2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
Organic Materials Laboratory I
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Syuichi Akasaka / Minoru Ashizawa / Takashi Iwahashi / Tadashi Kawamoto / Keiichi Kuboyama / Shun Omagari / Massimilia Zamengo / Atsushi Isobe / Kan Hatakeyama
- Class Format
- Experiment (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-8 Mon / 5-8 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MAT.P350
- Number of credits
- 002
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Apr 3, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Understanding the principle of experiments and the obtained meanings of the properties by the experiments is essential in material science and engineering. The learning of fundamental skills of chemical and physical measurement operation is required for the correct and safe experiments. In this experiment course, the following topics will be covered: application of finite difference method for numerical analysis of heat transfer, comparative analysis of numerical results with direct temperature measurements and heat transfer visualization using an infrared camera; leaning basic techniques for organic synthesis and characterization methods of organic molecules for structural determination; synthesis of functional molecular materials and evaluation of their electronic properties.
The aims of this course are to make students get the basics for organic and polymeric materials through the learning of experimental operations, principles and comparison between the theoretical and experimental data, in order to improve their skills and understandings from the viewpoints of general education covering the wide area from the basics to the advanced research of science and engineering.
Additionally, the number of students may be restricted due to the limitation of a laboratory space. The learning quarters and orders could be also changed. Students can learn whole themes in Experiments of Organic and Polymeric Materials I, II and III in a different order, by taking all courses of Experiments of Organic and Polymeric Materials at 1st, 3rd and 4th quarters.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. acquire fundamental skills of chemical and physical measurement operations,
2. understand the chemical reactions and analysis,
3. understand the meanings of measured properties and their principles,
4. understand the relation between the conditions of sample preparation and their properties,
5. understand the experimental methods, data analysis and discussion based on obtained data, and learning the basics for more advanced experiments.
Keywords
Organic and polymeric materials, material engineering, experiment, operation of chemical experiment, analysis method, property measurement, numerical calculation
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Students work in teams throughout this course and conduct a series of experimental themes. The learning quarters and orders could be also changed. Students can learn whole themes in Experiments of Organic and Polymeric Materials I, II and III in a different order, by taking all courses of Experiments of Organic and Polymeric Materials at 1st, 3rd and 4th quarters. Written reports must be submitted by designated dates. Students must read the experiment textbook before the start of each experiment to ensure safety and smooth running.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | General Guidance | Explanation of precautions, grouping, schedule, reports, etc. for the experiment. |
| Class 2 | Thermal properties of polymers (4 sessions) 1: Direct measurement of thermal conductivity and specific heat capacity. Indirect determination of thermal diffusivity | Comparison of thermal properties using different methods and sensors. Numerical analysis of results using a finite difference method and calculation of uncertainty. |
| Class 3 | Thermal properties of polymers (2/4) | Introduction to the use of infrared sensor for visualization of temperature change. Direct measurement of thermal diffusivity using flash method and infrared sensor |
| Class 4 | Thermal properties of polymers (3/4) | Measurements of time-dependent temperature change in polymeric materials and comparison with the results of one-dimensional numerical analysis |
| Class 5 | Thermal properties of polymers (4/4) | Direct measurement of thermal diffusivity using a temperature modulation technique |
| Class 6 | Introduction to organic electronics（4 sessions) | Learning basic techniques for organic synthesis. Learning characterization methods of organic molecules for structural determination. |
| Class 7 | Introduction to organic electronics (2/4) | Iodination of alcohol group |
| Class 8 | Introduction to organic electronics (3/4) | Coupling reaction to form thiophene derivatives |
| Class 9 | Introduction to organic electronics (4/4) | Basic purification and characterization methods for organic molecules |
| Class 10 | Friedel-Crafts acylation and electronic properties of π-conjugated compounds (4 sessions) 1： Friedel-Crafts acylation | Day 1: Friedel-Crafts acylation of π-conjugated compound |
| Class 11 | Friedel-Crafts acylation and electronic properties of π-conjugated compounds (2/4) 2: Purificaiton by column chromatography | Day 2: Purification of crude compounds by column chromatography |
| Class 12 | Friedel-Crafts acylation and electronic properties of π-conjugated compounds (3/4) 3: Identification of organic compounds | Day 3: Identification of organic compounds using NMR and IR spectra |
| Class 13 | Friedel-Crafts acylation and electronic properties of π-conjugated compounds (4/4) 4: Evaluation of electronic properties | Day 4: Evaluation of electronic properties through measurements of absorption spectra and oxidation-reduction reaction |
| Class 14 | Safety education | Learning about safety precautions in conducting research in a laboratory. -Laser -High pressure gas -Waste chemical solution treatment |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 50 minutes preparing for class and another 50 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Full attendance and completion of all experiments are compulsory. Assessment is based on the quality of the written reports and on the status of submission thereof. Students may fail this course if they repeatedly come late to classes or often delay the submission of reports.
Related courses
- MAT.P351 ： Experiments of Organic and Polymeric Materials II
- MAT.P352 ： Experiments of Organic and Polymeric Materials III
- MAT.A250 ： Materials Science Laboratory I
- MAT.A251 ： Materials Science Laboratory II
- MAT.A252 ： Materials Science Laboratory III
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are necessary, but enrollment in the related courses is desirable.