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Advanced functional organic and polymeric materials (4896)

Coordinating lecturer:Prof. dr. Wouter MAES 
Member of the teaching team:Prof. dr. Louis PITET 
 dr. Sonny BREBELS 


Credits: 3,0
Study load hours: 81
Period: semester 1 (3sp)

Language of instruction: English

2nd Chance Exam1: Yes
Final grade2: Numerical
Tolerance3: See included in these programmes

Sequentiality
No sequentiality


Prerequisites

The student is familiar with the basic concepts of organic and polymer chemistry (as typically covered in a bachelor’s program in chemistry): nomenclature of organic compounds, conformational analysis, stereochemistry, aromaticity, resonance, tautomerism, basic concepts of reactivity (nucleophilic/electrophilic), typical organic reactions (substitutions, additions, eliminations), and the basics of radical polymerization



Content

Module 1: introduction to the course; introduction to organometallic chemistry; Heck, Suzuki, Stille, Sonogashira, Negishi, Ullmann and Buchwald-Hartwig reactions; introduction to conjugated polymers; PPVs and polythiophenes; push-pull type conjugated polymers (Suzuki, Stille, DArP); controlled synthesis of conjugated polymers

Module 2: controlled (radical and ionic) polymerizations; principles of photo-mediated polymerizations; photo-ATRP/RAFT; photo-cationic polymerizations; supramolecular interactions and their role in advanced materials; self-healing materials and dynamic interactions



Compulsory course material
 

For this course, PowerPoint slides and synthesis exercises are provided (via Blackboard). In addition, selected chapters from the textbooks listed below, review articles, and chapters from doctoral dissertations are used.

Textbooks:

Negishi, E., Handbook of Organopalladium Chemistry for Organic Synthesis; John Wiley & Sons: New York, NY, 2002, ISBN: 9780471315063
Hartwig, J. F., Organotransition Metal Chemistry: From Bonding to Catalysis; University Science Books, Sausalito, CA, 2009, ISBN: 9781891389535
Cieferri, A., Supramolecular Polymers; CRC Taylor & Francis, 2005, ISBN: 9780824723316
Moad, G.; Solomon, D. H., The Chemistry of Radical Polymerization, 2nd edition, Elsevier, 2005, ISBN: 9780080442884 

 

Recommended reading
 

Title: Handbook of Organopalladium Chemistry for Organic Synthesis
Author: Negishi, E.
Edition: 1
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons: New York
ISBN: 9780471315063
Extra info: /

Title: Organotransition Metal Chemistry: From Bonding to Catalysis
Author: Hartwig, J. F.
Edition: 1
Publisher: University Science Books, Sausalito, CA
ISBN: 9781891389535
Extra info: /


Title: Supramolecular Polymers
Author: Cieferri, A.
Edition: 2
Publisher: CRC Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780824723316
Extra info: /

Title: The Chemistry of Radical Polymerization
Author: Moad, G.; Solomon, D. H.
Edition: 2
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 9780080442884
Extra info: /

 

Mandatory software
 

For the Module 1 assignment, students will use SciFinder-n (a search engine available through the library's website) and the ChemBioOffice software package (licensed through MATCHEM).



Organisational and teaching methods
Organisational methods  
Lecture  
Response lecture  
Teaching methods  
Exercises  
Presentation  


Evaluation

Semester 1 (3,00sp)

Evaluation method
Oral evaluation during teaching period30 %
Transfer of partial marks within the academic yearYes, with condition
Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic yearThe student obtains at least 10/20.
Presentation
Written exam70 %
Transfer of partial marks within the academic yearYes, with condition
Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic yearThe student obtains at least 10/20.
Open questions
Oral explanation
Evaluation conditions (participation and/or pass)
Conditions

 Participation in the presentation, which is subject to evaluation, is mandatory.

Consequences

In the event of an unjustified absence from the presentation to which the evaluation is linked, the student will receive an 'N' as the final grade for the entire course module: evaluation not fully completed due to unjustified absence from part(s) of the evaluation.

Additional information

Regarding the improper use of genAI in this course, we refer to the guidelines of the study program and the lecturer on Blackboard.

For students with an exam contract, the presentation during the teaching period will be replaced by a presentation during the exam period.


Second examination period

Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt
No


Learning outcomes
  EC = learning outcomes      DC = partial outcomes      BC = evaluation criteria  
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 
  • DC1.5 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 
  • DC2.1 The student is able to design a structure with properties in mind.

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

  •  EC 
  • EC 4. The graduate of the Master of Materiomics programme is able to autonomously consult, summarise and critically interpret international scientific literature, reference it correctly and use it to explore and identify new domains relevant to the field.

     
  •  DC 
  • DC4.3 The student is able to critically interpret, evaluate, compare, and/or summarize relevant scientific literature related to materials-related problems or research questions.

  •  EC 
  • EC 6. The graduate of the Master of Materiomics programme is able to communicate in both written and spoken form and to take a well-argued position in a scientific discussion, going from a general to a specialist level, adapted to the target audience.

     
  •  DC 
  • DC6.1 The student is able to report orally and in writing in an adequate manner.

     
  •  DC 
  • DC6.3 The student is able to take and defend a logically constructed position, based on relevant and scientifically supported arguments.

 

Included in these programmesTolerance3
Y
2nd year Master of Materiomics traject opleidingsonderdelen Y



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