Biophotonics!

My research during PhD and PostDoc years

A breathtaking journey discovering the potentiality of the sinergy between optics, nanofabrication and biology

Lorenzo's work

Pre-PhD

Early Projects of a soon-to-be engineer

Mode Locking laser

Bachelor Project

Some laser diode characterization. continue

Herschel Coronograph

Master Project

Catching the Sun...or at least some spectra. continue

PhD student

Entering Biophotonics

tweezers

Optical Tweezers

Discover the origin the evolution and the application of a versatile all-fiber instrument. continue

d-stretcher

Discrete Optical Stretcher

Explore the potentiality of the hand-made dual counterpropagating beam optical stretcher. continue

i-stretcher

Integrated Optical Stretcher

Integration of microfluidics and optics for the future of biological analysis. continue

PostDoc

The scary world of Nano-Bio-Neuro-Opto-Science

snom

Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy

Tutorial and experiment with a SNOM system and patch clamp for neuron activation. continue

membrane

Diffusing Membrane

How to fabricate membranes and easily sort nanoparticles. continue

plasmonic holes

Plasmonic Holes Arrays

Design and Fabrication of the nanobio tool for single-molecule activation. continue

2photon polymerization

Two-Photon Polymerization

From Optical Tweezers to Asymmetric Beads, explore the potentiality of 2pp. continue

pillars

Superhydrophobic pillars

What happens inside a drop? What about motions and currents? continue

nanoantennas

Nanoantennas

How to create plasmonic enhancement on membranes continue

AFM

Atomic Force Microscopy

A small training for a great analysis tool. continue

Photonic Crystal + Plasmonic Holes Array Cantilever

Plasmonic Holes Array Cantilever

An effective technique to achieve single molecule activation. continue

gold migration

Gold drifting

Control the gold migration through annealing and nanostructures. continue

organic eletrochemical transistor

Organic eletrochemical transistor

Super-hydrophobic chip to resolve biological mixtures in a solution. continue

si-elegans

The Si elegans Project

Emulating a full-living brain. The insight on how a worm thinks will lead to wonders. continue