![]() What kind of researcher would you describe yourself to be?Īs a researcher I am a hardcore experimentalist and a hardworking type of person. With the Biophysical Engineering group of professor Vinod Subramaniam, we worked on a joint publication. Further, I collaborated with Wageningen University. Also, I worked two and a half months in Singapore at the research institute IMRE (Institute of Materials Research and Engineering). ![]() The possibility to go and visit conferences, in Holland and abroad, I appreciated a lot. We published our results in some high ranked magazines on nanotechnology and macromolecules: Small, Nanotechnology, Macromolecules. We have synthesized novel thermoresponsive coatings for QDs. Step by step we managed to build temperature sensors based on QD fluorescence. Starting as a biologist, I learned a lot of pure physics and also of fabrication techniques. Was there a special moment during your thesis project you remember especially? It is necessary to elucidate the potential adverse effects of these materials, not only for the concerns about the human health and environment protection, but also for the industry to make use of these promising materials in larger scales. The research described in this thesis aims at: synthesis and characterization of CdSe/ZnS core/shell QDs synthesis and characterization of temperature-responsive polymer matrices and fabrication of assemblies with potential applications as sensing devices, to be used in bio-nanotechnology.įurthermore, applications of QDs in bioscience and medicine were reviewed with a special emphasis on the QD cytotoxicity. Fabricating quantum dots polymer hybrid nanostructures, enable realization of many applications, because encaging QDs within polymer matrices enables the control over optical and spectroscopic properties, and introduces a strong resistance to chemical and photo degradation.
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