RM's+Week+of+January+21,+2008

RM's Logbook


 * Monday, January 21, 2008**

No school.


 * Tuesday, January 22, 2008**

No school.


 * Wednesday, January 23, 2008**

I finished my best practices page. I'm posting it on a separate page, accessible from my main logbook page. I also revised my particle physics page, including more information on Chapter 4. As I missed three days of school last week, I had to update my logbook entries, creating new pages and links. Tomorrow, I will finally go into the lab. Apparently, because our samples became dirty from sitting out for a week, we have to create new samples. That means we go to the cleaning room. Again. Next, I'm planning to draft a letter to the Duke University professors who are working on a project very similar to ours, but with cutting edge techniques.


 * Thursday, January 24, 2008**

Today, I went to the ND lab. AL samples, when viewed under the microscope, were dirty when viewed under the microscope. So, I thought that we were going to clean slides. However, I viewed the ethanol and regular APTES solution under the AFM, and they turned out quite nicely. I captured two images of each sample. The regular APTES slide did have a scrath on the surface, but we were able to scan an area that was relatively smooth. These were the samples that I soaked a couple of weeks ago for 15 minutes in their respective solutions.


 * Friday, January 25, 2008**

Today, we have a shortened schedule, but as I didn't have a chance to compose an e-mail to the Duke professor, I will do that today.

Week of January 14