Advancing Nanochemistry Education

Jul-2015. Europe's leading chemistry journal, Chemistry: A European Journal, publishes our study (DOI: 10.1002/chem.201501042) on nanochemistry education which identifies the requirements of an undergraduate course aimed to educate future chemistry and nanoscale science scholars.

The chemical approach to nanotechnology emerged in the last three decades proved to be extremely fertile.

As chemistry increasingly turns into nanochemistry, and renewable solar energy available in sunlight and in biomass emerges as the main energy and raw materials source available to mankind, effective teaching of nanochemistry becomes increasingly important.

Among three distinctive features, the study includes a suggested approach to continuous learning and innovating in environmentally responsible ways.

Feedback

Online publication attracted immediate interest from many countries. Professor João Rodrigues, Director of the Master in Nanochemistry and Nanomaterials from University of Madeira, Madeira Island, Portugal, wrote to Dr Pagliaro:

"I read with great interest your recent paper entitled “Advancing Nanochemistry Education” and, I would like to inform you that most of the strategies and text books cited in your paper, are also currently under use, with great success, in our Master in Nanochemistry and Nanomaterials. This master, totally taught in English, was created, three years ago, as response to a detected need of advancing training in the field of Nano, but from a Chemistry point of view".

Madeira's Master attracts students from different countries. The third call to attend the 4th edition of this fine Master was opened until mid July.

The Author

A chemistry and solar energy scholar based at Italy's Research Council, Mario Pagliaro leads a research Group whose achievements are reflected in over 140 research papers spanning many fields of contemporary chemical and solar energy research.

He has been often cited for his excellence in teaching and writing.

Dr Pagliaro is the co-founder of Sicily's Solar Pole, and chairs the scientific organization of the international SuNEC and FineCat meetings in solar energy and catalysis science held annually in Sicily since 2011.

Among his 20 renowned books, Nano-Age (2010) has been called by Angewandte "... a perspective about the impact (past, present, and possibly future) of nanotechnology in society -- certainly a delicate topic, but one that the author -- appears to navigate comfortably" .

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