Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2501922 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | OT | 4 | 2 |
A good level in Solid State Physics and Chemistry, Thermodynamics and Supramolecular Chemistry is required.
The main objectives of this course are:
- To provide the students with the most characteristic knowledge for each type of material.
- To learn the most advanced tools for the preparation of thin films and molecular assemblies.
- To correlate the structure of nanomaterials with their properties.
- To understand the forces and effects that give rise to the formation of nanoparticles and their specific properties as materials.
By the end of the course the students must be capable to select, among all the possible materials, those that are preferred for a certain application. In addition, they should be able to synthesize or prepare such materials and, more specifically, to understand:
- How to achieve composition and morphology control on the atomic level for the preparation of thin films.
- How to assemble molecules onto a surface or in nanoparticles.
- How to measure the magnetic, electric and optical properties of the resulting materials.
- How to uncover the size-dependent properties of materials: from bulk to the atomic level.
- The intimate relationship between the composition, structure and properties of materials.
1. Introduction to materials and nanomaterials
Organic and inorganic materials. Hybrid materials and composites. Molecular materials. Hard and soft matter. From materials to nanomaterials: properties. Colloids. Gels. Liquid crystals.
2. Thin films and self-assembled monolayers
Seld-assembled monolayers: preparation, properties and applications. Other types of organic thin films: preparation, properties and applications. Micro- and nanostructuration of organic thin films. Inorganic thin films, epithaxy and heterostructures. Methods for growing and characterizing inorganic thin films. Magnetic and ferroelectric materials. Thin films of magnetic and ferroelectric materials. Methods of functional characterization. Integration of magnetic and ferroelectric thin films into information storage and data processing devices.
3. Nanoparticles
General aspects: nucleation and growth. Stability. Methods for the synthesis of nanoparticles. Magnetic nanoparticles. Nanoparticle magnetism. Properties and characterization. Applications of magnetic nanoparticles. Nanoparticles with relevant optical properties: plasmonic metal nanoparticles; semiconducting nanoparticles; luminescent organic nanoparticles.
The theoretical concepts of the course will be introduced and worked out during the theory lectures.
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 | |||
Theory lectures | 48 | 1.92 | 5, 3, 7, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 19, 21, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Autonomous study | 66 | 2.64 | 1, 2, 13, 5, 7, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 12, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 25 |
Preparation of a bibliographic work | 10 | 0.4 | 2, 5, 3, 4, 9, 17, 14, 12, 15, 16, 23, 24, 27 |
Continuous assessment of student progress will be perfomed during the course. With this aim, the following evaluation activities will be carried out: (a) two midterm exams, which will account for 75% of the final note; (b) short exercises and quizzes, which will account for 5% of the final note; (c) the presentation of a scientific article, which will account for 20% of the final note.
To pass the course, the following requirements must be fulfilled: (a) a minimum note of 4/10 for each of the two midterm exams; (b) a minimum note of 5/10 after averaging over the two midterm exams; (c) a minimum note of 5/10 after averaging over all the evaluation activities.
For those not reaching these requirements by the end of the course, a final exam will be programmed where each of the two midterm exams could be retaken independently. The marks previously obtained in the midterm exams will be replaced by those obtained in the final exam. In order to pass the course after the final exam, the requirements stated above should also be fulfilled.
Access to the final exam will only be granted to those students who had previously developed evaluation activities during the course that account for 2/3 of the final note. Those students that do not meet this condition will obtain a "No presentat" grade.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Exercises and short quizzes | 5% | 10 | 0.4 | 2, 13, 5, 3, 4, 9, 11, 17, 14, 12, 15, 16, 18, 22, 23, 24, 10, 26, 25, 27 |
Midterm exams | 75% | 6 | 0.24 | 2, 5, 3, 4, 7, 6, 8, 9, 11, 19, 21, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26 |
Presentation of a scientific article | 20% | 10 | 0.4 | 1, 2, 13, 5, 3, 4, 7, 6, 11, 17, 14, 12, 15, 16, 21, 22, 24, 10, 26, 27 |
Literature
No specific software is needed.