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Academic Year: | 2015/6 |
Owning Department/School: | Department of Chemistry |
Credits: | 3 |
Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
Period: |
Semester 2 |
Assessment Summary: | EX 100% |
Assessment Detail: |
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Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
Requisites: |
Before taking this module you must take CH20151 OR take CH20152
In taking this module you cannot take CH30157 |
Description: | Aims: To provide a description of the chemistry of some modern materials and how technological applications drive development of new materials. Learning Outcomes: After studying this unit the student should be able to: * critically analyse methods for synthesising nanoparticles and properties and applications of nanophase materials * critically analyse templating methods for hierarchical structures and properties and applications of these materials * explain in detail how the structure of polymeric materials such as block copolymers influences their properties * critically evaluate methods for the preparation of functional polymers and how their properties may be controlled * critically assess recent literature examples of functional materials * suggest routes to designed materials possessing required properties for a particular application. Skills: Data gathering (T, F), data analysis (T, F, A), critical thinking (T, F, A), problem solving (F, A). Content: Nanoparticle synthesis, applications of nanoparticles, templated hierarchical structures, applications of hierarchical materials. , Preparative and analytical methods for copolymers with varying structures, control of material properties by structural variation with examples (e.g. delivery, photoresists). |
Programme availability: |
CH40158 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Chemistry
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