Laboratory for Inorganic Colloidal Nanocrystals
Welcome to Kanaras group!
Expression of interest for PhD positions for the academic year 2012-2013 please click
here. You can also contact Dr. Antonios Kanaras directly if you have an idea for a specific project or you are self-funded.
(contact Dr. Antonios Kanaras - A.Kanaras(at)soton.ac.uk)
For postdoctoral opportunities please click
here
Inorganic Nanoparticles exhibit unique optical, electronic and magnetic properties which make them ideal
candidates for applications in several fields of Science. Our research is multidisciplinary
and our interests are focused on the interactions of chemically-engineered inorganic nanoparticles with biomedical systems
(i.e. cells and and larger structures) and devices (i.e. photovoltaics and liquid crystals).
Currently, our group consists of students with background in biology, neuroscience, physics, biochemistry and polymer chemistry.
  
NEWS:
5/2012 A 3rd year PhD student in the group (Ms. Rute Fernandes) won the first prize in Physics poster day. The tilte of the poster was "Skin penetration of gold nanoparticles"
5/2012 The group is giving several talks and posters in Nanax5
3/2012 Amelie Heuer-Jungenmann (1st year PhD student) is visiting the Italian Institute of Technology in Italy to engage in collaborative work
2/2012 Our paper "Formation and Plasmonic Response of Self-Assembled Layers of Colloidal Gold Nanorods and Branched Gold Nanoparticles "
was published in Langmuir
1/2012 Antonios will give an invited talk at the SPIE Photonics West international conference at San Francisco
1/2012 Our paper "Interactions of Human Endothelial Cells with Gold Nanoparticles of Different Morphologies"
was published in Small
Highlights of 2011
11/2011 Our paper "Preparation of peptide functionalized gold nanoparticles using one pot EDC/Sulfo NHS coupling" was ranked at the 10 most read articles for quarter 3
9/2011 Amelie Heuer Jungemann joins our group for her postgraduate studies.
7/2011 Our recent paper in Journal of Materials Chemistry (DOI: 10.1039/C1JM11599E) was highlighted as a 'hot' article
9/2011 Robert kirkwood joined the group as a Master student
3/2011 Nanoletters published our article entitled "Laser-Induced Damage and Recovery of Plasmonically Targeted Human Endothelial Cells"
1/2011 Small published our article entitled "Receptor-Mediated Interactions between Colloidal Gold
Nanoparticles and Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells"
Highlights of 2010
11/2010 Dorota Bartczak, a group member, received her PhD degree
9/03/2010 The group wins the Mendel medal in Biological and Biomedical Sciences at the SET for BRITAIN 2010 event.
05/2010 Antonios Kanaras was appointed visiting professor at the Foundation of Research and Technology (FORTH) in Greece
For more 2010 news (papers, conferences, etc...) click here
Highlights of older posts
06/2009 Antonios Kanaras was appointed visiting professor at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genova (IIT)
Antonios will visit the nanobiotechnology faciliies at the Italian Institute and engage in research and establishment of new collaborations
06/2009 Antonios won the Sir Eric Rideal award to visit the Nantional Nanotechnology Labs in Lecce (Italy).
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