Research project

Low Cost Nanowire Diagnostic Platform

Research groups:

Chemical Biology, Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Lead researcher:

Professor Hywel Morgan
Other researchers:

Professor Donna Davies,

Professor Harold Chong
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Hywel Morgan MBE

Professor of Bioelectronics

Research interests

Microfluidics
Bio-sensors
Lab-on-a-chip technologies

Connect with Hywel

Email: [email protected]

Other researchers

Professor Donna Davies

Prof in Resp. Cell & Molecular Biology

Research interests

Mechanisms of lung diseases
Viral-induced exacerbations of lung disease
Asthma

Connect with Donna

Email: [email protected]

Professor Harold Chong

Professor of Electronic Engineering

Connect with Harold

Email: [email protected]

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Chemical Biology, Diagnostics and Therapeutics

We investigate the properties of biomolecules – including an assortment of DNA, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates.

Digital Health and Biomedical Engineering

Our group brings together engineers and computer scientists to discover new approaches to diagnose and manage health and medical conditions.

Research outputs

Tuning of salt separation efficiency by flow rate control in microfluidic dynamic dialysis

Prameen C. Kalikavunkal, Nicolas G. Green & Maurits R.R. De Planque, 2019, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 23(111), 1-11

DOI: 10.1007/s10404-019-2277-z

Type: article

Ultra-fast electronic detection of antimicrobial resistance genes using isothermal amplification and thin film transistor sensors

Chunxiao Hu, Sumit Kalsi, Ioannis Zeimpekis, Kai Sun, Peter Ashburn, Carrie Turner, J. Mark Sutton & Hywel Morgan, 2017, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 96, 281-287

DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2017.05.016

Type: article

Effect of subthreshold slope on the sensitivity of nanoribbon sensors

K. Sun, I. Zeimpekis, C. Hu, N.M.J. Ditshego, O. Thomas, M.R.R. de Planque, H.M.H. Chong, H. Morgan & P. Ashburn, 2016, Nanotechnology, 27(28)

DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/28/285501

Type: article

A low-noise transimpedance amplifier for BLM-based ion channel recording

Marco Crescentini, Marco Bennati, Shimul C. Saha, Josip Ivica, Maurits R.R. de Planque, Hywel Morgan & Marco Tartagni, 2016, Sensors, 16(5, 709), 1-20

DOI: 10.3390/s16050709

Type: article

Low-cost nanoribbon sensors for protein analysis in human serum using a miniature bead-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

Chunxiao Hu, Ioannis Zeimpekis, Kai Sun, Sally Anderson, Peter Ashburn & Hywel Morgan, 2016, Analytical Chemistry, 88(9), 4872-4878

DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b00702

Type: article