Credits: 1 (1-0-1)

Prerequisites: Pre-requisite(s): SBL100/BBL110/BBL131/equivalent

Description

Introduction to the course; Entropy and free energy – Boltzmann distribution, mass action law etc; Single molecule vs Bulk; Magnetic and Optical tweezer; Single molecule studies of nucleic acids and their proteins; Cellular mechanochemistry; Raman spectroscopy, Fluorescence; Crossbreeding of tweezing techniques with spectroscopy.