materials and their applications. It is designed for students who have a basic background in

organic/polymer chemistry, physics, biochemistry as well as materials science. The nature of this

subject is such that the course must integrate organic chemistry, biology, and materials science. The

purpose for students is to master unique physical and chemical properties of organic, polymeric (versus

inorganic materials), and biological materials and their uses, to understand the relationship between

materials ’ structure and physical properties, and to employ various characterization techniques to

determine materials structure and order at various length scale. Finally, the course also introduces

applications of organic and biological materials in chem- and biological sensors, optical and

electronic devices. The materials will show how that they realize the state-of-the-art performance in

opto-electrical devices and impart their biocompatibility and bioactivity. After finishing the study of