- [nanoPost] Smart material patch-type indicators for measuring antioxidant content in foodstuffs
Research in this group is on smart materials/membranes and application to diagnostics, environment, medicine and food. They are developing smart material patch-type indicators for specific nanoscale recognition of small and/or large molecules.
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- [nanoPost] Monitoring the concentrations of contaminants for quality control
The researchers are developing a multi site lab-on-a-chip (potentially 100 or more sites in a 100µm diameter area) screening system that can monitor concentrations of contaminants potentially down to below the pg/ml concentration.
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- [nanoPost] Tools for controlled storage, processing and release of flavours
Polyelectrolyte based capsules have been recently proposed as a novel type of microcontainers with multifunctional properties.
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- [nanoPost] Processes for dispersing nanoparticles into a liquid medium for food and consumer pr
At the Institute of Food Process Engineering, they are looking at the influence of wetting on granular particles and highly porous systems:
nanoparticles, and particle adhesion...
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- [nanoPost] Nanoporous materials for bioseparations
In the Particulate Fluids Processing Group they are developing new high performance adsorbents for bioprocess engineering based on templated nanoporous silica materials.
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- [nanoPost] Aluminium oxide nanofibre/glass composites for the real-time concentration and detec
A main research focus is related to the field of nanomaterials (e.g. nanoparticles and sensor chips) and nanocomposites (e.g. nanofiltration matrices).
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- [nanoPost] Separation and filtration
The company has developed advanced micro and nanofiltration technology through use of their membranes.
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- [nanoPost] Self-cleaning surfaces
Nanoscale semiconductor photochemistry, which can be used to create invisible films of titania for air and water purification and light-induced self-cleaning, self-sterilizing surfaces...
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- [nanoPost] Development of chemical transducers based on different transduction principles and/o
The expertise of the Group is the development of chemical transducers based on different transduction principles and/or signal propagation media....
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- [nanoPost] Electronic nose
The development of domestic and industrial sensor systems for odour (e.g. electronic nose), temperature, water quality, particulate air quality (e.g. pollen/dust), surface contamination monitoring (e.g. bacteria on kitchen work surfaces);
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