Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jens Haueisen
Director of the BMTI Institute and head of Biomedical Engineering Group
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jens Haueisen
phone: +49 3677 69 2861
The NanoTherMagS project aims to develop a thermomagnetic rapid test strip that detects pathogens using magnetic nanoparticles. Unlike traditional test strips that use colored marker particles to indicate the test and control lines, this strip will use thermal evaluation. Magnetic nanoparticles are utilized as marker particles to bind to the pathogens for detection. They can be heated by an external alternating magnetic field, and a thermal camera can read the resulting temperature change in case of a positive test. This method enables the detection of pathogens even in optically dense sample media, such as whole blood, where a colored line would not be visible.
The BMTI is synthesising and optimising magnetic nanoparticles with high heating capacity and appropriate surface functionalisation for subsequent antibody coupling.
