Nanobioelectronics & Biosensors Group

Welcome

Welcome to the website of the Nanobioelectronics & Biosensors Group, led by Prof. Arben Merkoçi. Our group is part of the Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology in Bellaterra (ICN2) (Barcelona), Catalonia, Spain. We carry out research on the integration of nanotechnology methods, tools and materials into low cost, user friendly and efficient sensors and biosensors. The developed (bio)sensors take the advantages of nanoparticles, nanotubes, graphene, nanochannels and other nanomaterials while being integrated into innovative, high sensitive and mass production platforms with interest for several applications in everyday life.

The main objective of Merkoçi group is to design nanotech devices that can be used even by non professional people for fast diagnostic at home or doctor’s office, control of food quality, safety and security applications where either an emergency exists or an alternative method toward the sophisticated and expensive laboratory instrumentation is being required.

Research and other activites

The research at Merkoçi Group focuses on discovering and technological development of the cutting edge nanotechnology and nanomaterials based simple biosensing platforms by employing and controlling their architectures at both nano and macro scales with the objective to link together nano and macro worlds.

Our group is composed of researchers with backgrounds in chemistry, biotechnology, analytical and physical chemistry, electrochemistry, material science, electronics and other related fields that strongly collaborate together and try to find synergies in developing new nanobiosensors and transfer the developed platforms to industries. Our activities include development and applications of nanobiosensors in health, environment, safety and security fields as well as education and training in the field.

Nanobiosensing materials and platforms
Nanobiosensors applications
Education and media

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Recent publications

Unleashing inkjet-printed nanostructured electrodes and battery-free potentiostat for the DNA-based multiplexed detection of SARS-CoV-2 genes

Marianna Rossetti, Chawin Srisomwat, Massimo Urban, Giulio Rosati, Gabriel Maroli, Hatice Gödze Yaman Akbay, Orawon Chailapakul, Arben Merkoçi. Biosensors and Bioelectronics
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Nanostructure Tuning of Gold Nanoparticles Films via Click Sintering

Massimo Urban, Giulio Rosati, Gabriel Maroli, Flavio Della Pelle, Andrea Bonini, Laszlo Sajti, Mariangela Fedel, Arben Merkoçi. Small
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The Cleanroom-Free, Cheap, and Rapid Fabrication of Nanoelectrodes with Low zM Limits of Detection

Gabriel Maroli, Vernalyn Abarintos, Andrew Piper, Arben Merkoçi. Small
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News

  • Liming Hu Thesis Defense

    Another PhD awarded in our group. Congrats Liming for your great work and defense today! Congrats to the two co-supervisors Dr. Rossetti, Dr. Idili and of course to all the group for the great collaboration…Read More

  • Nanobalkan 2023 Conference

    Thank you to All the participants and organizers who made possible such a great conference this week in Tirana, Albania. See you in the NANOBALKAN 2024! The date and place will be announced soon. Arben…Read More

  • A new #HORIZON EU Project is granted to our group!

    Prof. Arben Merkoçi, together with Dr. Ruslan Alvarez Diduk and Dr. Marianna Rossetti, are today in #Thessaloniki, Greece, in the Kick off meeting of #2D-BioPad HORIZON project “#Graphene Bio-Platform for point-of-care early detection and monitoring of #Alzheimer’s Disease”. 2D-BioPad project belongs to the…Read More

  • José Fran PhD Thesis Defence

    Nanobiosensors for water contaminants detections

  • 2019 BIST Ignite Project: MAKI

    Real-time sensing of diagnostically-relevant biomarkers in urine for the monitoring of acute kidney injury