
Background and motivation. The highlights of our innovations and developments in the field of nanobiosensors are transmitted to national and international news papers and broadcast agencies. We want our achievements with benefit to the citizens to come as soon as possible to the society so as to atract the attention of companies and other interested partners in our technologies and their use in fields such as diagnostics, environment monitoring, safety and security.
In the following part are shown some of the most relevant news related to our research and commented in newspapers or given as podcasts, interviews etc.
Broadcast / News articles on our research
- Our spin-off company Paperdrop Diagnostics will be accelerated and incubated in ESADE: 1) http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20180321/441792120098/diez-emergentes-catalanas-empiezan-un-programa-de-aceleracion-de-medio-ano.html 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm7OSMfSL7A
- Paper strip-embedded graphene quantum dots: a screening device with a smartphone readout – La Vanguardia
- New spin-off company on the news: Paperdrop Diagnostics – La Vanguardia
- Merkoçi research group on social networks: Facebook
- Other social media: Twitter
- News on the article: Alfredo de la Escosura-Muñiz, Luis Baptista-Pires, Lorena Serrano, Laura Altet, Olga Francino, Armand Sánchez & Arben Merkoçi, “Magnetic Bead/Gold Nanoparticle Double-Labeled Primers for Electrochemical Detection of Isothermal Amplified Leishmania DNA», Small, 2016, 12 (2), 205-213
http://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news/newsid=41959.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151125083936.htm
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/303209.php
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.5b03097
http://phys.org/news/2014-08-inkjet-printed-field-effect-transistor-label-free-biosensing.html
http://phys.org/news/2014-05-nano-micromotors-biological-chemical-applications.html
http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=30609
- News on the article: Maria Guix, Jahir Orozco, Miguel García, Wei Gao, Sirilak Sattayasamitsathit, Arben Merkoçi, Alberto Escarpa, Joseph Wang, “Superhydrophobic Alkanethiol-Coated Microsubmarines for Effective Removal of Oil”. ACS Nano, 2012, 6, 4445-4451
First ‘Microsubmarines’ Designed to Help Clean Up Oil Spills, ScienceDaily (May 2, 2012)
First “microsubmarines” designed to help clean up oil spills, ACS News Press Release (May 2nd, 2012)
Tiny submarines could help clean oil-contaminated waters, The Engineer (May 3rd, 2012)
Self-propelled micro submarine cleans up motor oil, New Scientist (May 3rd, 2012)
In Successful Test, Microsubmarines Help Clean Up Oil Spills, Popular Science (May 3rd, 2012)
Microsubmarines could clean oil spills, researchers say, BBC News (May 3rd, 2012)
Nano-Subs Grab and Move Oil Spills, Discovery News (May 3rd, 2012)
Swarms of ‘microsubmarines’ proposed to clean up oil spills, Wired (May 4th, 2012)
Micro-Submarines Clean Up Oil Spills One Drop at a Time, InnovationNewsDaily (May 11th, 2012)
- Immunosensing using nanoparticles, Podcast Interview at Material Today, 19 March 2010 http://www.materialstoday.com/podcasts/
- News on the article: Alfredo de la Escosura-Muñiz, Christian Sánchez-Espinel, Belén Díaz-Freitas, África González-Fernández, Marisa Maltez-da Costa, Arben Merkoçi,| “Rapid identification of tumour cells using a novel electrocatalytic method based in gold nanoparticles”. Analytical Chemistry, 2009, 81, 10268–10274http://www.google.com/hostednews/epa/article/ALeqM5gdWkn7REM4lAg3jYN1bTFGUoxfrwhttp://www.rtve.es/noticias/20091122/nuevo-dispositivo-para-detectar-cancer-dos-minutos/301984.shtmlhttp://www.rtve.es/noticias/20091122/nuevo-dispositivo-para-detectar-cancer-dos-minutos/301984.shtm
http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/571603/0/tumores/deteccion/rapidez/
- “Quantum-dot device detects DNA”. Written by James Dacey, reporter for physicsworld.com. Published on January 20, 2009 at: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/3738
- “QDs make DNA detection faster and simpler”, Published at: http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/37255 on Jan 12, 2009