651-2079/01 – Materials Science and Nanomaterials (NMN)
| Gurantor department | Department of Chemistry and Physico-Chemical Processes | Credits | 7 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Vlastimil Matějka, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Vlastimil Matějka, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2022/2023 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Introduction to basic types of materials and nanomaterials and the characteristic of their structure;
Understanding of the most important service parameters of the materials with emphasis on mechanical properties;
Understanding of the methods used for characterization of chemical and phase composition, their textural parameters, and surface morphology;
Acquiring the characteristic of the most important types of materials and nanomaterials;
Understanding the application potential of nanomaterials.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
Within the framework of this subject, the students acquire knowledge and experience with common technical materials and basic types of nanomaterials. The study of the parameters of the materials will be aligned with the description of the experimental techniques used for their measurement and description. The application possibilities of both common materials and nanomaterials will also be explained.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Written and oral.
E-learning
Other requirements
There are no student requirements for this course.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Lectures
1. Evolution of the basic types of the used materials; examples – their successive improvement
2. Basic types of nanomaterials, their characteristics, classification according to their dimension, methods for the preparation of the nanomaterials.
3. Internal structure of given types of materials – metals, polymers, ceramic materials, composites.
4. Properties of given types of materials and the methods of their characterization – service properties; mechanical properties – relations with the internal structure of materials. Mechanisms of material degradation – the most important degradation processes.
5. Metals – ferrous metals (steels, cast irons), non-ferrous metals (aluminium, copper and nickel alloys), examples; properties, application.
6. Polymers – thermoplastic materials, reactoplastic and elastomeric polymers, examples, properties, application.
7. Ceramic materials – porous and ceramics, examples, properties, utilization.
8. Composite materials – classification according to reinforcements, classification according to matrix, examples, properties, application.
9. Methods used for characterization of basic parameters of materials – chemical and phase composition, morphology and microstructure, particle size, specific surface area.
10. Nanomaterials based on carbon. Graphene, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and carbon nanowires. Examples, preparation, and properties.
11. Nanomaterials based on pure chemical elements, their oxides and sulphides. Examples, preparation, and properties.
12. Layered nanomaterials. Clay minerals, hydrotalcites, layered sulphides, MXenes. Examples, preparation and properties.
13. Composite nanomaterials. Basic concept of these materials, types of composite nanomaterials. Examples, preparation, and properties
Exercises
1. Introduction, safety in the laboratory, presentation of instructions for individual laboratory exercises, list of final presentations topics.
2. Excursion to the laboratory for testing of mechanical properties – tensile test, Charpy test, hardness test.
3. Performing the tensile test s Charpy test, evaluation of the results.
4. Measurement of hardness and microhardness for selected bulk materials and thin layers, data evaluation.
5. Metallographic observation of the surfaces of construction materials (steels, cast iron, non-ferrous metals, composites).
6. Observation and documentation of the microstructure of construction materials.
7. Evaluation of the observed and documented microstructure of construction materials.
8. Preparation of selected nanomaterials (oxides, sulphides, nitride).
9. Evaluation of the structure of prepared nanomaterials using XRD technique.
10. Characterization of the particle size using the electron microscopy DLS technique.
11. Evaluation of the selected optical properties of prepared nanomaterials.
12. Determination of the photodegradation activity of prepared nanomaterials.
13. Presentation of selected topics.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction