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Nanomaterials on the basis of natural materials

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 9360-0134/02
Abbreviation NNM
Course title Nanomaterials on the basis of natural materials
Credits 4
Coordinating department CNT - Nanotechnology Centre
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Gražyna Simha Martynková, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

1. Clays and clay minerals. Nanostructures of clay minerals.
2. Water in clay minerals. Hydrophobic and hydrophilic clay. Evaluation forms
of water in clay using laboratory methods.
3. Properties of clay minerals. Charge layer, ion exchange capacity, structural
order of layered structures.
4. Characteristics of 1:1 sheet silicates. Reducing particles.
5. Characteristics of 2:1 sheet silicates. Preparing smectites to nanocomposites.
6. Vermiculite. Structure and crystal-chemistry. Preparing vermiculites to
nanocomposites.
7. Evaluation of nanocomposites containing clay minerals by laboratory methods.
8. Carbon and carbonaceous materials.
9. Graphite structure, polytypes and faults in the structure. Diamond structure. 10. Thin films based on graphite and diamond.
11. Fullerenes.
12. Carbon fibers and carbon nanotubes.
13. Pyrolytic carbon. Activated carbon. Soot.
14. Composites on the carbon basis.

TRAINING TOPICS
1. Mechanical particle grinding techniques. Microscopic evaluation.
2. Preparation and evaluation of monoionic clay minerals using XRD.
3. Preparation and characterization of modified clay minerals using SEM and
XRD.
4. Exfoliation of kaolinite with urea and evaluation using X-ray diffraction.
5. Characterization of composites containing clay nanofiller in polymer using
light optical microscopy.
6. Characteristics of carbonaceous materials using X-ray diffraction.
7. Analysis of carbonaceous materials using SEM.
8. Determination of crystallite size at carbonaceous and clay materials.

Povinná literatura

Clay Minerals in Nature, their Characterization, Modification and Application (M. Valášková and G. Simha Martynková, Eds.), InTech 2012,312 p., ISBN 978-953-51-0738-5.
Handbook of Clay Science, Developments in Clay Science 1 (F. Bergaya, B.K.G. Theng and G. Lagaly, Eds.,) Elsevier 2006, 1224 p.,ISBN-13:978-08-044183-2.

Doporučená literatura

Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Nalwa, H.S., Editor) Am. Sci. Publ., 2004. Vol. 1. 875 p. ISBN 1-58883-057-8; Vol. 2. 918 p. ISBN 1-58883-058-6; Vol. 3. 944 p. ISBN 1-58883-059-4; Vol. 8, 903 p. ISBN 1-58883-064-0; Vol. 10. 909 p. ISBN 1-58883-066-7; Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology (H.S. Nalwa, Editor)Academic Press, 2000. Vol. 5. 783 p. ISBN 0-12-513760-5 .