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Anatoli V. Melechko, Ph.D.
Molectular-Scale Engineering and Nanoscale Technologies research group (MENT)
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
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Molectular-Scale Engineering and Nanoscale Technologies research group (MENT) Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences |
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| My current research interests are centered around the controlled synthesis of nanostructured materials and their integration into devices with nanoscale functional elements. While I am involved in the development of a wide range of applications that include microfabricated electron field emission sources, scanning probe tips, electrochemical probes, cell mimetic structures, nanofluidic arrays, gene delivery arrays, etc, my personal favorites among them are the ones that are directed toward creation of interface to life systems on the nanoscale. In order to probe or modify functions of individual live cells the dimensions of the probing elements must be much smaller than a cell and possibly on same scale as cellular machinery. Vertically aligned carbon nanofibers (VACNF) satisfy these dimensionality and biocompatibility requirements and thus hold a great promise for breakthroughs in this emerging field of nanobiotechnology. |