(Department) Biomedical Engineering (Division) Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
(Level and Major)
Course Title Applied Chemistry for Biomaterials (I)
Number of Credits 3 Prerequisite
Aims:
This course has been designed with a focus first on the general chemistry and then on the bio-analytical chemistry to address some of the most commonly used and important subjects that rely on the basic concepts of chemistry, by a biomedical engineer. In fact, this course will help the first or second-year students of the “biomaterials program” at the undergraduate level to better understand the more specialized courses later.
Syllabus:
Part 1: General Chemistry
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Chemical calculations, SI units
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Stoichiometry: chemical formulas, chemical equations
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Atomic structure
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Elements and periodic table
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Chemical bonds
Part 2: Bio-analytical Chemistry
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Errors in chemical analysis
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Solutions and expressing concentration of solutions
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Water and its importance in biological systems
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Buffer solutions
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Acid and base titration
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Qualitative and quantitative analysis of materials
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Biological molecules
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Qualitative analysis of peptides and proteins
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Chromatography
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Electrophoresis
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Mass spectrometry
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Optical spectroscopy
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Equilibrium in chemical and biochemical systems
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Kinetics of chemical and biochemical reactions
The kinetics of enzyme-catalyzed reactions
References:
1. Charles E. Mortimer, General Chemistry, 6Th Ed., Wadsworth, 1986
2. Douglas A. Skoog, Donald M. West, Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry, 9th Ed., Cengage Learning, 2013
3. Manz, P. S.Dittrich, N. Pamme, Bioanalytical Chemistry, Imperial College Press, 2nd Ed., (June 4, 2015)
4. Afra. Hadjizadeh, Parand. Shokrani, An Illustrated Introduction to Biochemistry for Non-medical disciplines, AUP, 2019.