Learning about recent advances in the field of biotechnology. Introduction to Bio-Electronics; combining concepts of semiconductor circuits and devices with biological systems such as cells and nanometer sized entities such as proteins.
Topics covered
The course is intended to give an introduction to bioelectronics as a field which becomes more and more important for electrical engineers. The specific goals of the course are to establish knowledge in understanding and designing bio-sensors on the macroscopic and nanometer scales. A discussion of semiconductor devices, cells and other biomaterials, and their combination will be given. This will include advanced processing and probing methods, where the focus will be on test and measurement approaches to bio-systems. State of art devices and new developments in the field will be reviewed. Connections to molecular electronics and nanoelectronics will be outlined. Recent approaches to using DNA-strands, carbon nanotubes, and peptides for building nano-structures will be given.
Person(s) who prepared this description
Blick, Robert
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