Hybrid and structured materials

Hybrid" materials are a new family of materials, combining organic ligands with inorganic entities, and are increasingly being studied at both fundamental and application levels.

In this course, two main categories of hybrid materials will be discussed:

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

CM: 10 h

TD: 10 h

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

• Coordination chemistry (complex geometry, spectrochemical series)
• Thermodynamics and kinetics of complexes
• Reactivity of p-block elements

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

Electron spectroscopy

Integral continuous assessment

Hybrid" materials are a new family of materials, combining organic ligands with inorganic entities, and are increasingly being studied at both fundamental and application levels.

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 covered in both lectures and practical sessions.

Objectives :

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

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

- Complement solid-state vision by studying the structures of selected reference materials

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

Program and timetable :

• Teaching shared equally between :

- J. Long (Coordination Polymers and MOFs): 5 H CM + 5 H TD

Introduction to Molecular Materials: chemical interactions, crystal engineering principles, coordination polymers and MOFs

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

Concrete examples of both synthesis and properties will be discussed during the practical sessions.

  - C. Charnay (Carbonaceous/Silicate Materials): 5 H CM + 5 H TD

  Introduction to carbon nanomaterials, in particular Graphene and carbon nanotubes: development and biomedical and sensor applications

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

Administrative contact(s) :

Secretariat Master Chemistry

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