Undergraduate Courses at the Chemistry Department

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES AT THE
Department of Chemistry

A student receives his/her Chemistry Diploma after taking and successfully being examined in 23 'Compulsory' courses (C) and at least in 9 (out of 33) 'Elective' courses (E). A total of at least 240 credit units is required. Writing and presentation of a diploma thesis (requiring experimental + bibliographic work) during the last two semesters is also compulsory (offering a total 12 credit units) .

The studies last not less than 4 years. Each year is divided in 2 semesters ('winter' and 'spring' semesters). Each semester comprises 13-14 weeks for teaching and laboratory practice and 3 weeks for exams.

1st Semester

Course Teaching / Laboratory (Hours per Week) [Credit Units]	Brief Course Description
101. Physics Ι (C) 4 / 0 [Credit units: 6]	Mathematical introduction. Measurements, units. Body dynamics. Work. Energy. Dynamics of a system of bodies. Dynamics of a solid body. Oscillations. Fluid mechanics. Thermodynamics.
104. Mathematics Ι (C) 4 / 0 [Credit units: 6]	Real numbers, sequences and series of real numbers. Real functions of one variable: limits, continuity, differentiation and applications, integration and applications. Ordinary differential equations and applications.
112. Introduction to Computer Use (C) 0 / 2 [Credit units: 1] [* Laboratory course]	A short laboratory course on elementary use of computers. Windows operational system. Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel). Drawing chemical structures (ISISdraw). Use of Internet. Chemistry resources and bibliographic reference databases.
133. General and Inorganic Chemistry I (C) 5 / 4 [Credit units: 10]	Atoms. The periodic system. Chemical bonds. Molecules: Molecular shape, interactions between molecules, states of matter. Chemical equilibrium. Chemical thermodynamics. Chemical kinetics. Reaction mechanisms. Solutions. Acids, bases and ions in aqueous solution. Redox reactions: Reduction and Oxidation, The diagrammatic presentation of potential data (Latimer, Frost and pH dependence diagrams). Laboratoty: Preparation of a solution. Solubility and solvation of salts. Colligative properties: Van't Hoff equation. Chemical Equilibrium: Factors that shift an equilibrium. Chemical Kinetics: A chemical clock. Synthesis of the [Cu(NH3)6]²⁺ complex. Job method and Lambert-Beer law. Titration of an acid and determination of its pKa. Redox reactions.

2nd Semester

Course Teaching / Laboratory (Hours per Week) [Credit Units]	Brief Course Description
201. Physics II (C) 4 / 0 [Credit units: 6]	1. Electric Fields: Properties of electric charges, charging objects by induction, Coulomb's Law, electric field, electric field of a continuous charge distribution, electric field lines, charged particles in a uniform electric field. 2. Gauss's Law: Electric flux, Gauss's law, application of Gauss's law to various charge distributions, conductors in electrostatic equilibrium, derivation of Gauss's law. 3. Electric Potential: Potential difference and electric Potential, potential differences in a uniform electric field, electric potential and potential energy due to point charges, value of the electric field from the electric potential, electric potential due to continuous charge distributions, electric potential due to a charged conductor, the Millikan experiment. 4. Capacitance and Dielectrics: Definitions, calculating capacitance, energy stored in a charged capacitor, capacitors with dielectrics, electric dipole in an Electric field, atomic description of dielectrics. 5. Current and Resistance: Electric current, resistance, electrical conduction, resistance and temperature, electrical power, 6. Direct Current Circuits: Electromotive force, Kirchhoff's rules. RC circuits. 7. Magnetic Fields: Magnetic field and forces, magnetic force acting on a current-carrying conductor, torque on a current loop and motion of a charged particle in uniform magnetic fields. 8. Sources of magnetic field: The Biot-Savart law, magnetic force between two parallel conductors. Ampere' s law, magnetic field of a solenoid. Magnetic flux, Gauss's law in magnetism, displacement current and the general form of Ampere's law, magnetism in matter. 9. Faraday's Law: Faraday's law of induction, motional EMF, Lenz's law, induced emf and electric fields. 10. Inductance: Self-inductance, RL-circuits, energy in a magnetic field, mutual inductance, oscillations in LC circuits, RLC circuits. 11. Alternating Current Circuits: AC sources, resistors in AC circuits, inductors and capacitors in AC circuits, RLC series circuits, power in AC circuits, resonance in a series RLC circuit, transformers and power transmission.
205. Mathematics II (C) 4 / 0 [Credit units: 6]	Linear Systems: Equivalent systems, methods solving linear systems (elimination method of Gauss). Matrices: Definitions, properties (sum and product of matrices). Vector spaces: Definitions, examples. Linear dependence and linear independence. Linear span of a space, the notion of the base of a vector space. Back to the matrices, rank of a matrix, equivalent matrices. Eigenvalue and eigenvector of a matrix. Characteristic polynomial of a matrix. Determinant of a matrix. Back to the linear systems: Criteria of solvability of linear systems (the set of the solutions of a system). Linear transformations: Definitions, examples, properties. Linear transformations and matrices. Inner products: Definitions, properties. The length of a vector, orthogonal vectors, orthonormal basis of a vector space. Elements of Analytical Geometry in three dimensions (relative positions of lines and planes, distance between of lines and planes, theorem of the three vertical lines, correlation of linear systems and relative positions of lines and planes).
213. Analytical Chemistry (C) 5 / 8 [Credit units: 13]	Introduction to Analytical Chemistry. Chemical reactions and solutions. Errors and statistical treatment of analytical results. Chemical equilibrium. Equilibrium of weak acids and bases, pH, galvanic cells, Nernst equation, complex formation and dissociation. Acid-base titrations, redox titrations, complexometric and argentometric titrations. Formation of precipitates, gravimetric methods of analysis.
232. Inorganic Chemistry II (C) 4 / 4 [Credit units: 9]	Main group chemistry. Hydrogen. Noble gases. Halogens. Oxygen group. Nitrogen group. Carbon group. Boron group. Alkali and alkaline earth metals. Zinc, cadmium, mercury. Lanthanides and actinides. Properties and periodic trends of the elements and their compounds (Structure, substitution, inorganic technology, catalysis and energy). Laboratory: Literature search. Halogens. Group II. Preparation of NaHCO3 and Na2CO3 (Solvay method). Periodic Table and properties of oxides. Paper-Presentation on topics of interest in the field of Inorganic Chemistry and technology.

3rd Semester

Course Teaching / Laboratory (Hours per Week) [Credit Units]	Brief Course Description
301. Mathematics III (C) 3 / 0 [Credit units: 4]	Vector Calculus in R³. Real and vector multi-variable functions: limits, continuity, partial and directional derivatives and applications. Double, triple, line and surface integrals and applications. Vector analysis: Green, Stokes and Gauss theorems and applications.
302. Introduction to Programming (C) 4 / 2 [Credit units: 7]	Problem solving techniques. Fundamentals of the C programming language. Selection and repetition. Functions. Enumerations. Arrays. Structures. Text files. Binary files. Laboratory: Implementations to problems of Numerical Analysis. Numerical solution of equations in one variable. Numerical solutions of linear equations. Approximating Eigenvalues. Least squares. Interpolation. Numerical integration.
313. Instrumental Analysis I (C) 4 / 2 [Credit units: 7]	Introduction to Instrumental Analysis. Quantification techniques. Electroanalytical techniques. Potentiometry (indicator and reference electrodes, galvanic cells, ion-selective electrodes, applications). Electrolytic techniques (electrolytic cells, electrogravimetry, coulometry, voltammetry, amperometry, stripping techniques). Analytical separations. Two-phase equilibria. Special extraction reagents. Distribution law and deviations. Counter-current extraction. Gas-Chromatography. Chromatographic columns, detectors, applications.
323. Organic Chemistry I (C) 4 / 0 [Credit units: 6]	Structure and bonding. Bonds and molecular properties. Nature of organic compounds. Overview of organic reactions. Stereochemistry. Alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, alkynes and alkyl halides: structure, reactivity, reactions and synthesis. Nucleophilic substitutions and eliminations.
332. Spectroscopy (C) 3 / 4 [Credit units: 7]	1. Introduction to Molecular Symmetry: Symmetry elements and operations, point groups, reopresentations of groups, group theory. 2. Electronic structure of free atoms: Electronic configurations - Spectroscopic terms - Energy states, atomic spectroscopy, Zeeman effect. 3. Vibrational spectroscopy: The harmonic oscillator, determination of the symmetry of IR and Raman active vibrations, characteristic vibrational frequencies for main chemical groups. 4. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: Introduction to NMR spectroscopy, first order 1-dimentional spectra, decoupling, intramolecular and intermolecular exchange. Laboratory: 1. [Co(NH3)6]Cl3 and [Co(NH3)5Cl]Cl2: Syntheses and conductimetric study. 2. [Co(en)3]I3: Synthesis, resolution of the enantiomers, determination of the specific rotation. 3. [Co(NH3)5(ONO)]Cl2 and [Co(NH3)5(NO2)]Cl2: Syntheses and infrared spectroscopic study.

4th Semester

Course Teaching / Laboratory (Hours per Week) [Credit Units]	Brief Course Description
414. Physical Chemistry I (C) 4 / 0 [Credit units: 6]	Zero-th law, temperature. 1st law of thermodynamics, energy conservation. Thermal capacities. Legendre transforms, enthalpy. 2nd law of thermodynamics, entropy. Thermodynamic functions. Stability conditions. 3rd law of thermodynamics, Nernst theorem. Electric and magnetic systems. Open systems. Phases, equilibria and transformations. Solution theories.
415. Instrumental Analysis II (C) 4 / 2 [Credit units: 7]	Introduction to optical spectrometry. Optical instrumentation. Molecular absorption spectrometry and applications (Lambert-Beer law and deviations. Photometric error. Photometric titrations). Molecular luminescence spectrometry. Atomic absorption spectrometry. Atomic emission spectrometry based on flame and inductively coupled plasma sources. Introduction to atomic mass spectrometry. ICP-MS. Introduction to liquid chromatography. Partition, adsorption, ion and size exclusion chromatographies. Supercritical fluid separations (chromatography and extraction). Kinetic methods of analysis.
422. Organic Chemistry II (C) 5 / 10 [Credit units: 15]	Structure elucidation of organic compounds: Ultraviolet, infrared and NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry. Conjugated dienes: properties and reactions. Benzene: aromaticity and chemistry. Alcohols, thiols, ethers, epoxides, sulfides and carboxylic acids: structure, properties, reactions and synthesis. Aldehydes and ketones: nucleophilic addition reactions. Carboxylic acid derivatives and nucleophilic acyl substitution reactions.
433. Inorganic Chemistry III (C) 4 / 4 [Credit units: 9]	Transition metals: Structure and magnetic properties. Crystal field theory. Molecular orbital theory. Ligand field theory. Electronic spectra. Thermodynamic aspects: Ligand field stabilization energies. Organometallic compounds of d-block elements and clusters. Introduction to Inorganic Reaction mechanisms. Introduction to Bionorganic Chemistry. Catalysis and some industrial processes. Introduction to Photochemistry. The groups of the transition elements. Laboratoty: Magnetic Properties: Synthesis of the Hg[Co(SCN)4] complex, determination of its magnetic susceptibility. Reaction mechanisms: Synthesis of the trans- and cis-[Co(en)2Cl2]Cl, study of the isomerization of the cis-complex in methanolic solution. Study of the electronic spectra of the [Cr(H2O)6]³⁺, [Co(H2O)6]²⁺ [Ni(H2O)6]²⁺ and [Co(ΝH3)6]³⁺ complex ions in aqueous solutions.

5th Semester

Course Teaching / Laboratory (Hours per Week) [Credit Units]	Brief Course Description
514. Physical Chemistry II (C) 4 / 5 [Credit units: 10]	Random movement. Statistical description of mechanical problems, statistical ensembles. Thermal interaction between microscopic systems. Interfacing to classic thermodynamics. Distribution functions. Kinetic theory of diluted gases. Quantum statistics, Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics. Black body. Systems of interacting particles. Fluctuations. Chemical kinetics.
526. Organic Chemistry III (C) 4 / 10 [Credit units: 13]	Chemistry of enols and enolates: alpha-substitution and carbonyl condensation reactions. Aliphatic amines, arylamines, phenols and heterocyclic compounds: structure, properties, reactions and synthesis. Chemistry of biomolecules: carbohydrates, peptides and proteins, lipids and nucleic acids. Molecular orbitals and pericyclic reactions (cycloadditions, electrocyclic and sigmatropic rearrangements).
528. Industrial Chemistry (C) 4 / 0 [Credit units: 6]	Fundamentals of polymer chemistry. Homopolymers and copolymers. Macromolecular structure and microstructure. Size and shape of macromolecules. Polymerization reactions. Step-growth, free radical, anionic and cationic polymerization (mechanism, thermodynamics and kinetics). Methods for the determination of the molecular weights (membrane osmometry, vapor pressure osmometry, gel permeation chromatography, dilute solution viscometry and light scattering). Synthesis of polymers with specific molecular weight and narrow molecular weight distribution.
501. Modern Topics in Cell Biology (E) 3 / 0 [Credit units: 4]	Structural elements - cellular organization. Structure and function of a model cellular system. Research methodology. Biological membranes - separative functional double layers. First stair of the flow of genetic information: levels of DNA organization, Second stair of information flow: synthesis of proteins. Cellular organelles producing and converting energy: mitochondria and chloroplasts. Organelles processing and degrading biomolecules: peroxisomes and lysosomes. Cellular fibrils - cytoskeleton. Cellular communication and conjunction. Extracellular matrix. Cell cycle - reproduction. Principles of signal transduction.
515. Chemical Instrumentation - Microcomputers (E) 3 / 2 [Credit units: 6]	Data domains. Systems, units. Input, output, transfer characteristics. Transducers. Operational amplifiers and applications in chemical instrumentation. Potentiostats, galvanostats. Introduction to digital electronics. Counters. Digital-to-Analog and Analog-to-Digital converters. Common digital instruments: Principles of operation. Noise theory. Signals in frequency domain. Fourier transforms. Hardware (filters, lock-in and boxcar amplifiers) and software techniques for S/N enhancement. Structure and operation of microcomputers. Microinstructions. Interfacing with measurement systems.
529. Project Evaluation in the Chemical Process Industries (E) 3 / 0 [Credit units: 4]	Methodology used in the chemical process industries to evaluate the ultimate commercial feasibility of proposed new projects.
533. Group Theory (E) 3 / 0 [Credit units: 4]	Symmetry and quantum chemistry. Valence-bond theory (Hybrid Orbitals). Projection operators; Symmetry adapted linear combinations. Molecular orbital theory. The direct product. Vibrational representations of linear molecules. Symmetry of the eigenfunctions of the harmonic oscillator. Jahn-Teller theorem. Ligand field theory and d-d electronic transitions. Crystal field theory - Fields of cubic symmetry.
502. Educational and Cognitive Psychology (E) 3 / 0 [Credit units: 4]*	Definition and history of Cognitive Psychology. Research methods of cognitive psychology (experimental, neuroimaging, simulations, AI, etc.). Biological bases of cognition. Information-processing theory. Mental representations. Cognitive psychology and cognitive science. Attention, perception, memory and learning.

6th Semester

Course Teaching / Laboratory (Hours per Week) [Credit Units]	Brief Course Description
614. Physical Chemistry III (C) 4 / 5 [Credit units: 10]	Quantum interpretation of matter. Schroedinger equation. Application to simple systems yielding exact solutions. Operators. Momentum, spin, Pauli principle. Momentum coupling. Approximation techniques, perturbation theory. Molecular orbitals. Elements on Hartree-Fock theory. Two-level systems.
626. Food Chemistry I (C) 4 / 0 [Credit units: 6]	Introduction to Food Chemistry. Digestion, absorption and metabolism of nutrients, food of animal and plant origin. Food additives. Water, carbohydrates, lipids, edible oils and fats, enzymes, vitamins, inorganic compounds, non-desirable chemical additives, pigments (natural, chemical), taste and odor.
627. Biochemistry I (C) 4 / 0 [Credit units: 6]	Biomolecules: structure and function of proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. Biological membranes. Enzymes and enzyme kinetics. Bioenergetics. Glycolysis and glyconeogenesis. Citric acid cycle. Oxidative phosphorylation. Photosynthesis. Pentose phosphate pathway. Glycogen metabolism. Fatty acid metabolism. Aminoacid catabolism and urea cycle. Nucleic acid structure and metabolism, flow of genetic information. Recombinant DNA technology.
628. Polymers Science (E) 3 / 3 [Credit units: 7]	Anionic polymerization. Controlled radical polymerization. Cationic polymerization. Coordination polymerization (Ziegler-Natta and metallocene catalysts). Synthesis of polymers with complex macromolecular architecture. Conformation and flexibility of polymer chains. Θ-conditions. Amorphous and crystalline polymers. Thermal transitions (glass transition temperature, melting and crystallization temperature).
629. Organic Synthesis - Stereochemistry -Mechanisms (E) 4 / 0 [Credit units: 6]	Molecular geometry of organic compounds. Conformations of open chains and rings. Stereoisomerism and chirality in organic molecules. Mechanism and stereochemistry of nucleophilic substitution reactions. Stereoelectronics of elimination and fragmentation reactions. Polar additions to ansaturated systems. Asymmetric synthesis. Examples of stereoselective reactions of synthetic importance.
632. Environmental Chemistry (C) 4 / 0 [Credit units: 6]	Environmental chemistry and its sections. Environmental pollution: causes, sources, categories, pollutant transport. Ecological principles and environmental parameters. Dissolved oxygen and pollution from wastes. Acidity, pH and cycle of carbon dioxide. Nutrients. Metals. Synthetic organic compounds. Management of chemical substances. REACH regulation. Oil products and marine litter. Radioactive pollution. Pathogenic organisms. Introduction to atmospheric pollution. Atmospheric photochemistry. Carbon, nitrogen and sulfur oxides, hydrocarbons, suspended particles in the atmosphere.
633. Organometallic Chemistry (E) 4 / 0 [Credit units: 6]	General properties of organometallic compounds. Main group organometallic chemistry. Metal-carbon bond (single, double, triple) and metal-hydrogen bond. Complexes with π-ligands. Oxidative addition reductive elimination reactions. Homogenous catalysis. Metathesis reactions, polymerization reactions. Applications in organic synthesis. Methods of characterizations of organometallic compounds. Laboratory: Inert atmosphere techniques. Synthesis and characterization of [(Cp)2Fe] and [(1,3,5-C6H3(CH3)3)Mo(CO)3]. Catalytic cyclotrimerisation of alkynes (the case of PhCCH)
602. History of Physical Sciences (E) 3 / 0 [Credit units: 4]*	This course is an introductory survey course on the history of the physical sciences from the antiquity to our days. Among the issues to be examined are the study of motion and gravity from Aristotle to Newton, the Scientific Revolution, the Chemical Revolution, the Conservation of Energy, the Age of the Earth and notions of 20th century physics. Moreover, we will be examining some themes in the history of science, such as the Organisation of Science, Science and Religion, Popular Science, Science and War and Science and Gender.
603. Introduction to Pedagogy (E) 3 / 0 [Credit units: 4]*	Course content: Introduction to pedagogy: Milestones of education. New pedagogical trends. Reality: Modern school. Issues regarding child and teen development. Learning: Theories and their impact on teaching. Personality and motives. (2) Design of teaching and school textbooks: Macroscopic planning: Curriculum. Microscopic planning: One-hour teaching. Micro-teaching (practical application). School textbooks: Specifications for critical analysis. Self-regulated study strategies and learning (from school textbooks). (3) Chemistry teaching: The position of Chemistry in curriculum. Exploratory teaching method. Experiment as a teaching method.

7th Semester

Course Teaching / Laboratory (Hours per Week) [Credit Units]	Brief Course Description
Diploma Thesis (C) [Credit units: 6]
715. Advanced Analytical Techniques (E) 3 / 0 [Credit units: 4]	Modern chromatographic techniques. Advanced spectroscopic and typhenated techniques (ICP, XRF, etc). Non-destructive surface characterisation techniques. Thermal methods of analysis. Automated analytical techniques. Immunological analytical techniques
717. Physical Chemistry IV (E) 4 / 0 [Credit units: 6]	Mathematical tools of quantum mechanics. Postulates of quantum mechanics. Symmetries in quantum mechanics. Angular momentum and spin. Addition of angular momenta. Approximation methods for stationary states, time-dependent perturbation theory.
718. Topics in Physical Chemistry (E) 4 / 0 [Credit units: 6]	Entropy changes in irreversible processes. Flux in conservative and non-conservative systems. Mass, energy, moment conservation. Entropy production in continuous systems. Phenomenological equations. Osanger law. Flow procedures. Applications.
818. Radiochemistry (E) 3 / 2 [Credit units: 6]	Introduction and historical overview. The nuclear chart. Nuclear decay modes (alpha, beta and gamma decay, spontaneous fission). Nuclear stability. Nuclear shell model. Magnetic moments. Principles of NMR. Radioactive decay law. Interaction of radiation with matter. Principles of operation of nuclear detectors. Nuclear reactors and nuclear energy. Nuclear medicine and other applications.
729. Physical Industrial Processes (E) 3 / 3 [Credit units: 7]	Introduction to physical processes, chemical kinetics, mass and energy balances, heat transfer, distillation, extraction, crystallization, filtration, drying, etc. Introduction in surface chemistry, kinetics of surface reactions and behavioral models, reactions in equilibrium, adsorption processes of special interest. Study of simple distillation and comparison of laboratory results with literature results. Determination of characteristic curves of centrifugally pump. Study of laminar and turbulent fluid flow, identification of Reynolds number. Study of the diffusion heat in heat exchanger flow in countercurrent. Study orifice. Determination of constants, dimensional analysis. Study of filtration, liquidation using column resin.
7211. Chemistry and Technology of Wine and other Alcoholic Beverages (E) 3 / 3 [Credit units: 7]	World economic geography of wine. Greek varieties of grapes. Composition and correction of must. Alcoholic fermentation. Production of different kinds of wine. Special treatments of wine. Legislation of wine. Brewing, distillates of wine, alcoholic beverages (whisky, rum, vodka, brandy, ouzo, gin and other). Microbiology of wine.
7213. Biochemistry II (E) 3 / 5 [Credit units: 8]	Enzymes: enzyme kinetics, mechanisms of enzymatic reactions. Genetic information: DNA replication and repair, RNA synthesis and splicing, protein synthesis, control of gene expression. Biochemical methodology. Laboratory: Preparation of cell cultures, cell homogenization and fractionation. Isolation, separation and analysis of biomolecules: enzyme purification by gel filtration, SDS-PAGE, enzyme kinetics. Lipid extraction and analysis by TLC, phospholipid determination. Study of glycogen metabolism. Use of restriction enzymes and DNA electrophoresis. Radioactive substrates and radioactivity measurements.
7214. Clinical Chemistry (E) 3 / 2 [Credit units: 6]	Basic principles of laboratory studies. Sampling of biological sampling. Units and range of reference values. Chemometrics and quality assurance in Laboratories of Clinical Chemistry. Enzymes and diagnostic enzymology. Acid-base balance, electrolytes and blood gases and pH. Liver function. Renal function. Endocrinology. Thyroid functions. Mellitus diabetes gonadal steroids. Clinical chemistry of pregnancy. Therapeutic drug monitoring. Tumor markers.
