QCM-D Training Courses
Course content
The schedule covers two full days, 9 am to 5 pm and includes the main blocks below: Introduction to QCM-D and Q-Sense, The theoretical background of QCM-D; and Q-Sense instrument operation principles.
The background of QCM/QCM-D, its history and recent developmenst in the field will be covered as well as a detailed description of the operating principle of QCM-D and its implementation in Q-Sense products.
Application and literature overview
An overview of the most common experimental applications and the most relevant literature will be given. Common applications include biosensor, biomaterial, hydrogel, supported lipid bi-layers and polymeric processes. Examples from the 750+ scientific articles will be given.
Hands-on instrument training
Several training sessions on varying experimental protocols will be covered: Data handling and analysis, Introduction to QTools 3 and review of modeling software.
Course schedule
Day 1
09:00 Welcome
09:15 QCM-D Theory and Application
10:00 Experimental planning and Methods
10:30 Hands on training
12:00 Lunch
1:00 pm Hands on continued
4:30 pm QCM-D and Biomaterials
5:30 pm End of Day 1
7:00 pm Dinner
Day 2
09:00 Introduction to data analysis
09:30 Hands on data analysis
11:00 Hands on training
12:00 Lunch
1:00 pm Hands on continued
3:00 pm Hands on data analysis
4:30 pm Summary and final discussion
5:00 pm End of Day 2
