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Layered nano-materials

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 9360-0601/01
Abbreviation VN
Course title Layered nano-materials
Credits 4
Coordinating department CNT - Nanotechnology Centre
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Gražyna Simha Martynková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Course outline
1. Classification and nomenclature of layered materials
2. Natural layered (graphite and carbonaceous materials; phyllosilicates, bio-Calcites)
3. 2D materials and van der Waals heterostructures
a. (graphene, black phosphorus)
b. (hexagonal boron nitride,)
4. 2D ternary chalcogenides (sulfides, selenides and tellurides)
5. Xeny and Mxeny - layered carbides and nitrides
a. (Xenes with elements near carbon (B, Si, P, Ge and Sn))
b. (MXeny M transition metal, X is C or N, Tx)
6. Organic covalent networks of COF and MOF
7. Use in other hybrid and composite materials
8. Exfoliation methods for layered materials
9. Deposition synthesis methods
10. Characterization of layered materials
11. Testing utility parameters
12. Applications in electronics, energy and the environment
13. Applications in medicine and the environment

EXERCISE CONTENT:
The laboratory exercise will take place in fortnightly intervals.
1. Introduction, familiarization with the content of laboratory exercises and requirements for obtaining credit, work safety.
2. Exfoliation of aluminosilicates with an organic substance
3. Exfoliation of graphite with acids
4. Synthesis of transition element nitride.
5. Incorporation of a layered nanofiller into a polymer matrix.
6. Evaluation of prepared materials by analytical methods.

Literature

Lim, K. R. G., Shekhirev, M., Wyatt, B. C., Anasori, B., Gogotsi, Y., & Seh, Z. W. (2022). Fundamentals of MXene synthesis. Nature Synthesis, 1(8), 601-614.
Rao, C. N. R., Ramakrishna Matte, H. S. S., & Maitra, U. (2013). Graphene analogues of inorganic layered materials. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 52(50), 13162-13185.
Bergaya, F., & Lagaly, G. (2006). General introduction: clays, clay minerals, and clay science. Developments in clay science, 1, 1-18.
Geim, A. K. (2009). Graphene: status and prospects. science, 324(5934), 1530-1534.

Advised literature

Nicolosi, V., Chhowalla, M., Kanatzidis, M. G., Strano, M. S., & Coleman, J. N. (2013). Liquid exfoliation of layered materials. Science, 340(6139), 1226419.
Duong, D. L., Yun, S. J., & Lee, Y. H. (2017). van der Waals layered materials: opportunities and challenges. ACS nano, 11(12), 11803-11830.
Naguib, M., Mochalin, V. N., Barsoum, M. W., & Gogotsi, Y. (2014). 25th anniversary article: MXenes: a new family of two‐dimensional materials. Advanced materials, 26(7), 992-1005.