Renato Araújo of CH09104 - Northeast Brazil Section Chapter, MTT17

Due to exceptional optical absorption properties, metallic nanoparticles have gained significant attention as advanced materials in the medical field, particularly in applications like optical therapy and diagnostic techniques. Gold and silver nanospheres offer a promising starting point for the development of high-performance optical biosensors, providing a foundation for innovative advancements in sensor technology. In this presentation the interaction of light with metallic nanoparticles will be described, and the use of plasmonic nanostructures on medical diagnosis will be reveled.

Biography:

Dr. Renato de Araujo got his doctoral degree in physics at the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil (2001). He did his postdoctoral training at the Robotic Institute at Carnegie Mellon University (PA, USA - 2002), and at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (CA, USA - 2003). In 2006, he received the TWAS Young Scientists Award from the Academy of Science for the Developing World. In 2013, he got the SUS Science and Technology Award from the Brazilian Ministry of Health for his work on Dengue. Dr. de Araujo has been a professor at the Federal University of Pernambuco since 2006. His main research interests are biophotonics, plasmonics, biosensors, optical spectroscopy and imaging.

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Address:universidade federal de Pernambuco, , RECIFE, Brazil, 50.740-550