Smart lab concept in modern scientific and learning space of nanomaterials science

Abstract

The approaches to the development of the concept of a smart laboratory are described. The structure of the physical and chemical laboratory of nanomaterials was decomposed. The main work blocks and workflows have been highlighted. It is shown that five connected blocks can be distinguished in the laboratory structure, two of which are purely software blocks and three hardware-software blocks. The main block of such a laboratory is the block “chemical synthesis of material”. Two internal and one external cycles organize the laboratory workflows. It was shown, that the identified workflow distributions and the modular presentation of physical and chemical laboratory of nanomaterials based on the decomposition of its structure made it possible to develop the Smart Lab concept for its future development. In Smart Lab form, the laboratory is much better suited for use in the educational process, since the visibility of the studied processes themselves and the ability to use the data of experiments.