802300 Biological nanosciences and nanotechnology (in Eng.)

Art
Vorlesung
Semesterstunden
2
Vortragende/r (Mitwirkende/r)
Reimhult, Erik
Organisation
Kolloid- und Biogrenzflächenforschung
Angeboten im Semester
Wintersemester 2024/25
Unterrichts-/ Lehrsprachen
Englisch
Lehrinhalt

This lecture series introduces concepts, interactions, and methods used in modern nano and interface science in various fields relevant to biologists and biotechnologists. The topics in this course serve as an introduction to the more in-depth courses on biomaterials, biointerfaces, biophysics, and characterization methods used in biotechnology at the BOKU.
Nanoscience and nanotechnology are, by definition, interdisciplinary fields, spanning chemistry, physics, and biology, and relying heavily on materials science. It is integral to developments we now take for granted in applied fields of medicine, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, therapy, and biomaterials, including critical recent topics that touched everyone's lives, such as vaccine formulation, point-of-care diagnostics, diabetic and other biosensors, and cheap, fast DNA sequencing.
To keep up with the rapid development of technologies that biotechnologists rely on every day, and to properly use them, it is important to understand the underlying principles that guide biological materials and interactions on the nanoscale, which includes molecules to cells. Hence, the course is focused on teaching these basic interactions and concepts. While we cannot understand the nanoworld without assuming a physics perspective, this course aims to explain concepts and use models rather than formulas to convey principles, state-of-the-art methodology, experimental implementation, and applications in bionanoscience and bionanotechnology.
Inhaltliche Voraussetzungen (erwartete Kenntnisse)

Basic knowledge in physics, chemistry, molecular biology, and mathematics.
Lehrziel

By the end of the course, students will be able to:
1.Describe and explain how physical scaling laws and surface effects govern the behavior of materials and biological systems at the nanoscale.
2.Interpret commonly used nanoscale phenomena in applications using core concepts from quantum mechanics (e.g., quantization, tunneling, energy levels).
3.Apply colloid and interface science models (e.g., DLVO theory, polymer-mediated forces) to predict interactions in biological and nanotechnological systems.
4.Analyze how molecular structure and surface chemistry influence adsorption, biointerface formation, and colloidal stability in aqueous environments.
5.Evaluate the design and function of nanostructured materials (e.g., quantum dots, nanowires, plasmonic particles) in biomedical and diagnostic applications.
6.Use and critique conceptual models to assess the advantages and limitations of nanoscale technologies in biotechnology.
7.Demonstrate transferable skills in conceptualizing physical interactions and material functions from molecular to cellular scales.
8.Explain and compare key experimental techniques (e.g., microscopy, spectroscopy, nanopatterning) used to characterize nanostructures and biological interfaces.
9.Discuss the ethical, safety, and societal considerations surrounding the application of nanotechnologies in biotechnology and medicine from a colloidal science perspective.
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