Current Projects

Sensors

Various physico-chemical phenomena can often be applied to detect chemical and biological species. We are trying to build a 'universal' sensor based on nanoporous membranes. Details .

Intracellular Drug Delivery and Cell Transfection

Hybrid nanoporous materials (mebranes and nanotubes) have unique proterties that make them particularly useful in drug delivery. The reults have not been published yet and thus further details can be accessed only using secured connection.

Self assembled monolayers with novel properties

Self assembled monolayers (SAM) have become a commonly used toool for desired surface modification. We have started using it for the purpose of orienting dipolar molecules in our dipole technique but found a few intersting developments along the way, which have their own scientific merit and can be used in a variety of applications. Details.

Photoinduced Electron Transfer

Electron transfer processes play a fundamental role in chemistry, physics and biology. Such processes can be initiated by light or, instead, result in a formation of electronically excited species able to emit optical photons. We investigate the photoinduced electron transfer reactions in solutions and at interfaces. Transient displacement current technique, fluorescence spectroscopy and kinetics as well as scanning probe microscopy and magnetic resonance spectroscopy are primary tools in these studies. Specific research projects include study effects of symmetry on electron transfer process, influence of electric and magnetic fields on ion-radical reactions, surface self-assembly and surface modification, and others. Following papers directly and indirectly relate to this project. Details.