Precision sensing for health and environment.
subgroups
BIOSENSORS
The biosensors subgroup focuses on developing biosensing strategies for important healthcare problems, such as sensing platforms for protein biomarkers of clinical importance and pathogen/toxin detection. Different approaches are applied using enzymes, aptamers/DNA, and molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP) as recognition elements. Each biosensor strategy has unique challenges to achieve the desired properties and performance; therefore, it is aimed to work collaboratively across different disciplines to address these issues. Thus far, we have developed several different biosensing platforms using novel strategies.
DEVICES
The devices subgroup is a new research direction planned to be integrated into the group. It aims to focus on developing wearable and implantable device platforms for biosensing strategies; thus, successful integration will be achieved for the translation of the research into an application. This subgroup mainly has two directions: (I) wearable devices and (II) implantable devices. Initial emphasis will be more on the flexible, soft wearable devices, as some initial work has already been conducted.
MATERIALS
The materials subgroup focuses on developing environmentally friendly and cost-effective materials for biosensors and device production. The research mainly investigates the carbonisation of biomass to obtain alternative materials for biosensing applications. This biomass-to-bioelectronics approach is important as the current methods to produce carbon-based nanotechnology are expensive and utilise harmful chemicals. Utilising biomass to produce electrically conductive carbon materials for bioelectronic applications stands out as a promising green chemistry approach.
group funders
Dr Samet Şahin
Lecturer in Chemical Engineering
School of Engineering
Lancaster University
e-mail: s.sahin@lancaster.ac.uk
