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Relationship between Light and Biological Organisms

Summary

This course focuses on photo-electric-conversion in biological organisms, and modeling the function to restructure new and highly efficient photoelectric devises.

Course Contents

1. Lectures

・Basic electrochemistry
・Structure of photosynthetic bacteria and the mechanism of energy conversion

2. Practical Training

・Electrochemical experiments
・Electronic property measurement experiments
・Fabrication of photoelectric conversion devices
・Evaluation of photoelectric conversion devices
・Review and summary of experiment results

Structure and Schedule

Lectures will be given using books and reference material specified in the package. Progress will be presented in seminar style followed by written submission as a report. Experiments will take place once per week. Regular reports will be made once per week. Other than attending the assigned seminars, there are no other time constraints.

Course Option

If students are interested, exercises can be performed on synthesis of nano-material and organic material related to light-energy conversion. Consult with the professor in advance.

Course Objectives

This course will teach how to model biological mechanisms and create new devices and procedures for research projects. Concerning photoelectric conversion elements, the lab reported the highest level of conversion efficiency in the world in the past, and the strength of the lab is its creation and evaluation technology. The focus of the course is to learn through practical training.

Fundamental skills required for the course

It is desirable that students to have taken the biological organic electronics and software device engineering courses offered in the first semester of the first year of the doctorate course.

Examples of Research Theme Combinations

The following list shows the examples of research projects that can be combined with this course.
"Nano-material creation and photoelectric conversion"
"Sensor and photoelectric conversion"
"Enzyme function and structural analysis"
"Bio-measurement and photoelectric conversion"

Assessment of academic achievement

Scores will be given on a scale of 1 to 5 for the items listed below. An average score of 3.5 is considered a passing score.

(1) Must have an understanding of basic electrochemistry
(2) Must have an understanding of molecular structure of photosynthesis
(3) Must conduct basic electrochemistry experiments
(4) Must conduct basic electronic property experiments
(5) Must perform device creation
(6) Must perform device evaluation
(7) Must prepare reports and make presentations