Master degree program
Chemical Physics

Chemical Physics

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Natural Science

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

LO 1. Formulate modern ideas about the relationship between the composition, structure and properties of materials, including composite materials, as well as changes occurring during combustion processes;
LO 2. Systematize modern theories of combustion, laws of combustion processes, explaining the structure and types of flames, as well as combustion modes;
LO 3. Substantiate the choice and applicability of 3D-printing methods and obtaining methods of materials and pyrotechnic compositions, metal powders, composite materials, including nanomaterials, as well as methods for studying their structures;
LO 4. Apply 3D-printing methods, methods of synthesis and modification in a flame to create and obtain structured systems, including nanomaterials;
LO 5. Pursue research using physicochemical methods for determining the structure and composition of materials, including nanomaterials;
LO 6. Apply the theory of combustion to explain the structure and properties of materials obtained by synthesis in a flames;
LO 7. Apply the theory of combustion, the laws of combustion processes, as well as methods of 3D printing, synthesis and modification in a flame to create and obtain structured systems, including nanomaterials in scientific, industrial and pedagogical activities;
LO 8. Develop materials with targeted properties and predicting their service life using the knowledge gained about the structure of matter, the nature of chemical bonds in various classes of chemical compounds;
LO 9. Demonstrate a willingness to theoretically substantiate and optimize technological processes for obtaining promising materials and the production of new products from them, taking into account the consequences for society, the economy and the environment;
LO 10. Conduct a comparative analysis of the most rational, economically and environmentally sound methods of obtaining materials and pyrotechnic compositions of various chemical structure and composition;
LO 11. Apply in practice professional and personal qualities that provide ample opportunities for self-realization in the latest fields of knowledge, the most significant areas of professional activity and social life;
LO 12. Organize the work of teams and investigators, independently assume social and ethical obligations.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Chemical Physics
Speciality Code
7M05320
Faculty
Chemistry and Chemical Technology

disciplines

Additive manufacturing
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline: to form the ability to apply additive and innovative technologies to create 3D-objects and materials. The training course forms a theoretical and practical base on the principles of the development of 3D objects and materials. The discipline is aimed at studying modern methods of 3D printing, such as powder, inkjet; their advantages and disadvantages, the main areas of application, as well as the creation and preparation of a 3D model of the object.

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to acquire and improve competencies by international standards of foreign language education and to communicate in an intercultural, professional, and scientific environment. A master's student must integrate new information, understand the organization of languages, interact in society, and defend his point of view.

History and Philosophy of Science
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: Understanding of modern philosophy as a system of scientific knowledge, including worldview in rational-theoretical comprehension. The discipline includes aspects of the evolution and development of scientific thinking, historical moments, the contribution of scientists and scientific schools to the formation of science, and ethical and social aspects of scientific activity.

Organization and planning of scientific researches (ChemPhys)
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to interpret and generalize techniques, methods of conducting independent scientific research. The training course forms the basis for understanding the principle, features of the organization, conducting research work. The discipline is aimed at studying general scientific research methods, organization, structure and increasing the effectiveness of scientific research, issues of finding sources of information, requirements for the content, structure, design of scientific articles, projects.

Pedagogy of Higher Education
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: To provide pedagogical theories and practical strategies for effective teaching in higher education, fostering critical thinking, and academic success. The course explores instructional methods, curriculum design, assessment techniques, and classroom management strategies preparing educators to create inclusive and stimulating learning environments.

Psychology of management
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Formation of knowledge about the fundamental concepts of management psychology for the practical application of the most critical aspects of management in professional interaction. The following will be studied: basic principles of management psychology, personality in management interactions, management of personality behavior, modern ideas, psychology of managing group phenomena, motivation, and practical reflection.

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disciplines

Adsorption and porous structure
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline: to form modern ideas about porous materials and their role in adsorption. The training course forms a theoretical and methodological basis on the structure, features of the formation of porous materials. The discipline is aimed at studying porous materials, adsorption, and its relationship with the porous structure, the mechanisms of formation of the porous structure of materials, the use of porous materials as adsorbents and catalyst carriers.

