Project description
Cool quantum tools for biomolecule analysis
Analyzing the molecular content of a biological sample is the bread and butter of life sciences: DNA, peptides or proteins are identified by how massive they are and what building blocks they contain. This is what mass spectroscopy achieves if the molecules are isolated and highly charged in high vacuum. SuperMaMa will develop technologies to extend these capabilities for singly charged and neutral molecules. The combination of chemical functionalization, new mass filtering methods, cooling close to absolute zero and ultrafast laser light shall provide ultimate control over the motion and charge state of peptides and protein. Integrating a superconducting nanowire array with cryogenic onboard electronics will result in an ultrafast quantum camera as a universal particle detector – here first developed for biomolecules to enhance mass spectrometry and shall open new avenues in optical spectroscopy and molecular quantum interferometry.
Fields of science
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteins
- natural scienceschemical sciencesanalytical chemistrycalorimetry
- natural scienceschemical sciencesanalytical chemistrymass spectrometry
- natural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicssuperconductivity
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsspectroscopy
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation action
Coordinator
1010 Wien
Austria
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Participants (4)
2628 ER Delft
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
1015 Lausanne
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4051 Basel
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1322 AM Almere
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.