7216. Medicinal Chemistry (E) 3 / 0 [Credit units: 4]	Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry. General approaches in the discovery of drugs. Design and development of drugs. Receptors. Drug interactions with receptors. Enzymes and enzyme inhibitors. DNA and drugs that interact with DNA. Prodrugs and drug delivery systems. Selected drug categories.
7219. Food Chemistry II (E) 3 / 6 [Credit units: 9]	Food quality assurance. Instrumental methods of analysis applied in food. Food specifications. Food labelling and sampling. Food legislation. HACCP. Quality and safety standards (ISO9001 and ISO22000). Laboratory: Food analytical techniques (applied in various basic food), instrumental food analysis, antioxidant capacity of food and sensory evaluation food.
7220. Food Microbiology (E) 3 / 6 [Credit units: 9]	Classification of microorganisms, hurdle analysis, microbial cultures, fermentations, pathogens, food spoilage. Laboratory: Milk and water microbiology, microscopical observation, microbial fermentations, detection and characterisation of microorganisms in food. Fungal control in foods.
7221. Topics in Polymers Science (E) 3 / 0 [Credit units: 4]	Copolymer morphology. Effects of composition and architecture on morphology. Micellation of copolymers in solution. Introduction to integrated circuits (microchips). Optical lithography. Lithographic materials. Lithographic processes. Ion lithography. Construction of materials with defined shapes and dimensions at the nanometric level.
737. Atmospheric Chemistry (E) 3 / 2 [Credit units: 6]	Elements of meteorology, transport of atmospheric pollutants. Photochemical pollution. Chemical composition of solid suspended particles in the atmosphere. Study of photochemical pollution with emphasis in the city of Athens. Anti-polluting programs. Formation of nitrogen oxides in stable and mobile sources. Anti-polluting technologies. Clean technologies. Air sampling and analysis. Methods for pollutants determination in air quality monitoring. Indoor air pollution (sick building syndrome). Methods for pollutants determination in emissions from stable sources. Automatic methods for atmospheric pollution monitoring. Calibration of automatic analyzers. Laboratory: Samplers and samplers' calibration. Atmospheric particles. Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Determination of CO, SO2. Metal determination. Automatic analyzers. Dioxins determination.
738. Chemical Oceanography (E) 3 / 2 [Credit units: 6]	Principles of chemical oceanography. Historical review. Water balance on earth - hydrological cycle. The ocean as a chemical system. Water. Sea water. Impact of electrolytes on structure - properties. Components of marine water. Speciation of the components of seawater. Chemical elements and forms in marine water. Photosynthesis and marine life cycle. Dissolved gases in seawater. Nutrients. Elements of physical, biological and geological oceanography. Laboratory: Purposes and targets of oceanographic research. Sampling techniques of in situ measurements. Determinations: salinity/chlorinity, dissolved oxygen, nutrients (nitrogenous, phosphoric, silicic), chlorophylls, organic carbon). Visit to the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR).
739. Topics in Inorganic Chemistry (E) 4 / 0 [Credit units: 6]	Cluster chemistry: Clusters of the p-, d-, and f- groups. Multiple metal-metal bonds. Synthesis, and characterization, structure and bonding elucidation, chemical reactivity and properties. Metal-organic polygons and polyhedra, metal-organic frameworks: synthesis, structure and properties. Bioinorganic chemistry: Metal ions in biological systems - biogeochemical cycles. Interactions of metal ions with polynucleotides and nucleic acids. Metal complexes as drugs and diagnostic agents. Reaction mechanisms in biological systems. Biomimetic materials, biocatalysis and biocatalysts.

