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Research Activity |
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Laboratory of Bioelectronics & Bionanotechnology Chemisty and Biomolecular Sciences Department |
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Biocomputing Design of enzyme logic gates able to perform Boolean logic operations upon proper chemical inputs, giving a different chemical output.
Conditioning of enzyme logic gates to operate and interact with physiological environments. Design of devices based on enzyme logic gate able to detect different critical trauma situations and act consequently.
Application of enzyme logic gates to the control of chemical and physical properties in signal-responsive materials such as polymeric membranes, polymer brushes or nanomaterials.
Design of systems controlled by enzyme logic gates, such as microfluidic multichannel devices or biofuel cells.
Synthesis of nanomaterials Metallic (Gold and Silver), magnetic and silica nanoparticles, as well as any combination of these materials.
Bionanoengineering Functional interfaces composed of biomaterials & nano-objects, supra-molecular hybrid systems with complex molecular/biomolecular architecture. Biofunctionalization of macroscopic and nanoscopic surfaces.
Electrochemistry biofunctionalized electrodes design with tailored interfaces and nanoscopic control. Control and switch on-off the system with enzyme logic gates. |
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101/245 Science Center Box 5810 8 Clarkson Avenue 13699 Potsdam, NY |
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Contact me: |
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E-mail: mpita at clarkson.edu |
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News and Press Releases |
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July 6th 2009
Dr. Marcos Pita has been declared eligible in the 2009 Ramon y Cajal Scientific Program in Spain (Europe).
Prof. Katz’s Research group is granted from ONR with ADAPT project.
Press release in Spain (Spanish) |
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Other Research Interests |
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Bioelectronics & optobioelectronics Switchable & tunable electrobiocatalytic and photobiocatalytic Systems.
Bionanotechnology for bioelectronic applications Electrical wiring of enzymes by nano-objects, amplification paths for bioanalytical systems, nanocircuitry generation based on biotemplates & biocatalysis.
Biosensors Based on integrated systems with complex molecular architecture, self-powered biosensors, switchable & tunable biosensors. Biosensors based on biomimetic compounds.
Amplified DNA-sensors and immunosensors Amplification systems based on bioelectronics and bionanotechnology, DNA-arrays, biorecognition arrays.
Biofuel cells Engineering, biofuel cells based on integrated bioelectrocatalytic Systems. |
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Dr. Marcos Pita in Clarkson University environment, October 2008. |