Research Interests and Areas:

1. Biophysics: Single molecule and single cell measurement

1.1 Understanding the Physics of molecular recognition, the interactions between biomolecules, small molecule and biomolecules, nanomaterials and biomolecules

1.2 Understanding the roles of physical parameters (i.e., electrical and mechanical) in cellular biology and tissue engineering

2. Nanobiotechnology

2.1 The development of hybrid techniques to integrate SPM (SICM,STM, AFM) techniques with optical, electrical and electrochemical techniques for single molecule and single cell studies

2.2 The development of multifunctional nanopore techniques for single entity detection and analysis

3. Moleculear/nano Electronics

3.1 Electron transport through singel molecule, single molecule conductance measurement

3.2 Detect intermolecular reactions and interactions at single molecule level confined in a plasmonic molecular junction

3.3 Development of recognition tunneling based chemical and biosensing methods

Facilities:

Our lab is at CP 277 (305-348-4816)

Machine shop (CP195, 305-348-3953)

Electronics shop (CP 273, 305-348-3952)

FIU AMERI

Chemistry and Physics building (CP)

Our resarch is supported by: