Research Interests
- Synthesis of luminescent transition metal complexes as labels for proteins and DNA
(Ru, Ir, Re)
- Luminescence immunoassays (based on luminescence intensity and decay time)
- Polarization immunoassays (PIA)
- Luminescent probes for FRET and PRET (immuno-)assays
- Thiol-reactive probes (Ru)
- DNA intercalators (Ru, Eu, Tb)
- Determination of saccharides using boronic acids
- Enzymatic assays based on the Europium-Teracycline Complex (EuTc)
- Assays for hydrogen peroxide based on the change of the luminescence decay time of Europium-Tetracyclin complex (EuTc)
- Application of EuTc in (decay time based) imaging of hydrogen peroxide or enzyme substrates
- Luminescent probes for phosphate
- Luminescent probes for copper
- Luminescent probes for metabolites of cancer cells
- Luminescent probes for hydrogen peroxide
- Sensor strips for amines
- Sensors for pesticides
