CHIRALAB - towards a CHeap and portable InstRument for bioAnaLysis based on enAntiospecific luminescence and aBsorption essays

PRIN [2019-2022]

Abstract

We shall take advantage of biomolecular homochirality for several separate objectives finally converging in an ambitious goal: to set up a revolutionary prototype instrument for bioanalyses based on chiroptical spectroscopies, employing only modern optoelectronic devices, i.e. avoiding expensive items for producing and detecting circularly polarized (CP) and monochromatic light (sources, polarization modulators, detectors). We constitute a multidisciplinary team with complementary expertise covering synthetic organic and inorganic chemistry, spectroscopy, characterization of molecules and materials and device fabrication and testing.

Durata del progetto

2019 - 2022

Responsabile locale

Prof. Andrea Gualandi

Responsabile nazionale

Prof. Marco Giovani Bettinelli, Università di Verona

Partnership

Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna (Italy)
Università degli Studi di Verona (Italy)
Università di Pisa (Italy)
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
Università degli Studi di Udine (Italy)
Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro (Italy)

Finanziamento

Euro 390.019