Understanding Nanosciences
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Nanoscience and nanotechnology are at the heart of many objects in everyday life. Nanoscience is the science of infinitely small objects. But what else do you know about nanotechnology?
- Duration: 7 weeks
- Effort: 21 hours
- Pace: ~3 hours/week
- Languages: English and french
What you will learn
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
Understand the field of nanosciences and nanotechnologies
Description
Nanoscience and nanotechnology are at the heart of many objects in everyday life. Nanoscience is the science of infinitely small objects, a billionth of a meter in size. But what else do you know about nanotechnology? The goal of this MOOC is to provide you with useful knowledge about the nanoscale in different disciplines ranging from Chemistry and Physics to Biotechnology and Medicine. We will answer your questions about the societal, health and environmental issues associated with nanotechnology.
Over 50 professors and researchers from the Université Paris-Saclay, all specialists in their field, are keen to share their knowledge with you through numerous videos and experiments filmed in the laboratory. Testimonials from key players in the field of nanotechnology and supplementary documents complete the course. Don’t miss the participation of the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2007: Albert Fert.
Format
The MOOC "Understanding Nanoscience" is 6 weeks long.
The courses are composed of videos of 5 to 10 minutes each and their accompanying documents. Videos are followed by quizzes which will let you test yourself and will emphasize for you the key concepts.
You can build your personal course of study based on your background, expectations, and goals. Three courses of study of increasing difficulty are proposed: beginner, average, and expert. The contents are colour-coded, and you are free to navigate between the 3 different streams as you wish.
All along this MOOC, you will also have access to videos and interviews about university studies, research and industry in the field of nanosciences and nanotechnology.
LANGUAGE : all content is available in French and English.
A glossary is also available which defines the scientific terms used. You can ask all your questions via a forum which will allow you to interact with the experts and other participants. Many activities and additional documents about the field are also proposed.
Prerequisites
This MOOC is appropriate for those who have carried out two or more years of scientific studies at university, as well as for professionals or the self-educated who want to discover, learn more or acquire specific knowledge in some area of nanoscience.
Assessment and certification
The assessment will consist of weekly QCM-type tests at the end of each course. Depending on your rating, you can get a certificate of successful completion of the course. To obtain this certificate, you will need to have 60% success in all tests.
Course plan
- Theme 1: Introduction to nanoscience and nanotechnology - Let's lay the foundations and discover the key concepts of this field.
- Theme 2: How can you “see” and fabricate nano-objects? We will discover what tools are used to observe matter at these scales and what techniques the scientist can use to make objects that are only a few billionths of a meter in size.
- Theme 3: Nanochemistry - From carbon to porous solids and nanoparticle synthesis; applications of the field.
- Theme 4: Nanophysics - Quantum effects and nanoelectronic devices; optical nanostructures: the confinement of light and emission; nanosensors; applications of the field.
- Theme 5: Nanobiology, Nanomedicine, Micro-nanofluidics - The study and manipulation of molecules; treating diseases with nanomedicine; the on-chip manipulation of liquids for medical diagnosis; applications of the field.
- Theme 6: Nanoscience and Society: Are Nanotechnologies dangerous? Societal, health and environmental issues.
Course team
Jean-Michel Lourtioz
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Directeur de Recherche Emérite au CNRS et Vice Président de l’Université Paris-Sud.
Elizabeth Boer-Duchemin
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Maître de Conférence à l’Institut des Sciences Moléculaires (ISMO) de l’Université Paris-Sud, elle s’intéresse au développement et à l’exploitation des nanosources électriques de photons et de plasmons et aux utilisations innovantes des microscopies à sonde locale.
Christine Vautrin-Ul
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Professeure à l’Université d’Orléans, au sein du Laboratoire ICMN « Interfaces, Confinement, Matériaux et Nanostructures », ses recherches sont orientées sur le greffage de matériaux par des nanofilms organiques et le développement de dispositifs applicatifs dédiés à la métrologie environnementale.
Serge Palacin
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Docteur en chimie organique, spécialiste de la chimie des surface et des nanosciences, il est directeur de l’UMR CEA-CNRS NIMBE et coordinateur du LabEx NanoSaclay.
Caroline Cannizzo
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Maître de conférence à l’Université Evry Val d’Essonne au laboratoire LAMBE, ses activités de recherche portent sur la fonctionnalisation et la nanostructuration de surfaces, notamment pour des applications comme capteurs électrochimiques de polluants.
Christian Serre
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Directeur de Recherche au CNRS / ENS – ESPCI et Responsable de l'institut des Matériaux Poreux de Paris, il est spécialiste des matériaux poreux, principalement des solides hybrides inorganiques-organiques de type Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
Cédric Bouzigues
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Maître de conférences en biologie à l’École Polytechnique, il travaille au Laboratoire Optique et Biosciences (X-CNRS-Inserm).
Virginie Albe
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Professeure de didactique des sciences et des techniques à l’Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris Saclay, elle conduit dans l’Institut des Sciences Sociales du Politique des recherches sur les mutations contemporaines des disciplines académiques en sciences et technologies.
Patrick Couvreur
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Docteur en Sciences Pharmaceutiques de l’Université Catholique de Louvain et Professeur à l’Université Paris-Sud.
Bruno Lepioufle
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Professeur à l’Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris Saclay il est spécialiste de la conception de dispositifs microfluidiques pour les applications biologiques et médicales au laboratoire CNRS SATIE.
Claire Dupas-Haeberlin
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Professeure et Directrice honoraire de l’École Normale Supérieure de Cachan , elle a auparavant dirigé l'Institut d'Électronique Fondamentale (IEF-Université Paris Sud-Orsay/CNRS - aujourd'hui C2N), où elle effectuait ses travaux de recherche sur les couches ultra-minces et les nanostructures magnétiques.
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Recommended Reading
This MOOC is based on the book "Nanosciences and Nanotechnology: Evolution or Revolution?", Springer.
License
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