Prof Matteo Palma

Matteo Palma

Professor of Physical Chemistry and Nanomaterials
Head of the Centre for Chemical Research

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
ORCID Google Scholar

Research

Nanomaterials, NanoBiotechnology, Mixed-dimensional heterostructures, Biosensors, Optoelectronics, Nanohybrids

Interests

Our research focuses on the controlled assembly of functional nanostructures - with nanoscale spatial resolution towards single-molecule control - and their use in optoelectronics, biosensing and single-molecule biological investigations. We employ different building blocks, from carbon nanotubes and 2D nanomaterials (as nano-electrodes/transducers) to DNA origami (as nanoscale scaffolds). Thruogh (supra)molecular interactions-,including via DNA as linker and template, we drive the self-assembly of nanoscale heterostrucutres in solution and their organization on nanopatterned substrates in device configurations.