MENA5020 ¨C Nanochemistry

Course content

Nanoscience targets a domain of matter that has not yet been understood and explored neither by the well-established molecular methods nor by the standard micrometer range technologies. An essential prerequisite for nano research is the reliable synthesis of well-defined nanoparticles, their modification, and functionalization as well as their organization into larger hierarchical structures.

Such issues will be discussed in terms of presently important nanomaterials. Examples for possible applications and their relevance to technology will be given.1. The nano world (general definition, philosophy) 2. Physico-chemical considerations (band structures, typical and useful "nano effects") 3. Colloids (typical syntheses of nanoparticles) 4. Fullerenes, C-nanotubes (synthesis, forms, variants, properties, applications) 5. Oxide-nanotubes + fibers (synthesis, forms, variants, properties, applications) 6. Other inorganic nanomaterials (synthesis forms, variants, properties, applications) 7. Bio-nano-link 8. Characterization of nanomaterials 9. Risk discussion and future perspectives

Learning outcome

After completing this course, you:

• understand how effects may emerge due to nano-dimensions of particles and how nanochemistry thereby differs from solid-state chemistry
• can judge whether turning to a nanostructured material for a given chemical compound is likely to result in grossly modified chemical or physical properties
• are familiar with the principles of nanoparticle preparation and modification
• are familiar with functionalizations and their realizations
• can give examples of applications of nanochemistry and describe their advantages with respect to classical materials and device setups
• can exemplify links between nanoscience and biological systems
• are familiar with methods to characterize nanostructures, including in-situ/operando techniques to explore the functionalities of the nanostructures at relevant conditions
• are aware of special risks pertaining to nanochemistry, and you can provide perspectives on future nanochemistry developments

Admission to the course

Students admitted at UiO must?apply for courses?in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may?apply to take this course as a single course student.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

Recommended previous knowledge

A Bachelor degree in MNB-MENA or Fornybar energi og nanoteknologi (bachelor) from the University of Oslo, or an equivalent background knowledge.

Overlapping courses

• 10 credits overlap with MENA9020 ¨C Nano-chemistry.

Teaching

An intensive course with two-three weeks (may vary) of lectures and seminars in the autumn semester (typically October) followed up by two days of extra seminars late in December or early in the following January. This course has?mandatory?student presentations (at the seminars) that must be approved before you can take the final exam.

Access to teaching

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

Examination

• Final oral exam which counts 100 % towards the final grade.

This course has a mandatory presentation that?must be approved before you can take?the final exam.

It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: MENA9020 ¨C Nano-chemistry

Examination support material

No examination support material is allowed.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Resit an examination

Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are?offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.

Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass the original examination.

More about examinations at UiO

• Use of sources and citations
• Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
• Withdrawal from an exam
• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Explanation of grades and appeals
• Resitting an exam
• Cheating/attempted cheating

You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.