Nanobiophotonic research within

the framework of C'Nano Île-de-France

  This third research theme may have applications in industry at the interfaces Physics-Biology, to observe in solution the coating of quantum dots within polystyrene spheres covered with surface-active agents to form water-soluble nanoclusters.
In addition, an original technique of nanolithography is developped in collaboration with various groups of physicists, to allow deposition of metal nanoparticles on these 2D arrays of viruses or biological macromolecules.
The nanocluster networks thus obtained follow the subjacent protein 2D arrays, and their nano-optic effects depend directly on the size on the metal nanoclusters and the cell parameters imposed by the biological networks. Other networks obtained on full-course from lipids in the presence of biotinylated lipids and streptavidine, are currently being studied.