Activities
The NanoMedLab is a point of reference in the area of Lombardy for the design and synthesis of nanomaterials to be applied in the field of nanomedicine, that is the medical application of nanomaterials. Materials on a nano-scale, in fact, acquire several unique optical, magnetic, chemical and structural properties which are of interest in various medical applications. NanoMedLab allows to establish relationships between different expertise, together with research and teaching activities developed in the University and to share the investments recently carried out by Politecnico di Milano in this field. NanoMedLab constitutes a common forum and an aggregation centre with the aim of promoting initiatives allowing to federate and to give visibility to a multi-disciplinary community of researchers who operate in this scientific area of strategic interest at Politecnico di Milano. The lab enables all interested researchers to access a state-of-the-art infrastructure for preparing nanomaterials which can be applied to nanomedicine and, more in general, to life sciences. The unique competences of the proposing groups include design, synthesis and chemical, physical and biomechanical characterisation of the prepared nanomaterials, in addition to the mathematical modelling of their transport, accumulation and disposal in biological systems.
Equipment
- microscope X150 equipped with DIC image analysis software
- microtensile Testing DEBEN with a capacity of 5kN
- Aramis system for dynaic measurements of 3D coordinates, 3D displacements and 3D surface strain based on triangulation
- electrodynamic testing machine by INSTRON with a capacity of 10kN operating in the range 0-100 H
- system for measuring thermal conductivity onto small samples with a range 0.0005 m2K/W fino a 0.05 m2K/W in a range from 0°C to 190 °C
- micromilling machine with a precision of 0.5 microns for machining precisely resonators and wave guides for micro-antennas
- software suite for structural optimization based onto the FreeFEM code
Pre-existing and available
- Two chemical labs for a total of 60 m2, each equipped with an extractor fan and with all the necessary equipment to prepare samples of nanomaterials for analysis with the lab equipment (In charge: Francesca Baldelli Bombelli and Francesco Cellesi)
- Gel Electrophoresis device (In charge: Francesca Baldelli Bombelli)
- Gel permeation Chromatograph (In charge: Francesco Cellesi)
- HPLC Chromatograph (In charge: Francesco Cellesi)
- Fluorometer (In charge: Francesca Baldelli Bombelli)
- Holographic Digital Microscope (In charge: Giancarlo Terraneo)
- CD spectrometer (In charge: Francesca Baldelli Bombelli)
- UV-Vis spectrometer (In charge: Francesco Cellesi)
- DLS device (In charge: Francesca Baldelli Bombelli)