De elektronische studiegids voor het academiejaar 2026 - 2027 is onder voorbehoud.





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Coordinating lecturer:Prof. dr. Louis PITET 
Co-lecturer:Prof. dr. An HARDY 
 Prof. dr. Marlies VAN BAEL 
 Prof. dr. Wouter MAES 
Member of the teaching team:De heer Hendrik JEURIS 
 Prof. dr. Paulius POBEDINSKAS 
 Mevrouw Sara SALERA 
 dr. Sonny BREBELS 
 dr. Steven MULLENS 


Credits: 3,0
Study load hours: 81
Period: quarter 2 (3sp)

Language of instruction: English

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

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 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 - retrosynthetic approaches
Module 2: Heterocyclic synthetic chemistry 



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: /



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


Evaluation

Quarter 2 (3,00sp)

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


Second examination period

Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt
No


Learning outcomes
  EC = learning outcomes      DC = partial outcomes      BC = evaluation criteria  
Included in these programmesTolerance3
Y



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