Chemistry of New Materials

Year
1
Academic year
2023-2024
Code
02016371
Subject Area
Chemistry
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
5.0
Type
Elective
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Completed 1st cycle.  

Teaching Methods

Theoretical classes with presentation of the matters by the teacher and their discussion with the students.

Practical classes for execution of lab work (project) and hand on practical problems’ solving.

Final seminar for presentation and discussion of the results obtained by the student in a small project developed during the semester.   

Learning Outcomes

- Recognition and application of basic concepts of physics and chemistry from the first cycle to the study of new materials, including polymers, composites, mesoporous solids, biomaterials and nanomaterials. Analysis, synthesis and understanding of these concepts.

- Recognition that this knowledge can have practical and technological applications.

- Acquiring competences that allow the student to communicate the information learned in a clear fashion with appropriate oral discussion to people both within and outside of the area of chemistry of materials.

- Acquire competences that provide the student with the capacity for self-study.       

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The tetrahedron and evolution of materials. Advanced materials: from molecular electronics to intelligent materials. Homopolymers and copolymers. Thermoplastics and resins. Crosslinking. Addition and condensation. Polymers in solution. Molecular weight of polymers. Morphology and crystallinity. Tacticity. Melting point and glass temperature. Polymer liquid crystals. Photopolymerisation and photolithograophy. Conducting and conjugated polymers. Polyelectrolytes. Alloys and composites. Organic-inorganic hybrids. Silicates, alumina, zeolites and mixed oxides. Mesoporous systems. Metal-organic frameworks. Gas sorption.  Biomedical materials and biocompatibility. Natural polymers.  Biostable and biodegradabale polymers. Some specific applications, including drug delivery, hydrogels and biosensors. Basic concepts of nanochemistry. Nanoparticles and  quantum dots. Nanospheres and nanotubes: fullerenes, nanotubes and graphene. Nanostructuring and supramolecular chemistry.    

Head Lecturer(s)

Carlos Alberto Lourenço de Serpa Soares

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Laboratory work or Field work: 40.0%
Synthesis work: 60.0%

Bibliography

  H.A. Alcock, “Introduction to Materials Chemistry”, Wiley, Hoboken, 2008.

M.P. Stevens “Polymer Chemistry”, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 3rd edn. 1999.

J.M.G. Cowie, “Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Molecular Materials”, Blackie Academic, London, 1991.

G.A. Ozin, A.C. Arsenault, “Nanochemistry. A Chemical Approach to Nanomaterials”, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2005.

R.A. Pethrick, “Polymer Structure Characterization”, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2007.

D.E. Newton, “Chemistry of New Materials”, Infobase Publishing, New York, 2007

M. Köhler, W. Fritzsche, “Nanotechnology”, Wiley-VCH, Darmstadt, 2004.

J.-M. Lehn, “Supramolecular Chemistry”, VCH, Weinheim, 1995.