Abstract
The activity deals with bioinspired approaches of wet chemistry synthesis for the fabrication of metal nanoparticles, including gold (Au), silver (Ag), palladium (Pd), of different sizes, shapes, and surface chemistry. Diverse spectroscopic and microscopic techniques will carry out the physicochemical characterization. Proof-of-work cellular experiments are also included to test the intrinsic biological properties of the nanoparticles, for concurrent therapy and imaging-sensing (theranostic) functioning.
Keywords
nanoparticles
plasmon bands
atomic force microscopy
drug delivery
biosensing
ERC sector(s)
PE Physical Sciences and Engineering
Fields of study
Name supervisor
Cristina Satriano
E-mail
cristina.satriano@unict.it
Name of Department/Faculty/School
Chemical Sciences
Name of the host University
University of Catania (UNICT)
EUNICE partner e-mail of destination Research
eunice@unict.it
Country
Italy
Thesis level
Bachelor
Minimal language knowledge requisite
English B2
Thesis mode
On-site
Start date
Length of the research internship
3 months
Financial support available (other than E+)
No