Table of Contens

Prerequisites: Undergraduate Chemistry

Evaluation: Examination

Total number of hours: 22.5h (3 ECTS)

22. 
    C202: Nanoelectrochemistry / Bioelectrochemistry
    

Main professor: Jean-Christophe Lacroix (University Paris Diderot, Paris 7)

Dr. Jean- Christophe Lacroix

http://www.itodys.univ-paris7.fr/fr/annuaire-itodys/professeurs/18-lacroix

Objectives: This course is part of a general scientific trend combining molecular electronic issues, supramolecular and biomolecular systems with electrochemistry in nanosciences.

It will describe electron transfer at the molecular level and will show how this knowledge makes it possible to imagine molecular electronic devices such as molecular and atomic size nanowires, rectifiers, switchers and single molecule transistors. Charge transfer and charge transport properties of such systems will be described

It will present several basic supra-molecular systems and their proposed utilization as molecular machines or as switching components in molecular devices. It will show how electrochemical switching can be used in such devices and how nanoelectrochemistry makes it possible to elaborate nano-objects or to understand nanostructured surfaces.

Scanning Electrochemical Microscope (SECM), a nanoelectrochemistry local probe technique based on the use of microelectrodes and more recently nanoelectrodes will be presented and it will be shown that it is capable of revealing the charge transfer dynamic of nano-objects or of a nanostructured surface.

Electrochemical techniques for generating nanogaps and contacting few molecules leading to stable redox gated molecular junctions will be presented.

Another aspect of this course will be the use of bio systems in bio electrochemistry in enzymatic and redox catalytic systems. A detailed introduction to molecular and biomolecular electrochemistry, both in terms of concepts and techniques will be presented, in order to study complex processes and reactions involving electron transfer and coupled chemical reactions, in small organic molecules as well as in more complex biological molecules, like, e.g., redox enzymes or proteins, and DNA. Emphasis will be put on reactivity and analytical and imaging techniques, with examples related to biotechnology, medical diagnosis but also catalysis (activation of small molecules in relation to the contemporary renewable energy challenges).

Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Electrochemistry; Undergraduate Chemistry

Evaluation: Examination

Total number of hours: 22.5h (3 ECTS)

23. 
    C204 : Microscopy for biological applications and organic nanomaterial characterizations
    

Main professor: Dr. Jean Michel

Objectives: The aim of this course is to present (i) the necessary steps to prepare biological samples before imaging; (ii) the usual microscopy and imaging techniques to characterize biological and organic nanomaterials, such as near-field microscopy, confocal microscopy, electronic microscopy… (iii) spectroscopic techniques (EELS, EDXS, Raman, SERS…) dedicated to biological samples; and (iv) the latest development in optical microscopy to improve the imaging resolution

Outline (with number of hours per part)	Lect	PSS	LW
optical microscopy in plain field confocal microscopy, fluorescence and bi-photonic microscopy vibrational spectral imaging Transmission Electron Microscopy – preparation of biological samples (cryomethods) Transmission Electron Microscopy – structural and analytical characterization Atomic Force Microscopy dedicated to biological and organic samples Latest development in optical microscopy (PALM, FLIP/FRAP…)	1 2 1 2 2 2 2.5	1 1 1 2 2	1 1 1

Prerequisites: basics of microscopy technics, basics of organic and inorganic nanomaterials, basics of optical microscopy

Evaluation: Examination and Oral presentation

Total number of hours: 22.5h (3.5 ECTS)

24. 
    C205: Technics for analysis of supra and macromolecular systems
    

Main professor: Dr. Philippe Serp (Ecole Nationale supérieure des Ingénieurs en Arts Chimiques Et Technologique in Toulouse)

Dr. Philippe Serp

http://www.lcc-toulouse.fr/lcc/spip.php?article266

Objectives: The aim of this course is to present the main technics used to characterize objects (size, shape, optic and magnetic properties,…) whose size is in the nm range (colloids, nanoparticles, polymer, liquid crystals, ….). The lectures will be illustrated by presenting examples from literature that take advantages of the different technics to fully characterize nanoobjects.

Outline (with number of hours per part)	Lect	PSS	LW
Microscopy technics: from light polarized microscopy to electronic microscopy (TEM, SEM…) , atomic force microscopy (AFM) Scattering technics: static and dynamic light scattering, small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), small angle neutron scattering (SANS) Thermic methods: differential scattering calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), … Other technics : optic and magnetic properties (UV-visible spectroscopy, SQUID, …)	4 5 2 2	3 3 2 1.5

Prerequisites: Knowledge of the different kind of nanoobject (colloids, nanoparticles, polymer…)

Evaluation: Examination

Total number of hours: 22.5h (3ECTS)

25. 
    C208: Nanostructured materials based on vegetal polymers, development of new composite materials elaboration
    

Main professor: Dr. Xavier Coqueret (University of Reims Champagne- Ardenne)

Dr. Xavier Coqueret

http://www.univ-reims.fr/site/laboratoire-labellise/icmr/presentation,9938,17756.html

Objectives: The aim of this course is to (i) introduce natural and biosourced polymers as host (matrix) and guest (filler) in composite materials relevant for nanoscience and nanotechnology; (ii) give an overview of the methods for the synthesis and the elaboration of nanostructured components and composite materials; (iii) present appropriate characterization methods for studying structure-properties relations; and (iv) exemplify the potentialities of nanostructured or nanofilled materials in various potential domains of application

Outline (with number of hours per part)	Lect	PSS	LW
Natural polymers and polymers of renewable origin: an overview Natural fibers: a multiscale description Nanostructuration in polymers of renewable origin Biosourced nanofillers in conventional plastics and composites Inorganic nanofillers in bioplastics Natural polymers for assisting the formation of metallic nanoparticles	1 1 2 1 1 1	1 1 1	1 1.5 1
Total	7	3	3.5

Prerequisites: Basic polymer chemistry, basic physical chemistry, basic analytical chemistry

Evaluation: Test and oral presentation

Total number of hours: 11.25h (2 ECTS)

26. 
    C209: Molecular modelisation of organic material
    

Main professor: Dr. Francois Maurel (University Paris Diderot, Paris 7)

Dr. Francois Maurel

http://www.itodys.univ-paris7.fr/fr/component/contact/contact/12-annuaire/13-professeur/19-maurel

Objectives: The intention of this course is to provide theoretical background and practical experience in performing molecular modelling using with applications in materials science.

This course is focused on learning theoretical and quantum chemical techniques to simulate the electronic structure and the reactivity of organic molecules. The lectures, problem-solving-sessions and practical exercises (labworks) cover both theoretical and practical aspects of modeling with quantum-chemical methods such as semi-empiric and ab initio methods.

Outlines (with number of hours per part)	Lect	PSS	LW
Basics ideas of quantum chemistry: Introduction to the Hartree Fock method (Part I) Basics ideas of quantum chemistry: Introduction the Hartree Fock method (Part II) First calculations on small diatomic molecules: obtaining the energies and the molecular orbitals; chemical bond – description and visualization basis sets in ab initio calculations The potential energy surface, equilibrium and transition-state geometries Geometry optimization. Application to small conjugated molecules Modeling a thermochemical property: application to the pKa. Modeling a chemical reaction, transition state optimization: application to the SN2 mechanism Molecular spectroscopy from ab initio calculations: vibrational spectroscopy	2 2 2 2	2 2	2.5 2 2 2 2

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge in quantum mechanics

Evaluation: Theoretical evaluation (50%) and practical evaluation (50%)

Total number of hours: 22.5h (3 ECTS)

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