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Introduction to Nanotechnology - An Overview (I)

Credits: 3

Instructors:

Dr. Chang, Chia-Seng ±i¹Å¤É
Dr.
Chou, Chia-Fu ©P®a´_

Outline:

(A) basic Chemistry and Bio for Physics background students
Class hour: WEDNESDAY 09:10-12:00, Dr. Chou, Chia-Fu ©P®a´_
Place: @ IoP
Sep 16 - Oct 28: 2nd Meeting Room, 5F
Nov 4 - Jan 13: Deliberate Room, 7F

This course contains basic biology, chemistry, and biophysics knowledge necessary for the understanding of modern nanobioscience and nanobiotechnology. It is so designed as to lay a foundation for the students whose majors are Physics and Engineering but interested in pursuing research in nanobioscience or nanobiotechnology.

Week 01 (09/16)
Introduction to Nanobio-science and technology
Week 02 (09/23)
Introduction to Micro/Nanofluidics (Reynold¡¦s number, diffusion, laminar flow) (PN Chs. 4-5)
Week 03 (09/30)
Entropy, temperature, free energy, and entropic forces (PN Chs. 6, 7)
Week 04 (10/07)
Surfaces and interfaces (wetting and capillarity) (dG Chs. 1-2)
Week 05 (10/14)
Polymer dynamics (YL Chen) (PN Ch. 9)
Week 06 (10/21)
3rd ISBIE conference@ AS, attendance required.
Week 07 (10/28)
Cells (prokaryotes, eukaryotes) (CF Hsieh)
Week 08 (11/04)
Biomolecules I (DNA & PCR, RNA) (WH Chang)
Week 09 (11/11)
DNA separation (DC & pulsed-field gel electrophoresis)
Week 10 (11/18)
Midterm Written Exam (50%)
Week 11 (11/30)
Biomolecules II (proteins, molecular motors)
Week 12 (12/2)
2D gel & mass spectroscopy for protein separation (YR Chen)
Week 13 (12/09)
Chemical forces and self-assembly (WH Chang) (PN Ch. 8)
Week 14 (12/21)
Surface chemistry and bioconjugation (Chun-Cheng Lin)
Week 15 (12/23)
Biosensors (DNA/protein array, NPs, SPR, SERS, ECM)
Week 16 (01/04)
DC and AC electrokinetics (dielectrophoresis, electroosmosis)
Week 17 (01/06)
Single molecule techniques (mechanical, electrical, optical)
Week 18 (01/13)
Final Written Exam (50%)

Main reference textbooks:

  • Philip Nelson: ¡§Biological Physics¡¨ (2004)
  • Bruce Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell (5th ed., 2007)
  • P. G. de Gennes et al., Capillarity and Wetting Phenomena (2004)


(B) basic Physics for Chemistry and bio background students
Class hour: Monday 14:10-17:00, Dr. Chang, Chia-Seng ±i¹Å¤É
Place: @ IoP
Sep 14 - Oct 26: 2nd Meeting Room, 5F
Nov 2 - Jan 11: Deliberate Room, 7F

This course contains basic physics knowledge necessary for the understanding of modern nanoscience and nanotechnology. It is so designed as to lay a physical foundation for the students whose majors are Chemistry and Biology.

Week 01 (09/14)
Introduction of quantum history
Week 02 (09/21)
Wave-particle duality
Week 03 (09/28)
Time-independent Schroedinger equation
Week 04 (10/05)
Solutions of Schroedinger equation
Week 05 (10/12)
One-electron atoms
Week 06 (10/19)
Multi-electron atoms
Week 07 (10/26)
Time-dependent Schroedinger equation
Week 08 (11/02)
Molecules
Week 09 (11/09)
Midterm Written Exam (50%): questions answer keys
Week 10 (11/16)
Statistical physics
Week 11 (11/23)
Quantum statistics
Week 12 (11/30)
Bonds and structures of solids
Week 13 (12/07)
Lattice dynamics
Week 14 (12/14)
Band theory of solids
Week 15 (12/21)
Semiconductors
Week 16 (12/28)
Electrical conduction in metals
Week 17 (01/04)
Interaction between light and matter
Week 18 (01/11)
Final Written Exam (50%) answer keys

 

Means of Conducting the Course

Lectures and Discussion