Our hybrid materials combine biomolecules with inorganic or polymeric nanostructures. We often employ nanostructured building blocks functionalized with multifunctional surface linkers to enable attachment of biomolecular components.

We have developed a toolbox of different linker molecules to enable functionalisation of nanostructures and exploit various click-chemistry strategies to tailor the attachment of biomolecules ranging from DNA to antibodies.  Some of our hybrid structures include self-healing hydrogels suitable for 3D printing of engineered tissues and silver nanoparticles-doped DNA used for design of memory devices and artificial synapses.