Polymer-Based Conformable Biophotonic and Electronic Systems for Sensing and Display Applications

Dr. Muhammad Umar, one of new researcher of the SUNUM Family, will be the guest at the Nano Open Webinar on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 between 11.00-12.00 at Zoom.

Muhammad Umar will briefly discuss his research on developing polymer-based conformable biophotonics and electronic systems and their large-area application in highly efficient bio/chemical sensing and displays. First, he will discuss the use of polymer for efficient light-matter interaction to yield i) planar, lithography-free, and conformable metal-insulator-metal (MIM)-based Fabry-Perot resonators and ii) coherent random lasing from 3D nanostructured optically activated silk biopolymer films for bio/chemical sensing and display applications. Then, he will present flexible and fully biocompatible patterned nanowire electrodes and antennas embedded in silk biopolymer for food quality monitoring.

To register for the Nano Open Webinar, which will be held on Zoom on October 16, 2024, at 11:00, otolab.sabanciuniv.edu

Webinar will be held in English.

About Dr. Muhammad Umar

Muhammad Umar is currently working as a researcher at the Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM). He obtained MSc and MPhil in Electronics from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan in 2010 and 2012, respectively. He completed his Ph.D. from the Department of Applied Physics, Ajou University, Republic of Korea in 2020. He worked with the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University as a postdoctoral scholar supported by the TUBITAK-National Lead Researcher Award program from October 2021 to August 2024. He is the author of more than 20 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. His main research interests include biophotonics, wearable electronics, micro/nanomaterial assembly, micro/nanofabrication, and biopolymers.