COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NANOCHEMISTRY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
NNE 5006 NANOCHEMISTRY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MEHMET KADIR YURDAKOÇ

Offered to

Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
Nanoscience and Nanoengineering

Course Objective

Nanochemistry and Nanotechnology are fast growing areas of Science and Technology which covers the entire spectrum of chemistry and technology including future generation in electronics, and polymeric engineering materials, advanced chemicals and coatings, devices, computers, medicine, textiles, sports equipment, polymers, biology, agriculture, food science, etc.
This course will cover a broad range of disciplines to enable the trained graduates to make an objective judgment of the scientific importance and technological potential of developments in micro- and nanotechnologies and to perform a range of activities related to Nanochemistry.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to be able to know the new concepts of nano nomenculature, some definitions and theoretical considerations on nanochemistry
2   to be able to learn the synthesis of and stabilization of nanoparticles in chemical reactions
3   to learn about the characterization of nanoparticles for advanced engineering applications
4   to be able to know the carbon materials, its importance and size effects in nanochemistry
5   to understand the nanoscale and its importance in chemistry

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Survey of the Problem and certain Definitions
2 Synthesis and Stabilization of Nanoparticles 2.1. Chemical reductions 2.2. Reactions in Micelles, Emulsions, and Dendrimers 2.3. Photochemical and Radiation-Chemical Reduction 2.4. Cryochemical Synthesis 2.5. Physical Methods 2.6. Particles of Various Shapes and Films
3 Experimental Techniques 3.1. Electron Microscopy 3.1.1. Transmission electron microscopy 3.1.2. Scanning electron microscopy 3.2. Probe Microscopy 3.3. Diffraction Techniques
4 3.4. Miscellaneous Techniques 3.4.1. EXAFS 3.4.2. X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy 3.4.3. Mass spectrometry 3.4.4. Photoelectron spectroscopy 3.5 Comparison of Spectral Techniques Used for Elemental Analysis
5 5. Cryochemistry of Metal Atoms and Nanoparticles 5.1. Reactions of Magnesium Particles 5.2. Silver and Other Metals 4.3. Reactions of Rare-Earth Elements 4.4 Activity, Selectivity, and Size Effects 4.5 Theoretical Methods
6 Chemical Nanoreactors 6.1. General Remarks 6.2. Alkali and Alkali-Earth Elements 6.3. Transition Metals of Groups III VII in the Periodic Table 6.4. Elements of the Group VIII of the Periodic System 6.5. Subgroups of Copper and Zinc 6.6. Subgroup of Boron and Arsenic 6.7. Assemblies Involving Nanoparticles
7 Group of Carbon 7.1. Fine Particles of carbon and Silicon 7.2. Fullerenes 7.3. Carbon Nanotubes
8 Midterm
9 Size Effects in Nanochemistry 9.1. Models of Reactions of Metal Atoms in Matrices 9.2. Melting Points 9.3. Optical Spectra 9.4. Kinetic Peculiarities of Chemical Processes on the Surface of Nanoparticles 9.5. Thermodynamic Features of Nanoparticles
10 Nanoparticles in Science and Technology 10.1. Catalysis on Nanoparticles 10.2. Oxide Reactions 10.3. Semiconductors, Sensors, and Electronic Devices
11 11.1. Applications of CNTs 11.2. Nanochemistry in Biology and Medicine
12 Applications
13 Presentations (Homework) I
14 Presentations (Homework) II

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Geoffrey A. Ozin, André C. Arsenault, Ludovico Cademartiri, Nanochemistry: A Chemical Approach to Nanomaterials, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2009.
2. G. B. Sergeev, Nanochemistry, Elsevier Science, 2006. ISBN-13: 978-0444519566
3. Klabunde, K. J. (Ed.). Nanoscale Materials in Chemistry, Wiley: New York, 2001, pp. 1 292.
4. Klabunde, K. J. Free Atoms, Clusters and Nanosized Particles, Academic Press: San Diego, New York, Boston, London, Sydnay, Tokio, 1994, p. 311.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Fourteen, three-hour lectures backed up with one midterm examination and one workshop and interactive presentations. All the didactic material is preliminary available to the student both in paper and electronic form. The books used to prepare the lectures are available at the Library of the University. Further data and/or information may be obtained consulting the Library of the University also using the new wireless network.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Lecture, Discussion, Question & Answer, Field Trip, Team/Group Work, Demonstration, Experiment, Drill - Practise, Case Study, Brain Storming

Assessment Criteria

Midterm(%30)+ Homework(%20)+Presentation(%10)+Final exam(%40)

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Students will attend 14 tutorials and 1 workshop on the material covered in this course. Attendance is compulsory at both till %70, but the rules for the attendence up to the students and can be obtained from the web site of Graduate School of Sciences at http://www.fbe.deu.edu.tr/.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kadir Yurdakoç
Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
Phone: (232) 3018695
E-mail: k.yurdakoc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesdays 5.,6.th hours.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Tutorials 4 2 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Reading 2 5 10
Preparing presentations 10 4 40
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 201

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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