Nanotechnology Research – Universities

Single Molecule BioPhysics and Systems NanoBiology

The institute is active in the fields of advanced technologies for microelectronics, microsystems and silicon micromachining as well as nanotechnologies.

The center has been established at the institute of physics of the Chemnitz University of technology to concentrate and coordinate the activities of several research groups in the field of design and analytics of materials, especially organic/inorganic hybrid materials on the nanometer scale.

The Grill group is is focussed on the study of single functionalized molecules on surfaces.

The present research of the group of Prof. Kreuter on nanoparticles focusses on five aspects: Development of nanoparticles made of other polymers (polylactic acid and new polyacrylic acid derivatives for the preparation of surface-functionalized nanoparticles); Investigation of nanoparticles as carriers for antiviral drugs for the treatment of AIDS; Targeting of drugs to the brain; Peroral application; Use of nanoparticles as carriers for oligonucleotides.

The Department's efforts are focused on the utilization of plasmonic effects in metallic nanostructures in the molecular ensemble, and their integration in technical environments.

The group's approach to exploring new properties arising in nanostructured materials is to integrate their research starting from the production of particles, their characterization and assembly to designed structures, the physical investigation of such structures and the modeling and understanding of the results.

The group's goals are twofold: 1) Utilization of the unique properties of biomolecules for the construction of artificial nanostructures and nanodevices and imitation of biological principles of structure formation. 2) Application of advanced micro- and nanolithographic techniques for the realization of tailored on-chip environments for biophysical studies.

The activities of the research group of Dr. Robert Stark focus on the investigation of different methods for the nanomanipulation and nanoanalyis of biological and biocompatible material.

MAP develops new coherent light sources and secondary light-driven particle sources with unprecedented properties.