Projects
Our research encompasses a broad range of expertise in the analytical field, particularly Sensors and Separations. For the development of relevant tools and techniques in these areas, we ensure we are interdisciplinary in nature and have projects underway in areas such as:
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Nanotechnology
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Materials Science
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Electrochemistry
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Microscopy
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Sensor Device Fabrication
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Conducting Polymers
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Microchip Design
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Hypenated Separation Techniques
Title of specific research projects currently underway are listed below:
Application of novel materials and fabrication technique for the manufacture of ammonia-sensing electrodes
Inkjet printing is beginning to attract a great deal of attention in the field of sensor device fabrication due to its unique advantages of direct patterning,
flexible planar processing, very low cost, high throughput and low material usage. This technology provides opportunities both for significant cost reduction
in existing organic devices and for new, pioneering device configurations. Read more...
Novel polyaniline nanostructures based on nano-templating for sensing applications
Recently emerged and very fast growing science of nanotechnology is continuously calling for new types of materials. Increased demand for such new materials and development
of techniques that make their properties accessible has attracted our interest to conducting polymer nanostructures. Conducting electroactive polymers combine the
electronic properties (magnetic, conducting and optical) of metals with those of conventional organic polymers. Read more...
Application of nanoparticulate conducting polyaniline in novel biosensor fabrication processes
Research on carbon electrodes and their modifications for analytical purposes
has undergone much activity in recent years. Carbon electrodes can be obtained
in a huge variety of forms: pyrolytic graphite, highly oriented pyrolytic
graphite (HOPG), glassy carbon, powders, fibre, paste, and most recently,
nanotubes and diamonds. All these materials have a high chemical inertness and
provide a wide range of anodic working potentials with low electrical
resistivity making them ideal for electroanalytical applications. Read more...
Mathematical modeling of enzyme biosensors
Under construction
8-oxoguanine formation and oxydation
Under construction
Simultaneous analysis of 8-OHdG and 8-oxoG using HPLC with EC and MS detection
Oxidative DNA damage
has been associated with Chronic Inflammation, Cancer,
Neurodegeneration, and Heart Disease, as well as playing a central
role in the Free Radical Theory of Aging. Diet, lifestyle and
environmental conditions can alter the amount of oxidative stress
that a body undergoes. The main causes of oxidative DNA damage are
irradiation, chemical reactions, and oxidation by reactive oxygen
species (ROS) including hydroxyl radicals. Read more...
"EMµ": The next generation of separation science
Under construction
NewGenZyme
Under construction