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| Developing Nanopore Sensors for Characterising Nano-Scale Objects |
| | The ubiquitous nature and unique properties of nanoparticles, such as proteins, viruses, paints, and pharmaceuticals, make them scientifically and commercially important. This project aims to use a novel elastic, size-tunable, pore sensor to characterise individual nanoparticle properties. Stretching the elastic pore sensor improves its measurement sensitivity and enables a wider range of particle sizes to be measured, thereby reducing analysis costs and improving data quality. My research focuses on the development of this new class of devices which will find use in the growing fields of nano and biotechnology. |
| Keywords: | Nanoparticle, Sensor, Nanotechnology, Nanofabrication, Devices |
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| Developing Fluorescent Particle Biosensors for Early Disease Detection |
| | The early diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as cancer has been shown to be one of the most effective means to improve patient survival. My research aims to develop fluorescently encoded particles with immobilised antibodies to rapidly screen and detect disease biomarkers such as ovarian cancer and botulism toxin from patient serum samples. A key component of this research is creating and screening new protein resistant polymer layers to improve the assay signal-to-noise, which is currently a major limitation of all assays. |
| Keywords: | Immunoassay, biosensor, colloid, nanoparticle, antifouling, polymer layers |
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