Dr. Amal Kasry

BioSensor Technologies Performing and managing research related to optical and electrical biosensors; - Using organic field effect transistors (OFET) and surface plasmon fluorescence spectroscopy (SPFS) to develop highly sensitive SMELL sensors to detect odorant molecules. - Graphene-related fundamental research to develop high sensitive biosensors.

Designing Optoelectronic biosensors

My work during these two years was divided between the research activities of two projects in collaboration between IBM research and EGNC; Egypt nanotechnology center (which was funded by the Egyptian ministries of Communication and Higher Education), and participating in the preliminary design of the EGNC labs where I, together with the other EGNC team members, worked closely with the design firm and the IBM engineers to conceptualize the initial strategies of the center.

• Optimized the growth conditions of graphene • Reduced the sheet resistance of graphene to a value suitable for transparent electrode applications using chemical doping and metallic busbars. • Modified graphene by electrostatic interaction for biosensor applications. • Proved that graphene is a very strong fluorescence quencher. • Forest carbon nanotubes (FCNT) by plasma polymerization for live cells and biotechnology applications.

Design biochips to study protein-protein interaction on the surface by fluorescence resonance energy transfer using Time Correlated Single Photon Counting

-Using dark field light scattering from metallic nano particles to track proteins inside live cells. -Imaging of biomolecules.

-Studying the propagation of long range surface plasmon in corrugated surfaces. -Using surface plasmons and long range surface plasmons fluorescence spectroscopy to study the incorporation of proteins in hydrogel matrices for biosensor applications.

Fundamentals and applications of surface plasmon resonance fluorescence spectroscopy Design and development of optical biosensors using surface plasmon fluorescence spectroscopy

Preparation and characterisation of semiconductor thin films for gas sensor applications.