Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in physics (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits | |||
| Master in physics (60 ECTS) (Registrations are closed) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This cours contains two different parts, the first one concerning the biophysics and given by Prof. Hoebeke, and a second part concerning some selected topics of solid state physics and presented by Prof. Silhanek.
The concepts that will be introduced and discussed are,
Membrane biophysics
- Dynamics of biomolecules
-Vision biophysics
-Nerve cells
Solid state physics
- Electric transport
- Magnetism
- Superconductivity
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course the students will be able to understand the electric properties of materials and their magnetic response.
In biophysics part, the student will be able to better understand the connection between the physical and biomedical sciences and the contribution of physics to the understanding understanding of lifeprocesses
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
This course is the natural continuation of the following lectures,
Introduction à la Physique des matériaux - Philippe GHOSEZ
Physique expérimentale : électronique et instrumentation - Duy NGUYEN
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- The time schedule it is available at the web site of the ULiege.
- The cours consists of 15 lectures of 2h each (5 lectures devoted to the biophysics, and 10 lectures for the physics of materials).
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Solid state physics section: Theoretical face-to-face course during the foreseen time slots of the course.
Recommended or required readings
At end of each lecture the slides will be distributed and/or will be available through the platform myULiege.
Some reference book for the physics of material's part of the course are listed below,
- Harald Ibach, Hans Lüth, "Solid-State Physics"
- Stephen Blundell, "Magnetism in Condensed Matter"
- M. Tinkham, "Introduction to Superconductivity"
Introduction to Molecular biophysics
J. Tuszynski and M. Kurzynski
CRC press (2003)
Biophysique
François Grémy
Flammarion (1982)
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions ) AND oral exam
- Remote
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions ) AND oral exam
Additional information:
The points of the final evaluation are distributed as follows,
- 2/3 for the written exam concerning the solid state physics part
- 1/3 for the oral interrogation about the biophysics section
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Alejandro V. Silhanek
Département de Physique
Université de Liège
Bât. B5, R/51
Allée du 6 août, 19
B- 4000 Sart Tilman
BELGIUM
Tél : 04 366 36 32
Email: asilhanek@uliege.be
Maryse Hoebeke
043663651
Email m.hoebeke@uliege.be