Undergraduate Course: Physical Chemistry in Action Level 10 (CHEM10020)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Chemistry |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Chemistry |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
A lecture course covering instruction in the theory and application of modern advanced instrumentation techniques to chemistry. The course comprises individual lectures courses on: Mass Spectrometry, Sensors, Microscopy and Imaging, and Biomolecular Systems. The course is suitable for Year 4/5 students on any Chemistry degree programme. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 14:00 - 14:50 | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 14:00 - 14:50 | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | 14:00 - 14:50 | | | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Monday, 14:00 - 14:50, Zone: King's Buildings. Lecture Theatre 40, Joseph Black Building |
| Additional information |
30 hours lectures + 6 hours tutorials, at times arranged. |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:
- review the principles of different types of ion sources (including MALDI, electrospray ionisation, field and plasma ionisation and desorption), mass analysers (including quadrupole, ion-trap, time-of-flight, ion cyclotron and FT mass analysers), ion detectors and computer-aided data processing in modern mass spectrometry
- discuss novel techniques of mass spectroscopic analysis of proteins in a solvent free environment
- interpret fragmentation patterns, particularly as applied to peptide mass fingerprinting
- describe the essential elements of chemical sensors and rationalise the importance of factors such as sensitivity, selectivity, dynamic range, reproducibility, operating environment and cost
- illustrate examples of the chemical synthesis of specific molecular recognition systems and natural biosensor systems
- understand the physical principles of optical, electron and scanning probe microscopies, including confocal microscopy, scanning near field optical microscopy, electron microscopy, scanning tunnelling microscopy and atomic force microscopy
- illustrate example applications of fluorescence microscopy and imaging and in-situ microscopy studies of surface chemistry and catalysis
- understand thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of protein structure and dynamics
- rationalise the influence of the intracellular environment on the behaviour of macromolecules
- illustrate how modern analytical techniques are used to gain insight into the dynamics of the living cell with particular emphasis on the interactions between protein and DNA |
Assessment Information
| One degree exam of 2.5 hours. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Andrew Alexander
Tel: (0131 6)50 4741
Email: andrew.alexander@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Rosie Filipiak
Tel: (0131 6)50 4707
Email: r.filipiak@ed.ac.uk |
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