Course catalogue
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Master SERP+ Programme - cohort 2020-2025
Medical applications of nanomaterials and radiations (6 ECTS)
All courses during this semester
- Experimental methods on innovative research infrastructures - 5 ECTS
- Digital Micro-certification "The challenges of sustainable chemistry" - 10h
- Transferable skills : French language & interculturality (3 ECTS)
- Quantum mechanics towars quantum computing (5 ECTS)
- Winter school in Data Science (2 ECTS)
- Organic / Inorganic chemistry towards sustainability (5 ECTS)
- Kinetics and Electrochemistry (5 ECTS)
- Introduction to biophysics and microscopies for life science (5 ECTS)
All courses during this semester
- Luminescence spectroscopy of Lanthanides (3 ECTS)
- Summer School in Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS)
- Transferable skills: Polish course (3 ECTS)
- The molecules of life: from structure to chemical function (5 ECTS)
- Thermodynamics and soft matter (3 ECTS)
- Introduction to solid state (5 ECTS)
- Tech-infused perspectives on photochemical reaction dynamics (6 ECTS)
- Transferable skills: Portuguese course (3 ECTS)
- Summer School in Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS)
- Solid State Physics (5 ECTS)
- Molecular Energetics (3 ECTS)
- Laboratory of Materials and Surface Analysis (5 ECTS)
- Interfacial Electrochemistry (3 ECTS)
- Interfaces, Colloids and Self-Assembly (6 ECTS)
All courses during this semester
- French language courses (3 ECTS)
- Nanosciences (6 ECTS)
- Medical applications of nanomaterials and radiations (6 ECTS)
- Top management, corporate law, and project writing for technology transfer and decision making (4 ECTS)
- Tracking ultrafast radiation-induced reactivity (3 ECTS)
- Applications for renewable energy and storage: solar fuels, batteries and hydrogen (6 ECTS) (6 ECTS)
- Scientific Writing and career objectives (2 ECTS)
- Surface Science and Nanostructuring at Surfaces (6 ECTS)
- Polymers for electronics and energy harvesting (5 ECTS)
- Electrochemical systems for fuel and electrolysis cells and batteries (6 ECTS)
- Project-based laboratory on device building (3 ECTS)
- Italian Courses (3 ECTS)
- Chemistry and Technology of Catalysis (5 ECTS)
Content
- Part 1. Basics of medical beams interaction with biological matter
High energy photons versus High energy ions (protons, helium, carbon), Energy, dose, dose rate - LET, Latest medical source developments (Iba), Advanced radiation therapies (gamma knife, IMRT, particle therapy, pencil beam, microbeams + basics of medical imaging), Oxidative stress, Amplification versus scavenging effects : OER, DMSO, Biological impact RBE & Principles of radio-enhancement by NPs (case of metallic NPs)
- Part 2. Nanodosimetry
Advanced techniques of dosimetry and nanodosimetry, Fricke Dosimetry, Dosimetry for radiotherapy
- Part 3. Ongoing research with nanoparticles to improve radiation therapies– theranostics
Invited speakers
- Part 4. Social and ethic aspects of nanoparticles for medical application
- Lab trainings
Synthesis of radio-enhancing nanoagents, Amplification by nano-agents of radiation induced biological damage, Nanodosimetry, Team work on social aspects
Pre-requiste
None
Recommended Books
http://www.ismo.u-psud.fr/spip.php?rubrique107
http://itn-argent.eu
http://iramis.cea.fr/meetings/NanoTheRad
http://nhtheraguix.com
Teaching Staff
Sandrine Lacombe
Erika Porcel
Delphine Berdah
Hours
Lectures: 31.5h
Lab training: 8h