FY514: Nanobioscience Systems (5 ECTS)

STADS: 07001401

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.
1st quarter.

Teacher responsible
Email: adam@memphys.sdu.dk

Additional teachers
snv@sdu.dk

Timetable
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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
The science year (first year) must have been attended.

Course introduction
The course treats the central topics of biological nanoscience with an emphasis on characteristic size effects at the nanoscale. The aim is a fundamental understanding of the basic mechanisms and principles governing the structure and function of nanostructures in biological and bio-inspired systems.

Expected learning outcome
At the end of the course, the students are expected to be able to:

• Describe relevant physical effects and phenomena at the nanoscale.
• Apply relevant theory to make calculations on biological nanosystems.
• Describe relevant experiments and characterization techniques.
• Use central concepts related to DNA nanochemistry.

Subject overview
Topics in the course include:

• Introduction to nanoscience
• Size effects and forces at the nanoscale.
• Diffusion.
• The role of water in biology and the hydrophobic effect.
• Thermodynamics of self assembly.
• Self assembly og amphiphiles  and colloids.
• Self assembly on solid surfaces. Adsorption isotherms.
• Langmuir monolayers and van der Waals equation of state
• Supported membranes.
• Charaterization tools for biomolecular interfaces.
• DNA nanotechnology.

Literature

• Israelachvili: Intermolecular and surface forces , 3rd ed., 2010.
• Noter, slides og opgaver som udleveres og er tilgængelige på Blackboard.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
Oral exam. Internal examiner. Marks according to the Danish 7-scale.

Reexamination after 2nd quarter.

Date of exam
The ordinary exam takes place on October 22, 2012
The re-examination takes place on January 25, 2013

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

The course consists of a combination of 21 lectures, 21 tutorial lessons, 8 laboratory exercises and maybe an excursion.
Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in English, if international students participate. Otherwise the course is taught in Danish.

Remarks
The course is compulsory for nanobiosciene students and relevant as an optional course for students in physics, chemistry, molecular biology and medicine.

Course enrollment
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Tuition fees for single courses
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