Katharina Zürbes
Kjemi 4, Gløshaugen
About
Katharina is currently employed as a PhD candidate at the Department of Chemical Engineering at NTNU. She is working on the Nano-Syn-Sens project to develop a high throughput synthesis of non-spherical plasmonic nanoparticles for applications in endotoxin sensing. Within the project she is mainly working on shape control, as well as kinetics for the growth of anisotropic gold nanoparticles (Au NPs). Her supervisors are Sulalit Bandyopadhyay (IKP) and John De Mello (IKJ).
She pursued her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemistry at the Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden). During her Master's thesis she focused her work on the development of a protocol for functionalisation of polymer nanostructures for cell studies at the Department of Physics at NTNU.
Education
2020 - ongoing PhD in Chemical Engineering, NTNU, Norway
2017 - 2020 M.Sc. in Chemistry, TU Dresden, Germany
2014 - 2017 B.Sc. in Chemistry, TU Dresden, Germany
Publications
2025
-
Zürbes, Katharina Ruth;
Mani, Ethayaraja;
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit.
(2025)
Synthesis of anisotropic gold nanoparticles in binary surfactant mixtures: a review on mechanisms of particle formation.
RSC Advances
Academic literature review
-
Zürbes, Katharina Ruth;
Mani, Ethayaraja;
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit.
(2025)
Synthesis of anisotropic gold nanoparticles in binary surfactant mixtures: a review on mechanisms of particle formation.
RSC Advances
Article in business/trade/industry journal
2023
-
Pirade, Februriyana;
Lompe, Kim;
Jimenez-Lamana, Javier;
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit;
Zürbes, Katharina Ruth;
Bali, Nesrine.
(2023)
How suitable is the gold-labelling method for the quantification of nanoplastics in natural water?.
Aqua
Academic article
2022
-
Prestegard, Astrid;
Davies, Catharina de Lange;
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit;
Zürbes, Katharina.
(2022)
Shape Dependency in Functionalization of Gold Nanoparticles for Biosensing Applications.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Masters thesis
2021
-
Ramsvik, Helena;
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit;
Zurbes, Katharina;
Davies, Catharina de Lange.
(2021)
Tailoring Magneto-Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Biosensing Applications.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Masters thesis
-
Bruns, Tina Maria;
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit;
Zurbes, Katharina;
Raghunathan, Karthik;
Flaten, Trond Peder.
(2021)
Quantifying Growth of Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles and Understanding Growth Mechanisms.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Masters thesis
-
Prestegård, Astrid;
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit;
Zurbes, Katharina;
Davies, Catharina de Lange.
(2021)
Growing Anisotropic Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Biosensing Applications.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Report
Journal publications
-
Zürbes, Katharina Ruth;
Mani, Ethayaraja;
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit.
(2025)
Synthesis of anisotropic gold nanoparticles in binary surfactant mixtures: a review on mechanisms of particle formation.
RSC Advances
Academic literature review
-
Zürbes, Katharina Ruth;
Mani, Ethayaraja;
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit.
(2025)
Synthesis of anisotropic gold nanoparticles in binary surfactant mixtures: a review on mechanisms of particle formation.
RSC Advances
Article in business/trade/industry journal
-
Pirade, Februriyana;
Lompe, Kim;
Jimenez-Lamana, Javier;
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit;
Zürbes, Katharina Ruth;
Bali, Nesrine.
(2023)
How suitable is the gold-labelling method for the quantification of nanoplastics in natural water?.
Aqua
Academic article
Report
-
Prestegard, Astrid;
Davies, Catharina de Lange;
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit;
Zürbes, Katharina.
(2022)
Shape Dependency in Functionalization of Gold Nanoparticles for Biosensing Applications.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Masters thesis
-
Ramsvik, Helena;
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit;
Zurbes, Katharina;
Davies, Catharina de Lange.
(2021)
Tailoring Magneto-Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Biosensing Applications.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Masters thesis
-
Bruns, Tina Maria;
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit;
Zurbes, Katharina;
Raghunathan, Karthik;
Flaten, Trond Peder.
(2021)
Quantifying Growth of Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles and Understanding Growth Mechanisms.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Masters thesis
-
Prestegård, Astrid;
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit;
Zurbes, Katharina;
Davies, Catharina de Lange.
