Publications

Quantitative assessment of bovine serum albumin proteins for blocking applications

09 Dec 2019

Bovine serum albumin (BSA) is one of the most widely used protein reagents in the scientific community, especially for surface passivation (“blocking”) applications in various bioassays. Numerous BSA protein options… Read more

Core-shell Gold Silver Nanoparticles for LSPR-Based Naked Eye Toxin Biosensing

20 Nov 2019

The Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR) phenomenon provides a versatile property for biodetection. Herein, this unique feature was employed to build up a homogeneous optical biosensor to detect staphylococcal enterotoxin… Read more

Immobilization of natural lipid biomembranes and their interactions with choline carboxylates. A nanoplasmonic sensing study

05 Nov 2019

The cell membrane is mainly composed of lipid bilayers with inserted proteins and carbohydrates. Lipid bilayers made of purified or synthetic lipids are widely used for estimating the effect of… Read more

Influence of NaCl Concentration on Bicelle-Mediated SLB Formation

18 Jul 2019

The deposition of two-dimensional bicellar disks on hydrophilic surfaces is an emerging approach to fabricate supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) that requires minimal sample preparation, works at low lipid concentrations, and… Read more

Multifunctional polymeric implant coatings based on gelatin, hyaluronic acid derivative and chain length-controlled poly(arginine)

19 Jun 2019

Surface of the implantable devices is the root cause of several complications such as infections, implant loosening and chronic inflammation. There is an urgent need for multifunctional coatings that can… Read more

Surface-Based Nanoplasmonic Sensors for Biointerfacial Science Applications

04 Jun 2019

The interaction of light with metallic nanostructures has long played an important role in endowing materials with unique properties, such as ancient glassware that contained trace amounts of metallic nanoparticles… Read more

Silicate‐Phenolic Networks: Coordination Mediated Deposition of Bioinspired Tannic Acid Coatings

27 May 2019

Surface modification with polyphenolic molecules has been pursued in biomedical materials owing to their antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory, and antimicrobial characteristics. Recently, the use of silicic acid (Siaq) as mediator for efficient… Read more

Rationally Designed PdAuCu Ternary Alloy Nanoparticles for Intrinsically Deactivation-Resistant Ultrafast Plasmonic Hydrogen Sensing

06 May 2019

Hydrogen sensors are a prerequisite for the implementation of a hydrogen economy due to the high flammability of hydrogen–air mixtures. They are to comply with the increasingly stringent requirements set… Read more

Metal–polymer hybrid nanomaterials for plasmonic ultrafast hydrogen detection

01 Apr 2019

Hydrogen–air mixtures are highly flammable. Hydrogen sensors are therefore of paramount importance for timely leak detection during handling. However, existing solutions do not meet the stringent performance targets set by… Read more

A Molecular Sponge: pH-driven Reversible Squeezing of Stimuli-Sensitive Peptide Monolayers

13 Mar 2019

The cyclic change of structure, thickness and density, with pH switching from acid (pH=3) to basic (pH=11) condition, has been revealed for chemisorbed monolayers of the peptide Lipo-Aib-Lys-Leu-Aib-Lys-Lys-Leu-Aib-Lys-Ile-Lol, a Trichogin… Read more