C7780 Inorganic Materials Chemistry Doc. RNDr. Jiří Pinkas, Ph.D. 1. Introduction Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Materials Chemistry Chemical Compounds versus Materials Structure, Properties, Function Traditional Materials: Ceramics, Polymers, Metals New Materials: Composites, Semiconductors, Biomaterials, Hybrid Materials Size Domains, Shape Fabrication Chemical Synthesis of Materials 2. Basic Structural Chemistry Basic Inorganic Structure Types Metals, sc, ccp (fcc), hcp, bcc Ionic and Covalent Compounds, CsCl, NaCl, Cubic and Hexagonal Diamond, Sphalerite, Wurzite, NiAs, WC, CaF2, Rutile, SiO2, BiF3, ReO3, Perovskite, Spinel, Corundum, Graphite, h-BN, Radius Ratio, Ionicity Physicochemical Methods of Characterization 3. Structure and Properties Real Structure and Defects Electronic Structure of Solids, Chemical Bonding, Band Theory Electrical Properties, Metals, Insulators, Semiconductors, Ionic Conductors Mechanical Properties, Elastic and Plastic Deformation, Stress-Strain, Young Modulus, Bulk Modulus, Hardness Thermal Properties, Melting Point, Thermal Conductivity, Thermal Expansion, Materials with a Negative Thermal Expansion Coefficient Optical, Magnetic Properties 4. Direct Reactions of Solids Powder Mixing Method - “Heat-and-Beat” Synthesis of Spinel, Kirkendall Ratio Self-Sustaining Reactions, Combustion Reactions Carbothermal Reduction Fusion-Crystallization from Glass Polymer Pyrolysis Mechanochemical Synthesis Microwave-Assisted Synthesis 5. Dry High-Pressure Methods Coordination Number - Bond Length Paradox Belt-Type Apparatus, Diamond Anvil Detonation Reactions Diamond Synthesis, Hard Materials 6. Gas Phase Reactions Gas-Solid Reactions- Tarnishing Aerosol Routes, Spray Pyrolysis, Spray Drying Fullerenes, Carbon Nanotubes Gas-Gas Reactions- Flame Hydrolysis Vapor Phase Transport 7. Liquid Phase Reactions Precipitation / Coprecipitation, Precursor Method Freeze-Drying, Double-Salt Precursor Pechini and Citrate Method Flux or Molten Salt Method, Eutectics, Acid-Base Reactions, Lux-Flood Formalism Ionic Liquids Non-aqueous Methods Solution-Liquid-Solid Growth Sonochemical Synthesis 8. Sol-Gel Methods Sol (Colloidal Solution), Gel Precursors and Their Syntheses Hydrolysis, Condensation, Drying, Calcination Spin- and Dip-Coating Colloid Processing, Metal Salt Hydrolysis, Keggin Structures Metal Alkoxide Hydrolysis Aerogels, Emulsion Method, Inverse Micelles Non-aqueous Sol-Gel Methods Hybrid Materials Hydrothermal and Solvothermal Synthesis Reactor, Mineralizers, Solvents, Supercritical State 9. Zeolites, Zeolitic Materials, Primary and Secondary Building Units, Sodalite Cage, Pores and Channles, Templating, Pauling Rules, Loewenstein Rule, Mesoporous Materials Surfactants, Micelles, Critical Packing Parameter Liquid Crystalline Phases Supramolecular Templating Mechanisms XRD, TEM, Gas Adsorption Mesoporous Silica, Metal Oxides, Metal Phosphates, Metals Layered and Pillared Materials, Intercalation 10. Growth of Single Crystals Czochralski/Kyropoulos Method Stockbarger and Bridgman Methods Zone Melting Verneuil Fusion Flame Method Gel Method Solution, Flux, and Hydrothermal Methods Electrochemical Growth VPT 11. Synthesis of Thin Films Chemical Vapor Deposition Precursor Properties and Synthesis, Single-Source Precursor Metals, Oxides, Nitrides, Semiconductors, Superconductors Anodic Oxidation, Porous Alumina Physical Methods, Sputtering, Vacuum Evaporation, Molecular Beam Epitaxy Self-Assembled Monolayers Surface Chemistry 12. Nanostructured Materials and Nanochemistry Surface and Quantum-Size Effects Top-Down and Bottom-Up Preparation Methods