| Educational guide School of Chemical Engineering |
english |
| Nanoscience, Materials and Processes: Chemical Technology at the Frontier |
 Subjects |
| NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2016_17 |
| Subject | NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY | Code | 20705103 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 5 | Compulsory | First | AN |
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| Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
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| Lesson 1. Nanomaterials vs. macroscopic materials. Techniques 'bottom-up' and 'top-down'. Types of nanostructures: zero-dimensional: nanoparticles, quantum dots. One-dimensional: nanotubes, nanowires, nanorods. Two-dimensional: thin layers, self-assembled monolayers. Nanoporous membranes, multilayers. Hybrid nanomaterials. Effects of the nanoscale on the properties (electronic, magnetic, quantum, catalytic ...) of materials. Impact on process engineering and product design. | |
| Lesson 2. Nanochemistry. Molecular structure and energy. Foundations of quantum effects. Reactivity. Supramolecular chemistry. Nature of supramolecular interactions. Molecular recognition and molecular receptors. Spintronics: spin valves. Molecular electronics: organic semiconductors, molecular switches and interconnects. | |
| Lesson 3. Nanophysics: Nanoelectronics. Nanoelectronic semiconductor devices. Nanomechanical. Fundamental mechanical properties: elastic, thermal and kinetic physical systems at the nanoscale. Nanotribology (friction and wear at the nanoscale mechanical contact). Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS). Nanofluidics. Nanodevices. Nano-Optical Detection of light in nanostructures: SNOM. Optical quantum wells and wires. Periodic nanostructures. | |
| Lesson 4. Nanobiotechnology. Nanostructured and biological systems. Nanomanipulation: AFM and optical tweezers. Micro nanoarrays. Dendrimers and bionanoparticles. |
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| Lesson 5. Nanofabrication techniques. Chemical methods. Growth layers by physical means. Top-down nanostructuring techniques. Bottom-up nanostructuring techniques. Pattern techniques. | |
| Lesson 6. Characterization techniques for nanomaterials. Spectroscopy. Microscopies: electronic, proximity and others. Surface analysis. Complementary techniques. |
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| tem 7. Nanomaterials and energy. Catalysis and molecular recognition: synthetic enzymes (sinzymas) heterogeneous processes. Nanomaterials for batteries and ultracapacitors. Fuel cells. Solar cells. |
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| Lesson 8. Nanomaterials and medicine. Tissue engineering: functional polymers, nanocomposites polymer / inorganic nanomaterials bioactive nanostructured scaffolds. Autorepair smart materials. Product design for a controlled dosage, therapeutic targeting / implants / metabolic engineering. |
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| Item 9. Application of Nanobiotechnology to diagnosis and therapy. Teragnosis. Biosensors. Lab-on-a-chip. Improved contrast in MRI. Drug delivery using nanoparticles and dendrimers. Intracellular trafficking. |
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| Lesson 10. Social impact of Nanotechnology. Future prospects. Biocompatibility and toxicity. Environment. |
