Course detail

Master Summer Laboratory Project – Biocolloids (Applied Chemistry)

FCH-M_SLP-BAcad. year: 2022/2023

Laboratory project with focus on biocolloids - preparation, structure, properties, applications in medicine, environmental technologies and agriculture

Project wil be realized by 1 student or, preferably, by student team (2-4 members). Begins with the project topic selection, followed by the design and realization of experiments, and finalized by data analysis and results evaluation. Tutored by faculty member or expert from industry. Students realize the project, prepare the final project report, present, discuss, and defend obtained results.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Miloslav Pekař, CSc.

Department

Faculty of Chemistry (FCH)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students completing this course will be able to design and realize of experiments relevant for medium complex or advanced project task in chemistry, to evaluate and discuss results obtained in laboratory and their place in the current state of practical or theoretical knowledge.

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

Project will be selected from following topics depending on student's interest and actual availability:
• Preparation and characterization of modern hydrogel materials – rheology, transport and release properties, fluorescence, computer modeling
• Natural organic matter – fractionation, reactivity and intermolecular interactions, transport properties, stability, colloidal properties in relation to its function in nature
• Computer modelling of diffusion in hydrogels
• Biophysical chemistry of microorganisms – application of methods and concepts of physical and biophysical chemistry in basic research of microorganisms
• Advanced methods in colloidal research – rheology and microrheology, centrifugal analysis, fluorescence probes and microscopy, calorimetry and thermal analysis, diffusion techniques

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Training in realization of laboratory work-based project.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Miloslav Pekař, CSc.