Biomaterial Microsystems (BIOMIC)

About Our Research

The Biomaterial Microsystems (BIOMIC) group led by Assoc. Prof. Stephan Sylvest Keller is part of the National Centre for Nano Fabrication and Characterization (DTU Nanolab) at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Our research group aims at the creation and development of new strategies for fabrication of (bio)polymer and carbon microstructures and microsystems and creating new paradigms for life science, health tech and energy applications. The group has been historically working on devices for oral drug delivery, carbon based micro-electro-mechanical systems (C-MEMS), and lately with an emphasis on bio-inspired and bio-integrated technologies.

We are a highly multidisciplinary research group with a team of chemists, physics, biologists and engineers and are interested in exploiting a wide range of areas: 

(1) the design and fabrication of “on-chip 2D/3D carbon microelectrodes” using a combination of SU-8 photolithography and pyrolysis for smart cell scaffolds, neural implants, retinal prosthesis and micromechanical sensors 

(2) the use of hot embossing and punching for fabrication of biopolymer microstructures and microcontainers for oral drug delivery, transdermal drug delivery and biomimetics

(3) the development of new classes of micro/nano manufacturing technologies, which include the development of 3D printing, for fabrication of 3D micro- and nanostructures in carbon and polymers for C-MEMS, bio-sensors and microbial fuel cell applications 

(4) the creation of new, low-cost manufacturing methods for scalable production of carbon micro/nano systems for sustainable energy storage and (bio)photovoltaic applications.

 


 
Microfabrication

SU-8 photolithography

Hot embossing/punching

Spray coating

Pyrolysis


 
Microsystems

Microelectrode chips

Smart cell scaffolds

Drug delivery devices

Micromechanical sensors


 
Applications

Oral drug delivery

Cell replacement therapy


 
Research group

People

Student projects

PhD projects

Long Quang Nguyen

Group activities


 
Facts and figures

News

In the media

Funding

Publications

Kontakt

Stephan Sylvest Keller
Professor
DTU Nanolab

News flash

02/12/2016: BIOMIC teamdays

 

We spent two days in a summerhouse close to Nykøbing Sjælland to discuss vision, strategy and to have fun together

 

17/06/2016: DropSens award finalist 2016

 

Suhith was among the three finalist for the DropSens award 2016 and gave an invited talk at the ESEAC conference in Bath, UK, 12-16 June 2016.

 

 
29/05/2016: ECS 2016

 

A large delegation participates at the Annual meeting of the electrochemical society in San Diego, May 29-June 2. Claudia, Yasmin and Suhith have oral presentations about our work on electrochemical sensing with pyrolytic carbon.