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Explainers
Short, plain-language explanations of our research field: MIPs, electrochemical sensors, nanomaterials and more.
How does an electrochemical sensor turn a molecule into a signal?
Redox reactions, three electrodes and a potentiostat: how a molecule becomes a measurable current, and what CV, DPV and SWV actually do.
Mehmet Altay UNAL
4 days ago3 min read
Screen-printed electrodes: a whole electrochemical cell on a disposable strip
How a working, counter and reference electrode fit on one printed strip, and why screen-printed electrodes are so useful for fast, on-site analysis.
Mehmet Altay UNAL
4 days ago3 min read
Template, monomer, cross-linker: how a molecularly imprinted polymer is made
The ingredients and three key steps of molecular imprinting, from pre-complex formation and thermal, photo- or electropolymerisation to template removal.
Ahmet CETINKAYA
4 days ago3 min read
Nanomaterials on the electrode: why graphene, MXenes and metal nanoparticles boost sensitivity
More surface, faster electron transfer and catalytic effects: how graphene, MXenes/MBenes and metal nanoparticles make electrochemical sensors more sensitive.
Mehmet Altay UNAL
4 days ago3 min read
What is a MIP-based biosensor? A guide to "plastic antibodies"
Molecularly imprinted polymers are synthetic receptors with molecule-shaped cavities. Here is how they are made and how they turn an electrode into a selective sensor.
Sibel A. OZKAN
4 days ago3 min read
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