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Overview

Jan C.T. Eijkel is affiliated with the University of Twente in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a significant concentration in biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, molecular biology, materials chemistry, and atomic and molecular physics, and optics.

The main fields of study evident in their work include:

  • Engineering

Subfields of study connected to their research cover:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Molecular Biology
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Their scientific work addresses topics such as:

  • Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications

Jan C.T. Eijkel has published in frequently appearing venues including:

  • Lab on a Chip
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Small
  • Biosensors and Bioelectronics
  • ACS Nano

Recent papers contributed by Jan C.T. Eijkel comprise:

  • "Point-of-care CRISPR/Cas nucleic acid detection: Recent advances, challenges and opportunities" (2020) published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics
  • "Bottom-Up Assembled Photonic Crystals for Structure-Enabled Label-Free Sensing" (2021) published in ACS Nano
  • "Dimension-reconfigurable bubble film nanochannel for wetting based sensing" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "Organ-on-a-chip: the next generation platform for risk assessment of radiobiology" (2020) published in RSC Advances
  • "Plasmonic Nanocrystal Arrays on Photonic Crystals with Tailored Optical Resonances" (2020) published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Their frequent collaborators include Loes I. Segerink, Albert van den Berg, Eiko Y. Westerbeek, Juan Wang, and Hai Le The.

Best Publications

  • Principles and applications of nanofluidic transport

    W. Sparreboom;A. van den Berg;J. C. T. Eijkel

  • Nanofluidics: what is it and what can we expect from it?

    Jan C.T. Eijkel;Albert van den Berg

  • Technologies for nanofluidic systems: top-down vs. bottom-up - a review

    D. Mijatovic;J. C. T. Eijkel;A. van den Berg

  • A general model to describe the electrostatic potential at electrolyte oxide interfaces

    R.E.G. van Hal;J.C.T. Eijkel;P. Bergveld

  • A wireless electrochemiluminescence detector applied to direct and indirect detection for electrophoresis on a microfabricated glass device.

    Arun Arora;Jan C. T. Eijkel;Werner E. Morf;Andreas Manz

  • Point-of-care CRISPR/Cas nucleic acid detection: Recent advances, challenges and opportunities.

    Jeanne Elisabeth van Dongen;Johanna Theodora Wilhelmina Berendsen;Renske D.M. Steenbergen;Rob M. F. Wolthuis

  • A novel description of ISFET sensitivity with the buffer capacity and double-layer capacitance as key parameters

    R.E.G. van Hal;J.C.T. Eijkel;P. Bergveld

  • Microfluidic organ-on-chip technology for blood-brain barrier research

    Marieke Willemijn van der Helm;Andries Dirk van der Meer;Jan C.T. Eijkel;Albert van den Berg

  • Transport in nanofluidic systems: a review of theory and applications

    W Sparreboom;A van den Berg;J C T Eijkel

  • Multiphase flow in microfluidic systems – Control and applications of droplets and interfaces

    Lingling Shui;Jan C.T. Eijkel;Albert van den Berg

  • Nanofluidic technology for biomolecule applications: a critical review.

    M. Napoli;Jan C.T. Eijkel;S. Pennathur

  • Energy from streaming current and potential

    Wouter Olthuis;Bob Schippers;Jan C.T. Eijkel;Albert van den Berg

  • Miniaturizing free‐flow electrophoresis – a critical review

    Dietrich Kohlheyer;Jan C. T. Eijkel;Albert van den Berg;Richard B. M. Schasfoort

  • Energy conversion in microsystems: is there a role for micro/nanofluidics?

    Sumita Pennathur;Jan C.T. Eijkel;Albert van den Berg

  • A dc Microplasma on a Chip Employed as an Optical Emission Detector for Gas Chromatography

    Jan C. T. Eijkel;and Herbert Stoeri;Andreas Manz

  • On-chip free-flow magnetophoresis: Separation and detection of mixtures of magnetic particles in continuous flow

    Nicole Pamme;Nicole Pamme;Jan C.T. Eijkel;Jan C.T. Eijkel;Andreas Manz;Andreas Manz

  • A molecular emission detector on a chip employing a direct current microplasma

    Jan C. T. Eijkel;Herbert Stoeri;Andreas Manz

  • A high current density DC magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) micropump

    Alexandra Homsy;Sander Koster;Jan C.T. Eijkel;Albert van den Berg

  • Liquid slip in micro- and nanofluidics: recent research and its possible implications

    Jan C.T. Eijkel

  • Non-invasive sensing of transepithelial barrier function and tissue differentiation in organs-on-chips using impedance spectroscopy

    Marinke W. van der Helm;Olivier Y. F. Henry;Amir Bein;Tiama Hamkins-Indik

  • ISFET responses on a stepwise change in electrolyte concentration at constant pH

    J.C. van Kerkhof;Jan C.T. Eijkel;Piet Bergveld

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert van den Berg
Albert van den Berg University of Twente
Andreas Manz
Andreas Manz Imperial College London
Piet Bergveld
Piet Bergveld University of Twente
Wouter Olthuis
Wouter Olthuis University of Twente
Detlef Lohse
Detlef Lohse University of Twente
Xuehua Zhang
Xuehua Zhang University of Alberta
Michel Versluis
Michel Versluis University of Twente
Guofu Zhou
Guofu Zhou South China Normal University
Siddhartha Das
Siddhartha Das University of Maryland, College Park
Bert M. Weckhuysen
Bert M. Weckhuysen Utrecht University

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