ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 4 Expository Class: 10 Interactive Classroom: 16 Total: 30
Use languages Spanish, Galician, English
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: External department linked to the degrees, Particle Physics
Areas: Área externa M.U en Nanociencia e Nanotecnoloxía, Condensed Matter Physics
Center Faculty of Pharmacy
Call: First Semester
Teaching: Sin Docencia (Ofertada)
Enrolment: No Matriculable (Sólo Alumnado Repetidor)
This subject addresses the preparation and characterization methodologies of nanomaterials and thin films with advanced features and properties "à la carte" properties to be able to use them in the envisaged application. The objective of the course is to provide students with a practical and experimental vision of the methodologies for obtaining nanomaterials and films currently available, as well as the properties and structure of matter at the micro and nano level. Each topic will be introduced covering the fundamental concepts behind the experimental and analytical preparation and characterization techniques used in the laboratories. Students will become familiar with an important number of preparatory and nanomaterial analysis techniques, in addition to learn how to analyze and interpret the data obtained. They will also learn the strengths and weaknesses of the different experimental processes and techniques.
Learning outcomes:
To know the main techniques for the manufacture, modification and characterization of 0-D, 1-D, 2-D and 3-D nanomaterials and nanostructures.
- Know how to identify the appropriate techniques for the preparation, surface modification and characterization of different types of nanostructures.
- Know the techniques for the preparation and characterization of nanostructures and know how to evaluate the results obtained to interrelate their physical-chemical properties with the electrical, mechanical, optical, chemical or biological behavior in possible devices.
-Basic concepts and training on specific laboratory equipment (white water desalination technology, supply control of reactive and inert gases, vacuum technology, ...
- Manufacturing techniques for 0-D, 1-D, 2-D and 3-D nanomaterials: wet chemistry, PVD, CVD, 3-D printing, laser processes, etc.
- Surface modification and assembly methods.
- Techniques for the characterisation of nanomaterials (morphology, composition and structure): electronic and proximity microscopies, spectroscopies, etc.
- Fundamentals of Vacuum Technology, Leybold Oerlicon, Köln, 2007
- Nanofabrication, Principle, Capabilities and Limits. Second Edition, Z. Cui, Springer, 2016.
- Materials Characterization Techniques. S. Zhang, L. Li, A. Kumar, CRC Press, 2008.
- Nanocharacterisation, Kirkland, A.I., Hutchison, J.L., RSC, Cambridge, 2007
- Nanomaterials, Singh, S. C, Hoboken J. John Wiley & Sons, 2012
- Nanomaterials : an introduction to synthesis, properties and application, D. Vollath, Wiley-VCH, 2013
Additional literature
- Current scientific literature (review paper and tutorials) provided by the lecturers and foucsed on the specific techniques and nanostructures.
Basic
CB6: Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and / or application of ideas, often in a research context.
CB7: That students know how to apply the acquired knowledge and their problem-solving capacity in new or little-known settings within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study.
General
CG2: Know how to apply knowledge to problem solving in the multidisciplinary field of research and innovation related to nanoscience and nanotechnology.
CG3: Be able to identify scientific theories and models and suitable methodological approaches for the design and evaluation of nanostructured materials.
CG5: Have knowledge and skills to participate in research projects and scientific or technological collaborations, in interdisciplinary contexts and with a high component of knowledge transfer.
CG7: Be able to safely use nanomaterials safely, respecting current regulations on the prevention of occupational hazards and waste treatment.
CG8: Know how to apply the knowledge and skills acquired for planning and integrated project management.
CG10: Acquire the necessary training to be able to join future doctoral studies in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, or in related fields.
Transverse:
CT1: Know how to propose a simple research project autonomously in Spanish and English.
CT2: Know how to develop collaborative work in multidisciplinary teams.
CT5: Know how to apply the principles contained in The European Charter & Code for Researchers
Specific:
CE01 - Know the terminology of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.
CE02 - Correlate the chemical structure, architecture or arrangement of the nanostructured material with its chemical, physical and biological properties.
CE03 - Acquire conceptual and practical knowledge about self-assembly and self-organization processes in macromolecular systems that are necessary for the design of new nanomaterials and nanostructures
CE04- Know the main techniques for preparing small and large scale nanomaterials.
CE05 - Evaluate the relationships and differences between the properties of materials on a macro, micro and nano scale
CE06 - Know the main techniques for characterizing nanostructured materials.
a) Large group blackboard classes (expository).
The theoretical contents of each topic will be exposed deductively with the support of audiovisual media, using the whiteboard and the material available in the Virtual Classroom as an instrument of clarification.
b) Laboratory practical lectures, where students will become familiar with the use and handling of equipment for the preparation and characterization of nanomaterials, putting into practice what they have learned in the expository lectures.
c) Tutoring classes
They are oriented to the resolution of doubts and specific difficulties of a theoretical, conceptual and / or practical nature, paying individual attention to the student or student who needs it, both in person and electronically and whenever the student requests it in advance.
Active participation in seminars and laboratory practices will be evaluated with delivery of reports on practical experiences (aprox. 60%); and oral presentations with written work on previously prepared topics (ca. 40%). In this regard, the explanatory clarity and the ability to answer the questions will be evaluated.
In the case of fraudulent performance of the activities included in the continuous evaluation and / or the final exam, the Regulations for the evaluation of the academic performance of the students and the revision of grades will apply.
The qualification will be of Not presented only in the event that the student does not appear at the final exam of the subject and in accordance with the provisions of the permanence regulations in the undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in force at the USC.
Second opportunity
There will be a final face-to-face exam on the official date scheduled. This exam will be made up of test and / or short answer questions and/or presentation or reports/assays previously elaborated in order to evaluate the knowledge acquired, both its understanding and the reproductive assimilation of the same.
STUDENT WORK IN THE CLASSROOM:
Blackboard theoritical classes: 15 h
Laboratory practical lectures: 14 h
Tutoring in small groups or individualized 1 h
PERSONAL WORK:
Preparation of homework and presentations: 14 h
Individual personnel study: 26 h
Literature searchers and database use and management: 5 h
The student should avoid the simple memory effort and guide the study to understand, reason and relate the contents of the subject. Participation in interactive activities will allow the student a better understanding of the aspects developed in the expository classes, which will facilitate the preparation of the final exam.