2024
Porous Materials
Name: Porous Materials
Code: QUI13541M
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; relate methods and conditions to the type of porosity desired; know the major modification strategies to control porosity and surface chemistry; understand the need to reuse porous materials with high value, 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. It is also the intention their integration into research.
Contents
Theoretical component
Definitions and general principles. Main microporous and mesoporous materials and their relevance in scientific and technological contexts. Sol-gel method. Porous structure, fundamentals of methods of preparation, influence of conditions on the porosity and applications of porous materials, namely: carbon materials; zeolites and zeotypes; clays and pillared clays; ordered mesoporous materials; inorganic-organic hybrid materials; porous composite materials. Regeneration methods of porous materials. Modification methods to control the properties of materials.
Practical component
Preparation of microporous and mesoporous materials of various types under different conditions and by different methods. The materials will be characterised in the curricular unit Analysis and Characterisation of Materials.
Definitions and general principles. Main microporous and mesoporous materials and their relevance in scientific and technological contexts. Sol-gel method. Porous structure, fundamentals of methods of preparation, influence of conditions on the porosity and applications of porous materials, namely: carbon materials; zeolites and zeotypes; clays and pillared clays; ordered mesoporous materials; inorganic-organic hybrid materials; porous composite materials. Regeneration methods of porous materials. Modification methods to control the properties of materials.
Practical component
Preparation of microporous and mesoporous materials of various types under different conditions and by different methods. The materials will be characterised in the curricular unit Analysis and Characterisation of Materials.
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 continuous evaluation is accomplished through an individual written test (NE) and a monograph and its oral presentation (NT). The final grade is given by NF=0.3NE+0.7NT. If the student chooses final evaluation scheme, the final mark will be the one obtained in the exam.
The continuous evaluation is accomplished through an individual written test (NE) and a monograph and its oral presentation (NT). The final grade is given by NF=0.3NE+0.7NT. If the student chooses final evaluation scheme, the final mark will be the one obtained in the exam.
Teaching Staff (2023/2024 )
