Students know the most important methods and techniques for characterizing medical materials and are able to interpret the results of the characterizations, particularly with regard to material selection.
Skills
Knowledge
Understand material characterizations and select and evaluate characterization methods. (k1-k5)
Evaluate and select suitable materials based on their characteristics. (k1-k5)
Evaluate the characterization of material-pathway interaction and biocompatibility of new materials. (k1-k5)
Methods and instrumentation for medical material characterization
Mechanical characterization
Powders
SPM
Thermal analytics
Radiation
X-ray
Surface analytics
Microscopy
Criteria for evaluation
Basic understanding of the principals of the methods introduced
Methods
Lecture, with interactive discussion, short lab trips corresponding the methods introduced
Language
English
Study material
slides, lecture itself, further literature introduced during the lecture
