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Researcher

Toon Brans

Awards & Distinctions

68 Results

2022

Light triggered nanoscale biolistics for efficient intracellular delivery of functional macromolecules in mammalian cells

Juan FraireElnaz Shaabani SichaniMaryam SharifiaghdamMatthias RombautCharlotte HinnekensDawei HuaJana RamonLaurens RaesEduardo Bolea FernandezToon Brans et al.

A1 Journal Article in NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

2021

Black phosphorus mediated photoporation : a broad absorption nanoplatform for intracellular delivery of macromolecules

Jielin WangAranit HarizajYongbo WuXiaofang JiangToon BransJuan FraireJulián Mejía MoralesStefaan De SmedtZhilie TangRanhua Xiong et al.

A1 Journal Article in NANOSCALE

Bubble forming films for spatial selective cell killing

Dawei HuaAranit HarizajMike WelsToon BransStephan StremerschHerlinde De KeersmaeckerEduardo Bolea FernandezFrank VanhaeckeDimitri RoelsKevin Braeckmans et al.

A1 Journal Article in ADVANCED MATERIALS

Cas9 RNP transfection by vapor nanobubble photoporation for ex vivo cell engineering

Laurens RaesMelissa PilleAranit HarizajGlenn GoetgelukJelter Van HoeckStephan StremerschJuan FraireToon BransOlivier Gerrit de JongRoel Maas-Bakker et al.

A1 Journal Article in MOLECULAR THERAPY-NUCLEIC ACIDS

Cytosolic delivery of gadolinium via photoporation enables improved in vivo magnetic resonance imaging of cancer cells

Aranit HarizajBenedicte DescampsChristophe MangodtStephan StremerschArianna StoppaLieve BalcaenToon BransHilde De RoosterNausikaa DevriendtJuan Fraire et al.

A1 Journal Article in BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE

Nanoparticle-sensitized photoporation enables inflammasome activation studies in targeted single cells dagger

Aranit HarizajFilip Van HauwermeirenStephan StremerschRiet De RyckeHerlinde De KeersmaeckerToon BransJuan FraireKarolien GrauwenStefaan De SmedtIne Lentacker et al.

A1 Journal Article in NANOSCALE

Photoporation with biodegradable polydopamine nanosensitizers enables safe and efficient delivery of mRNA in human T cells

Aranit HarizajMike WelsLaurens RaesStephan StremerschGlenn GoetgelukToon BransBart VandekerckhoveFélix SauvageStefaan De SmedtIne Lentacker et al.

A1 Journal Article in ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

2020

Improving antibiotics' penetration and efficiency for treating biofilm infections by laser-induced vapor nanobubbles

Eline TeirlinckRanhua XiongToon BransKatrien ForierJuan FraireHeleen Van AckerStefaan De SmedtTom CoenyeKevin Braeckmans

Intracellular delivery of mRNA in adherent and suspension cells by vapor nanobubble photoporation

Laurens RaesStephan StremerschJuan FraireToon BransGlenn GoetgelukStijn De MunterLien Van HoeckeRein VerbekeJelter Van HoeckRanhua Xiong et al.

A1 Journal Article in NANO-MICRO LETTERS

Long-term live-cell microscopy with labeled nanobodies delivered by laser-induced photoporation

Jing LiuTim HebbrechtToon BransEef ParthoensSaskia LippensChengnan LiHerlinde De KeersmaeckerWinnok H. De VosStefaan De SmedtRabah Boukherroub et al.

A1 Journal Article in NANO RESEARCH

Surface functionalization with polyethylene glycol and polyethyleneimine improves the performance of graphene-based materials for safe and efficient intracellular delivery by laser-induced photoporation

Jing LiuChengnan LiToon BransAranit HarizajShana Van de SteeneThomas De BeerStefaan De SmedtSabine SzuneritsRabah BoukherroubRanhua Xiong et al.

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Vapor nanobubble is the more reliable photothermal mechanism for inducing endosomal escape of siRNA without disturbing cell homeostasis

Juan FraireGaëlle HouthaeveJing LiuLaurens RaesLotte VermeulenStephan StremerschToon BransGerardo Garcia-Diaz BarrigaSarah De KeulenaerFilip Van Nieuwerburgh et al.

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

2019

Delivery of mixed-lineage kinase domain-like protein by vapor nanobubble photoporation induces necroptotic-like cell death in tumor cells

Lien Van HoeckeLaurens RaesStephan StremerschToon BransJuan FraireRia RoelandtWim DeclercqPeter VandenabeeleKoen RaemdonckKevin Braeckmans et al.

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Gold nanoparticle-mediated photoporation enables delivery of macromolecules over a wide range of molecular weights in human CD4+ T cells

Laurens RaesClarissa Van HeckeJulie MichielsStephan StremerschJuan FraireToon BransRanhua XiongStefaan De SmedtLinos VandekerckhoveKoen Raemdonck et al.

