FY514: Nanobioscience Systems (5 ECTS)

STADS: 07006701

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: adam@memphys.sdu.dk

Additional teachers
snv@sdu.dk

Timetable
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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
The 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.
• Describe results obtained in the project work.

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 and nanosystems.
• 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:

1. Project report. Pass/fail with evaluation by teacher. (07006712)
2. Oral exam. Internal examiner. Marks according to the Danish 7-scale. (07006702)

Reexamination in the same exam period or immediately thereafter.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 18 hours
Skills training phase: 30 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 16 hours
 - Laboratory exercises: 14 hours

Educational activities Study phase: 20 hours

Language
This 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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