CROSS-DISCIPLINARY NANOSCIENCE (NTM 805)

Nanomaterials: ceramics, glasses, polymers, fullerenes, graphene, carbon nanotubes, polymeric and inorganic nanostructures, metal oxides, nano-powders, nanocomposites, nano-alloys and quantum dots. Structural properties in nanochemistry: chemical crystallography (introduction to bonding, crystal structures and properties), reactivities of nanostructured materials, physical and chemical properties, processing nanostructured materials. Quantum mechanics: The fundamentals of nanophysics. The quantum nature and construction of atoms, molecules and nanoparticles. Structural properties in nanophysics. Crystallography of nanostructured materials, physical and chemical properties of nanoparticles and interfaces, processing of nanostructured materials. Biological chemistry: Bonds, acids and bases, chemical reactions, enzymes. Macromolecules: Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids. Cells and house-keeping functions: Cell structure and metabolic processes.

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