Students are strongly advised to have completed the subjects Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, Introduction to the design of medical instrumentation, Signals and systems and Introduction to Biomaterials.

The students will learn the basic principles of nanotechnology applied to biomedical problems in lectures and team work activities on reviewing of articles and practices in the laboratory. The course will focus on the design of devices based on nanotechnologies and the preparation of nanoparticles. It will also address the clinical application of these technologies in diagnosis (including imaging) and therapy, and its application in biomedicine. Students will familiarize themselves with the main techniques for the synthesis, characterization and biofunctionalization of the most common nanomaterials and their use in biometric devices or as contrast agents for diagnosis and therapy.

1.- INTRODUCTION TO NANOTECHNOLOGY 2.- CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES 3.- BIOCONJUGATION TECHNIQUES 4.- ORGANIC AND INORGANIC NANOMATERIALS 5.- NANOTECHNOLOGY BASED SENSORS AND DEVICES 6.- MULTIFUNCTIONAL PROBES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS 7.- CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE Lab practices The dates will be announced early in the course. Practices will cover preparation of liposomes, synthesis of gold nanomaterials, synthesis of iron oxide nanomaterials and characterisation, gold nanoparticles-based sensors, design and characterisation of nanotechnology based sensors, and electronics for nanotechnology.

Each section of the program will be divided into lectures and practical sessions or seminars. The teaching methodology is based on master classes that introduce the fundamental concepts, seminars in which examples are illustrated in detail, and practical sessions in the laboratory. Students are required to read the assigned documentation prior to conferences and seminars. The lectures will be used to highlight and clarify some difficult or interesting points of the corresponding lesson. The seminars will be devoted mainly to the interactive discussion with the students and to conduct partial exams. The tutoring regime will be published in Aula Global.