SoSe 2014 Polymeric and Inorganic Bio(nano)materials for Biomedical Applications
Target audience
Master Program Chemistry (Chemie) and Polymer Science, Course n° 21238.
LecturersDr. Sarah Küchler (20%), S-Jun.-Prof. Annabelle Bertin (40%), Jun.-Prof. Marcelo Calderon (40%).
LanguageEnglish.
Credits5 SWS.
Outline part inorganic bio(nano)materials- Introduction to inorganic nanomaterials
- Synthesis, properties and biomedical applications of inorganic nanoparticles:
- Metal NPs: gold, silver
- Metal oxide NPs: iron oxide, zinc oxide
- Silica-based NPs: silica NPs, mesoporous silica NPs, polyorganosiloxane NPs
- Quantum dots
- Carbon-based NPs: fullerenes, carbon nanotubes
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Surface functionalization of NPs for biomedical applications
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Nanoscale characterization
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Nanotoxicity
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Inorganic artificial biomaterials: implants, scaffolds for bone engineering, etc.
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- Nanochemistry : A Chemical Approach to Nanomaterials. Edited by Geoffrey A Ozin, André Arsenault and Ludovico Cademartiri. RSC Publishing, Cambridge, Second Edition, 2008, ISBN: 978-1-84755-895-4.