This Web page is supported by the National Science Foundation through grant CBET 0626063 to Beaucage.
Quarter: Winter, 2007
Level: Senior & Graduate Elective
Professor: Greg
Beaucage
Department:
Materials Science and Engineering
Text: Web notes
and review articles in class.
Location: Baldwin 749 5:00-6:15 TR
Summary: This 3 credit elective class is intended
to give an overview of the synthesis, industrial production, characterization
and applications of nano-structured ceramic, organic and hybrid powders. These materials are used for a wide
range of applications including use as catalysis, chemical sensors, coatings,
reinforcing fillers, and as model systems for the study of physics on the nano-scale including nano-scale confinement effects and Knudsen transport
effects. Because these powders are
often composed of aggregates of nano-scale primary particles the study of
nano-structured powders involves understanding mass-fractal scaling laws. The hierarchical design and function of
these materials is of central interest.
The course will cover a wide range of synthetic and structural
approaches including pyrolytic synthesis, sol-gel chemistry, hydrothermal
processing, surfactant and sacrificial templating and natural source materials
such as layered silicates.
Prerequisites for this course include a background in:
-inorganic chemistry
-organic chemistry
-physical chemistry
Web Based
P-Chem
Web Based Colloid ans Surface Chemistry
-transport phenomena
-physics
-materials physics
-growth kinetics
The course should be of interest to senior graduate students
studying polymer science, ceramic science, chemical engineering, solid state
physics, materials chemistry and materials science and engineering.
Syllabus:
1. Basic
Concepts of Nano-Structured Powders
Chapter 1.pdf;
Chapter 1.html Nucleation
(Sugimoto)
Raoult's Law, Nucleation Notes MIT
Chapter 2.pdf;
Chapter 2.html Surface Nucleation/Growth
(Sugimoto)
Short
Review paper on Nucleation
Ostwald Ripening, LSW and other theories for rate
Homogeneous Nucleation
Book on
Nanoparticles (available at UC IP numbers only)
O'Connor Review
Solution Synthesis.pdf (3Mb)
Nanoparticle Dispersion in Polymers
Aerogel Pictures,
NASA,
Aerogel Insulation,
Knudsen Number,
Nanopore Inc.
Wikipedia Quantum Dots,
Iron Oxide for Arsenic Removal (Details),
NYTimes 2006
Particle Size Distribution.pdf;
PSD.html
NIST Gallery of Common Particle Size Distribution Functions (Appendix to previous section)
3 Modes of Particles in Atmospheric Aerosol Particles
Vapor Nano-Phase Thermodynamics.pdf, Vapor Nano-Phase Thermodynammics.html
Nano-Particle Transport in Low Density Media.pdf;
Nano-Particle Transport in Low Density Media.html
EPA Site
The Smoluchowski Equation and Coagulation of Nano-Particles;
SmoluchowskiCoagulation.html
Links to Smoluchowski
Aggregate Formation.pdf;
Aggregate Formation.html
Clarkson Univ. Particle Transport, Deposition, Removal Web Notes
Hierarchical
design of materials.
Mass-fractal
morphologies.
Top Down Formation of NanoParticles,
Miani Maurigh Review
NSF Report 1998; pdf
2. Analytic
Techniques
Overview of analytic
techniques by Delft Lab
Differential
mobility analysis (DMA)
Small
angle scattering
XRD
Gas
absorption and pycnometry
UFl site,
nanotec
Review of Gas Adsorption,
Pitfalls of GA,
Another
Review, Yet
Another Review
Electromagnetic
absorption techniques
Transmission
electron microscopy
ICP,
XPS
3. Halide Salts
and Solution Growth. (Gel-Sol Synthesis)
Review Solution
Synthesis
4. Pyrolytic
Synthesis (and Vapor/Liquid/Solid Routes) of Nano-structured Materials
Overview
of pyrolytic synthesis schemes
Kinetic
growth models for nano-structure powders
Chemical
reactions in aerosol streams
Structure-property
relationships for pyrolytic powders
Nano-wires From VLS Routes, References.pdf
Review of
Aerosol Synthesis
5. Sol-Gel
Routes to Nano-Structured Materials
Peptization for TiO2
Fullerene/Sol-Gel Materials, Sidharth Patwardha
Sol-gel
chemistry, academic and industrial synthesis
Chemical
and kinetic control over nano-structure
Supercritical
processing
Structure-property
relationships for sol-gel powders.
Hydrothermal
synthesis
POSS
structures and their application
6. Carbon Based Nano-Powders.
Wikipedia on nanotubes.
Reistenberg: Hydrogen Storage in Carbon Nanotubes; References
Quanyan Wu: Hydrogen Storage in Carbon Nanotubes
Fullerene/Sol-Gel Materials, Sidharth Patwardha
Nano-Tube Based Polymer Composites, Jian Zhao
6. Zeolites and
Templated Powders.
Colloid
chemistry
Multi-phase
interaction in micellar systems
Calcination
protocols
Templating
techniques and tools
Siddharth: Zeolite Synthesis by Sol-Gel Routes
7. Layered
silicates
Polymer Clay Nanocomposites, Ayush Bafna
Thermodynamics
of intercalation and exfoliation
Natural
layered silicate processing and application
Synthetic
layered silicates
Examples
of structure property relationships for layered silicates
8. Applications
Magnetic Storage
Single Electron Transistor
Electro-Optic Devices Based on Nano-Particles, Banach, D
Mechanical Properties, Marty Pluth
Quanyan Wu: Hydrogen Storage in Carbon Nanotubes
Nano-Tube Based Polymer Composites, Jian Zhao
TiO2 Films from Micelles, A. Jadhev
Catalysis
Sensors
Reinforcing
fillers
Gas
storage/transport properties
Reistenberg: Hydrogen Storage in Carbon Nanotubes
Course Requirements:
Bi-weekly Quiz: 50%
(Extra critical reviews can replace up to 3 quiz grades each.)
See old quizzes at top of page.
Review of One Application of Nano-structured
Powders: 25%
Description of Report.pdf
A good site to search for current areas of interst for nano-powders is http://pubs.acs.org/cen/
Search by topics from UC at
Web of Science
(Due at midterm)
Critical Review of Paper from the Literature: 25%
Description of Review.pdf
Use Web of Science
(Due the last week of classes)
Critical Review.pdf;Critical Review.html
Several reviews will be selected for presentation during the
last week of class. The critical
review will not be required for those selected to present.