Sensors Webinar | Nanotechnology Applications in Sensors Development
Sensors Webinar | Nanotechnology Applications in Sensors Development
Part of the Sensors Webinar Series series
nanosensors, nanoparticles, biosensing, sensors
Welcome from the Chair
Nanotechnology development has offered the possibility to choose among a very large class of nanostructured elements to expand the use of optical methods for sensing applications. The miniaturization of matter provides interesting and unique optical properties, enabling the development of new sensing schemes and devices characterized by an increased specificity and sensitivity, reliability, and adaptability, as required for innovative applicative approaches for the qualitative and quantitative determination of analytes of interest in pharmaceutical research, medical diagnostics, environmental monitoring, agriculture, industry, and food safety and security.
This webinar offers the opportunity to meet researchers involved in the field of nanotechnology applications for optical sensing to discuss some topics together. In particular, we would like to focus our attention on the improvements due to the use of nanostructured substrates in Raman spectroscopy and the results offered by the use of hybrid nanoparticles in intracellular sensing and therapy.
Date: 28 October 2024 at 11:00 a.m. CET | 6:00 pm CST Asia
Webinar ID: 865 3587 9373
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Event Chair
Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Università della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Napoli, Italy
Maria Lepore is currently working as an Associate Professor (SSD FIS07) at the Department of Experimental Medicine of the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli". Her teaching activity mainly concerns Medical Physics for the degree courses in Medicine and Surgery, three-year courses in the health area, Applied Physics courses for several medical specialization schools, Biophotonics for PhD courses in Mathematics, and Physics and Applications for Engineering. Her research activity concerns multiphoton interaction processes in crystalline and semiconductor solids, laser interaction processes, integrated optics, the optical properties of biological and biomaterial tissues, biomedical optics, the design and development of optical sensors, laser safety in research laboratories and clinical settings, and biophotonics in medical, environmental, and agri-food sectors. She is the author of more than 140 papers in journals with an international editorial board. She has participated in numerous national and international congresses (with 60 publications). In the course of her career, she has collaborated with several national and international research groups. Currently, Prof. Lepore is part of the Editorial Board of several journals and collaborates as a referee with numerous other scientific journals with an international editorial board.
Keynote Speakers
Dipartimento di Scienze Ecologiche e Biologiche, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
Nanotechnology In Sensing Biomolecules by Vibrational Spectroscopy
Ines Delfino is currently working as Associate Professor of Applied Physics in the Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences at the University of Tuscia. Her research activity is mainly in the field of Biophotonics. She is involved in experimental investigations in the following fields: the optical properties of biological and biomaterial tissues, biomedical optics, the design and development of optical sensors, the disclosure of physics and its applications in the medical, environmental, and agri-food sectors, and the mechanical properties of biological systems. Her teaching activity mainly concerns the courses of Physics and Physics Laboratory for bachelor’s degrees in Natural and Biological Sciences, courses in Data Analysis for master’s degrees in biotechnology, and Applied Physics and Data Analysis courses for PhD programs. She has co-authored more than 100 papers in journals and international volumes. She has attended numerous national and international congresses. She has collaborated with several national and international research groups during her career. Currently, Prof. Delfino is part of the Editorial Board of several journals, and she collaborates as a referee with numerous scientific journals with an international editorial board.
Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems (ISASI), National Research Council, Napoli, Italy
Hybrid Nanoparticles for Intracellular Sensing and Therapy
Ilaria Rea (IR) is a senior researcher at the Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems of the National Research Council in Naples (ISASI NA–CNR), where she heads the “Functional Nanomaterials and Interfaces” laboratory. Her research interests are in the field of advanced nano- and microscale materials for optical biosensing and drug delivery. Mesoporous silica/silicon nanoparticles, gold nanoparticles, nanostructured zinc oxide, and hybrid nanocomposites functionalized with antibodies, proteins, and nucleic acids are examples of materials realized in her laboratory. Her work, carried out in collaboration with a multidisciplinary research team, is focused on the diagnosis and treatment of human diseases.
Webinar Recording
Nanotechnologies enable the development of new sensing schemes and devices characterized by increased specificity and sensitivity, reliability, and adaptability, as required for innovative applicative approaches for the qualitative and quantitative determination of analytes. Our webinar session includes two contributions devoted to some applications of nanotechnologies to optical sensing. The former talk (“Nanotechnology in sensing biomolecules by vibrational spectroscopy” by Dr. Ines Delfino) presents fundamental aspects related to the working principles, design, and fabrication of substrates for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) that result extremely useful when sensing very small quantities of analytes is required. The second one (“Hybrid nanoparticles for intracellular sensing and therapy” by Dr. Ilaria Rea) describes using porous biosilica-based NPs for biomedical applications. The NPs are derived from diatomite, a material of sedimentary origin formed from the remains of diatom skeletons. A hybrid nanosystem constituted by diatomite NPs covered by gold NPs acting as SERS substrates is proposed for simultaneous intracellular drug sensing and delivery.
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Program
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Speaker/Presentation |
Time in CET |
Time in CST Asia |
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Dr. Maria Lepore Chair Introduction |
11:00 am - 11:10 am |
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm |
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Dr. Ines Delfino Nanotechnology In Sensing Biomolecules by Vibrational Spectroscopy |
11:10 am - 11:30 am |
6:10 pm - 6:30pm |
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Dr. Ilaria Rea Hybrid Nanoparticles for Intracellular Sensing and Therapy |
11:30 am - 11:50 am |
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm |
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Q&A |
11:50 am - 12:05 pm |
6:50 pm - 7:05 pm |
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Dr. Maria Lepore Closing of Webinar |
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm |
7:05 pm - 7:10 pm |
Relevant Topic
"Nanotechnology Applications in Sensors Development"
Special Issue Editors: Dr. Maria Lepore and Dr. Ines Delfino
Manuscript submission deadline: 31 January 2025
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