Learning outcomes

The course is addressed to master students of the Faculty of Science. This course will provide from one side a deeper understanding of the knowledge already acquired in synthesis and characterization of materials and from the other the development of a critical approach to the field of nanomaterials chemistry.

Goals

The aim of the course is to give to the students a comprehensive description of the most current used nanomaterials. An overview will be provided of the most used techniques of synthesis of nanomaterials as well as an understanding of their properties together with examples of the recent (or future) applications in the field of nanotechnology.

 

Content

The phenomena in structures and systems: 1) including the size, at least in space dimension, is expressed in nanometers and 2) which have properties arising specifically from this nanoscale. Nanotechnology focuses on application of these phenomena. It is reasonable to foresee that nanotechnology will represent a third technological revolution, the Industrial Revolution resulted from the first, and the second was related to microelectronics.

Table of contents

1. Introduction 2. Why "nano"? The importance of size 3. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology               4. Nanotechnology Tools: 4.1 Bottom-up Approach 4.2 Top-Down Approach 5. Nanomaterials 5.1 Metal and metal oxide nanoparticles 5.2 Core-Shell structures 5.3 Quantum-Dots 5.4 Nanotubes (no carbon) 5.5 Nanorods, nanobelts, nanoscrolls 6. Carbon Nanostructures 6.1 Fullerenes 6.2 Carbon Nanotubes 6.3 Other carbon nanostructures: carbon nano-onions, helical carbon nanotubes, carbon nanohorns ... 7. Applications. A General Overview

Assessment method

written (maximum 2h)

Language of instruction

Français