Advanced chemical physics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to assess the role of chemical physics in the study of the composition of matter, the structure of chemical compounds and the mechanism of chemical transformation. The training course forms a theoretical and methodological basis on the current level and problems of the theoretical description of the most important elementary processes. The discipline is devoted to the study of physical methods and physical theories for the study and description of chemical reactions.

Burning of powder materials in pyrotechnic compositions
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the study of the structure, properties, laws of combustion and features of the methods for the production of powder energy-saturated materials used in pyrotechnic compositions. Upon successful completion of the discipline, undergraduates should be able to: 1. To form a systematic knowledge of the principles and laws that determine the structure and properties of energy-saturated powder materials; 2. Interpret the physicochemical principles and laws of the combustion process of powdered energy-saturated materials; 3. To form the ability to scientific analysis of modern technologies for producing energy-saturated materials with desired properties in industrial production; 4. To use methods of modification of energy-saturated powder materials to increase the efficiency of their use in pyrotechnic compositions and products. Are being considered the methods of production of powder materials, the methods of modification of powder materials, the processes of agglomeration and corrosion of powder materials, the physical and chemical foundations of the combustion and explosion processes, the mechanism of ignition and combustion of powdered metals, the combustion mechanisms of pyrotechnic compositions, the laws of ignition and combustion of metal particles, combustion in a closed volume are considered , heterogeneous combustion of condensed particles in an active high-temperature flow, modern methods for studying the processes of ignition and combustion of powder materials.

Carbon Nanomaterials
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - To form a holistic systematic understanding of the main physicochemical methods of synthesis and research of carbon nanomaterials. The classification and methods of obtaining carbon nanostructures, methods of studying carbon nanostructures (fullerenes, graphenes, soot, carbon nanotubes): diffraction, microscopic, spectroscopic are considered.

Chemical physics and kinetics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to describe chemical phenomena in terms of the fundamental laws of physics. The training course forms a theoretical and methodological basis on the physical laws governing the structure and transformation of chemicals. Quantum mechanical behavior of chemical reactions, spectroscopic methods, laws of molecular physics, condensed matter physics, atomic physics, quantum mechanics, modeling of molecular processes are considered.

Chemical physics of solid
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to solve practical problems in the field of solid state chemistry. The course forms the theoretical and methodological basis of scientific concepts for describing the structure, properties and reactivity of solids. The discipline is devoted to the study of thermal motion, diffusion and the peculiarities of the kinetics of chemical reactions in solids and intense physical effects on solids.

Chemical physics of the formation of nanoparticles and nanosystems
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to understand and argue the physicochemical processes of the formation of nanoparticles and nanosystems, to explain the processes of formation of nano-objects based on the laws and theories of chemical physics. Upon successful completion of the discipline, master students should be able to: 1. To interpret the fundamentals of physicochemical processes leading to the formation of nanoparticles and nanosystems; 2. Generate systematic knowledge about the role of thermodynamic and kinetic parameters on the process of formation of nanoparticles and nanosystems; 3. Use in practice the methods for producing nanomaterials and nanostructures using the basic laws of chemical physics; 4. Conceptualize the conclusions about the role of dimensional parameters on the process of formation of nanoparticles and nanosystems using modern advances in chemical physics. In this discipline, the following aspects are considered: geometric, electronic structure and reactivity of nanomaterials; growth activity of nanostructures and the dependence of activity on the composition, size, shape and method of producing nanostructures; analysis of the conditions for the formation of nanostructures of a certain shape, the energy and geometric parameters of the matrix, contributing to the formation of nanostructures and nanosystems; electrical properties and charge transfer in nano-objects; nanothermodynamics; plasma methods for producing nanoparticles and nanosystems; ionization processes in flames, the role of intermediate combustion products; the relationship between the mechanisms of formation of PAH, soot and fullerenes; the influence of external energy influences on the formation of nanoparticles and nanosystems.

Combustion of metal powders
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline: to form the ability to evaluate the ignition and combustion of metal powders used in pyrotechnic compositions and to improve the efficiency of fuel combustion. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis of powder technology. The discipline is aimed at studying the laws of combustion in air and energy condensed systems of nanopowders and coarse metal powders and their mixtures with additives.

