Molecular Nanosystems
We are an interdisciplinary team of physicists, chemists, engineers and nanotechnologists developing approaches for single molecule sensing. Our research focuses in particular on single-molecule biosensing using nano-plasmonic and nanophotonic approaches for monitoring in the environment, industrial processes and healthcare. In the field of molecular electronics, we use various methods of micro- and nanotechnology as well as molecular and colloidal self-organization to realize them. We are exploring the transport properties of novel molecular architectures on various semiconductor and metal oxide surfaces and in nanoscale contact geometries.
Research Topics
- Molecular based electronics – Alternative Computing Technologies – „beyond CMOS“ (Molecular logic; Network-based BioComputing)
- Molecular based Bio-Sensing Systems and Functional Surfaces
Recent Publications
Rhymend, E.C.V.; Meinecke, C. R., et al. “ Practically Error-Free Junctions Enable Solving Large Instances of Exact Cover Problems Using Network-Based Biocomputation.” Small (2026): e75307. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.75307
Janßen, M.; Murkina, A. D.; Hann, J.; Klös, G.; Moebius, M.; Meinecke, C. R., et al. „A Methodology for Validation of DNA Origami–Quantum Dot Hybridization“. Appl. Nano (2025), 6, 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/applnano6040030
Manoharan, G.; Hann, J.; Selyshchev, O.; Meinecke, C. R., et al. “ FluidFM Deposition of Semiconductor Quantum Dots From Aqueous Dispersions.” Nano Select 6, no. 11 (2025): e70011. https://doi.org/10.1002/nano.70011
Monakhov, K.; Meinecke, C. R., et al. „Molecular approach to semiconductors: a shift towards ecofriendly manufacturing and neuroinspired interfaces.” Pure and Applied Chemistry, 96(9), 1313-1331. https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2024-0242
Meinecke, C. R. et al. „Nanolithographic Fabrication Technologies for Network-Based Biocomputation Devices.“ Materials (2023), 16, 1046. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16031046