Course
NANOTECHNOLOGIES
NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
1st semester 2016-2017

 

Prior background: please note that although this course has no formal precedencies, the students are expected to have basic university-level knowledge in classical and quantum mechanics, classical and statistical thermodynamics, electromagnetism, chemical kinetics, transport phenomena, and biochemistry and molecular biology.

 

Note: course planning as of September 2, 2016. Subject to modification.

 

INTRO TO NANOTECH AND NANOBIOTECH
A1: Introduction. Scaling phenomena

 

TOP-DOWN NANOTECHNOLOGY: MICROFAB TO NANOTECH
A2: Micro and nanofabrication I
A3: Micro and nanofabrication II

 

TOP-DOWN NANOTECHNOLOGY: MICROREACTORS, MICROMACHINES AND LAB-ON-A-CHIP
A4: Micro and nanoelecromechanical systems –MEMS - sensors and actuators I
A5: Micro and nanoelecromechanical systems –MEMS - sensors and actuators II

A6: Micro and nanofluidics I – Lab-on-chip systems

A7: Micro and nanofluidics II – Lab-on-chip systems

A8: Case studies in microreactors, microfluidics, and lab-on-a-chip devices I
A9: Case studies in microreactors, microfluidics, and lab-on-a-chip devices II
Visit to INESC-MN clean room and demonstrations (expected Friday October 14)

AFM demonstration

 

Presentation P1 (expected week of November 9)

 

SCANNING PROBE TECHNIQUES: IN BETWEEN TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP
A10: Nanocharacterization and scanning probe microscopies I

A11: Nanocharacterization and scanning probe microscopies II

BOTTOM-UP NANOTECHNOLOGY: NANO-TO-MATERIALS, MOLECULAR NANOTECH

A12: Nanofabrication by self-assembly e self-organization  - self-assembled monolayers
A13: Nanomaterials and nanoelectronics I

A14: Nanomaterials and nanoelectronics II

NANOBIOTECH: NANO-TO-BIO AND BIO-TO-NANO
A15: Nano in bio: nanoparticles
A16: Biochips: DNA, protein

A17: Biochips: cell chips I
A18: Biochips: cell chips II

 

Special homework sHW (expected to be discussed in the weeks of December 7 and 14)

 

PERSPECTIVES
A19: Biotechnology in nanotechnology
A20: Emerging topics in nanobiotechnology


Estimate ECTS

1 ECTS=28 hours of academic work

6 ECTS x 28 = 168 h full expected work hours for this course

 

NANO
classes = 12 x 24 = 48 h
P1 preparation and attendance = 20 h

sHW preparation =10 h
~6.5 h/week for study, revision, homeworks, and class preparation