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Niko Hildebrandt

Niko Hildebrandt

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
42
Citations
8308
World Ranking
6458
National Ranking
260

Overview

Niko Hildebrandt is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Materials Science. Their work also spans several focused subfields including Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Spectroscopy.

Their research covers a range of topics, with significant emphasis on advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques. Other notable topics include luminescence properties of advanced materials, lanthanide and transition metal complexes, luminescence and fluorescent materials, and biosensors and analytical detection, along with quantum dots synthesis and properties.

Hildebrandt has contributed to multiple recent papers, demonstrating an ongoing involvement in cutting-edge scientific studies. Some of the recent publications include:

  • Quantum dots for Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET), 2020, TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry
  • Multiplexed Biosensing and Bioimaging Using Lanthanide-Based Time-Gated Förster Resonance Energy Transfer, 2022, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Optimizing Upconversion Nanoparticles for FRET Biosensing, 2023, ACS Nano
  • DNA-Coated Upconversion Nanoparticles for Sensitive Nucleic Acid FRET Biosensing, 2022, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Cooperative Luminescence and Cooperative Sensitisation Upconversion of Lanthanide Complexes in Solution, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

In terms of collaborative work, Hildebrandt frequently co-authors with several researchers, including:

  • Laura Francés-Soriano
  • Igor L. Medintz
  • Loïc J. Charbonnière
  • Xue Qiu
  • Marcelina Cardoso Dos Santos

Publication venues where Hildebrandt's research regularly appears include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Analysis & Sensing
  • ACS Nano
  • Advanced Functional Materials

The breadth and scope of Hildebrandt's work integrate multidisciplinary approaches in chemistry and biology, focusing on the development and optimization of biosensing platforms using luminescent materials and nanoparticle technologies.

Best Publications

  • Quantum dots: bright and versatile in vitro and in vivo fluorescence imaging biosensors

    K. David Wegner;Niko Hildebrandt

  • Energy Transfer with Semiconductor Quantum Dot Bioconjugates: A Versatile Platform for Biosensing, Energy Harvesting, and Other Developing Applications.

    Niko Hildebrandt;Christopher M. Spillmann;W. Russ Algar;Thomas Pons

  • FRET as a biomolecular research tool - understanding its potential while avoiding pitfalls.

    W Russ Algar;Niko Hildebrandt;Steven S Vogel;Igor L Medintz

  • Self-Assembled Gold Nanoclusters for Bright Fluorescence Imaging and Enhanced Drug Delivery

    Akram Yahia-Ammar;Daniel Sierra;Fabienne Mérola;Niko Hildebrandt

  • Quantum Dot Biosensors for Ultrasensitive Multiplexed Diagnostics

    Daniel Geißler;Loïc J. Charbonnière;Raymond F. Ziessel;Nathaniel G. Butlin

  • Quantum Dots as Simultaneous Acceptors and Donors in Time-Gated Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Relays: Characterization and Biosensing

    W Russ Algar;David Wegner;Alan L Huston;Juan B Blanco-Canosa

  • Rapid and Multiplexed MicroRNA Diagnostic Assay Using Quantum Dot-Based Förster Resonance Energy Transfer

    Xue Qiu;Niko Hildebrandt

  • Fluorescence in nanobiotechnology: sophisticated fluorophores for novel applications.

    Benjamin Hötzer;Igor L. Medintz;Niko Hildebrandt

  • Lanthanide-based luminescence biolabelling.

    Mohamadou Sy;Aline Nonat;Niko Hildebrandt;Loïc J. Charbonnière

  • Luminescent terbium complexes: Superior Förster resonance energy transfer donors for flexible and sensitive multiplexed biosensing

    Niko Hildebrandt;K. David Wegner;W. Russ Algar

  • Six-Color Time-Resolved Förster Resonance Energy Transfer for Ultrasensitive Multiplexed Biosensing

    Daniel Geißler;Stefan Stufler;Hans-Gerd Löhmannsröben;Niko Hildebrandt

  • Quantum dots for Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)

    Marcelina Cardoso Dos Santos;W. Russ Algar;Igor L. Medintz;Niko Hildebrandt;Niko Hildebrandt

  • Emerging non-traditional Förster resonance energy transfer configurations with semiconductor quantum dots: Investigations and applications

    W. Russ Algar;Hyungki Kim;Igor L. Medintz;Niko Hildebrandt

  • Semiconductor quantum dots for in vitro diagnostics and cellular imaging.

    Zongwen Jin;Niko Hildebrandt

  • Biofunctional quantum dots: controlled conjugation for multiplexed biosensors.

    Niko Hildebrandt

  • Quantum-Dot-Based Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Immunoassay for Sensitive Clinical Diagnostics of Low-Volume Serum Samples

    K. David Wegner;Zongwen Jin;Stina Lindén;Travis L. Jennings

  • Lanthanide Complexes and Quantum Dots: A Bright Wedding for Resonance Energy Transfer

    Loïc J. Charbonnière;Niko Hildebrandt

  • Lanthanides and quantum dots as Förster resonance energy transfer agents for diagnostics and cellular imaging.

    Daniel Geißler;Stina Linden;Konstanze Liermann;K. David Wegner

  • Upconverting nanoparticle to quantum dot FRET for homogeneous double-nano biosensors

    Leena Mattsson;K. David Wegner;Niko Hildebrandt;Tero Soukka

  • Aptamer and nanomaterial based FRET biosensors: a review on recent advances (2014–2019)

    Zeki Semih Pehlivan;Milad Torabfam;Hasan Kurt;Cleva Ow-Yang

  • Multiplexed tracking of protease activity using a single color of quantum dot vector and a time-gated Förster resonance energy transfer relay.

    W. Russ Algar;Anthony P. Malanoski;Kimihiro Susumu;Michael H. Stewart

Frequent Co-Authors

Loïc J. Charbonnière
Loïc J. Charbonnière University of Strasbourg
Igor L. Medintz
Igor L. Medintz United States Naval Research Laboratory
Kimihiro Susumu
Kimihiro Susumu United States Naval Research Laboratory
Raymond Ziessel
Raymond Ziessel University of Strasbourg
W. Russ Algar
W. Russ Algar University of British Columbia
Ka-Leung Wong
Ka-Leung Wong Hong Kong Baptist University
David Parker
David Parker Durham University
Thomas Pons
Thomas Pons ESPCI Paris
Peter Reiss
Peter Reiss Grenoble Alpes University
Joachim Stumpe
Joachim Stumpe University of Potsdam

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