804023 What you always wanted to know about nanoparticles (and never dared to ask) (in Eng.)

Art
Vorlesung und Seminar
Semesterstunden
2
Vortragende/r (Mitwirkende/r)
Organisation
Angeboten im Semester
Wintersemester 2022/23
Unterrichts-/ Lehrsprachen
Englisch
Lehrinhalt

Nanotechnology is one of the "hot topics" of our time. News reports and public opinions range from hype to hysteria about safety concerns.

In this course we will address a wide range of questions and issues concerned with nanomaterials including their technological and biomedical potential (e.g. battery materials for e-mobility, metal oxides for cosmetics, or fluorescent markers for cell imaging and cancer detection) and the possible impact on cells, organisms and the environment.

• Nanomaterial definitions: natural / incidential vs. man-made (engineered) nanomaterials; differences of nanomaterials vs. bulk materials; Nanomaterials used today
• Investigating on the nano scale: Methods and technologies for characterization of ENMs (from scattering to spectroscopic methods); Synthesis and manufacturing of ENMs; Fabrication and Functionalization
• Nano risk assessment: Nanotoxicity – a valid term?; Nano risk assessment on selected case studies; Hazard potentials and possible effects of nanomaterials on living systems; Introduction into in vitro cell culture techniques including microfluidic technquies and in vivo animal models for nano risk assessment; Exposure assessment and modeling, etc..
Inhaltliche Voraussetzungen (erwartete Kenntnisse)

Basic knowledge in food technology, biotechnology and environmental sciences
Lehrziel

After completing the course the students …
- Can describe the special characteristics of nanomaterials.
- Knowledgeable in most relevant methods for nanomaterial fabrication and characterization.
- can present the critical aspects of risk assessment nanomaterials.
- name examples in current efforts and strategies and are able to critically assess the ongoing developments.
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