Bio-Inspired Assembly of Nanomaterials for Applications on Nanoelectronics and Biosensors

Recent development in nanostructured material synthesis and engineering has made huge impact on a number of fields including nanoelectronics, photonics, biology, and medicine. A main reason for such an impact is that every nanomaterial, such as metallic nanoparticles (NPs), quantum dots (QDs), carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and magnetic nanoparticles has unique physical and chemical properties that can be used for various applications. For practical use of nanomaterials in various applications, however, it is necessary to assemble nanomaterials in controlled manner and manipulate their behaviors. This control of nanomaterials can be accomplished by functionalizing the nanomaterials with biopolymers, such as DNA. In this work, DNA has been used along with nanomaterials to demonstrate their usage in diverse applications.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Materials Science and Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Lee, Jung Heon

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lu, Yi

• Chemistry, Inorganic
• Engineering, Materials Science

Identifier

(UMI)AAI3347434

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/72164