Nanophotonic approaches to biosensing applications

In this talk I will discuss some of the research directions of my group in the area of biosensing. Specifically, I will discuss: the development of hybrid plasmonic substrates that can be implemented into the Krechmann configuration for simultaneous qualitative and quantitative detection of analytes; the use of combinatory techniques based on plasmonic structures that enable control of analyte motion and thus concentration of analytes in the sensing area; and finally, the development of a theranostic agent based on conjugated polymer nanoparticles.