Nanoscale bioelectrical characterization
Group Leader
Ed. Hèlix | Baldiri Reixac, 15-21 | 08028 | Barcelona
T. +34 934 020 206
Email : ggomila
ibecbarcelona.eu
I have a PhD in Physics from the University of Barcelona (1997) with a thesis based on the theoretical modelling of electron transport at semiconductor interfaces. Later on, I was postdoctoral researcher at three different universities in Italy, France and Spain where I specialized in the theoretical modelling of nanoscale electronic devices. In 2001 I moved to the Department of Electronics at the University of Barcelona thanks to a Ramon y Cajal fellowship, where I expanded my research interests towards the merge of electronics and biological fields, thus focusing on microsystems for biological applications on-a-chip and on Atomic Force Microscopy for the electrical study of biological samples. Since 2005 I have been Associate Professor at this department. My current research interests are centred on the understanding of bioelectrical phenomena at the nanoscale. I combine the research activities with teaching on Nanobiotechnology, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Bioelectricity and Nanomedicine at the University of Barcelona.
Publications
- Gramse, G., Dols-Pérez, A., Edwards, M., Fumagalli, L. & Gomila, G. (2013). Nanoscale Measurement of the Dielectric Constant of Supported Lipid Bilayers in Aqueous Solutions with Electrostatic Force Microscopy. Biophysical Journal, 104(6), 1257-1262.
- Gramse, G., Edwards, M., Fumagalli, L. & Gomila, G. (2012). Dynamic electrostatic force microscopy in liquid media. Appl. Phys. Lett., 101(213108).
- Calò, A., Sanmartí, M., Iavicoli, P., Persuy, M.-A., Pajot-Augy, E., Gomila, G. & Samitier, J. (2012). Diffusion-controlled deposition of natural nanovesicles containing G-protein coupled receptors for biosensing platforms. Soft Matter, 8(24), 11632 – 11643.
- Fumagalli, L., Esteban Ferrer, D., Cuervo, A., Carrascosa, J. & Gomila, G. (2012). Label-free identification of single dielectric nanoparticles and viruses with ultraweak polarization forces. Nature Materials, 11, 808–816.
- Gramse, G., Gomila, G. & Fumagalli, L. (2012). Quantifying the dielectric constant of thick insulators by electrostatic force microscopy: effects of the microscopic parts of the probe. Nanotechnology, 23, 205703.