Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2501922 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | OB | 2 | A |
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Objectives:
- Introduction to electronic microscopy and SPM
- Theoretical foundations and description of the technical equipment in SEM, TEM, STM and AFM microscopes.
- Analysis of surface morphology and microstructure, at the atomic scale, of different materials using microscopes.
- Fundamentals of the crystallographic structure of different materials. Introduction to structural analysis through X-ray diffraction.
- Introduction to the concepts of ideal surfaces and real surfaces. Surface treatments and their applications.
- Introduction to vacuum technology and its application in nanotechnologies
- Atomic Force Microscopy. AFM.
Theory. Introduction to the foundations of the AFM microscope. Modes of work, lateral and vertical resolution, convolution concept. Advantages and limitations.
Practice. Observation of surfaces of different materials, study of topography, roughness, defects, ordering.
- Scanning Tunneling Microscopy - STM.
Theory: Introduction of the tunnel effect. Piezoelectric Materials. Foundations of STM microscopy. Modes of work, advantages and limitations.
Practice. Use of a teaching STM Equipment. Analysis and interpretation of surface images obtained with graphite, gold and molybdenum disulfide samples.
- Electronic Microscopy. SEM / TEM.
Theory. Introduction to electron microscopies. Applications in the field of materials science and nanotechnology.
Practice. Virtual practice Analysis of the surface microstructure of different materials using SEM microscopes. Interpretation of the data.
- Surfaces and surface treatments.
Theory: Introduction to the concepts of ideal surface, functionalization, surface treatments. Concepts of wettability, hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity.
Practice. Physical and chemical treatments of various surfaces, observation and discussion of the effects of the treatment on the wettability of the surfaces.
- Vacuum technology.
Theory: Definition of vacuum and its applications. Concepts of kinetic theory of gases, residual gases, Mean Free path, formation time of a monolayer, pumping rate, conductance.
Practice: Use and familiarization with an experimental laboratory of medium vacuum set-up
- X-ray diffraction.
Theory: introduction to crystallography. Reticular theory. Crystalline structures. Miller index. Geometry Bragg-Brentano. X-ray diffraction.
Virtual practice. Use of the CaRIne Crystallography Program for the study of crystalline structures and obtaining of powder diffraction diagrams. Crystallochemical analysis of structures (link distances, coordination number, etc.). Use of the PDF database (Powder Diffraction File), of the ICDD (International Center for Diffraction Data) for the identification of phases
Practice real. Use of a teaching diffractometer set-up. Acquisition of monocrystalline diffraction spectra. Analysis of the data. Determination of cell parameters, indexation of peaks.
The content is divided into 21h of theory, 6 hours of classroom problems and 40 hours of practice in the laboratory.
In the theoretical part, the physicochemical concepts that will be used in the different experimental ectivities will be introduced. Exercises sessions will allow a better understanding of the theoretical phenomena involved, as well as to teach treatment of data and correct interpretation. The practical sessions will be held in groups. Students will find in the moodle classroom the lecturing sessions pdf, the distribution by groups and the calendar of practices, the guides of the practices, as well as the instructions for the reports. Students are required to work on this preparatory material, and complementary material (articles, videos, etc.) previously to the practice sessions.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Practice laboratory | 40 | 1.6 | 1, 3, 2, 23, 9, 5, 37, 6, 36, 11, 16, 24, 18, 19, 21, 20, 22, 7, 17, 4, 25, 29, 30, 31, 28, 32, 13, 34, 14, 15, 40, 8, 38, 39 |
Problem solving | 6 | 0.24 | 2, 23, 9, 27, 19, 21, 20, 26, 31, 35, 34, 38, 39 |
Theory lectures | 21 | 0.84 | 37, 10, 12, 33, 32 |
tutorized learning | 8 | 0.32 | 3, 2, 23, 9, 37, 6, 10, 12, 27, 24, 21, 25, 26, 31, 33, 32, 34 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Bibliography research | 2 | 0.08 | 23, 37, 36, 27 |
Individual and autonomous Study | 16 | 0.64 | 23, 37, 36, 27, 24, 21, 20, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 35, 34 |
Practice report redaction | 28 | 1.12 | 2, 9, 37, 6, 36, 10, 27, 21, 20, 30, 13, 40 |
Practice guides lectures | 22 | 0.88 | 24, 32, 14, 15 |
Problem solving | 4 | 0.16 | 3, 23, 9, 27, 18, 21, 20, 26, 31, 35, 34 |
The competencies of this subject will be assessed in different ways, each with a certain weight in the final grade.
- Theoretical exam: there will be a final written test type test with a total weight of 30% of the final grade, which will assess the assimilation of the theoretical concepts studied throughout the course. The minimum mark of the theoretical test to pass the subject will be 3.5.
- Deliveries (reports, exercises). an evaluation will be carried out for each of the practices (virtual or face-to-face) with a weight of 10% each.
- Emphasize that before each practice session, teachers will perform a brief oral test on the theoretical content seen in the classroom and on the script of the practice, mandatory reading, in order to ensure that students have properly prepared the session. Failure to pass this test may mean a penalty for the final grade or failure to complete the practice with the corresponding grade of the same with a zero.
- Attendance at all practices, as well as their completion, is mandatory. There is no proof of recovery from the evaluation of the practical activities.
To pass the course you must have a final grade equal to or higher than 5, as long as a minimum of 3.5 has been obtained in the theoretical tests. In the event that a grade equal to or higher than 3.5 is not obtained in the theoretical test, you will be entitled to a theoretical recovery test that will be averaged (50%) with the previous mark of the theoretical test. This average will correspond to the mark of the theoretical part (30% of the total final grade).
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Electron Microscopy Practice Report | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3, 2, 23, 9, 6, 36, 10, 11, 12, 24, 18, 19, 21, 22, 4, 25, 26, 29, 31, 33, 13, 40, 8, 39 |
Exam | 30 | 3 | 0.12 | 3, 2, 9, 10, 12, 18, 21, 20, 25, 31, 33 |
SPM (AFM &STM) Practice reports | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 2, 23, 5, 37, 6, 36, 10, 12, 27, 24, 18, 21, 22, 7, 17, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 28, 33, 32, 35, 14, 40, 8, 38, 39 |
SurfaceTreatments Practice report | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 23, 9, 37, 6, 36, 16, 24, 22, 7, 4, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 14, 15, 40, 38 |
Vacuum technology test | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 9, 37, 6, 36, 24, 22, 4, 25, 31, 32, 35, 34, 15, 40 |
XRD Carine solved problems | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2, 23, 9, 37, 6, 36, 24, 19, 20, 4, 25, 26, 31, 32, 35, 34, 40 |
XRD Practice report | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2, 9, 37, 6, 36, 11, 27, 24, 20, 22, 7, 4, 25, 26, 31, 32, 35, 34, 14, 40 |
Bibliografia (llibres virtuals disponible a la biblioteca)
A User's Guide to Vacuum Technology
First published:20 June 2003
Print ISBN:9780471270522 |Online ISBN:9780471467168 |DOI:10.1002/0471467162
Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.
Materials Characterization: Introduction to Microscopic and Spectroscopic Methods, Second Edition
First published:2 August 2013
Print ISBN:9783527334636 |Online ISBN:9783527670772 |DOI:10.1002/9783527670772
Copyright © 2013 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
Software provided by each experimental setup. Matlab (or equivalent) and office tools required for the analysis and preparation of reports.