Educational guide School of Engineering |
english |
Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering (2017) |
Subjects |
NANOTECHNOLOGIES APPLIED TO BIOMEDICINE |
Contents |
IDENTIFYING DATA | 2020_21 |
Subject | NANOTECHNOLOGIES APPLIED TO BIOMEDICINE | Code | 17254208 | |||||
Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
3 | Optional | 2Q |
Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
Topic | Sub-topic |
1. Introduction to nanotechnology | -Definition -Development of nanotechnology -Relation between nanotechnology and biology - Applications - Examples of the different physical properties between nanoscale and macroscale materials. |
2. Drug delivery | -Concept -Sustained Release Technology -Controlled Drug Delivery -Technologies and Challenges -Micro and nanoparticles |
3. Biosensors and nanotechnology | - Definition and classification according to 1) biorecognition element and 2) transduction element - Advances in biosensors by incorporating nanotechnological elements - Biosensors in medical diagnosis |
4. Wearable biosensors | - Unique features and challenges (biological response, biocompatibility and antifouling, wearability, power supply, data acquisition, processing and communication) - On-skin biosensors - Transdermal biosensors - Subcutaneous biosensors |