Vikas Berry

William H. Honstead Professor of Chemical Engineering

Assistant Professor

BRL studies the electrical, structural, and chemical properties of innovatively designed nano- and bio- materials to enable the development of the next-generation-applications in biomedicine, electronics and nanomechanics. BRL investigates the fundamental science behind the biological and the nanoscale phenomena to rationally integrate them to develop high functionality/sensitivity nanotechnologies.

Current Interests: BRL is studying chemically and structurally modified graphenes produced by innovative techniques.

BioNanoTechnology

By interfacing nanotechnology with biocomponents (a field now known as ‘Bionanotechnology’), in part by leveraging their specific biochemistries, novel bio-nano hybrid systems can be built. These hybrids can operate at high sensitivity and/or with unique functionalities originating from the multiplexed bio and nano phenomena. Such bio-nano interfacing has the potential to advance several applications, including biomolecular mechanics, biosensing, and biomolecular electronics.

Graphene BioDevices:

Graphene is a single atom thick sheet of sp2 hybridized carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice. With its dense cloud of charge carriers confined in atomic thickness and its large chemically modifiable surface area, graphene is a promising material for electronic sensing systems, electro-switches, biotechnology, and defense applications. BRL is studying the effect of several chemical and structural modifications of graphene on its electrical, optical, and interfacial properties. The modified-graphene-hybrids being studied include graphene nanoribbons, graphene-gold hybrid, graphene-DNA, graphene-bacteria, graphene-proteins, and graphene-azo.

 

 

 

 

 

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