1.- INTRODUCTION TO NANOTECHNOLOGY
2.- IMAGING AND CHARACTERIZING THE NANOSCALE
3.- NANOSENSORS FOR CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
4.- IMAGING NANODEVICES
5.- NANODEVICES FOR MANIPULATION OF CELLS AND BIOMOLECULES
6.- NANOPARTICLES FOR DRUG AND GENE DELIVERY
7.- MODIFICATION AND FUNCTIONALIZATION OF NANOPARTICLES FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY
8.- POTENTIAL USE OF DNA FOR ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
9.- SAFETY AND TOXICITY CONCERNS OF NANOSYSTEMS
Lab practices
The dates will be announced early in the course.
Practices will cover preparation of liposomes, synthesis of gold nanomaterials, gold nanoparticles-based sensors, design and characterisation of nanotechnology based sensors, and electronics for nanotechnology.