Syllabus and Teaching staff

Master coordinator: Maria Isabel Pividori Gurgo

M1: Industry and Research in Chemistry: Specialized Topics in Theory and Practice 

Coord. Fina Pons

M2: Chemistry for Specific Materials of Interest in Industry and Research

Coord. Jordi Hernando

  • Solids, Supramolecular materials, nanomaterials, biomaterials and liquid interphases. 
  • Molecular recognition: cationic or anionic species. Neutral molecules. Self-assembly. Molecular devices and molecular machines. Liquid interphases: Langmuir-Blodgett films, micelles, vesicles. (8 h) Jordi Hernando
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: from molecules and metal ions to crystals and superstructures. Inhar Imaz (4 h).
  • Metal nanoparticles, quantum dots, nanotubes, graphenes, fullerenes, liquid crystals. Mª José Esplandiu (7 h). 
  • Materials for Sustainable Energy: sustainable energy, solar fuels, water splitting, hydrogen, CO2reduction. 4 h. Xavier Sala (4h).
  • Advanced materials characterization using synchrotron radiation light. Roberto Boada (6 h)
  • Materials and microfabrication technologies for miniaturized systems. (6 h). Mar Puyol 
  • Nanoparticles and applications in catalysis. Roser Pleixats. (3 h) 

M3: Chemistry in Industry.

Coord. José Peral 

M4: Advanced Chemistry

Coord. Montserrat López Mesas 

M5: Biomolecular Chemistry

Coord. Adelina Vallribera

M6: From Small Molecules to Nanomaterials

Coord. Maria Del Mar Puyol

  • Small molecules: synthesis and applications in molecular biology and medicine. 13 h. Ramon Alibés (7 h), Félix Busqué (6 h).
  • Dendrimers and hyperbranched molecules: preparation and applications. (5 h). Rosa María Sebastián.
  • Computational chemistry in small molecules. Jean Didier Maréchal (4h)
  • Soft materials: polymeric coatings and gelators, Supramolecular structures. (5 h). Carolina Gimbert
  • Organofluorinated compounds: synthesis and applications. (4 h) Adelina Vallribera
  • Nanoparticle and applications in catalysis. (3 h) Mar Puyol.
  • Introduction to EDA complexes. Applications in organic synthesis. (3 h) Albert Granados
  • Applications of small molecules, soft materials and nanoparticles in drug and biomolecule delivery. (1 h). Ona Illa

M7: Internship. 

M8: Master’s Degree Dissertation

Coord. Félix Busqué

  • In the specialty “Advanced chemical research”, these practices will be carried out in a research laboratory of the Department of Chemistry of the UAB under the supervision of a professor who will act as tutor or in a Research Institute under the supervision of a member researcher of staff with recognized experience. The supervisors will issue a report at the end of the stay that will be used by the Coordination Committee for the evaluation of students. The tasks that will be carried out by the students will be the learning and the practice of analysis and synthesis techniques in a research laboratory.
  • In the specialty “Chemistry in industry” these practices will be carried out in laboratories of chemical companies. Each student will have a supervisor at the company who will guarantee the progress and quality of their work and issue a report at the end of their stay. This report will be used by the Coordination Committee for the evaluation of students. Also the student will have a university supervisor who will guarantee the quality of the final written report. The tasks that the students will be carried out will be the learning and the practice of analysis and synthesis techniques in an industrial chemical laboratory. Students have guaranteed up to a minimum of three interviews with different possible companies interested in hosting the student during the development of the experimental credits of the master’s degree; from this moment on, if the student has not managed to be admitted by a company, he will be also responsible for finding a company where develop these credits.