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Adaptive & Responsive Nanomaterials Group

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Adaptive & Responsive Nanomaterials Group

Our research group is interested in the fundamental question of how materials form and interact on the nanoscale. Our design motifs are typically based on molecular self-assembly, with building blocks including oligomers, polymers and nanoparticles. We work at the forefront of methodology development and have published a number of research technique papers as well as open-source software packages. Ultimately, our aim is to create colloids and interfaces that can selectively interact with chemical and biological entities via molecular recognition. Our work is relevant for applications in healthcare and the environment, and we already inform clinical prototypes for therapeutic drug monitoring in paediatric cancer.

Recent highlights by the group

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Nanoscale Horizons (2023)

Amplified EQCM-D detection of extracellular vesicles using 2D gold nanostructure arrays fabricated by block copolymer self-assembly

Table of content schematic illustrating mesopore enabled humidity sensing

Advanced Sensor Research (2023)

On the rational design of mesoporous silica humidity sensors

Table of Content schematic illustrating internal mesopore wetting

Thin Solid Films (2023)

Internal wettability investigation of mesoporous silica materials by ellipsometric porosimetry

Overview schematic illustrating approach of research paper Long term phase separation dynamics in liquid crystal-enriched microdroplets obtained from binary fluid mixtures

Soft Matter (2023)

Long term phase separation dynamics in liquid crystal-enriched microdroplets obtained from binary fluid mixtures

Overview schematic illustrating Enhanced Structural Control of Soft-Templated Mesoporous Inorganic approach of research paper Thin Films by Inert Processing Conditions

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2022)

Enhanced structural control of soft-templated mesoporous inorganic thin films by inert processing conditions

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WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology (2022)

Recent developments in biosensing methods for extracellular vesicle protein characterization