8th Semester

Course Teaching / Laboratory (Hours per Week) [Credit Units]	Brief Course Description
Diploma Thesis (C) [Credit units: 6]
701. Chemistry Education (E) 4 / 0 [Credit units: 6]	1. Learning Theories in Chemistry Education: A. Behaviorism and constructivism, Piaget, Vygotsky, Ausubel, information processing model, alternative conceptions of students, conceptual change. B. Alternative conceptions of students for chemical concepts. 2. Chemistry as school discipline: Α. The history of Chemistry as analysis context and Jensen's scheme. The three levels of Chemistry proposed by Johnstone. B. Macroscopic level and students' difficulties. C. Sub-microscopic level and students' difficulties. D. Symbolic level and students' difficulties. E. Linking the three levels of Chemistry. 3. Teaching Chemistry: Α. Chemistry Curricula. Β. Teaching approaches (applications of learning theories in Chemistry teaching, analogies, concept maps, solving problems, inquiry approach). C. Evaluation of teaching and assessment of students in Chemistry (teaching goals - taxonomy, levels of cognitive skills).
8210. Chemical Industrial Processes (E) 3 / 3 [Credit units: 7]	The chemical industry. Raw materials: oil, natural gas, coal and renewable biomass. Green chemistry and sustainable chemistry. Industrial catalysis: heterogeneous, homogeneous, enzymatic and basic principles of catalysis. Unit processes: Fluid catalytic cracking. Hydrogenation processes: hydrotreating in petroleum refining and for the production of 2nd generation biodiesel, hydrocracking, hydrogenation of aromatics, of renewable resources and of nitrogen. Asymmetric hydrogenation. Processes with water as a reagent. Processes with CO and synthesis gas. Oxidation. Alkylation. Isomerization. Reforming of naphtha. Transesterification for the production of 1st generation biodiesel. Dehydrogenation. Metathesis. Polymerization.
8121. Introduction to Toxicology - Ecotoxicology (E) 3 / 0 [Credit units: 4]	Basic principles of Toxicology. Toxic substances in the human organism (absorption, distribution, biotransformation, excretion). Therapeutic approach and management of intoxications - antidotes. Toxicokinetics, toxicity testing, safety to risk ratios. Toxicological aspects of several classes of chemicals as toxic gases, solvents, alcohols, medicines, hazardous chemicals in the occupational, industrial, and house environments. Toxicological analysis for drugs of abuse, ethanol, doping agents. Cases of Clinical Toxicology (diagnosis and management of acute intoxications), and of Forensic Toxicology (interpretation and evaluation of results). Health and safety in the working environment, hazardous chemicals and occupational diseases and cancers. Toxicological aspects of food safety - food risk assessment. Pesticides. Environmental problems and various types of pollutants. Ecological principles, structure and function of ecosystems. Principles of Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology. Microcosms, mesocosms and field ecotoxicological studies. Ecotoxicological risk assessment and hazardous chemical pollutants. Ecosystem management. Laws and regulations for environmental protection and sustainable development.
816. Quality Control and Assurance - Accreditation (E) 3 / 0 [Credit units: 4]	Introduction to Quality Systems (ISO 9001). Quality Assurance in testing laboratories. Guidelines and criteria for the accreditation of laboratories (ISO 17025). Quality Manual and Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs). Calibration, performance tests, system suitability of analytical instruments. Validation, verification of analytical methods. Calculation of uncertainty. Internal - external quality control. Sampling procedures. Accreditaion procedure by ESYD. Quality assurance in clinical laboratories. Examples study.
819. Solid State Chemistry and Crystal Structure (E) 3 / 0 [Credit units: 4]	Geometry and symmetry of crystals. Miller indices, Bravais lattices, simple structures (fcc, bcc, hcp). Braggs's law, Laue equations, experimental methods of X-ray diffraction. Thomson equation, Compton scattering. Atomic scatter factor, structure factor. Determination of crystal structure with Fourier series, phase problem. Classification of solids (Sommerfeld theory, zone theory, metals, semiconductors, insulators).
8211. Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum - Petrochemicals (E) 3 / 2 [Credit units: 6]	Course contents: Petroleum exploration, drilling and production. Petroleum chemistry. Natural gas. Petroleum refining: natural separation methods (distillation, crystallography, extraction, etc.), chemical conversion methods (pyrolysis, reformation, etc.). Purification methods (desulfurization, etc.). Petroleum products and their uses. Production of basic raw materials for petrochemical industries (ethylene, propylene, unsaturated hydrocarbons containing 4 carbon atoms, gas composition, aromatic hydrocarbons). Reactions for the industrial production of petrochemical intermediates (oxidation, halogenations, alkylation, etc.). Examples (acetone, phenols, terephthalic acid, vinyl chloride, styrene etc.).
8212. Topics in Biochemistry (E) 4 / 0 [Credit units: 6]	Biological membranes - transport. Hormones and signal transduction pathways. Biochemistry of the muscle, immune, nervous and sensory systems.
8213. Topics in Bioorganic Chemistry (E) 4 / 0 [Credit units: 6]	Amino acids. Preparation of amino acids. Peptides. Peptide synthesis (in solution and by solid-phase). Racemization. Hemisynthesis of proteins. Structure determination of peptides and proteins. Phosphate esters. Synthesis and analysis of nucleosides. Nucleotides. Nucleic acids. Carbohydrates. Conformational analysis of sugars. Synthesis of glucosides. Glycoproteins.
8214. Chemistry of Natural Products (E) 4 / 0 [Credit units: 6]	Introduction. Sources. Classification, extraction, purification. Studies on properties and structure. Selected classes of natural products: phenolics, isoprenoids, steroids, alcaloids, natural insecticides.
8218. Food Technology (E) 2 / 3 [Credit units: 5]	Food industry and quality assurance. Food preservation. Food packaging. Food safety and food biotechnology.
836. Chemistry - Management of Aquatic Environment (E) 3 / 2 [Credit units: 6]	Definitions. Necessity for management - sustainable development. Management perception. Evolution of the concept of management since 1950. Principal terms - definitions in management. Waste management: Industrial ecology. Wastes and environment. Management and treatment of wastes. Landfills. Sewage treatment. Basic features, environmental problems, principles of surface and ground water management. Lakes, lagoons, wetlands, rivers, estuaries, ground waters. Laboratory: Program schemes for environmental monitoring. Samplings - in situ measurements. Determinations: BOD/COD, ammonium, heavy metals (Cu, Pb, Zn, Cr(VI) etc.), organic pollutants (phenols, detergents etc.). Microbial pollution. Quality control of environmental monitoring results - accreditation of environmental laboratories. Visits to the Sewage Treatment Plant of Psittalia, to the Landfill of Ano Liosia and to the Factory of Mechanical Recycling and Composting of Ano Liosia.
838. Inorganic Chemical Technology (E) 3 / 0 [Credit units: 4]	Manufacturing processes, studies and applications of raw materials and finished products (energy minerals, mineral fertilizers, construction materials, glass, enamels and pigments). Emphasizes the economic and ecological considerations.
803. Viticulture (E) 3 / 0 [Credit units: 4]*	Morphology and anatomy of vineyard. Pruning. Fertilization. Grapeharvest.

* The credit units of there these courses are not counted in the total of the 240 required credit units.