Aleix Comas Vives: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2023 |
| Name | Dr. Aleix Comas Vives |
| Name variants | Aleix Comas-Vives |
| Address | Lab. für Anorganische Chemie ETH Zürich, HCI H 127 Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| comas@inorg.chem.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Chemistry and Applied Biosciences |
| Relationship | Lecturer |
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| 529-0131-00L | Inorganic Chemistry IV: (Nano-)Materials; Synthesis, Properties and Surface Chemistry | 4 credits | 3G | C. Copéret, A. Comas Vives | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | Introduction into Solid State Chemistry, to the synthesis and properties of solids and to Nanomaterials. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Introduction into solid compounds and nanomaterials: syntheses, properties and applications. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | Section 1. Generalities – Prof. C. Copéret How do we apprehend a solid? Bulk vs. Surface Texture, Surface area (N2 adsorption, BET), Crystallinity (X-ray diffraction), Surface functionalities (IR, NMR), Acidity/Basicity (Probe molecules: pyridine, CO, CO2…), Point of Zero Electric Charge Section 2. Materials – Prof. C. Copéret 2.1 Synthetic methods 2.2 Sol-Gel and Solution Chemistry of Solids Section 3. Metal oxides – Prof. C. Copéret 3.1 Silica (SiO2) 3.2 Alumina (Al2O3) 3.3 Aluminosilicates (amorphous, layered materials and zeolites) 3.4. Mesostructured and hybrid materials 3.5 Semi-conducting and conducting oxides (e.g TiO2 and related materials, IrO2) 3.6 Other materials: Single and Complex Oxides, (MgO, CaO, MgAlO2, Perovskites), Polyoxometallates Section 4. Other materials Metal halides and chalcogenides Carbon-based materials Metals and Alloys Section 5. Bonding in Solids and Surfaces – Dr. Comas-Vives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | is provided on the internet. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literature | A. West, Solid State Chemistry and its Applications, Wiley 1989; U. Müller, Anorganische Strukturchemie, Teubner Taschenbuch 2006; R. Nesper, H.-J. Muhr, Chimia 52 (1998) 571; C.N.R. Rao, A. Müller, A.K. Cheetham, Nanomaterials, Wiley-VCH 2007. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | AC-II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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