Research Areas
Gold Colloidal platform
It is a platform where the gold colloidal solution is utilized for various bio-sensing applications includes capture, detection, and isolation of exosomes for early cancer diagnosis, rBST (Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin) detection, or any other protein detection.
LOC/Microfluidics
Lab-on-a-chip (LoC) technology has drawn significant interest from researchers and industries for biomedical applications. The advantages of LOC include high throughput, low reagent and sample consumption, short assay time, and multiplexed detection. The LOC technology has shown the potential to improve molecular biomarker detection by offering sensitive and wide-ranging measurements in a compact format. Microfluidic-based platforms have been developed for the isolation and quantification of biomolecules and more complex entities that show potential for early cancer detection.
Gold nanocomposites
Nanoparticle-polymer composites are advanced functional materials, with nanoparticles integrated into a polymer matrix. In addition to the characteristics of polymers such as transparency and processability, nanocomposites may acquire the outstanding electrical, optical, and magnetic properties of their metal components. Optical nonlinearities and/or infra-low/ultra-high refractive indices suitable for ultrathin color filters, UV absorbers, optical sensors, waveguides, optical strain detectors, thermo-chromic materials, are only some of the potential applications of nanocomposites that originate from the properties of nano-sized noble metals. Gold and silver polymer and copolymer nanocomposites have also been used for water purification, targeted drug release, and antimicrobial coatings.
An inertial sensor includes an acceleration sensor and a gyro. Almost all MEMS acceleration sensors have a seismic mass and support spring made of silicon. The structure of MEMS gyros is somewhat similar to that of acceleration sensors—a mass supported by a spring is continuously vibrated in the device, and the Coriolis force generated by the applied angular velocity affects the movement of the mass (vibrating gyroscope). Recently MEMS inertial sensors have been built with an integrated circuit, with sensor structure on a single device chip. Click here to read more !!