Bio-Nanotechnology detailed Syllabus for Nano Technology (Nano), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
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Course Learning Objectives:
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Module-1
FUNCTIONAL PRINCIPLES OF BIO-NANOTECHNOLOGY Basic terms; Features and functions of DNA, RNA, and Artificial nucleic acids; Bio-nanotechnology and nano-biotechnology; Information driven nano-assembly: genetic information transfer, construction of proteins, storage of information; Energetics: approaches for powering chemical reactions, light dependent and independent reactions, electron carriers, storage of energy; Chemical transformations: reduction of entropy, chemical stabilization, specialized chemical tools; Biomaterials: introduction, biomineralization, biocompatibility and biopolymers, use of biomaterials; Self-replication; Machine-phase bio-nanotechnology.
Module-2
STRUCTURAL PRINCIPLES OF BIO-NANOTECHNOLOGY Introduction; Natural bio-nanomachinery and specific environment; Strategies of construction of nanomachines: sequential covalent synthesis, covalent polymerization, self-organizing synthesis, and selfassembly; Biomolecular structure and stability: covalent bonds, dispersion and repulsion forces, hydrogen bonds, electrostatic interactions, and hydrophobic effects; Protein folding: Introduction, globular proteins, chaperons, stability, rigidity and disorder; Self-assembly: design principles, point group symmetries (cyclic, dihedral, and cubic), translational symmetry (line symmetry, plane symmetry, and space group symmetry), quasi-symmetry, crowded conditions; Self organization: introduction, self-organization of lipids; Molecular recognition: introduction, Crane principles. Flexibility and design of bio-nanomachines.
Module-3
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Module-4
BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS Medical diagnostics: targeted and sustained drug delivery; Transdermal drug release; Nanoscale device for drug delivery; Nano-medicine and nano-surgery: Respirocytes and Microbivores, Surgical nanorobotics, nanorobotics advantages and disadvantages; Nanobased therapy of cancer; nanopathology; nanosurgery; Applications of DNA based bionanotechnology; Biosensors: antibodies, detection of glucose level, detection of specific DNA sequences; Medical imaging techniques: MRI, Ultrasound imaging.
Module-5
BIO-NANOTECHNOLOGY: TODAY AND THE FUTURE Basic capabilities: simplification of natural proteins, design of proteins, construction of protein with nonnatural amino acids, peptide nucleic acids; Nanomedicine: computer aided drug design, immunotoxins, Liposomes as vesicles, Artificial blood, Gene therapy, personalized medicine; Biomolecular sensing: smell and taste, light, motion, chemical gradients; A Timetable for bionanotechnology; Lessons for Molecular Nanotechnology; Case Studies: Nanotube synthesis, A general nanoscale assembler, Nanosurveillance.
Course Outcomes:
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Question Paper Pattern:
- The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks. Each full question consisting of 16 marks.
- There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub question covering all the topics under a module.
Text Books:
- Bionanotechnology – Global Prospects David E. Reisner Taylor & Francis Group, LLC First Edition, 2009
- Applications of Bio- Nanotechnology Dr. Prasad P. Embrandiri LAP-Lambert Academic Publishing, Mauritius. ISBN: 978-613-9-81794-8 First Edition, 2018
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