Nanomaterials for biosensing and phototherapy applications

Great demand exists for the development of advanced healthcare solutions for early detection of diseases and effective methods of treatment. The immense progress of nanomaterials research over the last few decades suggests that it could be the source of such solutions and could include, for example, substrate-based optical antenna systems for improved biosensing applications and colloidal nanomaterials for photodynamic therapy. In this work, I briefly review some of my past and current research into the development of nanomaterial systems that can employed for biosensing and phototherapy applications.