Intra-cellular Self-assembly of quantum nano-architecture
Website's ProjectIntra-cellular Self-assembly of quantum nano-architecture
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Living organisms are masterpieces of self-assembly. From proteins folding into functional shapes to cells organizing into tissues, many essential biological properties rely on components coming together in precisely controlled ways. Inspired by these principles, technology has sought to exploit self-assembly in device fabrication to obtain membranes, interface layers, and nanoarchitectures. In the biomedical field, self-assembly is being explored as a strategy to generate biomimetic nanostructures that can be integrated into living organisms for drug delivery, localized therapy, cell growth, and biosensing. The propopsed project regards studying delivery, aggregation and electronic properties of self-assembled nanoarchitectures. Microscopy, spettroscopy and photo-electro-phisiology will be applied to identify and interpret aggregation in soft, noncovalently assembled nanoarchitectures. Quantum coherent excitations will be identified as emerging from aggregation of molecular monomers.