Nano biotechnology BIPH 5268E

Course description:

Biology inspired concepts, Microbial production of nanoparticles, Extracellular matrix, Nanofiber preparation, Bioelectronics, Molecular electronics, Nanobiometrics, Biological computing, DNA computers, Natural nanocomposites, Nanotechnology in agriculture, Nanoanalytics, Quantum dot labeling, AFM and Molecular Pulling Force microscopy, Biofunctionalized nanoparticles for SERS and SPR, Nanosimulation, health.

Course Aims:

On successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

To know about biology inspired concepts, nanobiometrics, natural nanocomposites, nano analytics and molecular manufacturing.
To study the properties of fundamental biological units used to create materials for applications in human health care.
To understand how biology can be used to learn fundamental design principles.

Course outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Acquire a good understanding on the basic principles and applications of Nano biotechnology.
Understand the properties of biological building blocks.
Appreciate the plethora of methodology that biology has been employing for ages for creating materials for human health care and safety implications of nanoparticles, Military applications of nanoparticles.