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## The UJI develops laser-synthesized nanomaterials for health applications The European project Glucotear, promoted by the Optics Research Group, has made it possible to create quantum carbon points that could be used for eye protection or diabetes monitoring

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The European project Glucotear, promoted by the Optics Research Group, has made it possible to create quantum carbon points that could be used for eye protection or diabetes monitoring

The Universitat Jaume I (UJI) has developed nanomaterials synthesized by means of laser irradiation techniques with future applications in various fields of health. The Optics Research Group (GROC) has created high-purity quantum carbon dots that could be used for eye protection or diabetes monitoring. The conclusions of this study have been published in the journal *Particle & Particle Systems Characterization*.

The results of this research are part of the European project Glucotear, an initiative led by GROC members under the coordination of Professor Jesús Lancis, and developed with the collaboration of the Ophthalmology Service of Castelló University General Hospital and the company BQ. Glucotear has been the first project of the UJI financed by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions in the modality of individual grants of the Horizon 2020 European programme for research and innovation. The researcher Wycliffe K. Kipnusu has worked on the project for two years together with Gladys Mínguez, Carlos Doñate, Mercedes Fernández and Jesús Lancis, all co-authors of this publication.

The objective of Glucotear was to develop an optical glucose sensor based on nanoparticles that can be used with a mobile phone for monitoring glucose levels in blood, thus avoid the annoying finger prick that is usually used for extracting a blood sample. In fact, researchers at the UJI prefer to monitor glucose in tears, since its concentration is correlated with glucose concentration in blood.

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The UJI develops laser-synthesized nanomaterials for health applications

[![Image resource patent-glucoTear index](/com/investigacio/arxiu/noticies/2020/6/nanomaterials-laser-salut/patent-glucoTear/index.jpg)](/com/investigacio/arxiu/noticies/2019/9/patent-glucoTear/)

[Optical sensor for detect glucosa](/com/investigacio/arxiu/noticies/2019/9/patent-glucoTear/)

The tool could be integrated into a smartphone and prevent people with diabetes from having to prick themselves to measure their glucose level.

[![Wycliffe K. Kipnusu investigador-marie-curie index](/com/investigacio/arxiu/noticies/2020/6/nanomaterials-laser-salut/investigador-marie-curie/index.jpg)](/com/investigacio/arxiu/noticies/2018/4/investigador-marie-curie/)

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Wycliffe K. Kipnusu has joined the Optical Group to design an optical sensor with nanoparticles to detect glucose in tears in people with diabetes.

[![Image resource nanotears index](/com/investigacio/arxiu/noticies/2020/6/nanomaterials-laser-salut/nanotears/index.JPG)](/com/investigacio/arxiu/noticies/2017/3/nanotears/)

[Glucose in a tear](/com/investigacio/arxiu/noticies/2017/3/nanotears/)

The Nanotears project from the Photonics Research Group is being developed in collaboration with Castelló General University Hospital and BQ and is funded by the European Horizon 2020 programme.

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