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EMNS

EMNS - Engineering of Molecular NanoSystems

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The EMNS Lab is part of the Chemistry and Materials Science Department of the Brussels School of Engineering and is active in various research topics with applications mainly in the field of Health and Environment.

NANOMATERIALS FOR SENSING APPLICATIONS

Nano-bioconjugates combine the exceptional properties of nanomaterials, such as the LSPR band of gold and silver nanostructures, with those of biological macromolecules. They are valuable tools which can lead to sensors with extreme selectivity and sensitivity or to smart Drug Delivery Systems and theranostic agents.

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MOLECULAR RECOGNITION: from organic solvents to water

Molecular receptors capable of binding neutral or charged guests with a high affinity and selectivity have potential applications in fields ranging from biological and environmental monitoring to separation science and drug delivery. A notable challenge in the field is the development of receptors that work in an aqueous medium, where most biological and environmental processes occur.

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ION TRANSPORT ACROSS LIPID BILAYERS

Synthetic ion transporters are seen as potential therapeutic agents able to restore malfunctions in the natural anion transport across biological membranes by proteins. Our work focuses on the physico-chemical characterization of transmembrane ion transport by organic carriers, with a focus on chloride transport.

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News

All news of the EMNS Lab

The EMNS delegation at the ISMSC-2022

June 29, 2022

New Publication : Magnetic Self-Healing Composites: Synthesis and Applications

June 14, 2022

Kenneth Cerdan, Carlos Moya, Peter Van Puyvelde, Gilles Bruylants & Joost Brancart, Molecules 27(12),3796 (2022). First published: 13 June 2022

New Publication on COVID-19 immunoglobulin detection tests

May 16, 2022

As early as April 2020, at the peak of the health crisis, the EMNS and LCO laboratories joined forces to respond to the Special Call COVID-19 ULB. Our researchers developed a rapid detection test using silver nanoparticles instead of gold nanoparticles. The results of their work have just been published in Analytical Chemistry.

Marie Curie fellowship and a Pint of Science for Aaron

May 12, 2022

Aaron has presented at the Pint of Science festival and he has been awarded a Marie Curie fellowship.

New paper accepted in Chemical Communications

May 10, 2022

Highly stable silver nanohybrid electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction, Quentin Lenne, Maurice Retout, Bryan Gosselin, Gilles Bruylants, Ivan Jabin, Jonathan Hamon, Corinne Lagrost & Yann Leroux, in Chem.Commun, 58, 3334-3337 (2022). First published: 16 February 2022.