Materials design and synthesis (4678)
  
Coordinating lecturer :Prof. dr. Louis PITET 
  
Co-lecturer :Prof. dr. An HARDY 
 Prof. dr. dr. Danny VANPOUCKE 
 Prof. dr. Marlies VAN BAEL 
 dr. Richard VENDAMME 
 dr. Steven MULLENS 
 Prof. dr. Wouter MAES 
  
Member of the teaching team :De heer Hendrik JEURIS 
 Prof. dr. Paulius POBEDINSKAS 
 Mevrouw Sara SALERA 

Language of instruction : English
Credits: 4,0
  
Period: quarter 2 (4sp)
  
2nd Chance Exam1: Yes
  
Final grade2: Numerical
 
Sequentiality
 
   No sequentiality

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of chemical principles: chemical bonding, structures, reactions, thermodynamics and spectroscopy

Basic knowledge of physics: processing, thermodynamics, self-assembly


Content

General track

Module 1: Materials Design [Materials classes and computational/experimental approaches] 
Module 2: Fabrication and processing of materials
Module 3: Structure–processing–performance relationships
Module 4: Hot topics in materials design and synthesis 
(thematic sessions will be provided in short seminars)

Organic track

Module 1: Materials design - computational and retrosynthetic approaches
Module 2: Protective groups and application to (solid-phase) peptide synthesis
Module 3: Advanced heterocyclic chemistry
Module 4: Hot topics in materials design and synthesis 
(thematic sessions will be provided in short seminars)


Organisational and teaching methods
Organisational methods  
Distance learning ✔  
Lecture ✔  
Response lecture ✔  
Small group session ✔  


Evaluation

Quarter 2 (4,00sp)

Evaluation method
Written exam100 %
Closed-book ✔
Open-book ✔

Second examination period

Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt
No
 

Compulsory course material
 

Scientific articles for the self-study (available via Blackboard Ultra)

Powerpoint slides,... (available via Blackboard Ultra)
 

Recommended reading
 

Titel: Sustainable Materials Without the Hot Air
Auteur: Julian M. Allwood, Jonathan M. Cullen
Editie: 2
Uitgever: Cambridge LTD
ISBN: 9781906860301 
Extra info: /

Titel: Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design
Auteur: Michael F. Ashby, Kara Johnson
Editie: 3
Uitgever: Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN: 9780080982052 
Extra info: /

Titel: Chemical solution deposition of functional oxide thin films
Auteur: Ed. Theodor Schneller, Rainer Waser, Marija Kosec, David Payne
Editie: /
Uitgever: Springer-Verlag Wien
ISBN: 9783211993101
Extra info: /

Titel: The Sol-Gel Handbook: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications
Auteur: Ed. David Levy, Marcos Zayat
Editie: 1
Uitgever: Wiley-VCH
ISBN: 9783527334865
Extra info: /

Titel: Polymer Chemistry
Auteur: Timothy P. Lodge, Paul C. Hiemenz
Editie: 3
Uitgever: CRC Press
ISBN: 9781466581647
Extra info: /

Titel: Heterocyclic Chemistry
Auteur: J.A. Joule and K. Mills
Editie: 5
Uitgever: Wiley
ISBN: 9781405133005 
Extra info: /


Learning outcomes
Master of Materiomics
  •  EC 

    • EC 1. The graduate of the Master of Materiomics programme has an in-depth understanding of the fundamentals of functional materials, especially with regard to the relation between composition, structure and functional properties at all length scales and in their operating surroundings.

     
  •  DC 

    • DC1.1 The student is able to explain the structure of materials and apply this knowledge.

     
  •  DC 

    • DC1.2 The student is able to explain properties of materials and apply this knowledge.

     
  •  DC 

    • DC1.3 The student is able to explain techniques for characterization and modeling of materials.

     
  •  DC 

    • DC1.5 The student is able to explain synthesis and deposition methods for materials.

     
  •  DC 

    • DC1.6 The student can understand properties from the structure.

  •  EC 

    • EC 2. The graduate of the Master of Materiomics programme can combine chemical and physical principles enabling the discovery of new material concepts based on an interdisciplinary approach.

     
  •  DC 

    • DC2.4 The student has knowledge of chemical concepts and methods. [learning pathway interdisciplinarity - identification: the students knows which phenomena are studied in the various disciplines and which methods and theories are used]

  •  EC 

    • EC 3. The graduate of the Master of Materiomics programme has insight in how modelling or synthesis methods predict and affect functional properties and is able to design sustainable materials based on in-operando functionality making optimal use of the synergy between computational and experimental methods.

     
  •  DC 

    • DC3.2 The student is able to predict properties from structure using modeling methods.

     
  •  DC 

    • DC3.3 The student understands how a synthesis affects the properties of a material.

     
  •  DC 

    • DC3.6 The student is able to justify the choice of a synthesis method in view of a particular property and/or structure of a material.

     
  •  DC 

    • DC3.7 The student has knowledge of experimental concepts and methods. [learning pathway interdisciplinarity - identification: the student knows which phenomena are studied in the various disciplines and which methods and theories are used]

     
  •  DC 

    • DC3.8 The student has knowledge of computational concepts and methods. [learning pathway interdisciplinarity - identification: the student knows which phenomena are studied in the various disciplines and which methods and theories are used]

 
  EC = learning outcomes      DC = partial outcomes      BC = evaluation criteria  
Offered inTolerance3
1st year Master of Materiomics J
Exchange Programme Chemistry J



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