Porous Nanostructures

Nanostructures
Category General
Difficulty Level Normal
Audience Level General
Description Applications are determined by structures. In this course, students are taught to be informed about structures in nanoscales.
Overview
Structures have a great deal of influence on materials’ properties, and properties leads to find out materials’ application.

 On top of that, in nanoscale, materials are manipulated to reach a specific structure for new applications. In one sense nanostructures are classified as zero, one, two and three dimensional structures. In addition, carbon nanostructures, porous materials, organic nanostructures and natural nanostructures are known classifications.

Booklet
Description
 It talks about nanoporous materials, their classification, microporous materials, zeolites, and mesoporous materials.Finally it talks about colloid crystals, microporous materials, synthesis methods, characterization methods (SEM,…), and applications.
Mental Challenge
 What does “nano” refer to in porous nanostructures?
Quizzes and Activities

Activity: Imagine a composite with nanoparticle distribution, now imagine we omit the nanoparticles and consequently we have voids (pores) in the matrix instead. Explain what the differences in the properties of the two states would be in your opinion.
Further Reading Sources

Porous Nanostructures