Topic outline

  • Welcome to the Course

    Welcome to teachign sessions via ZOOM
     (ZOOM Sessions).
    You can find the passcode from Announcement email from Monday 13th September
    (also found from the bottom this front page).


    This is an introductory course for nanomaterials and the topics include for example stability, synthesis of nanomaterials, and material properties at nanoscale. The course includes also a compulsory Science Project done in small groups.

    In Autumn 2021, all Lectures and Science Project Sessions are online (ZOOM Sessions)
    while Exercises are on Hybrid Mode (Face-to-Face and ZOOM Sessions available).
    Review Session (THU 21st October) is only online (ZOOM Sessions).


    STUDY PERIOD I: Lectures and Exercises are only in this period (no compulsory attendance to any of these sessions)
    Exam (option 1): 25th October


    STUDY PERIOD II: Science Project is only in this period, 
    (compulsory attendance:     one of the Science Project Video Sessions A-C)
    Exam (option 2): 14th December


    NANOMATERIALS COURSE MATERIALS (and for exam)
    1. M.F. Ashby, P.J. Ferreira, D.L. Schodek: Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology and Design - An Introduction for Engineers and Architects, Elsevier 2009.  
      Elsevier E-kirja/E-book, pp. 177-239, 257-290.
    2. G. Cao, Y. Wang: Nanostructures and Nanomaterials - Synthesis, Properties and Applications, World Scientific 2004.  
      Knovel E-kirja/E-book, pp. 26-42, 205-208, 238-249.
    3. A. K. Geim, K. S. Novoselov, The rise of graphene, 
      Nature Materials 6 (2007) 183-191.  
      https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1849         ONLY pp. 183-186 and 189-191.
    4. H. Hu, D. Li, Y. Gao, L. Mu, Q. Zhou, Knowledge gaps between nanotoxicological research and nanomaterial safety,
      Environment International       94 (2016) 8–23. 
      http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2016.05.001  ONLY chapters 1-3.

    Read before Nanotoxicity lecture (but not for exam):

    Li et al., Adv. Mater. 20 (2008) 138–142. http://bib.fi/um4rVQ

    Connor et al., Small 1 No. 3 (2005) 325 –327 http://bib.fi/gMQCjQ