Polymer Micro & Nano Engineering

Polymer Micro & Nano Engineering - POLYMIC

Group leader Rafael Taboryski

The POLYMIC group focuses on micro and nano engineering methods based on a polymer materials platform. The group has strong competences in advanced clean room based polymer micro- and nanofabrication techniques. The technology platform includes fabrication of masters for injection molding by means of lithographic techniques, techniques for bonding of polymer parts, patterning of conducting polymer films, and surface modification by plasma polymerization. Polymer microfabrication competences are complemented by sensitive electrical measurements techniques, microfluidic techniques, surface analysis techniques, and Si/glass microfabrication techniques.

Current projects range from electrochemical sensing of neurotransmitter secretion from single cells and  ion channels recordings to nanostructural functionalization of injection molded surfaces to obtain effects such as, self-cleaning, antistiction, and color-appearance.

The group continuously strives to identify new application fields for its core technological competences in order to enlarge its portfolio of application driven research projects.

Courses

The POLYMIC group is involved in teaching in the following courses:

10031 Introduction to physics and nanotechnology

33336 LabChip-2: Physics of Lab-on-chip systems

33472 Laboratory work in Physics and Nanotechnology

33692 PolyNano Summer School

POLYMIC project portfolio

	CIPoC	Center for Integrated Point of Care technologies, grant from Danish Agency for Science, Technology, and Innovation with DELTA and Statens Serum Institut.
		Strategic Research Center with participation of more than 20 industrial and academic partners
		NanoPlast, DNATF Platform with participation of 4 DTU departments and 11 industrial partners
	PILOC	Low cost, high performance biochip enabling cheaper and faster drug development. DNATF project with Sophion Bioscience
	Wafer based integrated camera module for cell-phones	DNATF project with Kaleido Technologies APS, Nokia Denmark A/S, CemeCon Scandinavia A/S, and DTU-Mechanical Engineering
	LANI	Large Area Nanostructuring Initiative