CURRICULAR UNIT - OPTICAL MATERIALS I

CURRICULAR UNIT - OPTICAL MATERIALS I

Academic Year: 2020 / 2021
2nd Year – 1st Semester 
Código UC nº 1000012

OBJECTIVES AND COMPETENCES TO BE DEVELOPED    

The curricular unit Optical Materials I aims to provide students with knowledge about the chemical structure and fields of application of inorganic materials in the area of optics.

At the end of the contact time, students must have acquired knowledge in the areas of:

  • - Physicalchemical and Physical properties that characterize the materials used in ophthalmic optics and in contactology;
  • - Relationship between chemical composition, structure, and properties of optical materials;
  • - Deduction from their properties of possible applications of materials in the optical field.

PROGRAM CONTENTS

1. Introduction to optical materials

  • 1.1. Inorganic materials with interest in optics
  • 1.2. Products of Organic nature

2. Chemical kinetics

3. Ionic crystals

4. Glass

  • 4.1. Optical glass
  • 4.2. Ophthalmic glasses

5. Metals

  • 5.1. Metallic bound
  • 5.2. Metals with interest in optics

6. Corrosion

  • 6.1. Electrochemistry
  • 6.2. Corrosion protection

7. Coordination chemistry

8. Chemicals used in the protection contact lens

  • 8.1. Solutions (types, calculations, preparation)
  • 8.2. Solutions for Contact lenses
  • 8.3. Dyes