Probing Bio-Nano Interactions with Templated Polymer Particles

Bio-Fuel Cells – Energy Harvesting Nano Particles

Discriminatory Bio-Adhesion Over Nano-Patterned Polymer Brushes

Polymer Microbead-Templated Nanostructures

In this chapter, nanostructures templated by polymer microbead, which is usually made of polystyrene with a diameter range of 300 nm–1 μm, are reviewed. We first focus on formation of the microbead monolayer in terms of the driving force for self-assembly, the junction among the neighbouring microbeads and the uniformity of microbead monolayer. Then, we discuss applications of microbead monolay...

Motion of Adsorbed Nano-Particles on Azobenzene Containing Polymer Films.

We demonstrate in situ recorded motion of nano-objects adsorbed on a photosensitive polymer film. The motion is induced by a mass transport of the underlying photoresponsive polymer material occurring during irradiation with interference pattern. The polymer film contains azobenzene molecules that undergo reversible photoisomerization reaction from trans- to cis-conformation. Through a multi-sc...

Bio-Templated Systems for Nanoelectronics

In our research we use bio-templated systems to realize one-dimensional conducting nanowires and nanodevices for scientific investigation of electrical charge transport in these systems, for nanoelectronics and for nanotechnology applications. One example is dsDNA and its synthetic derivatives. Within this frame we measured electrical charge transport in dsDNA, measured the energy level spectru...