Introduction to Nuclear and Toxic Elements Chemistry
Prof. Yurii Gun'ko
- Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry: the different kinds of nuclear decay, kinetics, mass loss and energy, half-life, effects of nuclear radiation on matter
- Applications of radioisotopes: radio-carbon dating, nuclear metals in medicine (diagnostics and radiation therapy)
- Introduction to toxicity, HSAB principles and chelation therapy
- Toxic elements: general features, bioavailability, biomethylation
- Be, Al, Tl, Hg, Pb and Cd toxicity: sources, symptoms, mechanisms, treatment
- Nanotoxicology
- Therapeutic use of a toxic element: cisplatin for cancer treatment (DNA adducts, side effects, resistance), other metal based anti-cancer drugs