Dr. Andrea Csáki

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2414-4100

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6602671387

Research topics

Molecular plasmonics (passive/active)  - complex nanostructures of plasmonic nanoparticles based on (bio) molecular self-organisation

• LSPR (localized surface plasmon resonance)-based bioanalytics
• Plasmonic nanomanipulation

Technology Knowhow

• Design and (microfluidic) synthesis of plasmonic nanoparticles (Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, SiO2, shape-anisotropic, core-shell nanoparticles)
• Hybrid plasmonic nanostructures
• Biofunctionalization (bioconjugation of nanoparticles, functionalization of surfaces using self-assembly monolayer SAM technology)
• DNA-Nanotechnology
• Bioanalytics (DNA diagnostics: microarray and sensor technology)
• Plasmonic modification of optical fibers using NLD technology
• Dielectrophoresis (DEP)-based microintegration of biomolecules, nanoparticles and other nanostructuresGuided self-assembly of biomolecules and nanoparticles

Fields of application

• Pathogen detection (water contaminants, food contaminants, sepsis pathogens, zoonoses), antibiotic resistance
• clinical biomarkers (rheumatoid arthritis, cancer)

Contact person for

• Nanotechnology laboratory HG 235
• Microscopy laboratories HG 233
• Chemistry lab HG 274

• Scanning Force Microscopy (AFM)
• Fluorescence Microscopy
• UV-vis spectroscopy
• Fluorimetry
• Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS)
• Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA)