Biomineralization : Crystal Engineering in Organisms
Biomineralization : Crystal Engineering in Organisms
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Crystal engineering is the understanding of intermolecular interactions to design new ordered solids with desired physical and chemical properties. The best crystal engineer till date is the natural world having learnt to direct the transition from disorder to order via the assembly of chemically simple building blocks into sophisticated materials. This course will explore such engineering feats with pedagogy.
Instructor : Shashanka Shekhar Indri
Doctoral student, Ben-Gurion University, Isreal
Pre-requisites
Pre-requisites
There are no hard pre-requisites for this course
Plan
Plan
Lecture 1: What are crystals and why we care? (1 hour)
Lecture 2: Crystal Engineering and Intermolecular bonding. (1 hour)
Lecture 3: How are crystals born and grow? Classical crystallization theories. (1 hour)
Lecture 4: Non-classical crystallization. (1 hour)
Lecture 5: Current Imaging and Spectroscopic techniques for exploring crystals. (1 hour)
Lecture 6: Biomineralization: Overview. (1 hour)
Lecture 7: Calcination in Vertebrates and Invertebrates. (1 hour)
Lecture 8: Pathological Crystallization: Crystals associated with diseases. (1 hour)
Lecture 9: Molecular Crystals in Animals - Coloration (1 hour)
Lecture 10: Molecular Crystals in Animals – Vision (1 hour)
Lecture 11: Student Presentations and Discussion (1 hour)
Lecture 12: Student Presentations and Discussion (1 hour)
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