Irish scientists create graphene sensor for wearable medical devices
The graphene-based sensor. Image: AMBER
A team at Trinity College Dublin is currently exploring medical applications for its flexible graphene-based sensor.
Graphene has been hailed as a ‘wonder material’ as it is incredibly strong, but also light and flexible.
Now, scientists in Ireland are making use of these properties with a development that could have applications in the areas of wearable electronics and medical diagnostic devices.
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin’s School of Physics and at AMBER, the Science Foundation Ireland research centre for advanced materials, have developed a next-generation graphene-based sensing technology.
Professor Jonathan Coleman, lead PI at AMBER, the SFI Research Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research, and the School of Physics at Trinity, has secured a European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept grant worth €150,000.
This Proof of Concept project, named Print-SENSE, will examine the economic and technical feasibility of using nanomaterial-based inks for high-performance sensing applications, particularly within medical diagnostics.
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Trinity College Dublin professor secures ERC proof of concept grant to study the use of nanomaterial-based inks
Professor Jonathan Coleman, lead PI at AMBER, the SFI Research Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research, and the School of Physics at Trinity, has secured a European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept grant worth €150,000.
This Proof of Concept project, named Print-SENSE, will examine the economic and technical feasibility of using nanomaterial-based inks for high-performance sensing applications, particularly within medical diagnostics.
The teams’ sensor invention: a polymer nanomaterial