Course objectives: To provide an overview of different soft chemical synthetic methods of inorganic nanomaterials (coprecipitation, microemulsions, sol-gel processing, Chemical Vapor deposition, etc.). Starting with the fundamentals of the field ‘nanomaterials’, this course will provide an understanding of the underlying principles and theories of the synthetic methodologies and their applications in different fields of research including catalysis.
1. Different classes of nanomaterials and their special properties2. Liquid-phase synthesis2.1 From aqueous solutions: Coprecipitation
2.2 From organic solution: Sol-Gel processing
- Molecular precursors (metal alkoxides, carboxylates, β-diketonates…)
- Molecular engineering and hybrid materials
2.3. From Aqueous/Organic solution: Microemulsion synthetic methods
3. Gas-phase synthesis: Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)- Fundamentals of CVD
- Selection of suitable precursors
- Deposition of thin films of metals, metal oxides, nitrides, fluorides…
4. Applications
Acquired Skills: A working knowledge of different synthetic methods of inorganic nanomaterials using bottom-up approach, ability to design the molecular precursors and their use in chemical solution and –vapor phase deposition methods to get nanoparticles, thin films, and inorganic-organic hybrid materials.
