ChemistryBionanotechnology & analytical chemistry

Research in bionanotechnology and analytical chemistry is broad-ranging.

Our bionanotechnology research is focused on the application of nanoscience to solve biological problems, most notably with applications in healthcare. We have expertise in:

plasmonic sensors
surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)
Raman and advanced Raman imaging (SRS, CARS)
nanomedicine and drug delivery
self-assembly, peptidomimics, and other bioinspired materials
new chemiluminescence approaches to biological measurements

Our analytical research is focussed on advances in measurements and data analysis for process analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry and conservation science. We have expertise in:

atomic and molecular spectrometry
chemometrics
chromatography
nanomaterials and surface analysis
optical spectroscopies
acoustic emission
nuclear magnetic resonance

Our specific skills lie in:

accurate analytical measurement of molecules
developing new instrumentation and techniques
development of bioanalytical assays and chemical reagents for use in rapid and highly sensitive detection approaches

Staff members	Research interests
Professor Damion Corrigan	electrochemical sensing biosensors device fabrication surface functionalisation diagnostics and healthcare
Dr Christine M. Davidson	analytical chemistry environmental chemistry chemical speciation potentially toxic elements.
Dr Lynn Dennany	electrochemiluminescence electroanalytical biosensors nanomaterials forensics.
Professor Karen Faulds	surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) functionalised nanoparticles bio-recognition molecules bioanalytical sensors.
Dr Ying Fu	organic bioelectronics wearable and portable biosensor biosensing lab-on-chip nanomaterials fabrication and application
Dr Lorraine T. Gibson	indoor air pollution environmental remediation and detection (organic pollutants and potentially toxic elements) silica nanoparticles for pollutant removal heritage science conservation
Professor Duncan Graham	surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) functionalised nanoparticles biomolecular analysis
Dr Clare Hoskins	nanomedicine nanomaterials controlled release drug delivery pharmaceutics
Dr K. H. Aaron Lau	bioinspired materials protein- and cell-surface interactions peptoids enzymes surface modification nanopores and nanoporous membranes
Dr Lewis MacKenzie	nanosensors blood and tissue oximetry biophotonics optical instrumentation and measurements
Professor Alison Nordon	process analysis chemometrics design of experiments in situ measurements optical spectroscopy acoustics NMR spectroscopy.
Dr Binoy Paulose	single cell analysis point-of-care devices nanopore sensing single molecule detection electrochemical scanning probe microscopy
Dr Alastair W. Wark	nanoparticles biosensors spectroscopic imaging and tracking surface chemistry analytical and physical chemistry

Research areas

Catalysis & synthesis

Chemical biology & medicinal chemistry

Student doing chemistry experiment, nanoscience and materials chemistry

Materials & computational

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Forensic science