BioNanomaterials Group

The interests of the BioNanomaterials Group are situated at the interface of these fields. We address fundamental and applied questions, which are also highly relevant to important societal issues such as environment or human health.
Our overarching goal lies in understanding and controlling all aspects from nanoparticle synthesis and ligand chemistry, colloidal behavior in complex biological fluids, and nanoparticle-cell interaction to intracellular trafficking and nanoparticle and cellular fate. We strongly rely on advanced cell culture techniques, microscopy (light, electron, atomic force), and scattering methods (light and X-ray) in addition to typical chemical and biological analytical methods (e.g. Calorimetry, NMR, TGA, UV-VIS, FACS, PCR etc).