BML860
| BML860 | |
|---|---|
| Nanomedicine | |
| Credits | 3 |
| Structure | 3-0-0 |
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BML860 : Nanomedicine
[edit]Courses of Study 2024-2025 Biomedical Engineering 336Introduction to some basic nanoscience: quantum confinement and its effect; surface plasmon etc. Nanomaterial synthesis including bottoms-up and top-down approaches. The significance of nano size, multiplexing and multilayering. Properties of nanoparticles and its dependence on shape, size, charge and aspect ratio. Interface of nanoparticles with biological systems (cells, viruses, bacteria, in vivo etc.) Techniques used for nanoparticle characterization before and after biological interface. Functional nanomaterials for biological and medical applications: Design criteria and synthetic protocols; Nanomaterials in tissue engineering, drug delivery, biosensors, hyperthermia, photodynamic therapy, etc. Modulating the specific biological response by nanostructures. Nanotoxicology. BMV870 Vascular Bioengineering 1 Credit (1-0-0) Embryology and formation of vascular networking in fetus and adult human body, autonomic nervous system influences, peculiarities of micro and macro vasculatures, the physiological fluid dynamic principles involved, the molecular level changes occurring in normal and abnormal conditions like atherosclerosis, cancers, utero-placental system and various imaging modalities.