Lectures: 11 h

Objectives

This course deals with the dynamics and the microscopic behaviour of colloids and more particularly bioactive colloids, such as proteins, enzymes and antibodies. The three first parts are theoretical and provide methods to rationalize and model interacting systems with specificity and catalysis. The last part describes how the evolution of the colloidal science has been exploited to design new health diagnostic devices from the 20th century to the last discoveries and strategies currently developed by start-ups.

Syllabus

Key question that are adressed in this course are:

• How do colloids diffuse in their environment via Brownian motion?
  
• How do biomolecules and colloids react and associate in a complex medium? How can we model the interactions between a ligand and a receptor on cell membranes?
  
• What are the dynamics of dissociation of bio-complexes and how can we study the properties of these associations?
  
• How to apply colloidal science to medical diagnostic

Requirements : Diffusion, chemical kinetics.

Evaluation mechanism : Written examination.

Last Modification : Monday 10 July 2017