Nanochemistry and Nanotechnology

COURSE CURRICULUM

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Course title

NANOCHEMISTRY AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

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Code

HM-801

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Study curriculum

All study courses at the Institute of Chemistry

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Organizer of the curriculum (institute, department)

Institute of Chemistry

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Degree (BSc, MSc, PhD)

BSc

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Academic year/semester

IV/VIII

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ECTS points

4

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Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Biljana Pejova

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Prerequisites

Inorganic chemistry

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Course objectives (competences):
The student should acquire knowledge in the field of nanochemistry and nanotechnology, focusing on concepts related to the size of systems and scale, the unconventional properties of nanoscale, as well as the practical aspects of the studied phenomena.

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Course content:
1. Introduction to the concepts of nanochemistry: nanoscience, nanoterminology, visionaries of nanothinking, nanochemistry, nanomaterials, nanoscale, surface of nanoparticles, nanotechnology, classification of nanostructures, nanoarchitecture.
2. Unique (singular) properties of nanoscale: properties of substances, what is different at the nano-scale, why and how properties change at the nanoscale, quantum effects.
3. Electronic properties of atoms and solid phases: isolated atom, bonding between atoms, from isolated atom to solid phase, free electron model, energy bands, crystalline solid phases, periodicity of crystal lattice, electronic conductivity, effects of nanoscale: changes in the total energy of the system, changes in crystal structure, influence of nano-dimensions on properties (structural, thermal, chemical, mechanical, magnetic, optical, electrical, biological systems).
4. Techniques for characterization of nanostructures: chronology of nanochracterization, classification of characterization techniques according to different criteria, "viewing" at the nano-scale, microscopic techniques: electron microscopy (SEM, TEM, STEM, EDX, AES), scanning probe microscopy (STM, AFM)), diffraction techniques for characterization of: bulk samples (XRD, ND) and surfaces (SAXS, WAXS, RHEED, LEED), spectroscopic techniques (photon spectroscopy, radiofrequency spectroscopy, electron spectroscopy), surface analysis techniques (XPS), techniques for characterization of properties (mechanical, electrical, magnetic, thermal).
5. Production of nanostructures: top-down approach, bottom-up approach (methods of deposition from vapor phase - PVD and CVD, deposition methods in the presence of plasma - magnetron sputtering, techniques based on epitaxy - LPE, VPE, MBE, chemical synthesis in liquid phase, colloidal methods, sol-gel methods, electrodeposition, chemical synthesis in solid phase), methods for synthesis with the aid of scaffold structures, arrangement of nano systems (self-assembly and self-organization, self-arrangement in nature).
6. Self-assembled nanostructures: control of nanoarchitecture, principles of self-assembly, one-dimensional control (carbon nanotubes and inorganic nanowires), two-dimensional control (quantum wells and solid superlattices), three-dimensional control.
7. Bionanotechnology: new tools for studying biological systems, biomimetic nanotechnology (DNA as a building block in bionanotechnology, molecular motors, artificial photosynthesis, bionanocomposites).
8. Application of nanochemistry and challenges

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Teaching methods: Lectures, auditory and laboratory classes

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Total available time

120

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Time distribution

3+0+2 hours/week
Lectures 45 hours
Lab classes 30 hours

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Teaching methods distribution

15.1.

Teaching - lectures

45 hours

15.2.

Practicals (laboratory, problem solving), seminars, team work

30 hours

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Other activities

16.1.

Projects

0 hours

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Independent work

15 hours

16.3.

Homework

30 hours

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Grading methods

17.1.

Tests

90 points

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Seminars/projects (written/oral presentation)

0 points

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Activity

10 points

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Grading scale (points/mark)

< 50 points

5 (five) (F)

51 to 60 points

6 (six) (E)

61 to 70 points

7 (seven) (D)

71 to 80 points

8 (eight) (C)

81 to 90 points

9 (nine) (B)

91 to 100 points

10 (ten) (A)

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Criteria for taking the final exam

Attendance at lectures and completed lab classes

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Course language

Macedonian, English

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Teaching quality control

Anonymous surveys, discussions with students

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Literature

22.1.

Compulsory

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

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L. Cademartiri, G. A. Ozin

Concepts of nanochemistry

Wiley-VCH, Weinhrim

2009

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D. Vollath

Nanomaterials

Wiley-VCH, Weinhrim

2008

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M. Di Ventra, S. Evoy, J. R. Heflin

Introduction to nanoscale science and technology

Springer Science&Business Media,  New York

2004

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R. Kelsall, I. Hamley, M. Geoghegan

Nanoscale: science and technology

John Wiley&Sons, Chichester

2005

22.2.

Additional

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