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Nanomechanics of Materials and Biomaterials

Subjects: Chemistry · Engineering · Quantum Mechanics · Science

Art: Georg Agricola, De re metallica - dowsing (125711292), 1556 · Public domain

Instructor: Prof. Christine Ortiz
Term: Spring 2007
Level: Undergraduate
What's inside: 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 78 other files · 4 web pages
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Nanomechanics of Materials and Biomaterials

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Lecture 1: Introduction to nanomechanics ( PDF )

Lecture 2: High resolution force spectroscopy (HRFS): The force transducer ( PDF )

Lecture 3: Additional nanomechanics instrumentation components ( PDF )

Lecture 4: Force versus distance curves ( PDF )

Lecture 5: Atomic force microscope (AFM) imaging ( PDF )

Lecture 6: AFM imaging II: Artifacts and applications ( PDF )

Lecture 7: Single cell mechanics ( PDF )

Lecture 8: Qualitative Introduction to intra- and intermolecular forces ( PDF )

Lecture 9: Quantitative description of intra- and intermolecular forces ( PDF )

Lecture 10: Molecule-surface interactions ( PDF )

Lecture 11: Colloids and interparticle potentials ( PDF )

Lecture 12: Van der Waals forces at work: Gecko feet adhesion ( PDF )

Lecture 13: Midterm exam solutions review ( PDF )

Lecture 14: The electrical double layer (EDL) - part 1 ( PDF )

Lecture 15: The electrical double layer (EDL) - part 2 ( PDF )

Lecture 16: Nanomechanics of cartilage ( PDF - 2.0 MB )

Lecture 17: Protein-surface interactions ( PDF - 1.3 MB )

Lecture 18: Nanomechanics and biocompatibility: Protein-biomaterial interactions, part 2 ( PDF )

Lecture 19: Elasticity of single polymer chains: Theoretical formulations ( PDF )

Lecture 20: Theoretical aspects of single molecule force spectroscopy: Extensibility and the worm-like chain (WLC) ( PDF )

Lecture 21: Single chain elasticity of biomacromolecules: The giant protein titin and DNA ( PDF )

Lecture 22: Theoretical aspects of nanoindentation ( PDF )

Lecture 23: Nanoindentation 2: Oliver-Pharr method and one literature example: Nacre ( PDF - 1.0 MB )

Lecture 24: Intermolecular interactions in motility of a biological spring (guest lecture by Danielle France, course TA)