Summary report and poster after 10 weeks of research at SDSM&T for the Back to the Future REU. Poster was presented to a open poster session at the campus. Details about this REU and copies of these documents can be viewed at http://met.sdsmt.edu/backtothefuture/ in the 2012 student group. (Author Note: the use of the term "nanospheres" is misleading as "microspheres" would be more accurate)