RECEPTOR-DOPED GELS

Receptor-Doped Ionogels: New Materials for Inherently Biocompatible Molecular Sensors

Coordinatore	DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY    more  Organization address address: Glasnevin city: DUBLIN postcode: 9 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Raftery Cognome: Declan Email: send email Telefono: +353 1 700 5847 Fax: +353 1 700 8002
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Ireland [IE]
Totale costo	75˙000 €
EC contributo	75˙000 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2010-RG
Funding Scheme	MC-IRG
Anno di inizio	2010
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2010-09-15   -   2013-09-14

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY  Organization address address: Glasnevin city: DUBLIN postcode: 9 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Raftery Cognome: Declan Email: send email Telefono: +353 1 700 5847 Fax: +353 1 700 8002	IE (DUBLIN)	coordinator	75˙000.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The issues faced today with biochemical sensors are device reliability and power consumption, liquid handling over extended periods of time, as the micro-dimensioned fluidic channels are prone to blockage, and micro pumps/valves being unreliable. The aim of this proposal is to develop a biocompatible molecular sensor that would address the key issues holding biocompatible sensors and would be at the forefront of molecular sensing. Advantages of such sensors would be selectivity for target ions in the body such as sodium, potassium and calcium. Sensors of this nature would be important in areas of every day life for example, monitoring cancer, / cancer pass surgery, obesity and people recovering from heart surgery. Such molecular sensors would contain hybrid materials consisting of monomeric components polymerized within biocompatible ionic liquids yielding various platforms for modification. Doping of the ionogel hybrid material with a selective ionophore will enable ion selectivity and hypothetically develop any chemical or biological sensor by introducing its corresponding selective ionophore. This type of material would render most optical sensing technologies on the market obsolete.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Measuring critical blood biochemical parameters continuously at a patient's bedside is a very important part of health care. EU researchers have developed reliable molecular sensors to achieve this ambitious goal.