(2021)
Growing Anisotropic Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Biosensing Applications.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Report
Teaching
Teacing Assistant for TKP4158 - Hydrometallurgical Process Technology
Outreach
2024
-
PosterZürbes, Katharina Ruth; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit; Mani, Ethayaraja. (2024) Comparison of Growth Kinetic Models of Gold Nanorods using UV-Vis Spectroscopy and Electron Microscopy. Particle Engineering Center NTNU PEC days - Annual Particle Engineering , Trondheim 2024-12-09 - 2024-12-10
-
PosterZürbes, Katharina Ruth; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit; Mani, Ethayaraja. (2024) Comparison of Growth Kinetic Models of Gold Nanorods using UV-Vis Spectroscopy and Electron Microscopy. American Chemical Society 98th ACS Colloids and Surface Science Symposium , Seattle 2024-06-23 - 2024-06-26
2023
-
LectureZürbes, Katharina Ruth; Buvik, Vanja; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit. (2023) How does a Sepsis Biosensor work? And what gold nanoparticles do we need for that? . Bilateral Nano Syn Sens Project (Norway - India) Nano Syn Sens Meeting Open , Trondheim, Norway 2023-11-28 - 2023-11-28
-
PosterZürbes, Katharina Ruth; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit; Biswas, Soumodeep Saibal; Mani, Ethayaraja. (2023) An Attempt to Unravel the Growth Mechanism of Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles. NTNU Nano Norwegian NanoSymposium 2023 , Trondheim, Norway 2023-11-28 - 2023-11-29
-
LectureZürbes, Katharina Ruth; Raghunathan, Karthik; Maria Bruns, Tina; Mani, Ethayaraja; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit. (2023) Comparing the weak reducing agents ascorbic acid and tannic acid for seed-mediated growth of anisotropic gold nanoparticles. The research school for Training the Next generation of micro- and Nanotechnology researchers in Norway 2nd annual TNNN Conference , Borre 2023-06-21 - 2023-06-23
-
LectureZürbes, Katharina Ruth; Raghunathan, Karthik; Bruns, Tina Maria; Mani, Ethayaraja; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit. (2023) Tailored Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles through tuning the Seed-Mediated Growth Solution Chemistry. European Colloid and Interface Society ECIS Conference , Naples 2023-09-03 - 2023-09-08
2022
-
LectureZürbes, Katharina; Biswas, Soumodeep. (2022) Nano Syn Sens Project. Particle Engineering Center PEC day - Annual Particle Engineering Day , Trondheim 2022-12-09 -
-
PosterZürbes, Katharina; Maria Bruns, Tina; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit. (2022) Tailoring Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles for Biosensing. First TNNN Conference 2022-11-30 - 2022-12-01
-
PosterZürbes, Katharina. (2022) Therapeutic Drug Monitoring with Electrochemically Assisted Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering. Summer School on Micro and Nano Sensors 2022 2022-08-15 - 2022-08-26
-
PosterZürbes, Katharina; Maria Bruns, Tina; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit. (2022) Growing Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles for Biosensing Applications. Digital Life Norway Conference 2022 2022-10-21 - 2022-10-21
-
LectureZürbes, Katharina. (2022) Gold Nanopartilces for Biomedical Applications. Seminar of the Nanomechanics Group at the Department of Structural Engineering, NTNU 2022-03-15 - 2022-03-15
-
Popular scientific lectureZürbes, Katharina. (2022) The Beat of Gold Nanoparticles to defeat Sepsis. IKP days - annual two-day seminar to disseminare Chemical Engineering 2022-11-21 - 2022-11-22
2021
-
LecturePrestegard, Astrid; Davies, Catharina De Lange; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit; Zürbes, Katharina. (2021) Growing Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Biosensing. Particle Engineering Day 2021 2021-12-13 - 2021-12-13
-
LectureZurbes, Katharina. (2021) Recent advances in the Synthesis of anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles towards Biosensing. Polymer Engineering and Colloidal Sciences (PECS) Laboratory at IIT Madras PECS Group Seminar at IIT Madras , Chennai, India 2021-11-29 - 2021-11-29
-
Academic lectureZurbes, Katharina. (2021) (Bio)sensing. Greencam GREENCAM for tomorrow , online, University of Bucharest 2021-04-09 - 2021-04-09
-
PosterZurbes, Katharina; Ramsvik, Helena; Bruns, Tina Maria; Prestegård, Astrid; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit. (2021) Tuning Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles for Bio-medical Applications. NTNU Nano Norwegian Nano Symposium , online 2021-10-05 - 2021-10-06