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Knut Rurack is affiliated with the Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing in Germany. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields, including Chemistry, Engineering, and Materials Science, with a strong focus on Applied Sciences and Analytical Techniques.

Their subfields of study highlight a specialization in Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Analytical Chemistry, and Spectroscopy. This combination reflects a multidisciplinary approach to the development and application of advanced materials and biosensing technologies.

Rurack's research topics include Analytical chemistry methods development, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Biosensors and Analytical Detection, Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection, and Analytical Chemistry and Sensors.

Their scientific output includes publications in several respected journals. Frequent venues where Rurack has published include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Co-authorship collaborations are a significant component of their research activity. Notable frequent co-authors are:

  • Kornelia Gawlitza
  • Estela Climent
  • Charlie Tobias
  • Vasile-Dan Hodoroabă
  • Martha Kimani

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Combining Electrochemiluminescence Detection with Aptamer-Gated Indicator Releasing Mesoporous Nanoparticles Enables ppt Sensitivity for Strip-Based Rapid Tests, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Multiplexed Detection of Analytes on Single Test Strips with Antibody-Gated Indicator-Releasing Mesoporous Nanoparticles, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Imprinted Particles for Direct Fluorescence Detection of Sialic Acid in Polar Media and on Cancer Cells with Enhanced Control of Nonspecific Binding, 2021, ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • Selective detection of phospholipids using molecularly imprinted fluorescent sensory core-shell particles, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Development of a lateral flow test for rapid pyrethroid detection using antibody-gated indicator-releasing hybrid materials, 2020, The Analyst

Best Publications

  • A Selective and Sensitive Fluoroionophore for HgII, AgI, and CuII with Virtually Decoupled Fluorophore and Receptor Units

    Knut Rurack;Matthias Kollmannsberger;† and Ute Resch-Genger;Jörg Daub

  • Fluorescence Quantum Yields of a Series of Red and Near-Infrared Dyes Emitting at 600−1000 nm

    Knut Rurack;Monika Spieles

  • Flipping the light switch 'on'--the design of sensor molecules that show cation-induced fluorescence enhancement with heavy and transition metal ions.

    Knut Rurack

  • The supramolecular chemistry of organic-inorganic hybrid materials.

    Ana B. Descalzo;Ana B. Descalzo;Ramón Martínez-Máñez;Félix Sancenón;Katrin Hoffmann

  • Rigidization, preorientation and electronic decoupling—the ‘magic triangle’ for the design of highly efficient fluorescent sensors and switches

    Knut Rurack;Ute Resch-Genger

  • On the development of sensor molecules that display Fe(III)-amplified fluorescence.

    Julia L Bricks;Anton Kovalchuk;Christian Trieflinger;Marianne Nofz

  • Molecular Switching in the Near Infrared (NIR) with a Functionalized Boron-Dipyrromethene Dye.

    Knut Rurack;Matthias Kollmannsberger;Jörg Daub

  • Ultrafast Charge Transfer in Amino-Substituted Boron Dipyrromethene Dyes and Its Inhibition by Cation Complexation: A New Design Concept for Highly Sensitive Fluorescent Probes

    Matthias Kollmannsberger;Knut Rurack;Ute Resch-Genger;Jörg Daub

  • A Regenerative Chemodosimeter Based on Metal‐Induced Dye Formation for the Highly Selective and Sensitive Optical Determination of Hg2+ Ions

    José V. Ros-Lis;M. Dolores Marcos;Ramón Mártinez-Máñez;Knut Rurack

  • Coupling Selectivity with Sensitivity in an Integrated Chemosensor Framework: Design of a Hg2+-Responsive Probe, Operating above 500 nm

    Ana B. Descalzo;Ramon Martinez-Manez;Reiner Radeglia;Knut Rurack

  • Rational design of a chromo- and fluorogenic hybrid chemosensor material for the detection of long-chain carboxylates.

    Ana B Descalzo;Knut Rurack;Hardy Weisshoff;Ramón Martínez-Máñez

  • A highly efficient sensor molecule emitting in the near infrared (NIR): 3,5-distyryl-8-(p-dimethylaminophenyl)difluoroboradiaza-s-indacene

    Knut Rurack;Matthias Kollmannsberger;Jörg Daub

  • Boron-diindomethene (BDI) dyes and their tetrahydrobicyclo precursors--en route to a new class of highly emissive fluorophores for the red spectral range.

    Zhen Shen;Holger Röhr;Holger Röhr;Knut Rurack;Hidemitsu Uno

  • Sialic Acid-Imprinted Fluorescent Core-Shell Particles for Selective Labeling of Cell Surface Glycans.

    Sudhirkumar Shinde;Zahra El-Schich;Atena Malakpour;Wei Wan

  • Chalcone-Analogue Dyes Emitting in the Near-Infrared (NIR): Influence of Donor−Acceptor Substitution and Cation Complexation on Their Spectroscopic Properties and X-ray Structure

    Knut Rurack;Julia L. Bricks;Günter Reck;Reiner Radeglia

  • Phenanthrene-Fused Boron−Dipyrromethenes as Bright Long-Wavelength Fluorophores

    Ana B Descalzo;Hai-Jun Xu;Zhao-Li Xue;Katrin Hoffmann

  • Fluorescence Quantum Yields: Methods of Determination and Standards

    Knut Rurack

  • Highly selective chromogenic signaling of Hg2+ in aqueous media at nanomolar levels employing a squaraine-based reporter.

    Jose V Ros-Lis;Ramón Martínez-Máñez;Knut Rurack;Félix Sancenón

  • Fluorescent Sensory Microparticles that “Light‐up” Consisting of a Silica Core and a Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MIP) Shell

    Wei Wan;Mustafa Biyikal;Ricarda Wagner;Börje Sellergren;Börje Sellergren

  • Determination of the Photoluminescence Quantum Yield of Dilute Dye Solutions (IUPAC Technical Report)

    Ute Resch-Genger;Knut Rurack

  • Mono- and di(dimethylamino)styryl-substituted borondipyrromethene and borondiindomethene dyes with intense near-infrared fluorescence.

    Yan-Hong Yu;Ana B. Descalzo;Zhen Shen;Holger Röhr;Holger Röhr

  • Cation-triggered ‘switching on’ of the red/near infra-red (NIR) fluorescence of rigid fluorophore–spacer–receptor ionophores

    Knut Rurack;Ute Resch-Genger;Julia L. Bricks;Monika Spieles

Frequent Co-Authors

Ramón Martínez-Máñez
Ramón Martínez-Máñez Universitat Politècnica de València
Félix Sancenón
Félix Sancenón Universitat Politècnica de València
Juan Soto
Juan Soto Universitat Politècnica de València
Ute Resch-Genger
Ute Resch-Genger Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing
M. Dolores Marcos
M. Dolores Marcos Universitat Politècnica de València
Zhen Shen
Zhen Shen Nanjing University
Pedro Amorós
Pedro Amorós University of Valencia
Ulrich Panne
Ulrich Panne Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing
Xiao-Zeng You
Xiao-Zeng You Nanjing University
Wolfgang E. S. Unger
Wolfgang E. S. Unger Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing

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