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CPE446   Advanced Materials   (15 credits)

 
Year Running: 2023/2024
Credit level: F7

Description

This module covers cutting-edge concepts and the latest information on advanced materials, more specifically nanomaterials. It will include next generation applications of emerging nanomaterials and the key properties underpinning some of these applications. The module will focus mainly on the methods used to produce these nanomaterials both at lab- and commercial-scales. Challenges and methodologies for scaling-up and commercialising nanomaterials syntheses will be covered. Hands-on activities in how to translate a synthesis into a process design will be included.    

 

Reading List


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Teaching Methods

Delivery Type Hours
Independent 111.0
Lab 9.0
Lecture 12.0
Problem Solving 12.0
Tutorial 6.0
 

Methods of assessment

Assessment Type Duration % of formal assessment Semester
Exam 1.0 30 % S2
Other 0.0 70 % S2
 

Teaching methods and assessment displayed on this page are indicative for 2023-24.