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Alke Petri-Fink is a researcher affiliated with the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Their work primarily focuses on materials science, with a significant emphasis on biomedical engineering and materials chemistry. Other areas of study include pulmonary and respiratory medicine, molecular biology, and biomaterials.

Their research topics encompass nanoparticle synthesis and applications, microplastics and plastic pollution, gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications, nanoparticle-based drug delivery, inhalation and respiratory drug delivery, 3D printing in biomedical research, and RNA interference and gene delivery.

Alke Petri-Fink has published extensively in various scientific journals and publication venues. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nanomaterials
  • Small
  • Nanoscale
  • European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Among recent papers associated with their research network are:

  • Understanding nanoparticle endocytosis to improve targeting strategies in nanomedicine (2021, Chemical Society Reviews)
  • Silica nanoparticles enhance disease resistance in Arabidopsis plants (2020, Nature Nanotechnology)
  • Impact of airborne particulate matter on skin: a systematic review from epidemiology to in vitro studies (2020, Particle and Fibre Toxicology)
  • The micro-, submicron-, and nanoplastic hunt: A review of detection methods for plastic particles (2022, Chemosphere)
  • A novel 3D intestine barrier model to study the immune response upon exposure to microplastics (2020, Archives of Toxicology)

Collaborations feature several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser (142 publications)
  • Patricia Taladriz-Blanco (61 publications)
  • Sandor Balog (49 publications)
  • Dedy Septiadi (33 publications)
  • Barbara Drašler (31 publications)

Best Publications

  • Emergence of Nanoplastic in the Environment and Possible Impact on Human Health

    Roman Lehner;Christoph Weder;Alke Petri-Fink;Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser

  • Nanoparticle colloidal stability in cell culture media and impact on cellular interactions

    Thomas L. Moore;Laura Rodriguez-Lorenzo;Vera Hirsch;Sandor Balog

  • Understanding nanoparticle endocytosis to improve targeting strategies in nanomedicine

    Mauro Sousa de Almeida;Eva Susnik;Barbara Drasler;Patricia Taladriz-Blanco

  • Assessing the in vitro and in vivo toxicity of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles.

    Morteza Mahmoudi;Morteza Mahmoudi;Morteza Mahmoudi;Heinrich Hofmann;Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser;Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser;Alke Petri-Fink

  • Form Follows Function: Nanoparticle Shape and Its Implications for Nanomedicine.

    Calum Kinnear;Thomas L. Moore;Laura Rodriguez-Lorenzo;Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser

  • Different endocytotic uptake mechanisms for nanoparticles in epithelial cells and macrophages

    Dagmar A Kuhn;Dimitri Vanhecke;Benjamin Michen;Fabian Blank

  • Development of functionalized superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for interaction with human cancer cells

    A. Petri-Fink;M. Chastellain;L. Juillerat-Jeanneret;A. Ferrari

  • Engineering an in vitro air-blood barrier by 3D bioprinting

    Lenke Horváth;Yuki Umehara;Corinne Jud;Fabian Blank

  • Biodistribution, Clearance, and Long‐Term Fate of Clinically Relevant Nanomaterials

    Joël Bourquin;Ana Milosevic;Daniel Hauser;Roman Lehner

  • Bioavailability of silver nanoparticles and ions: from a chemical and biochemical perspective

    Renata Behra;Laura Sigg;Martin J. D. Clift;Fabian Herzog

  • Silica nanoparticles enhance disease resistance in Arabidopsis plants

    Mohamed El-Shetehy;Mohamed El-Shetehy;Aboubakr Moradi;Mattia Maceroni;Didier Reinhardt

  • Diesel exhaust: current knowledge of adverse effects and underlying cellular mechanisms

    Sandro Steiner;Christoph Bisig;Alke Petri-Fink;Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser

  • Effect of cell media on polymer coated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs): Colloidal stability, cytotoxicity, and cellular uptake studies

    Alke Petri-Fink;Benedikt Steitz;Andrija Finka;Jatuporn Salaklang

  • Avoiding drying-artifacts in transmission electron microscopy: Characterizing the size and colloidal state of nanoparticles

    Benjamin Michen;Christoph Geers;Dimitri Vanhecke;Carola Endes

  • Interaction of Functionalized Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles with Brain Structures

    Feride Cengelli;Dusica Maysinger;Florianne Tschudi-Monnet;Xavier Montet

  • A critical review of the current knowledge regarding the biological impact of nanocellulose.

    C. Endes;S. Camarero-Espinosa;S. Mueller;E. J. Foster;E. J. Foster

  • In vitro approaches to assess the hazard of nanomaterials

    Barbara Drasler;Phil Sayre;Klaus Günter Steinhäuser;Alke Petri-Fink

  • Particle Size Distribution Measurements of Manganese-Doped ZnS Nanoparticles

    Yvonne Dieckmann;Helmut Cölfen;Heinrich Hofmann;Alke Petri-Fink

  • On the issue of transparency and reproducibility in nanomedicine

    Hon S Leong;Kimberly S Butler;C Jeffrey Brinker;May Azzawi

  • Impact of airborne particulate matter on skin: a systematic review from epidemiology to in vitro studies.

    Irini M. Dijkhoff;Barbara Drasler;Bedia Begum Karakocak;Alke Petri-Fink

  • Silica Nanoparticles Enhance Disease Resistance in Arabidopsis Plants - RAW DATA

    Mohamed El-Shetehy;Aboubakr Moradi;Mattia Maceroni;Didier Reihnardt

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser
Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser University of Fribourg
Heinrich Hofmann
Heinrich Hofmann École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Peter Wick
Peter Wick Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Christoph Weder
Christoph Weder University of Fribourg
Ann M. Hirt
Ann M. Hirt ETH Zurich
Michael O. Hottiger
Michael O. Hottiger University of Zurich
Chuanbin Mao
Chuanbin Mao University of Oklahoma
Mauro Ferrari
Mauro Ferrari Houston Methodist
Wolfgang J. Parak
Wolfgang J. Parak Universität Hamburg
Morteza Mahmoudi
Morteza Mahmoudi Michigan State University

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