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Research Areas

iNANO's main strategic research areas: 

  • Nanomaterials, Interfaces and Catalysis, Nanomedicine, Synthetic Biology and Nanofood

Nanomaterials

Read about our research in Nanomaterials

The Nanomaterials activities cover:

  • Synthesis and characterization of energy materials
  • Catalysis
  • Magnetic materials
  • Electronic materials
  • Polymers
  • Porous materials
  • Bio-inspired materials
  • Semiconductors
  • Optical nanomaterials.

Group leaders within Nanomaterials

  • Julsgaard, Brian
  • Lauritsen, Jeppe Vang
  • Lock, Nina
  • Miwa, Jill
  • Mudring, Anja
  • Nielsen, Niels Christian
  • Nygaard, Jens Vinge
  • RavnsbækDorthe
  • Skibsted, Jørgen
  • Sutherland, Duncan
  • Ulstrup, Søren
  • Vosegaard, Thomas
  • Weidner, Tobias

Interfaces and catalysis

Read about our research in Interfaces and Catalysis

The Interfaces and catalysis activities cover:

  • Two-dimensional materials
  • Heterogeneous catalysis
  • Homogenous and electro-catalysis
  • Bioelectrocatalysis
  • Biological adhesion
  • Colloids
  • Surface functionalisation
  • Self-assembly

Group leaders within Interfaces and catalysis

  • Lauritsen, Jeppe Vang
  • Linderoth, Trolle René
  • Meyer, Rikke Louise
  • Miwa, Jill
  • Nielsen, Niels Christian
  • Nygaard, Jens Vinge
  • RavnsbækDorthe
  • Skibsted, Jørgen
  • Skrydstrup, Troels
  • Sutherland, Duncan
  • Weidner, Tobias

Nanomedicine

Read about our research in Nanomedicine

The Nanomedicine activities cover:

  • Drug delivery
  • Nanoparticle encapsulation
  • Bioimaging
  • Tissue engineering
  • Biosensors
  • Biomimicry
  • Bioconjugation
  • Antibodies
  • Protein assembly, dynamics, modelling and structure
  • Protein and nucleic acid nanotechnology
  • Organelles and membranes
  • Biomaterials
  • Biofilms
  • Nanotoxicology
  • Nanoethics

Group leaders within Nanomedicine

  • Nissen, Poul
  • Nygaard, Jens Vinge
  • Otzen, Daniel
  • Pedersen, Jan Skov
  • Schiøtt, Birgit
  • Skrydstrup, Troels
  • Städler, Brigitte
  • Sutherland, Duncan
  • Vorup-Jensen, Thomas
  • Vosegaard, Thomas
  • Weidner, Tobias
  • Westberg, Michael
  • Zelikin, Alexander

Synthetic biology

Read about our research in Synthetic Biology

The Synthetic Biology activities cover: 

  • Pathway engineering

  • Genetic engineering
  • Biomolecular selfassembly
  • Bioinspired materials
  • Biomimicry
  • Artificial cells
  • Liposomes
  • Antibody technology
  • Membrane science
  • Biophysics
  • Bioelectronics
  • Biocomputing engineering
  • Evolutionary biology

Group leaders within Synthetic Biology

  • Andersen, Ebbe Sloth
  • Birkedal, Henrik
  • Birkedal, Victoria
  • Dong, Mingdong
  • Gothelf, Kurt Vestager
  • Howard, Ken
  • Kjems, Jørgen
  • KjærgaardMagnus
  • Linderoth, Trolle René
  • Nielsen, Niels Christian
  • Otzen, Daniel
  • Pedersen, Jan Skov
  • Städler, Brigitte
  • Sutherland, Duncan
  • Vosegaard, Thomas
  • Westberg, Michael
  • Zelikin, Alexander 

Nanofood

Read about our research in Nanofood

The Nanofood activities cover:

  • Antimicrobial compounds
  • Green proteins
  • Protein-lipid interactions
  • Nanoparticles
  • Nanoencapsulation
  • Antifouling
  • Biosensing
  • Enzyme engineering
  • Metabolomics

Group leaders within Nanofood

  • Ferapontova, Elena
  • Howard, Ken
  • Kjems, Jørgen
  • Meyer, Rikke Louise
  • Mulder, Frans
  • Nielsen, Niels Christian
  • Otzen, Daniel