Hybrid and structured materials

Hybrid materials are a new family of materials combining organic ligands that connect inorganic entities, and are increasingly being studied at both a fundamental and applied level.

As part of this course unit, two main categories of hybrid materials will be covered:

• Coordination Networks and Metal-Organic Frameworks
• Organosilicon/carbon materials

CM: 10 a.m.

Tutorial: 10 a.m.

• Provide an overview of hybrid materials by introducing general synthesis concepts (solution coordination chemistry and sol-gel chemistry, etc.).
• Provide an overview of the usual characterizations for these materials (NMR, IR, XRD, TGA, etc.).
• Complete the vision of the solid state by studying the structures of certain reference materials.
• Different categories of applications: gas storage, catalysis, optical/magnetic properties, biomedical applications, pollution control, etc.

• Concepts of coordination chemistry (complex geometry, spectrochemical series)
• Thermodynamics and kinetics of complexes
• Reactivity of the elements in the p block

• Properties of transition metal complexes (optical, magnetic)
• Weak interactions (VdW, H-bonds, π-stacking, etc.)
• Basics of NMR, vibrational spectroscopy

Electron spectroscopy

Continuous assessment

Hybrid materials are a new family of materials combining organic ligands that connect inorganic entities, and are increasingly being studied at both a fundamental and applied level.

Two main categories of hybrid materials will be discussed:

• - Coordination Networks and Metal-Organic Frameworks
• - Organosilicon/carbon materials

The main applications of these materials will be discussed in both lectures and tutorials.

Objectives:

 - Provide an overview of hybrid materials by introducing general synthesis concepts (coordination chemistry in solution and sol-gel chemistry, etc.).

- Provide an overview of the usual characterizations for these materials (NMR, IR, XRD, TGA, etc.)

- Complete the understanding of the solid state by studying the structures of certain reference materials.

- Different categories of applications: gas storage, catalysis, optical/magnetic properties, biomedical applications, pollution control, etc.

Program and schedule:

• Teaching shared equally between:

- J. Long (Coordination Polymers and MOFs): 5 hours of lectures + 5 hours of tutorials

Introduction to Molecular Materials: Chemical Interactions, Principles of Crystal Engineering, Coordination Polymers, and MOFs

Properties and Applications: gas adsorption, catalysis, magnetic and optical properties, biomedical applications.

Concrete examples relating to both synthesis and properties will be discussed during the tutorials.

  - C. Charnay (Carbon/Silica Materials): 5 hours of lectures + 5 hours of tutorials

  Introduction to carbon nanomaterials, in particular graphene and carbon nanotubes: development and applications in biomedicine and sensors

• Sol-gel reactivity applied to the development of nanosilica and organosilica with controlled porosity. Presentation of several functionalization methods and complex core/shell structures. Study of several properties and applications: liquid phase adsorption and pollution control, catalysis, control of optical properties for applications in bionanotechnology.
• Concrete examples relating to both synthesis routes and properties for targeted applications will be discussed during the tutorials.

Administrative contact(s):

Master's Program in Chemistry Secretariat

https://master-chimie.edu.umontpellier.fr/