M. Sc. Zhiyuan Jia

Investigation of modified nanoporous silicon and alumina photonic materials with coatings of new enzyme-labile polymer hydrogel materials is established previously approaches to sense the presence of bacterial enzymes (and hence bacteria) using (i) self-reporting hydrogels equipped with fluorogenic and chromogenic substrates and (ii) photonic materials, such as Rugate filters. The aim of the topic is refined and expanded to allow for more sensitive and in particular multiplexed detection.