Composite materials and structures
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form theoretical knowledge and professional competence in the field of technology for obtaining composite materials. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis of composite materials and structures. The discipline is aimed at studying the structures of composite materials, the classification of composites into classes (layered, fibrous, dispersion-strengthened, radio-transparent, etc.), the physical properties of the composite, as well as the practical application of composite materials.

Computer modeling of processes of obtaining nanomaterials and nanostructures in plasma chemical reactors
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to simulate the production of nanomaterials and nanostructures in plasma-chemical reactors. Discipline is aimed at developing the skills of modeling the processes of obtaining nanomaterials in plasma-chemical reactors. The following questions are considered: the main structural components of plasma-chemical reactors; methods for monitoring the operation of plasma-chemical reactors: the possibility of compiling technological lines using plasma-chemical reactors for the synthesis of nanomaterials and nanostructures; main mechanisms of assembly of nano-objects in plasma-chemical reactors.

Computer modeling of synthesis of nanomaterials in plasma
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to evaluate the solution of problems in mathematical and computer simulation of the synthesis of nanomaterials in a nonequilibrium plasma. Discipline aims to develop skills through computer simulation. The following questions are considered: mathematical models, regarding the assembly of nanostructures; famous computer programs for modeling the assembly processes of various nanostructures; kinetic aspects of plasma-chemical synthesis; quantum chemical calculation methods.

Kinetics of chain processes
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form theoretical knowledge and professional competence in the field of theoretical foundations of the occurrence of combustion of combustible substances, types and theories of combustion. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis for the classification and theory of combustion. The discipline is aimed at studying the physical and chemical foundations of combustion processes.

Materials science and technology of promising materials
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline: to form the ability to use modern concepts of materials science in analyzing the effect of micro- and nano-scale on the properties of materials. The training course forms the ability to solve modern problems of obtaining new materials. The discipline is devoted to the study of the properties of various groups of modern and advanced materials, technological methods of production of various groups of materials, modern technologies for processing new materials.

Modern polymer composite materials
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to understand the physicochemical essence of the processes of obtaining polymer composite materials. The training course forms the theoretical basis for the development of polymer composite materials. The discipline is aimed at studying the structure, classification, properties and technology of obtaining composite materials, principles of creating polymer composite materials, filled, types of polymer composite materials: filled polymers, polymer mixtures, foamed polymers.

Physics and chemistry of combustion
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline: to form the ability to describe and interpret the thermal and chain mechanisms of combustion, to use modern theories of combustion in solving professional problems. The training course forms the ability to solve modern scientific and technological problems of the use of combustible substances. The discipline is aimed at studying the phenomenology of combustion, flame front in theories of combustion, types and modes of combustion.

Pyrotechnic technology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to apply the theory of combustion to calculate and classify the properties of pyrotechnic substances. The training course forms theoretical and practical skills in the application of combustion laws in the field of pyrotechnics. The discipline is aimed at studying the foundations of the theory of pyrotechnics, the selection of raw materials and auxiliary materials for the production of pyrotechnic products, general requirements for the scheme of production of pyrotechnic products.

Pyrotechnics in the modern world science and industry
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to assess the role of pyrotechnic compositions in the modern world science and production. The training course forms the theoretical and practical basis for the creation of new types of pyrotechnic compositions, taking into account world practice. The discipline is aimed at studying: general properties of pyrotechnic compositions and components, new pyrotechnics existing in modern world science and practice.

The carbon nanostructured materials on the basis of vegetable raw materials
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to analyze the problems of the development of nanotechnology related to obtaining new materials based on plant materials. Discipline is aimed at developing undergraduates skills in the field of nanostructured materials based on plant materials. The following are considered: synthesis, morphological features and properties of carbon nanomaterials based on vegetable raw materials; types of nanoporous materials; methods for preparing membranes, sorbents and catalysts.

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INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Aim оf discipline: formation of the ability to carry out educational activities in universities, to design the educational process and conduct certain types of training sessions using innovative educational technologies.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Data for 2021-2024 years