Upon successful completion of this course the students will acquire new knowledge and specific skills on the following subjects and will be able to:

1. Synthesize, by means of various advanced and well-controlled methods, nanostructures and nanocomposites of their choice and to classify them into categories of similar targeted properties.
2. Have specialized knowledge in nanomaterials of special categories (eg carbon-based materials, mesoporous, zeolite and microporous, clays and layered double hydroxides (LDH), ceramics, metals, semiconductors, catalytic, polymeric) and in their various applications.
3. Be able to select and / or produce smart nanomaterials for application in state-of-the-art technologies, such as: Hydrogen technologies, Biomimetic materials and biocatalysis, Biomedical and pharmaceutical technologies.

• Review, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
• Project design and management
• Work in interdisciplinary environment

1. Introduction – Definitions Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology -Nanomaterials classification
2. Synthetic methods for materials preparation in nano dimensions: introduction, ceramic methods (solid state reactions), microwave synthesis, sol-gel method, template method («chemical engineering»), precursor method,
3. Hydrothermal methods, chemical vapour deposition (CVD), vapour phase epitaxial growth (VPE), molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), chemical vapour transport (CVT),
4. Intercalation reactions, Langmuir-Blodgett method, Method selection rules.
5. Carbon nanostructured materials: fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, graphene, graphene oxide, carbon nanodiscs, carbon nanodots, mesoporous carbons, carbon cuboids, hierarchical porous carbons, etc.
6. Mesoporous materials: Introduction –classification of porous materials, mesoporous silica materials (MCM-41, SBA-15), periodic mesoporous organosilicas (PMOs), ordered porous carbons OPCs (CMK-3 & 3DOM/m), metal organic frameworks (ΜΟFs), covalent organic frameworks (COFs).
7. Zeolites and other microporous materials: classification of silicate materials, structure, properties, synthesis, reactions, applications.
8. Clays and layered double hydroxides (LDH): structure, properties, reactions, applications, pillared clays, clay/polymer nanocomposites.
9. Other layered (2D) materials: germanane, silicene, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), MoS2, fluorographene, hBN (‘white graphene’) MXenes, ‘black phosphorous’ κ.ά.
10. Nanoparticles (ceramic, metallic, semiconducting, catalytic, polymeric, carbon-based, lipid-based): classification, properties, applications, preparative methods, characterization, health and safety.
11. Applications forHydrogen technologies: hydrogen storage materials, fuel Cells, water splitting.
12. Applications in Biomimetic materials and biocatalysis: biomineralization, biomimetic principles of materials chemistry, enzyme immobilization on nanomaterials.
13. Medical uses of nanostructured materials: materials for Drug Delivery, Detection, Imaging, Hyperthermia.

Use of Information and Communication Technology

• Power point presentations
• E-class support

Assessment Method

Ι. Written final examination (80%).