School Of Science And HealthBiodevicesWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 300414.3
Discipline: CHEMICAL SCIENCES NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
300418 - Nanotechnology, 300554 - Principles of Chemistry, 300550 - Medicinal Chemistry, 300543 - Cell Biology
Equivalent Units
300890 - Biodevices
About this Unit
The unit will investigate nature’s nanomachines; lipids, DNA and proteins. The students will learn how only a few basic building blocks can self-assemble into more complex structures, which in turn self-assemble into more complex hierarchical structures from which one can build biodevices. These fascinating self-organising supramolecular structures generally involve some kind of non-covalent binding. Particular emphasis is placed on the underlying principles that govern the functioning of such machines and some coverage of the modelling of such processes using techniques such as statistical thermodynamics is given. Biological computing is also covered.