Congratulations to Koen Valk for winning the poster prize for societal relevance at the Integrated Photonics retreat at the Eindhoven Hendrik Casimir Institute. Well deserved!
MP group joins the ICMS Advanced Microscopy Facility
Our group relies on various advanced optical and tip-mediated microscopy techniques to visualize the interaction of light and matter on the nanoscale. Our group’s efforts are greatly enhanced through by joining ICMS’s advanced microscopy facility, a hub of advanced microscopy tools dedicated to interdisciplinary research. The facility, led by Dr. Yuyang Wang, is equipped with […]
Single DNA-molecules interacting fast!
Congratulations to Sjoerd Nooteboom for achieving a difficult goal: he probed the binding kinetics of single DNA molecules on microsecond timescales using single gold particles as nanoantenna. He engineered the size and shape of the nanoantenna, as well as its surface chemistry, to achieve a record-high fluorescence intensity. You can find more details here: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c03220.
Book on super-resolution microscopy
Peter, together with Lorenzo Albertazzi, wrote a book about the use of single-molecule and super-resolution microscopy for materials science. The book is geared toward physical chemistry backgrounds. It contains five chapters with the fundamentals of different super-resolution techniques, followed by seven chapters from contributing editors that describe applications in materials science. Check it out here!
Paper in Nature
Together with Yuyang Wang at the ICMS microscopy facility we have developed a microscopy approach to visualize and track local organization in dynamic polymeric materials. The approach uses a polarization-sensitive fluorescence microscope that allows for the real-time visualization of local molecular alignment with diffraction-limited resolution. In a project lead by Bert Meijer and Hailin Fu […]
Join us! Three open positions
We currently have three fully financed openings for two postdocs and one PhD student. You can find the descriptions of the positions here: PhD position on nanoplasmonics for ultrafast single-molecule biosensing Postdoc position on machine learning for integrated nanophotonic biosensing (together with Yuqing Jiao) Postdoc position on super-resolution imaging of interactive polymer materials (together with […]
Symposium registration open!
Exciting news! On October 11th we organize a symposium at TU/e with 6 invited speakers that will give their perspective on the use of microscopy and nanoscopy to study nanomaterials. The symposium is titled “with light into the nanoworld” and is open to everyone, you can register already!
Super-resolution imaging for biosensing
A great article has been posted on the TU/e science webpage about the use of super-resolution microscopy to quantify nanoparticles. This article describes our research in the Marie Curie ITN project SuperCol, where 15 PhD students across Europe work to develop and image particle-based biosensors and drug delivery vehicles. As cherry on the pie it […]
EHCI grant awarded
In collaboration with Yuqin Jiao from the Photonic Integration group we were awarded an institutional grant from the Eindhoven Hendrik Casimir Institute. The aim of the collaboration will be to develop photonic-plasmonic integrated biosensors. A postdoc position will be opened soon!
Several publications accepted!
What a New Year present! Three papers were accepted for publication within two weeks, and two more submitted. Two manuscripts deal with the use of super-resolution localization microscopy to characterize nanoscale materials, whereas three manuscripts describe novel plasmonic sensors for DNA, protein, and enzymes. Thanks to all authors and collaborators for a great effort, you […]