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Nanocomposite materials

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Course Unit Code9360-0150/04
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type A
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
SIM75prof. Ing. Gražyna Simha Martynková, Ph.D.
BAR31Ing. Karla Čech Barabaszová, Ph.D. Paed.IGIP
Summary
In the subject will be discussed the nanostructure and properties of nanocomposite materials and their components. Individual groups of nanocomposites are discussed in spite of preparation techniques and applications.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Deepening of knowledge about the structural characteristics of nanocomposites.
Learning the procedures of different types of nanocomposite fillers in order to prepare nanoparticles and nanocomposites.
Know and understand methods of preparation. The correctness of decisions when choosing methods and the skill of interpreting results for the characterization of initial and modified materials.
Course Contents
1. Historical development of composite and nanocomposite materials. Basic types, characterization and properties of nanocomposites.
2. Utilization of polymeric nanocomposites in automotive and aerospace industry, protective clothing, fire-fighting substances and corrosive materials.
3. Carbon composites, metal and carbon composites carbon-carbon composites.
4. Ceramic nanomaterials. Carbides, nitrides, oxides, sulfides and bioceramics (compatible with living tissue).
5. Nanoglass and nanoclastered composite metal glass (nanoglass preparation and use for electronic data storage - DVD).
6. Coated nanoparticles (coated nanoparticles and coated materials, super hard-coated nanoparticles, their unique magnetic, optical and catalytic properties of coated nanoparticles in colloidal mixtures).
7. Silsesquioxas (silsesquioxan structure, polyhedral silsesquioxans, silsesquioxans polymers.
8. Nanocomposite dyes (basic types, the distribution of color guest and inorganic hosts, methods of preparation of nanocomposite dyes).
9. Metallic nanocomposites based on elements VI - XI and XIV of the group of the periodic table prepared by the sol-gel method.
10. Composite metal carbides, oxides, and Chalcogenides.
11. macromolecular and biological nanocomposites. thermoplastic nanocomposites from cellulose.
12. Nanocomposites with supramolecular structures. 13 metal complexes and metals in macromolecules.
14. Nanocrystalline silicon. Methods of preparation and characteristics of materials intended for electrical industry.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
NALWA, H. S. editor: Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology, Academic Press, 2000.
BHUSHAN, B. editor: Handbook of Nanotechnology. Springer -Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2004.
NALWA, H. S. editor: Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. American Scientific Publisher, 2004.
PINNAVAIA, T. J., BEALL, G.W. ed. Polymer-clay nanocomposites; John Wiley&SonsLtd, 2000.
NALWA, H. S. editor: Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology, Academic Press, 2000.
BHUSHAN, B. editor: Handbook of Nanotechnology. Springer -Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2004.
NALWA, H. S. editor: Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. American Scientific Publisher, 2004.
PINNAVAIA, T. J., BEALL, G.W. ed. Polymer-clay nanocomposites; John Wiley&SonsLtd, 2000.
Recommended Reading:
Introduction to Nanocomposite Science of Layered and Tubular Materials, Gražyna Simha Martynková and Karla Cech Barabaszová, Nova Publishers 2012, ISBN 978-1-60741-739-2.
Introduction to Nanocomposite Science of Layered and Tubular Materials, Gražyna Simha Martynková and Karla Cech Barabaszová, Nova Publishers 2012, ISBN 978-1-60741-739-2.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
ExaminationExamination100 51