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Wolfgang Thormann

Wolfgang Thormann

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Chemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
13065
World Ranking
6373
National Ranking
129

Overview

Wolfgang Thormann is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering and chemistry, with a particular focus on biomedical engineering and spectroscopy. Their research encompasses multiple subfields, including biomedical engineering, physical and theoretical chemistry, pharmacology, and small-animal studies.

The scientist's work frequently appears in specialized publication venues, notably:

  • Electrophoresis
  • Journal of Chromatography A
  • Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia
  • Animals
  • Separation Science Plus

Wolfgang Thormann's research topics cover a range of applied and theoretical areas such as:

  • Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications
  • Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
  • Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia
  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions

The scientist has coauthored publications with several frequent collaborators, including Regula Theurillat, Richard A. Mosher, Friederike A. Sandbaumhüter, Claudia Spadavecchia, and Olivier Levionnois.

Recent published papers by Wolfgang Thormann include the following:

  • Instabilities of the pH gradient in carrier ampholyte-based isoelectric focusing: Elucidation of the contributing electrokinetic processes by computer simulation (2020) Electrophoresis
  • Dynamic computer simulations of electrophoresis: 2010-2020 (2021) Electrophoresis
  • Enantioselective CE-MS analysis of ketamine metabolites in urine (2022) Electrophoresis
  • Bioanalysis of drugs and their metabolites by chiral electromigration techniques (2010-2020) (2021) Electrophoresis
  • Computer simulation of the isotachophoretic migration and separation of norpseudoephedrine stereoisomers with a free or immobilized neutral chiral selector (2020) Journal of Chromatography A

Their publications reflect a strong emphasis on computational simulations and analytical techniques related to electrophoresis and chiral separation methods.

Best Publications

  • Head-Column Field-Amplified Sample Stacking in Binary System Capillary Electrophoresis: A Robust Approach Providing over 1000-Fold Sensitivity Enhancement.

    Chao-Xuan Zhang;Wolfgang Thormann

  • Sample self-stacking in zone electrophoresis: Theoretical description of the zone electrophoretic separation of minor compounds in the presence of bulk amounts of a sample component with high mobility and like charge

    Petr Gebauer;Wolfgang Thormann;Petr Boc̆ek

  • Surface biopassivation of replicated poly(dimethylsiloxane) microfluidic channels and application to heterogeneous immunoreaction with on-chip fluorescence detection.

    V. Linder;Elisabeth Verpoorte;W. Thormann;N.F. De Rooij

  • A fast electron transfer rate for the oxidation of ferrocene in acetonitrile or dichloromethane at platinum disk ultramicroelectrodes

    A. M. Bond;T. L. E. Henderson;D. R. Mann;T. F. Mann

  • Head-Column Field-Amplified Sample Stacking in Binary System Capillary Electrophoresis. 2. Optimization with a Preinjection Plug and Application to Micellar Electrokinetic Chromatography

    Chao-Xuan Zhang;Wolfgang Thormann

  • Computer simulation and experimental validation of the electrophoretic behavior of proteins.

    Richard A. Mosher;Douglas. Dewey;Wolfgang. Thormann;Dudley A. Saville

  • Analysis of illicit drugs in human urine by micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography with on-column fast scanning polychrome absorption detection

    Paul. Wernly;Wolfgang. Thormann

  • Drug of abuse confirmation in human urine using stepwise solid-phase extraction and micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography

    Paul. Wernly;Wolfgang. Thormann

  • Clinical and forensic applications of capillary electrophoresis

    Wolfgang Thormann;Sarah Molteni;Jitka Caslavska;André Schmutz

  • Analysis of barbiturates in human serum and urine by high-performance capillary electrophoresis—micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography with on-column multi-wavelength detection

    Wolfgang Thormann;Peter Meier;Claudia Marcolli;Frank Binder

  • Enantioselective determination of drugs in body fluids by capillary electrophoresis.

    Sandra Zaugg;Wolfgang Thormann

  • Voltammetry at linear gold and platinum microelectrode arrays produced by lithographic techniques

    Wolfgang. Thormann;Peter. Van den Bosch;Alan M. Bond

  • Determination of substituted purines in body fluids by micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography with direct sample injection.

    Wolfgang Thormann;Andrea Minger;Sarah Molteni;Jitka Caslavska

  • Secondary and primary murine alveolar echinococcosis: combined albendazole/nitazoxanide chemotherapy exhibits profound anti-parasitic activity.

    Marianne Stettler;Jean François Rossignol;Renate Fink;Mirjam Walker

  • Sample self-stacking and sample stacking in zone electrophoresis with major sample components of like charge: general model and scheme of possible modes.

    Petr Gebauer;Wolfgang Thormann;Petr Boček

  • Strategies for the monitoring of drugs in body fluids by micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography.

    Wolfgang Thormann;Sabine Lienhard;Paul Wernly

  • Capillary isoelectric focusing with electroosmotic zone displacement and on-column multichannel detection

    Wolfgang Thormann;Jitka Caslavska;Sarah Molteni;Josef Chmelík

  • Application of dynamic capillary isoelectric focusing to the analysis of human hemoglobin variants.

    Sarah Molteni;Hannes Frischknecht;Wolfgang Thormann

  • Efficacies of Albendazole Sulfoxide and Albendazole Sulfone against In Vitro-Cultivated Echinococcus multilocularis Metacestodes

    Katrin Ingold;Peter Bigler;Wolfgang Thormann;Tania Cavaliero

  • Enantioselective capillary electrophoresis for identification and characterization of human cytochrome P450 enzymes which metabolize ketamine and norketamine in vitro

    Simone Portmann;Hiu Ying Kwan;Regula Theurillat;Andrea Schmitz

  • Advances of capillary electrophoresis in clinical and forensic analysis (1999–2000)

    Wolfgang Thormann;Ira S. Lurie;Bruce McCord;Ulrich Marti

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael C. Breadmore
Michael C. Breadmore University of Tasmania
Elisabeth Verpoorte
Elisabeth Verpoorte University of Groningen
Petr Boček
Petr Boček Czech Academy of Sciences
Andrew Hemphill
Andrew Hemphill University of Bern
Bruno Gottstein
Bruno Gottstein University of Bern
Nico F. de Rooij
Nico F. de Rooij École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Alan M. Bond
Alan M. Bond Monash University
Joselito P. Quirino
Joselito P. Quirino University of Tasmania
Peter C. Hauser
Peter C. Hauser University of Basel
N. F. de Rooij
N. F. de Rooij École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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