Christophe Copéret: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2018 |
Name | Prof. Dr. Christophe Copéret |
Name variants | Christophe Coperet |
Field | Surface and Interfacial Chemistry |
Address | Lab. für Anorganische Chemie ETH Zürich, HCI H 229 Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
Telephone | +41 44 633 93 94 |
ccoperet@inorg.chem.ethz.ch | |
Department | Chemistry and Applied Biosciences |
Relationship | Full Professor |
Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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529-0131-00L | Inorganic Chemistry IV: (Nano-)Materials; Synthesis, Properties and Surface Chemistry | 4 credits | 3G | C. Copéret, A. Comas Vives, W. Höland | |
Abstract | Introduction into Solid State Chemistry, to the synthesis and properties of solids and to Nanomaterials. | ||||
Objective | Introduction into solid compounds and nanomaterials: syntheses, properties and applications. | ||||
Content | 1. Generalities1 How do we apprehend a solid? Bulk vs. Surface Texture, Surface area (N2 adsorption, BET), Crystallinity (X-ray diffraction), Surface functionalities (IR, NMR), Acidity/Basicity (Probe molecules: pyridine, CO, CO2), Point of Zero Electric Charge 2. Silica: from crystalline to amorphous materials1 2.1 Structure (Polymorphs: quartz, cristoballite, pure silica zeolites, Amorphous materials) 2.2 Synthesis (flame SiO2, precipitated SiO2, sol-gel, mesostructured silica) 2.3 Properties and applications 3. Alumina1 3.1 Structure (Polymorphs and surface sites) 3.2 Synthesis 3.3 Properties and applications 4. Aluminosilicates: zeolithes and amorphous materials1 4.1 Structure (crystalline (zeolites) and amorphous) 4.2 Synthesis 4.3 Properties and applications 5. Glass-ceramics2 5.1. Nature of inorganic glasses and crystals 5.2. Fundamentals on nucleation and crystallization of glasses. 5.3. Heterogeneous nucleation based on epitaxy 5.3.1. Lithium-alumosilicate glass-ceramics 5.3.2. Lithium disilicate glass-ceramics 5.4. Amorphous phase separation as precursor phase of nucleation and crystallization 5.4.1. Mica glass-ceramics 5.4.2. Apatite glass-ceramics 5.5. Controlled surface crystallization of leucite 5.6. Two-fold nucleation and crystallization of leucite and apatite 5.7. Bioactive glass-ceramics 6. Other basic oxides1 (MgO, CaO, MgAl2O4) 6.1 Structure and synthesis 6.2 Properties and applications 7. Reducible (ZnO, TiO2, CeO2) and conductive oxides1,3 (ATO, ITO, RuO2, IrO2) 7.1 Structure (defects) 7.2 Properties (Band gap) and applications (photocatalysis, water splitting, Oxygen Evolution Reaction) 8. Mixed metal oxides1 8.1 Synthesis and structure (precipitation methods, surface modification, sol-gel, non-hydrolytic sol-gel, thermolytic precursors) 8.2 Properties (acido-basicity) and application 9. Hybrid organic inorganic materials1 9.1 Structure 9.2 Synthesis 9.3 Properties and application 10. Other materials (Metal sulfides, Metal Fluorides, Metals, Carbon) 1,3 10.1 Structure 10.2 Synthesis 10.3 Properties and application | ||||
Lecture notes | is provided on the internet. | ||||
Literature | A. West, Solid State Chemistry and its Applications, Wiley 1989; U. Müller, Anorganische Strukturchemie, Teubner Taschenbuch 2006; R. Nesper, H.-J. Muhr, Chimia 52 (1998) 571; C.N.R. Rao, A. Müller, A.K. Cheetham, Nanomaterials, Wiley-VCH 2007. | ||||
529-0142-00L | Advanced Organometallic Chemistry Prerequisites: successful participation in 529-0132-00L "Inorganic Chemistry III: Organometallic Chemistry and Homogeneous Catalysis". | 6 credits | 3G | A. Togni, C. Copéret | |
Abstract | Advanced organometallic chemistry, homogeneous catalysis and related heterogeneous processes. Selected topics include: chiral metallocenes and their application in enantioselective reactions, Pd-catalyzed C-C bond forming reactions, olefin metathesis, alkane conversion (C-H ad C-C bond activation), C1 chemistry, processes inorganic and organic fluorine chemistry. | ||||
Objective | Development of an extended understanding of the (organometallic) chemistry associated with homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic processes | ||||
Content | Advanced organometallic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis. Selected topics include: chiral metallocenes and their application in enantioselective reactions, Pd-catalyzed C-C bond forming reactions, C-H activation, olefin metathesis, inorganic and organic fluorine chemistry. | ||||
Lecture notes | A script is provided. It is expected that the students will consult the accompanying literature. | ||||
529-0199-00L | Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry | 0 credits | 2K | H. Grützmacher, C. Copéret, D. Günther, M. Kovalenko, A. Mezzetti, A. Togni | |
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