Educational level | Third cycle (PhD students)
Alternatively, Second cycle (master) |
Last day of application: | March 15, 2018 (proposed) |
Duration: | Module: 7 days with 2 h lectures, 4 h laboratory works per day |
Examination: | Take-home assignment, presentation |
Objectives: | To provide students with an overview of nanomaterials and nanostructures, the fundamental principles guiding the unique properties of nanomaterials, the synthesis as well as techniques for the characterization of nanomaterials and nanostructures |
Who should attend: | Postgraduate students.
Students should have taken all basic chemistry courses including organic chemistry, physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, biochemistry and analytical chemistry. |
Course Outline: | Colloidal Systems; Properties of Hydrophobic Sols; The stability of Hydrophobic Sols; Particle Size And Shape, Surface area. And Density of Charge; Peptization of Clay Suspensions; Technological Applications; Electrophoresis and other Electrokinetic Phenomena; Pair interaction. |
Course materials: | All course materials will be based on lectures that will be available to the enrolled students via the e-learning platform |
Certification: | 7 ECTS will be awarded to the students that will pass the examination
Attendees will be awarded a certificate of attendance |
Note: | This is an open (public) course and may be subject to minimum numbers attending – recommended group size (minimum) 5 students |