Alessandro Lauria: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2022 |
| Name | Dr. Alessandro Lauria |
| Address | Professur Multifunktionsmaterial. ETH Zürich, HCI F 511 Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 633 69 14 |
| alessandro.lauria@mat.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Materials |
| Relationship | Lecturer |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 327-0313-00L | Materials Characterization I | 3 credits | 3G | A. Lauria, A. Anastasaki | |
| Abstract | Introduction into the main spectroscopic methods and their applications to gain compositional and structural information. | ||||
| Learning objective | The aim of the course is to enable the students to select and apply the optimal analytical/spectroscopic methods for the identification of organic, inorganic and polymeric materials. | ||||
| Content | Particular emphasis is given to qualitative and quantitative analysis of material composition at the atomic/molecular level by mass spectrometry, atomic absorption, vibrational and UV-vis spectroscopy, thermal analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance. The course will include lectures as well as hands-on practical sessions. | ||||
| 327-1203-00L | Complex Materials I: Synthesis & Assembly | 5 credits | 4G | M. Niederberger, A. Lauria | |
| Abstract | Introduction to materials synthesis concepts based on the assembly of differently shaped objects of varying chemical nature and length scales | ||||
| Learning objective | The aim is a) to learn how to design and create objects as building blocks with a particular composition, size and shape, b) to understand the chemistry that allows for the creation of such hard and soft objects, and c) to master the concepts to assemble these objects into materials over several length scales. | ||||
| Content | The course is divided into two parts: I) synthesis of 0-, 1-, 2-, and 3-dimensional building blocks with a length scale from nm to µm, and II) assembly of these building blocks into 1-, 2- and 3-dimensional structures over several length scales up to cm. In part I, various methodologies for the synthesis of the building blocks will be discussed, including Turkevich and Brust-Schiffrin-method for gold nanoparticles, hot-injection for semiconducting quantum dots, aqueous and nonaqueous sol-gel chemistry for metal oxides, or gas-and liquid-phase routes to carbon nanostructures. Part II is focused on self- and directed assembly methods that can be used to create higher order architectures from those building blocks connecting the microscopic with the macroscopic world. Examples include photonic crystals, nanocrystal solids, colloidal molecules, mesocrystals or particle-based foams and aerogels. | ||||
| Literature | References to original articles and reviews for further reading will be provided on the lecture notes. | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | 1) Materialsynthese II (327-0412-00) 2) Kristallographie (327-0104-00L), in particular structure of crystalline solids 3) Materials Characterization II (327-0413-00) | ||||