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Niko Hildebrandt

@captainfret.bsky.social

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Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Nano-Optical Biosensing and Molecular Diagnostics; McMaster University

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Niko Hildebrandt @captainfret.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Our review (Accounts of Chemical Research) about Upconversion-FRET is hot off the press. It will also be part of a Acc. Chem. Res. Special Issue about Upconversion Nanoparticles. FRET with Upconversion Nanoparticles | Accounts of Chemical Research pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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FRET with Upconversion Nanoparticles

ConspectusUpconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have become one of the most frequently used nanomaterials for optical biosensing and imaging. UCNPs unique properties include high photostability, low toxi...

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Niko Hildebrandt @captainfret.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Look who's on the Chemical Reviews cover. Captain FRET's pet, the wise and powerful FRET dragon (real analog arts from my father in law).

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Niko Hildebrandt @captainfret.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

How many covers can one journal have? You can find our artwork on the current Angewandte inside back cover: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Inside Back Cover: Inter‐Nanoparticle FRET for Biosensing: Photophysics Versus Size (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 39/2025)

FRET between luminescent nanoparticles is a compromise between outstanding photophysical properties and large sizes. In their Review Article (e202510801) Niko Hildebrandt, Chloé Grazon et al. discuss...

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Niko Hildebrandt @captainfret.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

And for anyone who is interested in Theodor Förster's life and career before, during, and after National Socialism in Germany, we recently published this Viewpoint article in Angewandte Chemie - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Niko Hildebrandt @captainfret.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Okay. Let's start my Bluesky adventure with posting our recent FRET materials review: Chemical Reviews pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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FRET Materials for Biosensing and Bioimaging

Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) spectroscopy and microscopy are constantly expanding sensing techniques for analyzing biomolecular interactions. In addition to the biological recognition mole...

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