Prof. Tiziano Montini

Argomenti del programma: Stati di aggregazione della materia. Atomi. Struttura elettronica. Legame chimico. Proprietà chimiche degli elementi e dei loro composti. Reazioni chimiche. Soluzioni. Proprietà colligative. Reazioni acido-base ed equilibrio chimico. Reazioni redox. Elementi di termochimica ed elettrochimica.

Argomenti del programma: Introduction: adsorption of small molecules on surfaces, kinetics in heterogeneous catalysis. Fundamental catalytic processes: relevant industrial processes using heterogeneous catalysts Catalysis for environmental control and remediation Catalysis for hydrogen production and purification. Photocatalysis: application of semiconductors to pollutant abatement and H2 production.

Argomenti del programma: This course addresses the preparation and characterization of representative inorganic, hybrid organic-inorganic and purely nanomaterials. The most commonly used characterization techniques will be presented (powder XRD, SAXS, physisorption, XAFS, 1H-NMR, DLS and rhelogical analysis) and employed to analyse the materials synthesized in both the modules.