BIEN 360 — Physical Chemistry in Bioengineering

Description of chemical systems with the help of theories of physics and application of its techniques: reaction kinetics, physical and chemical equilibria in biological systems. Review of energy transfer and thermodynamics. Chemical and physical equilibria in biology: variation of Gibbs energy with temperature, energy, composition. Theories of reaction kinetics and the reaction mechanism in biological phenomena: polymerization, protein folding, enzymes.

• Credits: 3
• Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
• Department: Bioengineering
• Prerequisite(s): BIEN 300