Educational objectives Educational Goals
The teaching of Biomaterials aims to provide fundamental knowledge and basic principles for the study of materials, both polymeric and non-polymeric, of natural and synthetic origin, highlighting the correlations between chemical structure and properties and the most current problems in the study and technological application. The main objective of the course is to provide the tools to understand the relationship between structure and activity of the main classes of biomaterials, in particular deepening the study of the main chemical-physical characteristics, of the polymerization reactions, of the characterization techniques, together with the aspects related to the preparation, study and applications of biomaterials through nanostructuring approaches.
Lectures are developed starting from the classification of the various types of biomaterials, the concepts of biocompatibility and biodegradability, the description of the general characteristics of polymeric materials, the polymerization methods up to the analysis of the various classes of polymers of natural origin, their extraction , purification and chemical-physical characterization. In particular, the main biopolymer classes from renewable sources will be examined for applications in industrial biotechnologies: polysaccharides, proteins and polyesters.
The knowledge acquired in this teaching constitutes a framework of reference for subsequent competences, understood in their broadest meaning.
Students who have passed the exam will be able to know and understand (acquired knowledge)
- the nature of polymeric biomaterials and their main structural characteristics.
- the main methods of polymerization, by polycondensation and polyaddition, with examples taken from both synthetic and natural polymers derived from them.
- the main characterization techniques for defining the structure of macromolecules.
- the most recent literature developments in the field of nanostructured biopolymer formation.
- aspects related to the study of the main and current applications of amorphous and nanostructured biopolymer materials.
Students who have passed the exam will be able to (skills and skills acquired):
- critically interpret the structure of technological biopolymers, interpreting their reactivity and potential applications
- understand the connection with the other cultural areas of the CdS, in particular the aspects of analytical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry and physical chemistry.
- develop the ability to communicate what has been learned, through oral examination tests.
- ability to develop independent study through the indication of accessible sources of updating.
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