Abstract:

Nanoscale materials have drawn great attention in recent decades for the development of new technologies. These materials including carbon nanotubes, graphene, nanoparticles, nanowires and nanostructured polymers are widely used in biological, pharmaceutical, clinical, forensic, food safety, energy storage and environmental applications due to their excellent chemical, mechanical, electrical, structural, optical and thermal properties. They constitute an emerging, interdisciplinary field of science for developing new detection methods and scientific investigations of the materials obtained.
Nanomaterials-based methods have various commercial and technological applications by eliminating the use of laborious, expensive and complex methods.
This presentation will discuss recent developments in the field of biosensing and smart nanomaterials.
Particular attention will be given to electrochemical biosensors developed for neurotransmitter, DNA and DNA-anticancer drug interaction detection; nanomotors for cancer detection and therapy, sugar sensing and cell isolation; and conducting polymer-based nanoactuators for controlled drug release. Technical challenges and prospects for these topics will be outlined.

Short Biography of the Speaker:

Filiz Kuralay received her B.S. degree from Hacettepe University, Department of Chemistry in 2001. She got her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Analytical Chemistry department of the same university in 2003 and 2009, respectively. She was involved in Prof. Emit Palecek’s research group in 2007 as a visiting scholar at Institute of Biophysics, Academy of the Czech Republic during her doctoral studies. After completing 1 year of postdoctoral studies in Hacettepe University, she joined Prof. Joseph Wang’s group as a postdoctoral scholar in University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), Department of Nanoengineering between 2010 and 2013. She has been working as an Associate Professor in Ordu University, Department of Chemistry since 2013. She was involved in Prof. Anthony Turner’s research group in 2015 as a visiting professor at Linköping University, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Dr. Kuralay’s research focuses on the field of nanobioelectronics, nanorobotics and electrochemistry. Her interests include nano/micromotors, nanoactuators, electroanalysis, electrochemical biosensors, conducting polymers and biofuel cells.