Martedì 16 settembre 2025 - Ore 14:30 - Aula 22
Prof. Matteo Palma - Department of Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London
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The controlled organization of individual molecules and nanostructures with nanoscale accuracy is key for the investigation of nanoscale and single-molecule events in optoelectronic, biosensing and biomimicking platforms. In this regard, we developed different strategies based on the selective functionalization of 0 dimensional (D; Quantum Dots), 1D (carbon nanotubes) and 2D (MoS2) based mixed-dimensional heterostructures towards the development of novel hybrids for single-molecule studies and different technological applications, from photo-responsive devices to nanoscale biosensing chips. We further employ DNA nanostructures as static and dynamic building blocks for the construction of the aforementioned functional nanohybrids, and for the fabrication of biomimetic nanoarrays that permit the multivalent investigation of ligand−receptor molecule interactions in cancer, with nanoscale spatial resolution and single-molecule control.