PERIODO: MAGGIO 2017

Il corso sarà tenuto dal prof. S VAUGHAN della University of Southampton - UK

Il corso si propone di illustrare i concetti di base, lo stato attuale dell'arte e le possibili evoluzioni future che riguardano i materiali di elettrici nanostrutturati.
si propone inoltre di descrivere le attuali possibili alternative nel campo dei sistemi nanocompositi per la progettazione di materiali nanoavanzati da impiegarsi in applicazionji nel campo energetico.

Advanced materials are recognised as a key enabling technology that impacts upon many industrially important sectors, including automotive, aerospace, information technology and, increasingly, energy. Electrical insulation is key to all electronic devices and electrical plant and as the pressure to increase overall performance increases, so do the demands that are placed upon the insulation. Since the introduction of the concept on nanometric dielectrics by Lewis in 1994, interest in the science and technology of nanocomposites for use in electrical applications has grown progressively, because of the potential benefits that such materials may bring. This course will examine this current “hot” topic and will consider both the progress that has been achieved and the challenges that remain. In addition, nanocomposites will also be contrasted with alternative means of designing advanced materials for used in energy-related applications.

Content
SECTION 1: Introduction
Introduction to polymers and polymer-based composites
Charge transport in disordered materials
Electrical conduction and charge trapping in polymers – experiment and simulation

SECTION 2: Dielectric Nanocomposites
The energy landscape – the drive for new insulation systems
Current materials
Nanocomposites – preparation and characterisation
Dielectric properties of materials
Dielectric properties of nanocomposites
Dielectric breakdown and failure
Dielectric breakdown in nanodielectrics
Additional requirements

SECTION 3: Alternative strategies to advanced materials
Thermosetting polymers – property control through designer network architectures
Molecular architecture, crystallization, morphology and properties of thermoplastics
Designing properties at the nano-scale through molecular self-assembly
Conducting polymers – from monomers to macroscopic conduction


CALENDARIO

Il corso si terrà in Aula 17 nei seguenti giorni/orari:

- lunedì 29 maggio 2017: 9.00 - 12 e 14.30 - 16.30
- martedì 30 maggio 2017: 9.00 - 12 e 14.30 - 16.30
- mercoledì 31 maggio 2017: 9.00 - 12 e 14.30 - 16.30
- giovedì 1 giugno 2017: 9.00 - 12 e 14.30 - 16.30