| Chalmers University of Tehcnology, Gotenburg University
The chemical physics group has an internationally recognized expertise in nanoscience/-technology and nanobiotechnology
(Chalmers was highlighted as being well reputed for 3 of the 4 investigated areas ‘nanotechnology for biotechnology’ for ‘nanotechnology for IT..’ and for ‘nanotechnology for materials and surfaces science’ in the
recent ERA Mapping of Excellence: nanotechnology expert group) of biointerfaces with 8 senior researchers
and around 20 PhD students and post-docs. The primary activities include nano- and micropatterning of surfaces
(ceramics, metals and polymers) for biomolecules and cells, nanoscale and interfacial sensing technologies,
tissue engineering scaffolds, functionalisation of medical implant surfaces and fundamentals of
self-assembling processes. Key current issues are the formation of SPBs with and without membrane bound
functional molecules, nanopatterning, cell signaling affected by patterned surfaces, protein interaction with
nanostructures, biosensors/-chips and photoinduced processes and theoretical approaches to description of
such events.
Key references
1. Keller, C.A., Glasmästar, K., Zhdanov, V.P. and Kasemo, B., Phys. Rev. Lett. (2000) 84 5443-5446
2. Kasemo, B., Surface Science (2002) 500 656-677
3. Reimhult, E., Höök, F. and Kasemo, B., Journal of Chemical Physics (2002) 117 7401-7404
4. Andersson A-S., Olsson P., Lidberg U. and Sutherland D.S., in press Experimental Cell Research
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