Pharmaceutical Physics

The discipline PHARMACEUTICAL PHYSICS has existed since 1991 in the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babes” Timisoara, with the establishment of the Faculty of Pharmacy. Until 2013, she was under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Adrian Neagu – head of the BIOPHYSICS discipline at the Faculty of Medicine.

In 2014, the discipline of PHARMACEUTICAL PHYSICS became an independent discipline within the Faculty of Pharmacy, being taken over by Assoc. Prof  Dr. Ordodi Valentin, Dr. Caunii Angela, Prof. Dr. Szabadai Zoltan, and Dr. Nicolov Mirela. .

In 2016 joined the team Lecturer. Dr. Claudia Geanina Watz (Farcas).

Prof. Szabadai Zoltan and Assoc. Prof.Dr. Mirela Nicolov, with the help of the VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY management, physically performed a set of 27 laboratory works with a strictly pharmaceutical specificity.

Pharmaceutical applications of many physical phenomena are performed.

The discipline of PHARMACEUTICAL PHYSICS in 2024 serves through the curriculum the following courses:

• PHARMACEUTICAL PHYSICS at the PHARMACY sections in Romanian, French and English which is provided with 2 hours of course and 2 hours of laboratory works in the first year in the first semester. (where the course is held by Assoc. Prof.Dr. Mirela Nicolov and the laboratories of Lecturer Dr. Claudia Watz). The course and the laboratories from the PHARMACY sections in French are taught by Assoc. Prof.Dr. Mirela Nicolov
• ELEMENTS OF APPLIED BIOPHYSICS at the ASF-Deva section provided with 2 hour of course and 2 hour of lab (where the course and laboratories are held by Lecturer Dr. Claudia Watz)
• PHYSICS AND APPLIED BIOPHYSICS to the Medical Cosmetics and Cosmetic Product Technology section provided with 1 hour of course and 1 hour of laboratory (where the course and the laboratories are held by Lecturer Dr. Claudia Watz)

 The objectives of the PHARMACEUTICAL PHYSICS discipline are:

1. Knowledge of scalar and vector quantities, respectively of SI and CGS units system of measurement
2. Knowledge of the main mechanical phenomena of statics, kinematics and dynamics and their applications in the pharmaceutical field, such as measurements using scales, determinations of densities in solids (drugs) and liquid solutions, determinations of surface stresses in washing solutions used in in the field of pharmaceuticals, respectively the determination of different coefficients of viscosity (dynamic, kinematic and relative viscosity coefficients by different methods such as Hoppler and Ubbelohde of solutions used in the pharmaceutical field such as baby syrups and cough syrups.
3. Knowledge of the main thermal and thermodynamic phenomena and their applications in the pharmaceutical field, such as the determination of the laws of gases, of specific heats in solids or liquids
4. Knowledge of electrical, magnetic, electromagnetic phenomena, optical phenomena and their applications in the pharmaceutical field such as conductivity studies in different types of solutions used in the pharmaceutical field, the study and applications of sound waves
5. Knowledge of phenomena in the field of laser physics, atomic and nuclear physics more precisely the phenomena of radioactivity, respectively X-ray and their applications in the pharmaceutical field such as the study of radiopharmaceuticals – a perspective directive in the pharmaceutical field, X-ray analysis of medical compounds for identification, applications of photonics
6. Knowledge of the phenomena in the field of the biophysics of the nucleus, of the cell, membrane cell, respectively of the synaptic transmission, more precisely the knowledge of the notions of chemical synapses, respectively of the different chemical mediators
7. Know how to perform measurements with the help of balance, densitometer, thermometer, chronometer , stalagmometer, viscometer, conductometer, microscope
8. Knowledge of performing concentration calculations starting from experimental data
9. Knowledge of the preparation of substances necessary for laboratory work
10. Knowing the formulation of conclusions regarding the phenomena that occurred depending on the results obtained

PHARMACEUTICAL PHYSICS discipline aims to study the same theoretical and laboratory topics as those studied by the students of the Faculties of Pharmacy from the other Universities of Medicine and Pharmacy in Romania.

Bibliography required

1. Nicolov Mirela, Szabadai Zoltan. Physique Pharmaceutique Travaux Pratiques – deuxieme edition revise et complete, Editura Victor Babes, Timisoara, 2023, 243 PAG, ISBN 978-606- 786-354-3
2. Mirela Nicolov Zoltan Szabadai, Watz Claudia. PHARMACEUTICAL PHYSICS EXPERIMENTAL WORK, Editura Victor Babes, Timisoara, 2023, ISBN 978-606-786-328-4
3. Mirela Nicolov, Zoltan Szabadai, Watz Claudia. PHARMACEUTICAL PHYSICS – PART I: Mechanics, Thermodynamics. Molecular physics, Physics of liquids, Phenomena of substance transport and heat transport, Biophysics of the cell, nucleus and biological membranes, synaptic transmission. Editura Victor Babes, Timisoara, 2023, ISBN 978-606-786-325-3 GENERAL ISBN 978-606-786-326-0 Vol 1
4. Mirela Nicolov, Zoltan Szabadai, Watz Claudia. PHARMACEUTICAL PHYSICS Part II: Electricity, Magnetism, Electromagnetism, Sound and ultrasound, Radioactivity, Lasers, Optics. Editura Victor Babes, Timisoara, 2023, ISBN 978-606-786-325-3 GENERAL ISBN 978-606-786-327-7 Vol 2
5. Nicolov M, Szabadai Z., Physique Pharmaceutique,  Part I: Méchanique, Thermodinamique. Physique Moléculaire, Physique des liquides, Phénomènes des transport de la substance et transport de la chaleur, Biophysique de la cellule, du noyau et des membranes biologiques, Transmission synaptique, Ed. V.Babes, 2016.
6. Nicolov M, Szabadai Z., Physique Pharmaceutique,  Part II: Electricité, Magnétisme, Electromagnétisme,Son et ultrason, Radioactivité, Lasers , Optique, Physique atomique et nucléaire,Ed. V.Babes, 2018.
7. Nicolov M, Szabadai Z., Physique Pharmaceutique Travaux Pratiques, Ed. V.Babes, 2016.
8. Szabadai Z., Nicolov M, Fizica Farmaceutica,  Partea I: Mecanica, Termodinamica, Fizica Moleculara, Fizica Lichidelor, Fenomene de Transport, Ed. V.Babes, 2016.
9. Szabadai Z., Nicolov M, Fizica Farmaceutica,  Partea II: Electricitate, Magnetism, Optică, Fizică atomică, Ed. V.Babes, 2018.
10. Nicolov M, Szabadai Z., Fizica Farmaceutica,  – Aplicatii experimentale, Ed. V.Babes, 2019, ISBN 978-606-133-4.