FY514: Nanobioscience Systems (5 ECTS)

STADS: 07009401

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: adam@memphys.sdu.dk

Timetable
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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
Students taking the course are expected to:

• Have attended the first year of studies
• Have knowledge of thermodynamics and physical chemistry as well as basic mechanics.
• Have knowledge of topics from Physical Chemistry (KE523) and Thermal Physics (FY525).
• Be familiar with thermodynamic concepts such as internal energy, free energy and chemical potential.

Course introduction
This course will treat the core topics of nanobioscience including principles of design and characterization of specific systems within nanobioscience. The aim is a thorough understanding of important concepts and principles governing the structure and function of nanostructures in biological and artificial systems.
The course contains experimental work, which highlights central topics of the course.

The course builds on the knowledge acquired in the courses Physical Chemistry (KE525) and thermal Physics (FY525), and gives an academic basis for conducting independent studies of systems at the nanoscale including the course Nanobioscience Technology (FY802) and in bachelor and master projects.

In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:

• Give the competence to understand unique size-dependent phenomena at the nanoscale
• Provide skills to theoretically model systems at the nanoscale.
• Provide skills in experimental characterization of surfaces, interfaces and thin films.

Expected learning outcome
The learning objectives of the course are that the student demonstrates the ability to:

• Explain physico-chemical effects and phenomena at the nanoscale.
• Applied theory from the course to perform calculations on and modelling of biological nanosystems.
• Explain experiments and characterization techniques from the course.

Subject overview
The following main topics are contained in the course:

• Van der Waals force and hydrophobic interactions
• Theory of diffusion
• Surface effects, capillary effects and wetting
• Laplace pressure
• Thermodynamics of self-assembly
• Self assembly of amphiphiles and colloids. Micelles
• Self assembly on surfaces. Adsorption isotherms (Langmuir and BET).
• Langmuir monolayers and van der Waals equation of state.
• Introduction to MATLAB
• Introduction to measurement statistics and data analysis.
• Introduction to characterization techniques for biological surfaces and nanosystems.

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

1. The prerequisite test consists of completed laboratory work, which is a prerequisite for participation in exam a). Pass/fail, internal marking by teacher. (07009422).

Assessment and marking:

1. Approval of required lab reports. Pass/fail with marking by teacher. (0 ECTS).(07006712).
2. Oral exam. Internal examiner. Marks according to the Danish 7-mark scale (5 ECTS). (07006702).

Reexamination in the same exam period or immediately thereafter.
Reexamination, exam a): Revisions to the lab reports are completed done during the course.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 16 hours
Skills training phase: 32 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 16 hours
 - Laboratory exercises: 16 hours

Educational activities

Educational form
Activities during the study phase:

• Independet study of the textbook and notes
• Problem solving and repetition of problems and derivations made in class.
• Data analysis and writing of reports based on lab exercises.
• Preparation for the oral exam.

Language
This course is taught in Danish.

Course enrollment
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Tuition fees for single courses
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