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    • Professor Tim Albrecht
    • Adrian Fortuin, Dr
    • Nashwa Awais
    • Wesley Flavell
    • Lauren Matthews
    • Oliver Irving
    • Chris Weaver
  • Research
    • Single-molecule sensing with nanopores and nanopipettes
    • Charge Transport in Single Molecules
    • Quantum Tunnelling for Sensing and Sequencing
    • Machine Learning in Single-Molecule Science
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Single-molecule sensing with nanopores and nanopipettes

This is an exciting field of research, which spans from fundamental biophysical studies on biopolymers to biosensing and diagnostics. Based on rather unique instrumental capabilities, we are in a position to not only detect and control translocation of single biomolecules, but also to characterise them at a sub-molecular level. This opens up new avenues towards all-electronic biosensing and new types of DNA assays.

  1. High-speed detection of DNA translocation in nanopipettes
    R. L. Fraccari, P. Ciccarella, A. Bahrami, M. Carminati, G. Ferrari, and T. Albrecht.
    Nanoscale 8, 7604-7611 (2016) [DOI]
  2. High-bandwidth detection of short DNA in nanopipettes
    R. L. Fraccari, M. Carminati, G. Piantanida, T. Leontidou, G. Ferrari, and T. Albrecht.
    Faraday Discussions 193, 459-470 (2016) [DOI]

Recent news

  • Welcome back Lauren

    Welcome back Lauren

    29.09.2020
  • Congratulations Nashwa!

    Congratulations Nashwa!

    06.08.2020
  • Two New Papers Accepted

    Two New Papers Accepted

    20.07.2020
  • Group Activities during COVID-19

    Group Activities during COVID-19

    27.05.2020
  • Welcome Lauren and Chris!

    Welcome Lauren and Chris!

    03.10.2019

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