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Nanomaterials: physics and biomedical uses

Also listed as: ננוחומרים

Nanoscale physics, synthesis and characterisation, aimed at biomedical use. It is a materials course rather than a mechanics one, and it opens the nanotechnology research groups.

Semester
Not fixed
Weekly hours
4h
Counts as
Faculty electives
Interest areas
Miniaturised systems and materials

Comes after

  • Materials science

Opens up

  • Nanotechnology research

What it covers

Topics

  • Physics at the nanoscale and why properties change there
  • Synthesis routes for nanoparticles and nanostructures
  • Characterisation methods
  • Drug delivery
  • Biosensing

Results worth carrying out

  • Surface-to-volume ratio of a sphere

    AV=3r\frac{A}{V} = \frac{3}{r}
  • Quantum confinement, Brus

    Eg(r)=Egbulk+2π22r2(1me+1mh)1.8e24πϵrE_g(r) = E_g^{\text{bulk}} + \frac{\hbar^2\pi^2}{2r^2}\left(\frac{1}{m_e^*} + \frac{1}{m_h^*}\right) - \frac{1.8e^2}{4\pi\epsilon r}

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