Special Invited Lectures: Surface NanoBiotechnology

With the intention to develop alternative approaches to lab on a chip for organisation and transport of biomolecules on surfaces several unique concepts have been developed. Electro contact printing (1) is a method with the potential to site specifically organise molecules at tenth of nanometers. This method has also been used for segmented derivatisation of micron sized magnetic beads. Controlled transport of magnetic beads on surfaces is a new technological platform (2) with a great potential for Surface Nanobiotechnology as macromolecule and cell transporter, cell and macromolecule sorter and nanosensor for studies of friction and quantification of macromolecules. (1) Nanoscale Site-Specific Immobilisation of Proteins through Electroactivated Disulphide Exchange Nanoletters (2003) Vol.3, No.6, pp. 779-781 (2) Programmable Motion of Magnetic Beads using Thin Film Magnetic Elements Advanced Materials, (2005) 17, 1730-1736.