Advanced inorganic materials

Module HAC720C covers "advanced inorganic materials" in 5 main parts. Part¹ is dedicated to general information on inorganic materials, covering structure-properties relationships; particular attention is paid to chemical bonding, the real crystal and the polycrystalline solid; the different classes of inorganic materials are described. Part ² covers ceramic materials (definitions and properties) and their synthesis (raw materials including clays, shaping, drying and debinding, sintering); a distinction is made between traditional ceramics and technical ceramics (synthesis routes for oxide and non-oxide ceramics). Part³ deals with glasses (classification and synthesis routes) and glass ceramics (devitrification and soft chemistry); their properties and applications are also covered. Part⁴ is devoted to metals: properties of metals and metal alloys; metal nanoparticles; and catalytic materials. Part ⁵ is devoted to inorganic materials developed for energy; ceramics (oxides and non-oxides; nanostructured) and metal hydrides are described (properties and synthesis) through several examples and in the context of their applications (accumulators, hydrogen storage and carbon dioxide capture).

Hourly volumes* :

CM: 13h

TD: 7h

• To provide a basic understanding of traditional and advanced inorganic materials through their synthesis and structure-properties relationships.
• Illustrate the technological importance of traditional and advanced inorganic materials through application examples.

general chemistry, thermodynamics, optics, electromagnetism taught in :

• Bachelor of Chemistry
• Bachelor of Chemistry - Physics
• Bachelor of Physics
• Or equivalent level.

• Basic knowledge of materials science

100% final examination

• Classification of inorganic materials
• Relationships between properties and structures
• Traditional and advanced synthesis methods: ceramurgy, mechanosynthesis, sol-gel, hydrothermal, preceramic polymers, 3D printing, ALD...
• Oxide ceramics, non-oxide ceramics (carbides, nitrides), Clays, Zeolites, Glass, Glass ceramics, Metals, Metal alloys, Hydrides

Administrative contact(s): Master Secretariat

master-chimie @ umontpellier.fr (master-chimie @ umontpellier.fr)