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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
124
Citations
53934
World Ranking
420
National Ranking
33

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Otto S. Wolfbeis is affiliated with the University of Regensburg in Germany. Their research spans the intersection of engineering and chemistry, with a particular focus on electrical and electronic engineering, spectroscopy, molecular biology, bioengineering, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's recent publications include work on various aspects of optical and electrochemical sensing technologies. Key recent papers are as follows:

  • Optical Sensing and Imaging of pH Values: Spectroscopies, Materials, and Applications (2020) in Chemical Reviews
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors using laser-derived graphene: A comprehensive review (2020) in Biosensors and Bioelectronics
  • Electrochemical sensors targeting salivary biomarkers: A comprehensive review (2020) in TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry
  • Fluorescent chameleon labels for bioconjugation and imaging of proteins, nucleic acids, biogenic amines and surface amino groups. a review (2021) in Methods and Applications in Fluorescence

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
  • Molecular sensors and ion detection
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Analytical chemistry and sensors
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Salivary gland disorders and functions
  • Oral microbiology and periodontitis research

Frequent publication venues for the scientist's work are:

  • Chemical Reviews
  • Biosensors and Bioelectronics
  • TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry
  • Methods and Applications in Fluorescence

Wolfbeis has collaborated multiple times with several researchers including Tutku Bedük, Suna Tımur, K. Saláma, Andreas Steinegger, and Sergey M. Borisov.

Best Publications

  • Fiber-Optic Chemical Sensors and Biosensors

    Otto S. Wolfbeis

  • An overview of nanoparticles commonly used in fluorescent bioimaging

    Otto S. Wolfbeis

  • Luminescent probes and sensors for temperature.

    Xu-dong Wang;Otto S. Wolfbeis;Robert J. Meier

  • Optical methods for sensing and imaging oxygen: materials, spectroscopies and applications

    Xu-dong Wang;Otto S. Wolfbeis

  • Photonic Crystals for Chemical Sensing and Biosensing

    Christoph Fenzl;Thomas Hirsch;Otto S. Wolfbeis

  • Upconverting Nanoparticles for Nanoscale Thermometry

    Lorenz H. Fischer;Gregory S. Harms;Otto S. Wolfbeis

  • Materials for fluorescence-based optical chemical sensors

    Otto S. Wolfbeis

  • Fiber-optic chemical sensors and biosensors.

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  • Optical Sensing and Imaging of pH Values: Spectroscopies, Materials, and Applications

    Andreas Steinegger;Otto S Wolfbeis;Sergey M Borisov

  • Fiber-Optic Chemical Sensors and Biosensors (2008–2012)

    Xu-Dong Wang;Otto S. Wolfbeis

  • Optical methods for sensing glucose

    Mark-Steven Steiner;Axel Duerkop;Otto S. Wolfbeis

  • Method for the determination of the concentration of an enzyme substrate and a sensor for carrying out the method

    Otto S. Wolfbeis;Wolfgang Trettnak

  • Upconverting luminescent nanoparticles for use in bioconjugation and bioimaging.

    Heike Sabine Mader;Peter Kele;Sayed M. Saleh;Otto S. Wolfbeis

  • Optical biosensors.

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  • Luminescent Europium(III) Nanoparticles for Sensing and Imaging of Temperature in the Physiological Range

    Hongshang Peng;Matthias I. J. Stich;Jiangbo Yu;Li-ning Sun

  • Multiple fluorescent chemical sensing and imaging

    Matthias I. J. Stich;Lorenz H. Fischer;Otto S. Wolfbeis

  • Fiber-Optic Chemical Sensors and Biosensors (2013-2015).

    Xu-dong Wang;Otto S Wolfbeis

  • Photon-upconverting nanoparticles for optical encoding and multiplexing of cells, biomolecules, and microspheres.

    Hans H. Gorris;Otto S. Wolfbeis

  • Oxygen-Sensitive Luminescent Materials Based on Silicone-Soluble Ruthenium Diimine Complexes

    Ingo. Klimant;Otto S. Wolfbeis

  • A europium-ion-based luminescent sensing probe for hydrogen peroxide.

    Otto S. Wolfbeis;Axel Dürkop;Meng Wu;Zhihong Lin

  • Optical sensors for determination of heavy metal ions

    Ines Oehme;Otto S. Wolfbeis

  • Capacitive monitoring of protein immobilization and antigen–antibody reactions on monomolecular alkylthiol films on gold electrodes

    Vladimir M Mirsky;Michael Riepl;Otto S Wolfbeis

  • Fiber-optic chemical sensors and biosensors.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Ingo Klimant
Ingo Klimant Graz University of Technology
Sergey M. Borisov
Sergey M. Borisov Graz University of Technology
Michael Landthaler
Michael Landthaler University of Regensburg
Yves Mély
Yves Mély University of Strasbourg
Sergey A. Piletsky
Sergey A. Piletsky University of Leicester
Lining Sun
Lining Sun Shanghai University
Mário N. Berberan-Santos
Mário N. Berberan-Santos Instituto Superior Técnico
Khaled N. Salama
Khaled N. Salama King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Husam N. Alshareef
Husam N. Alshareef King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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