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Research interests
Dr Estrela’s research focuses on the development of label-free electrical biosensors and chemical sensors for a wide range of applications such as medical diagnostics and environmental monitoring.
Dr Estrela research interests include
- label-free electrical detection of biomolecular interactions
- biologically sensitive field-effect devices
- detection of DNA, proteins, bacteria, cells, ions and small molecules
- electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of biological systems
- use of solid state devices in aqueous environments
- surface biofunctionalization
- electronic addressing of microarrays
- nanobiosensors
- microfluidics
Dr Estrela’s work has a strong multidisciplinary nature and he has collaborations in place with electrical engineers, physicists, chemists, molecular biologists, chemical engineers, pharmacologists, clinicians and industry.
Willing to supervise doctoral students
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Education/Academic qualification
Physics, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Amsterdam
Award Date: 26 Sep 2000
Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Master of Physics, University of Lisbon
Award Date: 19 Dec 1995
Keywords
- TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
- Biosensors
- QD Chemistry
- Electrochemical sensors
- Biosensors
- Biosensing Technologies
- Bioengineering
- Electrochemistry
- Sensors
- Nanobiosensors
- Bioelectronics
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Projects
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Cancer Diagnosis: Parallel Sensing of Prostate Cancer Biomarkers: MARIE CURIE - PROSENSE Training budget
Estrela, P., Eggleston, I., Frost, C., Lloyd, M., Pascu, S. & Tyrrell, R.
1/10/12 → 30/09/16
Project: EU Commission
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Novel Biosensors Based on Synthetic Recognition Elements Embedded in Redox Active SAMs
Estrela, P., Frost, C. & James, T.
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
1/11/14 → 31/10/15
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
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HiPAD- High Throughput, label-Free Detection of High-Density Peptide MicroArrays
Estrela, P., Bowen, C. & Taylor, J.
1/01/12 → 30/04/16
Project: EU Commission
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IAA - COVID-19 POC diagnostic device
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/05/21 → 31/03/22
Project: Research council
Research output
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Platform for Change
Pula, G., Estrela, P., Bhalla, N. & Di Lorenzo, M., Jun 2015, Innovations in Pharmaceutical Technology, 53, p. 30-33 3 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Researchers develop platform to aid kinase drug discovery
Estrela, P., Bhalla, N., Di Lorenzo, M. & Pula, G., 21 Apr 2015, Pharmaceutical Journal.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Optimisation of an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy aptasensor by exploiting quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation signals
Formisano, N., Jolly, P., Bhalla, N., Cromhout, M., Flanagan, S., Fogel, R., Limson, J. & Estrela, P., 1 Dec 2015, In: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 220, p. 369-375 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multimodal electrochemical and nanoplasmonic biosensors using ferrocene crowned nanoparticles for kinase drug discovery applications
Formisano, N., Bhalla, N., Wong, L. C. C., Di Lorenzo, M., Pula, G. & Estrela, P., Aug 2015, In: Electrochemistry Communications. 57, p. 70-73 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
File15 Citations (Scopus)176 Downloads (Pure)