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Dr Cuong Cao

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Dr Cuong Cao

School of Biological Sciences

Dr Cuong Cao is a Lecturer in Advanced Micro- and Nano-Diagnostics. His research has been dedicated to bringing together elements from micro- and nanofabrication, applied physics, analytical chemistry, and biology which is truly multidisciplinary in nature. His original research articles have been mostly published in leading, high impact journals such as Advanced Materials, ACS Nano, Small, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Water Research, Lab on a Chip, etc. 

Dr Cao research focuses on three main research topics exploiting cutting-edge micro- and nano-technologies to address these global challenges:

  • Synthesis and fabrication of optically-active materials using both top-down and bottom-up approaches to provide high quality plasmonic nanomaterials for biosensing.  
  • Development of nanoplasmonics-based biosensing platforms, including but not limited to SPR, LSPR, SERS, and particle-based detections.
  • Development of point-of-care analyses: we aim to incorporate and transfer molecular diagnostic techniques and nanoplasmonic transducers on to compact lab-on-a-chip formats

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Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Synthesis and fabrication of optically-active materials using both top-down and bottom-up approaches to provide high quality plasmonic nanomaterials for biosensing.  
  • Development of nanoplasmonics-based biosensing platforms, including but not limited to SPR, LSPR, SERS, and particle-based detections.
  • Development of point-of-care analyses: we aim to incorporate and transfer molecular diagnostic techniques and nanoplasmonic transducers on to compact lab-on-a-chip formats.

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Current Research Opportunities

  • Nature-inspired and SERS-based characterisations of micro- and nano-plastics

Public outreach & key achievements

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Serving as independent reviewer for journals: Small, Nanoscale, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Analytical Biochemistry, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sensors, Analytica Chimica Acta, Journal of Applied Microbiology, International Journal of Food Microbiology, etc

Research students

PhD Title Peroxidase-mimicking nanomaterials for mercury detection in water samples
Country UK
   
PhD Title  Plasmonic foodsmartphone assay for food spoilage microorganisms 
Country Spain
   
PhD Title A development of sensor-based diagnostics for animal health applications (co-supervising with Dr Mark Mooney)
Country  UK 
   
PhD Title Development and evaluation of a paper-based microfluidic device to detect and differentiate Mycobacterium tuberculosis (co-supervising with Dr Linda Stewart)
Country UK

 


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