- Docente: Fabrizio Bolletta
- Credits: 5
- SSD: CHIM/03
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LS) in Bioinformatics (cod. 0443)
Learning outcomes
To provide students with a basic experimental and methodological grounding to build up nanostructures provided with inherent function following the “down up” method, i.e. using the assembly of molecules or parts of molecules according to the principles of supermolecular chemistry.
Course contents
Nanotechnpologies and nanostructures
Building up of nanostructures: a top-down and bottom-up approach
Top-down methods: outline of the main methods
Bottom-up methods: synthesis of nanostructures through selfassembly of molecular species, synthesis of nanoparticles.
Outline of nanomanipulation techniques and nanometric survey
Molecular mechanisms: artificial systems of energy conversion and information processing; carbon nanotubes
Molecular machines and motors; principles and examples. Biological land artificial molecular device interfacing. DNA involving examples.
From nanostructures to microstructures and macroscopic materials. Present application aspects and future possibilities.
Readings/Bibliography
J.-M. Lhen, Supramolecular Chemistry - Concepts and perspectives, VCH, Weinheim, 1995
V. Balzani, A. Credi, M . Venturi, Molecular Devices and Machines, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2003
D.S. Goodsell, Bionanotechnology: Lessons from Nature, Wiley, New York, 2004
Teaching methods
The course will be mainly based on front lessons and possible class exercises
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Teaching tools
Students will receive the transparencies used as well as any other investigation material.
Office hours
See the website of Fabrizio Bolletta