Endocrine diseases are the fifth most common cause of death and have a considerable
impact on society given that they induce long-term morbidity in patients. For many decades …

Over recent years, nano-engineered materials have become an important component of
artificial extracellular matrices. On one hand, these materials enable static enhancement of …

The ζ-potential of a colloidal quantum dot (QD) in solution has a strong impact on its
photoluminescence emission quantum yield as well as the population lifetime. In this study …

In this work, we report the design and fabrication of a light-addressable, paper-based
nanocomposite scaffold for optical pacing and read-out of in vitro grown cardiac tissue. The …

Cardiomyocyte beating rate modulation is required in multiple in vitro assays, and it is
usually done by electrical or optogenetic methods. In this work, we developed and …

Large two-photon absorption (2PA) cross-section combined with high emission quantum
efficiency and size-tunable bandgap energy has put colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals …

The chirality of quantum dots (QDs) has been extensively studied in recent years and shows
potential applications in optics and biology. Yet, the influence of chirality on the fluorescence …

In this work, we report the design and fabrication of a light-addressable, paper-based,
nanocomposite scaffold for optical modulation and read-out of in vitro grown cardiac tissue …

This thesis discusses the fabrication of an optically accessible, on-chip, calibration platform
for controlled exposure of voltage sensitive particles to an electric field of known strength …