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270285 PR Research Example: Estimation of Materials Properties (2025S)

Continuous assessment of course work

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Tu 04.02.2025 08:00 to Mo 30.06.2025 23:59
Deregistration possible until Mo 30.06.2025 23:59

Details

max. 10 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes

on personal appointment

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course offers individual, supervised experiments in the laboratories of the Institute of Materials Chemistry & Research, the Institute of Functional Materials and Catalysis or the Institute of Physical Chemistry. The aim is to use theoretical principles and concepts taught in the Master's lectures of the involved institutes in the experiments in order to gain a deeper understanding of the lecture material. The course covers the entire scientific process: conducting experiments, analysing data and writing a report. The format of the report is specified by the supervisor (e.g. as a ‘communication letter’). The focus of the experiments is on one of the following topics (by personal arrangement) - Translated with DeepL.com (free version):
Particle interactions
Particle kinetics
Interfaces
Surfactants
Foams, Emulsions and Suspensions
Rheology of dispersed media
Elastoviscosity of polymers
Polymer solutions
Glass transition
Electron transport/single molecule electronics
Phase diagrams (experiments and/or thermodynamic modelling)
X-ray powder diffractometry
Calorimetry and thermal analysis

Assessment and permitted materials

- discussion concerning the preparation (if applies)
- assessment of laboratory work
- original protocol/report
- optional: discussion on report
- for report writing external sources can be used obtaining the code of good scientific practice

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

It is expected that the students prepare the experiments by studying the literature defined by the supervisor. The working time in the laboratory is 3 weeks (120 h). A comprehensive data analysis with estimation of errors/data reliability/data quality is expected and a lab report in the format of a short journal article has to be delivered within 2 weeks after finishing the practical part.

Preparation is weighted 10%, laboratory work 30%, data analysis 25% and report 35%. If no literature for preparation was provided the other aspects are scaled accordingly.

Minimum requirement is thorough conduction of the experiments according to the laboratory regulations and a satisfying laboratory report.

Examination topics

literature for preparation (if applies), hand-on laboratory experience, written report

Reading list

Will be provided by the supervisor when defining the individual experiment.

Association in the course directory

CH-MAT-02, CH-TPA-06, WC5, WD1, Processes and Utilization, Green Chemistry 2

Last modified: Tu 28.01.2025 17:46