Bio-Nanotechnology

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Nanomedicine exploits the acquired knowledge to improve existing materials, techniques and products, or to create new ones basing on the novel features (e.g. nanosensors for diagnostics)

Bio-Nanotechnology

> Nanotechnology
manipulation of matter at the nanometric level
> 1 nanometer (10-9)
one billionth of a meter

> Applications
research on matter, electronics, pharmaceutics, environment, aerospace, healthcare ..
> Nanotechnology and health
diagnostic (DNA nanoarray), therapeutic and regenerative medicine such as time -dependent release of drugs, in vivo imaging, tissue engineering, gene therapy,..

> Why?
at the nanometric level the properties of matter change: the more an object decreases in size the more its volume/surface ratio increases, as a result atoms close to the surface are much more reactive than inner ones. "Nanoscience" studies these novel properties and nanomedicine exploits the acquired knowledge to improve existing materials, techniques and products, or to create new ones basing on the novel features (e.g. nanosensors for diagnostics)

At the nanometric level the properties of matter change: the more an object decreases in size the more its volume/surface ratio increases, as a result atoms close to the surface are much more reactive than inner ones.

FOCUS - Single Molecule Activation and Computing

FOCUS, will build a novel generation of biologically inspired molecular devices (MDs) based on the developments of new photonic tools. These photonic tools will use Plasmon Polariton technology, enabling focused light spots with a diam. 10 nm.

SMD - Single or few molecules detection by combined enhanced spectroscopies

The SingleMoleculeDetection (SMD) proposal will integrate on the same device an atomic force microscope (AFM) or an optical tweezer (OT), with Raman/SERS/IR/TeraHertz microscopy so to perform simultaneously - and in a dynamic way - force and spectroscopic measurements.

Bio-Nanotechnology