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2. Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden

Professor of Materials Chemistry Mamoun Muhammed is Head of Functional Materials Division at the Department of Microelectronics and Applied Physics at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm. Muhammed’s group works in the field of synthesis, processing and characterization of nanoparticles and nanostructured materials for technological and biomedical applications. The research group is well equipped for nanoparticle and nanomaterial synthesis and characterization. They have recently established a comprehensive and state-of-the-art Nano-Characterization Center. In the NANOMMUNE project Muhammed’s lab will mainly be involved in the design, modification, fabrication and characterization of gold nanoparticles.

Group members:

• Mamoun Muhammed, Ph.D. (Professor)
• Jian Qin (PhD student)
• Carmen Mihaela Vogt (PhD student)
• Mohammet Toprak, Ph.D. (Research Scientist)

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Selected Publications:

1. Fornara A, Johansson P, Petersson K, Gustafsson S, Qin J, Olsson E, Ilver D, Krozer A, Muhammed M, Johansson C.
   Tailored magnetic nanoparticles for direct and sensitive detection of biomolecules in biological samples.
   Nano Lett. 2008 Oct;8(10):3423-8. Read » (opens in new window)
2. Qin J, Laurent S, Jo YS, Roch A, Mikhaylova M, Bhujwalla ZM, Muller RN, Muhammed M.
   A high-performance magnetic resonance imaging T2 contrast agent.
   Adv Materials 2007;19:1874-1878. Read » (opens in new window)
3. Muhammed M.
   Nanostructures: Synthesis, Functional Properties and Applications;
   T. Tsakalakos et al. (Eds) Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003, 37-79. Read » (opens in new window)