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      Choose your Science Project Topic and Group from here no later than FRIDAY 30th October. 


      Find already some material related to your topic before Discussion 1 in Tuesday 3rd November, 10-12, so that you can ask questions from the teacher of your theme.

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    • SOME READING MATERIAL
      Colloidal Lithography (Prof. Franssila)
      • H.Schifta, Nanoimprint lithography: An old story in modern times? A review,  Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures 26 (2008) 458-480.   http://bib.fi/jkDhBw
      • A.Plettl, F. Enderle, M. Saitner, A. Manzke, C. Pahler, S. Wiedemann, P. Ziemann, Non-Close-Packed Crystals from Self-Assembled Polystyrene Spheres by Isotropic Plasma Etching: Adding Flexibility to Colloid Lithography, Adv. Funct. Mater.19 (2009)1-6.  http://bib.fi/AQjC6A

      Template-assisted/patterned nanosurfaces by EDRR (Dr. Yliniemi)
      • I. Korolev, S. Spathariotis, K. Yliniemi, B.P. Wilson, A. Abbott, M. Lundström, Mechanism of selective gold extraction from multi-metal chloride solutions by electrodeposition-redox replacement, Green Chemistry 22 (2020) 3615-3625. http://bib.fi/nLdLFA
      • P.-M. Hannula, S. Pletincx, D. Janas, K. Yliniemi, A. Hubin, M. Lundström, Controlling the deposition of silver and bimetallic silver/copper particles onto a carbon nanotube film by electrodeposition-redox replacement, Surface and Coatings Technology 374 (2019) 305-316. http://bib.fi/IhZLhw
      • K. Yliniemi, N.T. Nguyen, S. Mohajernia, N. Liu, B. P. Wilson, P. Schmuki, M. Lundström,  A direct synthesis of platinum/nickel co-catalysts on titanium dioxide nanotube surface from hydrometallurgical-type process streams, Journal of Cleaner Production 201 (2018) 39-48. http://bib.fi/DOwEyQ

      Photothermal nanoporous materials for solar steam production (Prof. Vapaavuori)
      • Y. Lin, H. Xu, X. Shan, Y. Di, A. Zhao, Y. Hua, Z. Gan, Solar steam generation based on the photothermaleffect: from designs to applications, and beyond, J. Mater. Chem A 7 (2019) 19203.  http://bib.fi/ozncTw
      • P. Weng, Emerging investigator series: the rise of nano-enabled photothermal materials for water evaporation and clean water production by sunlight,  Environ. Sci.: Nano 5 (2018) 1078-1089, http://bib.fi/45e2fg
      • X. Wu, G. Y. Chen, G. Owens, D. Chu, H. Xu, Photothermal materials: A key platform enabling highly efficientwater evaporation driven by solar energy, Materials Today Energy 12 (2019) 277-296. http://bib.fi/Z6TXZA

      Controlling the Morphology of Block Copolymer Micelles  (Dr. Sammalkorpi)
      • A. Blanazs, S. P. Armes, A. J. Ryan,  Self-Assembled Block Copolymer Aggregates: From Micelles to Vesicles and their Biological Applications, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 30 (2009) 267–277. http://bib.fi/wpdtTw
      • Y. Mai, A. Eisenberg, Self-assembly of block copolymers, Chem. Soc. Rev. 41 (2012) 5969 - 5985. http://bib.fi/52UqmA
      • THIS NOT FOR ALL (only if you were super interested of computationla side): Y. Li, B. C. Abberton, M. Kröger, W. K. Liu, Challenges in Multiscale Modeling of Polymer Dynamics, Polymers 5 (2013) 751-832.http://bib.fi/OtEmaA

      Synthesis of nanomaterial at low pressure (with or without plasma) processes (Prof. Koskinen)
      • J. Etula,  K. Lahtinen,  N. Wester,  A. Iyer,  K. Arstila,  T. Sajavaara,  T. Kallio,  U. Helmersson,  J. Koskinen, Room‐Temperature Micropillar Growth of Lithium–Titanate–Carbon Composite Structures by Self‐Biased Direct Current Magnetron Sputtering for Lithium Ion Microbatteries, Adv. Funct. Mater. 29 (2019) 1904306. http://bib.fi/Ii3GiQ
      • M.T. Swihart, Vapor-phase synthesis of nanoparticles, Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science 8 (2003) 127–133. http://bib.fi/WAkPug
      • R. P. Chaukulkar, K. de Peuter, P. Stradins, S. Pylypenko, J. P. Bell, Y. Yang, S. Agarwal, Single-Step Plasma Synthesis of Carbon-Coated Silicon Nanoparticles, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 6 (2014) 19026–19034. http://bib.fi/YJY5bw
      • K. Ostrikov, I. Levchenko, S. Xu, S.Y. Huang, Q.J. Cheng, J.D. Long, M. Xu,  Self-assembled low-dimensional nanomaterials via low-temperature plasma processing, Thin Solid Films 516 (2008) 6609–6615. http://bib.fi/n22zFA

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