- Docente: Giacomo Bergamini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: CHIM/03
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Photochemistry and Molecular Materials (cod. 9074)
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from Mar 02, 2023 to Jun 01, 2023
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student has acquired knowledge of the advanced methodologies and applications in the fields of lighting (LED and OLED), solar energy conversion and storage, photocatalysis and on the working principles and use of the simplest photochemical techniques both in steady-state and time-resolved regime.
Course contents
Brief account on supramolecular photochemistry and analysis of some complex systems (quantum dots, metal nanoparticles, organic nanostructures, organic frameworks, organic semiconductors, heterostructures, hybrid materials): from design to application.
Introduction of the principal photophysical methods with nanometrical resolution and their applications: Fluorescence Microscopy; Multiphoton Excitation and Microscopy; Fluorescence sensing; Fluorescence-Lifetime Imaging Microscopy; Single-Molecule detection; Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy; Super-resolution microscopy.
Overview, from history to state of the art, on the applications of photochemistry in energy conversion:
- Light emitting diodes (LED, OLED, LEEC)
- Applications of photochromism and luminescent sensors
- Solar energy conversion (water splitting, CO2 reduction, solar fuels, photodegradation)
- Applications of UV-Vis and solar light in organic synthesis
Technical and experimental consideration (sources, setup, photoreactors, flow)
Discussion on future advances.
Readings/Bibliography
- V. Balzani, A. Credi, M. Venturi: Molecular Devices and Machines. Concepts and Perspectives for the Nanoworld, 2° edizione, Wiley-VCH, 2008
- J. Zhong Zhang: Optical Properties and Spectroscopy of Nanomaterials, World Scientific, 2009
- J. R. Lakowicz, Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Springer, New York, 2006
- V. Balzani, P. Ceroni, A. Juris, Photochemistry and Photophysics: Concepts, Research, Applications, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2014.
Teaching methods
Class lessons and seminars
Assessment methods
The final exam aims to verify the knowledge and the competences and will be an oral test. In the judgement the exposition of the scientific paper and research will be considered
Teaching tools
Dashboard, PC, Power Point slides, scientific papers
Office hours
See the website of Giacomo Bergamini
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.