Literature
General textbooks for organic and inorganic chemistry

U. Schubert, N. Hüsing: „Synthesis of Inorganic Materials", Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2000

D. Segal: „Chemical Synthesis of Advanced Ceramic Materials", Cambridge University Press, 1991

J. Bill, F. Wakai, F. Aldinger, „Precursor-Derived Ceramics", Wiley-VCH, 1996

R. G. Jones, W. Ando, J. Chojnowski, "Silicon-containing polymers", Kluwer Academic Publishers, Springer, Dordrecht 2000

P. Colombo, G. D. Soraru, R. Riedel, H.-J. Kleebe, „Polymer-Derived Ceramics: from Nanostructure to Applications", DEStech Publications Inc., 2009

Official Course Description
Short introduction to materials chemistry

Silicon: preparation techniques for high purity silicon

Gas-phase reactions (e.g. Chemical vapor deposition, Aerosol synthesis, Spray pyrolysis, etc)

Solvothermal syntheses

Silicon-containing polymers: polysiloxanes; production of organochlorosilanes

Silicon-containing polymers: polysilazanes

Silicon-containing polymers: polysilylcarbodiimides

Silicon-containing polymers: polysilanes and polycarbosilanes

Sol-gel processing

Polymer-Derived Ceramics and their applications (e.g. fibers, ceramic brakes)

Biomineralisation

Semester: WT 2022/23