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Intercalated nanomaterials

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 651-3325/01
Abbreviation IN
Course title Intercalated nanomaterials
Credits 2
Coordinating department Department of Chemistry and Physico-Chemical Processes
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Vlastimil Matějka, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Layered materials, intercalation, types of the intercalated materials
2. Properties of the intercalated materials, host lattices, intercalation reactions, methods used for the intercalation.
3. The methods used for the study of the structure of the intercalated materials.
4. The methods used for the study of the texture of the intercalated materials.
5. The methods for the study of the optical properties of the intercalated materials.
6. Cation exchange capacity of clay minerals.
7. Intercalation of clay minerals, organo-clay complexes.
8. Preparation and properties of clay/polymer composites.
9. Preparation and the properties of clay/(conductive polymer) composites
10. Preparation and the properties of photofunctionable intercalated clay minerals.
11. Pillared and porous clay heterostructures.
12. Other types of the intercalated materials.
13. The examples of the practical utilization of the intercalated materials.
14. Presentation of the students’ projects.

Literature

BERGAYA Faiza, Benny K. G. THENG a Gerhard LAGALY, ed. Handbook of clay science. Oxford: Elsevier, 2006. ISBN 0-08-044183-1.
GIL, Antonio, S. A. KORILI, Raquel TRUJILLANO a Miguel Angel VICENTE, ed. Pillared clays and related catalysts. New York: Springer, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4419-6669-8 .
WHITTINGHAM, M. Stanley a Allan J. JACOBSON. Intercalation chemistry. New York: Academic Press, 1982. Materials science and technology (New York, N.Y.). ISBN 978-0-12-747380-2 .

Advised literature

AUERBACH, Scott M., Kathleen A. CARRADO a Prabir K. DUTTA, ed. Handbook of layered materials. New York: Marcel Dekker, c2004. ISBN 0-8247-5349-6.