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Low Cost Nanowire Diagnostic Platform

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Hywel Morgan MBE

Professor of Bioelectronics
Other researchers

Professor Donna Davies

Prof in Resp. Cell & Molecular Biology

Research interests

  • Mechanisms of lung diseases
  • Viral-induced exacerbations of lung disease
  • Asthma

Professor Harold Chong

Professor of Electronic Engineering

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Chemical Biology, Diagnostics and Therapeutics

We investigate the properties of biomolecules – including an assortment of DNA, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates.

IT Innovation

We develop and apply advances in IT technology, working with academic and industrial partners.

Digital Health and Biomedical Engineering

Our group brings together engineers and computer scientists to discover new approaches to diagnose and manage health and medical conditions.

Research outputs

A low-noise transimpedance amplifier for BLM-based ion channel recording
Marco Crescentini,
Marco Bennati,
Shimul C. Saha,
Josip Ivica,
Maurits R.R. de Planque,
Hywel Morgan,
& Marco Tartagni
, 2016 , Sensors , 16 (5, 709) , 1--20
DOI: 10.3390/s16050709
Type: article
Low-cost top-down zinc oxide nanowire sensors through a highly transferable ion beam etching for healthcare applications
K. Sun,
I. Zeimpekis,
C. Hu,
N.M.J. Ditshego,
O. Thomas,
M.R.R. de Planque,
H.M.H. Chong,
H. Morgan,
& P. Ashburn
, 2016 , Microelectronic Engineering , 153 , 96--100
DOI: 10.1016/j.mee.2016.02.016
Type: article
AC and phase sensing of nanowires for biosensing
Marco Crescentini,
Michele Rossi,
Peter Ashburn,
Marta Lombardini,
Enrico Sangiorgi,
Hywel Morgan,
& Marco Tartagni
, 2016 , Biosensors , 6 (2) , 1--14
DOI: 10.3390/bios6020015
Type: article
Study of parasitic resistance effects in nanowire and nanoribbon biosensors
Ioannis Zeimpekis,
Kai Sun,
Chunxiao Hu,
Owain Thomas,
Maurits R.R. de Planque,
Harold M.H. Chong,
Hywel Morgan,
& Peter Ashburn
, 2015 , Nanoscale Research Letters , 10
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-015-0794-6
Type: article
Effects of surface passivation on top-down ZnO nanowire transistors
N.M.J. Ditshego,
K. Sun,
I. Zeimpekis,
P. Ashburn,
M.R.R. de Planque,
& H.M.H. Chong
, 2015 , Microelectronic Engineering , 145 , 91--95
DOI: 10.1016/j.mee.2015.03.013
Type: article