Syllabus for year 2013
Course Information:
INTRODUCTION TO BIONANOTECH
Tuesdays, 6-9 PM
Chicago campus, McGaw 2-403
Readings from the literature: pdf files of relevant publications will be emailed
Possible Textbooks:
1) open access book on the web:
http://www.nano.umn.edu/nnin_opentext/index.jsp
published in 2007 by University of Minnesota
2) Introduction to Nanoscale Science and Technology
Massimiliano Di Ventra, Stephane Evoy, James R. Heflin
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN-13: 9781402077203
3) Introduction to Nanoscience
G. Louis Hornyak, H. F. Tibbals, Joydeep Dutta, H.F. Tibbals
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc. ISBN-13: 9781420048056
Websites:
http://www.nanowiki.info/
http://www.nnin.org/nnin_grads.html
http://cohesion.rice.edu/CentersAndInst/ICON/emplibrary/ICON_RNA_Report_Full2.pd
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Instructor Information:
Gayle E. Woloschak, PhD and Tatjana Paunesku, PhD
Email (preferred mode of contact): g-woloschak@northwestern.edu,
tpaunesku@northwestern.edu
Policies and Procedures:
Class attendance (no more than 2 classes missed).
Participation in class, e.g. asking questions during presentations.
Take-home exam given on the last day of class
15min. presentation on one aspect of nanotechnology to the class
Grading Policy:
10% Participation and attendance
30% Presentation by students
60% Take-home exam
List of classes, assignment dates, exam dates
Session 1
Introduction
Nanoscale fabrication; Nanoscale characterization
Methods for characterization
Session 2
Carbon nanotechnology; Quantum Wells, Wires, and Dots
Session 3
Surface and Self-Assembly; Dendrimers
Session 4
Nanomaterials biocompatibility and biointeractions
Session 5
Nanotechnology in reconstructive medicine and cancer research
Session 6
Diagnostic nanotechnology
Session 7
Cytotoxic nanoconstructs
Session 8
Research examples with nanotechnology
Session 9
Class Presentations
Session 10
Class Presentations if needed
Take-home exam