

http://www.snowcrystals.com/ Snow Crystals

Chapter 10:

http://www.efficientwindows.org/lowe.php  Low-E Coatings

http://henriquemiranda.github.io/phononwebsite/phonon.html Phonons in graphene

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7is6r6zXFDc Superhydrophobic material

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6_vXVd_0O4 Surface tension

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkAXhJWixJ8 2D materials beyond graphene

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/silicene-it-could-be-new-graphene  Silicene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epnHUNngVz0 Dr. Katherine Blodgett – Engineering Pioneer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpsc35z_jbs Making GaN Wafers by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

Chapter 11:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E-yCu6cPiY Micelle formation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtURZ4iJJGs How soap works

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gpH2-ibjFw Gas Hydrates

Chapter 12:

http://www.superconductors.org/ Superconductors

https://phys.org/news/2016-06-eu-boost-electronics.html Organic electronics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unhP9OSd2Yk Printed electronics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhynSkFlJOs Thermoelectrics

http://www.nexans.com/eservice/Corporate-en/navigatepub_0_-31642/RWE_Deutschland_Nexans_and_KIT_launch_AmpaCity_pro.html Superconductors for power grid

https://iop.fnwi.uva.nl/cmp/TI.html Topological Insulators

https://www.cnet.com/news/how-quantum-dots-could-challenge-oled-for-best-tv-picture/ Quantum Dot TV

http://www.npl.co.uk/temperature-humidity/research/primary-acoustic-thermometry Acoustic thermometry

Chapter 13:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slVL5nbTXd4 Magnetic viewing field

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMpYmUsvb9s  Diamagnetic water demo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8ZHQQUusGo Ferromagnetic Curie Temperature

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-revolutionizing-memorywith-magnets.html Revolutionizing computer memory with magnets

https://www.azom.com/news.aspx?newsID=48911 Piezoelectric material changes magnetic properties when put under mechanical strain

Chapter 14:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stronger-than-steel-able-to-stop-a-speeding-bullet-mdash-it-rsquo-s-super-wood/  High-strength wood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk2oOxSDQ7U Slip plane motion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2QiOPLzDlc&feature=relmfu Grain growth in Al during heating

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8U4G5kcpcM Tensile test

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/making-stuff.html Making Stuff Stronger (NOVA)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkSsRLUeRQI Plastic tensile test

http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/MovementOfAnEdgeDislocation/ Movement of an edge dislocation

http://ceramics.org/ceramic-tech-today/texas-am-student-puts-textbook-and-ceramic-coffee-mugs-to-test Ceramics strong under compression

https://www.corning.com/gorillaglass/worldwide/en/glass-types/gorilla-glass-5.html GorillaÒ Glass

http://www.memsnet.org/mems/what_is.html  MEMS

http://www.compoundchem.com/tag/glue/ The Chemistry of Glue