Nanomaterials & Synthesis

Building blocks and how to make them. Carbon nanotubes, graphene, 2D materials, nanoparticles and MOFs, and top-down and bottom-up synthesis with nucleation theory.

• Nanomaterials: Carbon, 2D Materials, Nanoparticles & Composites — The building blocks of nanotechnology. Learn carbon nanomaterials (fullerenes, carbon nanotubes with chirality (n,m), graphene and its extraordinary properties), 2D materials beyond graphene (h-BN, MoS₂, MXenes), metal and metal-oxide nanoparticles, quantum dots, nanowires, porous materials (MOFs, zeolites, mesoporous silica), polymer nanocomposites, dendrimers and liposomes — with Python for CNT diameter, chirality and metallic/semiconducting character, and graphene's areal density.
• Nanomaterial Synthesis: Top-Down & Bottom-Up — How nanomaterials are made. Learn top-down methods (milling, lithography, etching) and bottom-up methods (chemical reduction, sol-gel, hydrothermal, co-precipitation, hot injection, chemical vapour deposition, ALD, MBE, self-assembly), classical nucleation theory (critical radius, energy barrier, supersaturation), LaMer burst nucleation and growth, Ostwald ripening, size and shape control with capping ligands, green synthesis, and scale-up challenges — with Python for critical nucleus size and particle yield from a precursor.