Referência:

POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028114

PTDC/FIS-MAC/28114/2017

PI: Nuno Peres

CO-PI: Pedro Alpuim

Resumo/Summary:

This project's main idea is to develop a new spectroscopic technique based on tunable plasmonics in graphene, by exploring the polarizationdependent interaction of small biomolecules with terahertz (THz) radiation. Graphene is widely recognized as an ideal platform for strong lightmatter interactions due to its excellent plasmonic response in the mid to farinfrared spectral range. In addition, the plasmonic response of graphene is highly tunable in realtime using electrostatic gating. Fundamental structural features of peptides that are critically important for their functions can, in principle, be probed by polarizationdependent spectroscopy in the THz range, as described in a recent simulation study, which also explicitly noted that THz chiroptical spectroscopy has not yet been demonstrated experimentally. The innovative aspect of this project is, therefore, to develop devices that realize this predicted technique for molecular analysis using spectroscopic plasmonics.

Palavras chave:

Graphene

2D materials

Plasmonics

Sensors

Parceiros:

  • UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO
  • INL (Laboratório Ibérico Internacional de Nanotecnologia
  • UIniversidade do Porto

Orçamento Global: 239 924, 23€

Orçamento UMinho: 78 211,01 €

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Apoio Financeiro UM

FEDER: 66 479, 36€

OE: 11 731, 65

Data início: 01/07/2018

Data Fim: 30/06/2022

Imagem ilustrativa

Graphsens Mid and far infrared plasmonic biosensing with graphene

 

Financiamento:

FEDER, OE

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