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2011/2 Provisional Module Catalogue - UNDER CONSTRUCTION & SUBJECT TO CHANGE
 Module Code: CHE3027 Module Title: NANOCHEMISTRY AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Module Provider: Chemical Sciences Short Name: CH380
Level: HE3 Module Co-ordinator: CAVALLI G Dr (Chem Science)
Number of credits: 10 Number of ECTS credits: 5
 
Module Availability
Semester Two
Assessment Pattern

30% integrated coursework from SR and GC

 

70% examination

     

 

 

 

Module Overview
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
Module Aims
To provide an understanding of:-

 

       ·     materials with at least one side in the range 1-100 nm  

 

      ·     how their properties are different from bulk materials

      ·     what applications these have in nano-engineered products

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module you should be able to:-

 

       ·     understand methods of synthesis and preparation

       ·     understand methods of characterisation

       ·     interpret property data

       ·     consider potential applications and impacts on products of these nano-materials and hybrids

       ·         discuss the synthesis, chemical properties and behaviour of a number of immbolized biomolecule systems used in bio-nanodevices

         ·         discuss the application of nanomaterials to improve sensor and biosensor functionality

 

Module Content

Lecture No:

Staff

Topic

1-9

SR

Biosensors overview

 

 

Nano-functional membranes and electrochemical biosenors

 

 

 

 

Smart materials for protein nano-biorecognition: Biomolecularly imprinted polymers

 

 

Immuno-sensors

 

 

Bio-functionalisation of nanoparticles: carbon nanotubes and quantum dots

 

 

Nanoparticle-based biosensors

10-15

GC

Polymer Nanotechnology: opportunities and challenges.

 

 

 

 

Block-copolymers: self-assembly, patterning and nanotechnology applications. Bottom-up nanotechnology.

 

 

 

 

Polymer nanospheres: types, methods of preparation and applications. Shell-core crosslinked micelles. Drug delivery and imaging. Latex nanospheres. Colloidal and Photonic crystals.

 

 

 

 

Photolithography and soft lithography. Top-down nanotechnology. Photoresists, stamping, polymer microchannels and microfluidics. Lab-on-a-chip.

 

 

 

 

Nanostructured organic materials for electronics/optical applications. Combining top-down and bottom up methodologies: the best of both worlds. Electrical ordering. Nanoepitaxy.

 

 

Tutorial

16-18

 

GC

 

Introduction to dendrimers. Classes of dendrimers. Chemical synthesis of dendrimers

 

 

Applications of dendrimers

 

 

Tutorial

 

All staff

Tutorial/Exam revision

Methods of Teaching/Learning
Formal lecture and tutorial sessions
Selected Texts/Journals

Recommended Textbooks:
G.A. Ozin and A.C. Arsenault, 2005. Nanochemistry: A Chemical Approach to Nanomaterials, RSC, ISBN 085404664-X

 

 

David S.Goodsell, 2005.  Bionanotechnology:  Lessons from Nature, Wiley.

 

 

Christof M. Niemeyer and A. Mirkin (eds) 2004.  Nanobiotechnology:  Concepts, Applications and Perspective, Wiley

 

 

A. Mirkin and Christof M. Niemeyer (eds) 2007.  Nanobiotechnology II: More Concepts and Applications, Wiley

 

 

Last Updated
21 April 2011