DRUG DELIVERY
Shape and SIze Controlled
Polymer Nanoparticles
EXCITONICS
Well-Defined
Supramolecular Light-Harvesting AssemblieS
plasmonics
Shape and Size Controlled
Metal Nanoparticles
Bio-mimetic
Light-Harvesting
Investigations of exciton dynamics i.e., delocalization, diffusion lengths, and transport rates in highly uniform artificial light-harvesting antenna will provide fundamental insights into exactly how supramolecular assemblies, such as those found in photosynthetic organisms, capture and transport energy with such incredible efficiency.
Hemi-Fusion in
Cell Membranes
Due to the complexity of natural lipid bi-layer membranes, it remains a challenge to elucidate detailed mechanisms of fundamental cellular processes e.g., membrane hemi-fusion. Towards a molecular level mechanism of membrane fusion, we monitor a biomimetic hemi-fusion process in artificial, self-assembled bilayer assemblies.
Microfluidics enables us to observe how fluids behave and manipulate sub-micron volumes, allowing quick, cost-effective, and highly precise chemical synthesis of shape- and size-controlled polymer, plasmonic, and hybrid nanoparticles.
Our combined AFM, confocal microscope, and near-field scanning optical microscope allows us to directly probe materials’ topgraphical, mechanical, and structure-dependent optical properties with sub-diffraction resolution!
Time-resolved spectroscopic techniques i.e., transient absorption and time-resolved photo luminescence spectroscopy allows us to unravel details of how energy and electron transport in materials evolve over ultra-fast timescales.