October 2, 2013

New biomimetic material to develop nanosensors



Researchers at the Moncloa Campus have developed a biomimetic material capable to be modeled at nanometric scale increasing its sensitivity, selectivity and speed of chemical detections.

The new features of this biomimetic material will allow us to develop multiple nanometer-sized chemical sensors (1 nanometer= 0.000001 mm) over the same substrate by electron beam lithography, as a result, multifunctional biochips of major versatility will be developed. The possibility to record at nanometric scale is an essential benefit facing traditional biomimetic materials since this new material developed by researchers at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) and the Universidad Complutense (UCM) within the framework of Moncloa campus provides commercial potential applications.