Research project

A new sensor for detecting mRNA in crops

Research groups:

Plants and Food Security Quantum, Light and Matter Group

Lead researcher:

Professor Antonios Kanaras
Other researchers:

Doctor Lorraine Williams,

Professor Otto Muskens
Research funder:

Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Antonios Kanaras MSc, PhD, FRSC, FRSB, FInstP, FHEA

Professor

Connect with Antonios

Email: a.kanaras@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Doctor Lorraine Williams

Associate Professor

Connect with Lorraine

Email: l.e.williams@soton.ac.uk

Professor Otto Muskens

Professor of Physics

Research interests

Programmable photonic circuits using ultralow loss phase change materials.
Infrared metasurfaces for radiative cooling and defence applications.

Connect with Otto

Email: o.muskens@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Plants and Food Security

We study the response of plants to the environment at the molecular, whole plant and ecological levels. This includes interactions with nematodes, insects and microbes.

Quantum, Light and Matter Group

Studying nanoscale properties of matter and the applications in nanoscience and quantam technology.

Research outputs

Graphene oxide–upconversion nanoparticle based portable sensors for assessing nutritional deficiencies in crops

Davide Giust,

Maria I Lucio benito,

Afaf El-Sagheer,

Tom Brown,

Lorraine E. Williams,

Otto Muskens,

& Antonios Kanaras

, 2018 , ACS Nano , 12 (6) , 6273–6279

DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b03261

Type: article