Search result: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2018
Chemistry Bachelor | ||||||
6. Semester | ||||||
Compulsory Subjects Examination Block II | ||||||
Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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529-0131-00L | Inorganic Chemistry IV: (Nano-)Materials; Synthesis, Properties and Surface Chemistry | O | 4 credits | 3G | C. Copéret, A. Comas Vives, W. Höland | |
Abstract | Introduction into Solid State Chemistry, to the synthesis and properties of solids and to Nanomaterials. | |||||
Objective | Introduction into solid compounds and nanomaterials: syntheses, properties and applications. | |||||
Content | 1. Generalities1 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 2. Silica: from crystalline to amorphous materials1 2.1 Structure (Polymorphs: quartz, cristoballite, pure silica zeolites, Amorphous materials) 2.2 Synthesis (flame SiO2, precipitated SiO2, sol-gel, mesostructured silica) 2.3 Properties and applications 3. Alumina1 3.1 Structure (Polymorphs and surface sites) 3.2 Synthesis 3.3 Properties and applications 4. Aluminosilicates: zeolithes and amorphous materials1 4.1 Structure (crystalline (zeolites) and amorphous) 4.2 Synthesis 4.3 Properties and applications 5. Glass-ceramics2 5.1. Nature of inorganic glasses and crystals 5.2. Fundamentals on nucleation and crystallization of glasses. 5.3. Heterogeneous nucleation based on epitaxy 5.3.1. Lithium-alumosilicate glass-ceramics 5.3.2. Lithium disilicate glass-ceramics 5.4. Amorphous phase separation as precursor phase of nucleation and crystallization 5.4.1. Mica glass-ceramics 5.4.2. Apatite glass-ceramics 5.5. Controlled surface crystallization of leucite 5.6. Two-fold nucleation and crystallization of leucite and apatite 5.7. Bioactive glass-ceramics 6. Other basic oxides1 (MgO, CaO, MgAl2O4) 6.1 Structure and synthesis 6.2 Properties and applications 7. Reducible (ZnO, TiO2, CeO2) and conductive oxides1,3 (ATO, ITO, RuO2, IrO2) 7.1 Structure (defects) 7.2 Properties (Band gap) and applications (photocatalysis, water splitting, Oxygen Evolution Reaction) 8. Mixed metal oxides1 8.1 Synthesis and structure (precipitation methods, surface modification, sol-gel, non-hydrolytic sol-gel, thermolytic precursors) 8.2 Properties (acido-basicity) and application 9. Hybrid organic inorganic materials1 9.1 Structure 9.2 Synthesis 9.3 Properties and application 10. Other materials (Metal sulfides, Metal Fluorides, Metals, Carbon) 1,3 10.1 Structure 10.2 Synthesis 10.3 Properties and application | |||||
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. | |||||
529-0232-00L | Organic Chemistry IV: Physical Organic Chemistry | O | 4 credits | 2V + 1U | P. Chen, R. Poranne | |
Abstract | Introduction to qualitative molecular orbital theory as applied to organic reactivity. Hückel theory, perturbation theory, molecular symmetry. Frontier orbital theory and stereoelectronic effects. Pericyclic reactions, photochemistry | |||||
Objective | Introduction to theoretical methods in organic chemistry | |||||
Content | Qualitative MO theory and its application to organic reactions, thermal rearrangements, pericyclic reactions. | |||||
529-0434-00L | Physical Chemistry V: Spectroscopy | O | 4 credits | 3G | R. Signorell | |
Abstract | Absorption and scattering of electromagnetic radiation; transition probabilities, rate equations; Einstein coefficients and lasers; selection rules and symmetry; band shape, energy transfer, and broadening mechanisms; atomic spectroscopy; molecular spectroscopy: vibration and rotation; spectroscopy of clusters, nanoparticles and condensed phases | |||||
Objective | The lecture is devoted to atomic, molecular, and condensed phase spectroscopy treating both theoretical and experimental aspects. The focus is on the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and matter. | |||||
Content | Absorption and scattering of electromagnetic radiation; transition probabilities, rate equations; Einstein coefficients and lasers; selection rules and symmetry; band shape, energy transfer, and broadening mechanisms; atomic spectroscopy; molecular spectroscopy: vibration and rotation; spectroscopy of clusters, nanoparticles and condensed phases | |||||
Lecture notes | is partly available | |||||
529-0580-00L | Safety, Environmental Aspects and Risk Management LE wird ab FS 18 unter neuem Titel (vorher Risikoanalyse chemischer Prozesse und Produkte) und von neuen Dozierenden (vorher Prof. Hungerbühler) angeboten. | O | 4 credits | 3G | S. Kiesewetter, K. Timmel | |
Abstract | Overview of the impact of industrial activities on the environment and human beings; required risk assessments and preventive measures as well as an insight on the fundamentals of Swiss legislation (environment / occupational safety). | |||||
Objective | Basic understanding of the impact of industrial activities on human beings and the environment; raise awareness for risks and safety concerns. | |||||
Content | Geschichtliche Aspekte der Ökotoxikologie / Erkenntnisse aus der Vergangenheit; Zusammenhänge Toxikologie-Ökotoxikologie; Risikoanalysen – wozu braucht es eine Risikoanalyse? Kennenlernen der Hilfsmittel zur Erarbeitung einer Risikoanalyse, Besprechung konkreter Beispiele; Einblick in die relevanten gesetzlichen Grundlagen (Schwerpunkt Schweizer Gesetzgebung) der Bereiche Umwelt und Arbeitssicherheit / Wie finde ich was ich suche? Wie finde ich mich in den Gesetztestexten zurecht? Hinweise zu weiteren nützlichen Hilfsmitteln zur Beurteilung der Auswirkungen auf Mensch und Umwelt; Aufbau einer Sicherheitsorganisation in einem Unternehmen, an einer Hochschule. | |||||
Lecture notes | Wird bei der ersten Vorlesung zur Verfügung gestellt. | |||||
Literature | Ergänzungsliteratur wird im Skript angegeben. | |||||
Prerequisites / Notice | keine |
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