2024
Synthesis and Properties of Nanoporous Materials
Name: Synthesis and Properties of Nanoporous Materials
Code: QUI13579D
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Chemistry
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
This course aims that students acquire knowledge of the porous structure of different types of materials, the main strategies for preparation and control of properties as well as applications.
Students should be able to: understand and identify existing porous materials of present relevance in different contexts; understand the porous structure of different materials and implications; understand the scientific basis underlying the various methods of preparation and post-synthesis modification; relate methods and conditions to the type of porosity desired; know the major modification and functionalization strategies to control porosity and surface chemistry; understand the need to reuse high value porous materials, knowing the techniques to perform it; explore specific day-to-day problems in areas ranging from industry to healthcare and the environment and identify porous materials that could solve them.
Students should be able to: understand and identify existing porous materials of present relevance in different contexts; understand the porous structure of different materials and implications; understand the scientific basis underlying the various methods of preparation and post-synthesis modification; relate methods and conditions to the type of porosity desired; know the major modification and functionalization strategies to control porosity and surface chemistry; understand the need to reuse high value porous materials, knowing the techniques to perform it; explore specific day-to-day problems in areas ranging from industry to healthcare and the environment and identify porous materials that could solve them.
Contents
Theoretical component
Definitions and general principles. Main nanoporous materials and their relevance in scientific and technological contexts. Sol-gel method. Porous structure, fundamentals of methods of preparation and influence of conditions on the porosity of materials, namely: aerogels, activated and super-activated carbon; molecular sieves; zeolites and zeotypes; clays and pillared clays; ordered mesoporous silicas, metalossilicates and carbons; inorganic-organic hybrid materials; porous composite materials. Modification and functionalization to control the properties of materials. Regeneration, importance and methods, of porous materials.
Practical component
Preparation of nanoporous materials of various types under different conditions and by different methods. These materials are characterised in the curricular unit of Methodologies of Characterisation of Solids and Surfaces.
Definitions and general principles. Main nanoporous materials and their relevance in scientific and technological contexts. Sol-gel method. Porous structure, fundamentals of methods of preparation and influence of conditions on the porosity of materials, namely: aerogels, activated and super-activated carbon; molecular sieves; zeolites and zeotypes; clays and pillared clays; ordered mesoporous silicas, metalossilicates and carbons; inorganic-organic hybrid materials; porous composite materials. Modification and functionalization to control the properties of materials. Regeneration, importance and methods, of porous materials.
Practical component
Preparation of nanoporous materials of various types under different conditions and by different methods. These materials are characterised in the curricular unit of Methodologies of Characterisation of Solids and Surfaces.
Teaching Methods
Teaching is carried out in theoretical lectures, that operate in a modular regime, and laboratory classes. The process of teaching/learning is based on students' work, supported by bibliography and notes taken during lectures and individual research, and is based on interactive methodologies aimed at active participation of students in the classroom. The practical component works in coordination and complementarity with the theoretical, using the planning and execution of laboratory work. Group work is incentivated in addition to individual work.
The evaluation is accomplished through a written test (E) and a monograph and its oral presentation (T). The final grade is given by NF=0.3E+0.7T.
In this UC a practical report is not required, as the UC works in conjunction with the UC Methodologies of
Characterisation of Solids and Surfaces, where the materials are characterised and a detailed report prepared.
The evaluation is accomplished through a written test (E) and a monograph and its oral presentation (T). The final grade is given by NF=0.3E+0.7T.
In this UC a practical report is not required, as the UC works in conjunction with the UC Methodologies of
Characterisation of Solids and Surfaces, where the materials are characterised and a detailed report prepared.
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