Course description:
Principles governing the spontaneous and planned formation of (bio)nanostructures.
Principles of supramolecular chemistry, formation of supramolecular nanostructures.
Novel supramolecular biomaterials, advanced and specialized applications in the fields of nano- and bio-technology.

Contents and course outline:
Nanotechnology, definition, approaches and perspectives.
Supramolecular Chemistry, definition and principles.
Molecular interactions.
Hierarchical/programmed self-assembly in Nature.
Amphiphiles.
Hydrogen Bonding and self-assembly.
Polymers and Helical polymers.
Peptides, proteins and oligonucleotides in supramolecular chemistry.
Examples and applications from current scientific literature.

Keywords: nanostructures, bionanostructures, biomaterials, biotechnology.

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