94266 - NANOTECH INDUSTRY

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

At the end of the course the student will know the important innovations ongoing in industries aimed to the production and exploitation of nanomaterials. He/she will become skilled in the techniques available for the challenging characterization of nanomaterials and on the possible threats they pose on health and safety of humans and the environment. The student is expected to be able to: 1. propose innovative solutions for the obtainment fo nanomaterial; 2. find innovative application to nanosized materials and find correct applications of nanomaterials for specific problems

Contenuti

Classification of nano-structured materials. Synthetic strategies of nanomaterials: bottom-up and top-down. Characterization methods nanomaterials: Optical Microscopy; Scanning Electron Microscopy; Transmission Electron Microscopy; Scanning Tunneling Microscopy; Scanning Probe Microscopy; Infrared and Raman Microscopy; X-ray diffraction. A case study: nanomaterials for biomedical applications.

Testi/Bibliografia

Park, W., Shin, H., Choi, B., Rhim, W. K., Na, K., & Han, D. K. (2020). Advanced hybrid nanomaterials for biomedical applications. Progress in Materials Science, 100686.

The teacher will provide lecture notes

Metodi didattici

PowerPoint lectures

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

– Group Written Work assignment (50%)

– Written test on the course arguments (50%)

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

computer and projector

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Giuseppe Falini

Consulta il sito web di Albert Romano Rodriguez

Consulta il sito web di Maria Teresa Henriques De Faria Fernandes