A1 Journal Article in CRYSTALS

Laser-induced vapor nanobubbles improve diffusion in biofilms of antimicrobial agents for wound care

Eline TeirlinckJuan FraireHeleen Van AckerJasper WilleRosalie SwimbergheToon BransRanhua XiongMaarten MeireRoeland De MoorStefaan De Smedt et al.

A2 Journal Article in BIOFILM

Photoablation of human vitreous opacities by light-induced vapor nanobubbles

Félix SauvageJuan FraireKatrien RemautJ SebagKaren PeynshaertMichael HarringtonFrans J Van de VeldeRanhua XiongMarie-Jose TassignonToon Brans et al.

A1 Journal Article in ACS NANO

Sonoprinting of nanoparticle-loaded microbubbles : unraveling the multi-timescale mechanism

Silke RooversGuillaume LajoinieIne De CockToon BransHeleen DewitteKevin BraeckmansMichel VersuisStefaan De SmedtIne Lentacker

A1 Journal Article in BIOMATERIALS

2018

Endosomal size and membrane leakiness influence proton sponge-based rupture of endosomal vesicles

Lotte VermeulenToon BransSangram Keshari SamalPeter DubruelJo DemeesterStefaan De SmedtKatrien RemautKevin Braeckmans

A1 Journal Article in ACS NANO

Laser-induced vapour nanobubbles improve drug diffusion and efficiency in bacterial biofilms

Eline TeirlinckRanhua XiongToon BransKatrien ForierJuan FraireHeleen Van AckerNele MatthijsRiet De RyckeStefaan De SmedtTom Coenye et al.

A1 Journal Article in NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

Methodologies to investigate intracellular barriers for nucleic acid delivery in non-viral gene therapy

Lotte VermeulenToon BransStefaan De SmedtKatrien RemautKevin Braeckmans

A1 Journal Article in NANO TODAY

Nucleic acid loading and fluorescent labeling of isolated extracellular vesicles requires adequate purification

Stephan StremerschToon BransKevin BraeckmansStefaan De SmedtKoen Raemdonck

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS

Repeated photoporation with graphene quantum dots enables homogeneous labeling of live cells with extrinsic markers for fluorescence microscopy

Jing LiuRanhua XiongToon BransSaskia LippensEef ParthoensFrancesca Cella ZanacchiRaffaella MagrassiSantosh K SinghSreekumar KurungotSabine Szunerits et al.

A1 Journal Article in LIGHT-SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS

Single charging events on colloidal particles in a nonpolar liquid with surfactant

Caspar SchreuerStijn VandewieleToon BransFilip StrubbeKristiaan NeytsFilip Beunis

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Targeted perturbation of nuclear envelope integrity with vapor nanobubble-mediated photoporation

Gaëlle HouthaeveRanhua XiongJoke RobijnsBert LuyckxYasmine BeulqueToon BransCoen CampsteijnSangram Keshari SamalStephan StremerschStefaan De Smedt et al.

A1 Journal Article in ACS NANO

Technical implementations of light sheet microscopy

Elisa ZagatoToon BransStefaan De SmedtKatrien RemautKristiaan NeytsKevin Braeckmans

A1 Journal Article in MICROSCOPY RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUE

2017

Intracellular delivery of oligonucleotides in Helicobacter pylori by fusogenic liposomes in the presence of gastric mucus

Rita SantosGeorge DakwarElisa ZagatoToon BransCéu FigueiredoKoen RaemdonckNuno F AzevedoStefaan De SmedtKevin Braeckmans

A1 Journal Article in BIOMATERIALS

Microfabricated devices for single objective single plane illumination microscopy (SoSPIM)

Elisa ZagatoToon BransSteven VerstuyftDries Van ThourhoutJeroen MissinneGeert Van SteenbergeJo DemeesterStefaan De SmedtKatrien RemautKristiaan Neyts et al.

A1 Journal Article in OPTICS EXPRESS

2016

Light-controlled reorientation of nematic liquid crystal driven by an electric field

Varsenik NersesyanToon BransFilip BeunisRafael DrampyanJeroen BeeckmanKristiaan Neyts

A1 Journal Article in LIQUID CRYSTALS

Optical manipulation of single magnetic beads in a microwell Array on a digital microfluidic chip

Deborah DecropToon BransPieter GijsenberghJiadi LuDragana SpasicTadej KokaljFilip BeunisPeter GoosRobert PuersJeroen Lammertyn

A1 Journal Article in ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Sizing nanomaterials in bio-fluids by cFRAP enables protein aggregation measurements and diagnosis of bio-barrier permeability

Ranhua XiongRoosmarijn VandenbrouckeKatleen BroosToon BransElien Van WonterghemClaude LibertJo DemeesterStefaan De SmedtKevin Braeckmans

A1 Journal Article in NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

2015

In vivo X-ray elemental imaging of single cell model organisms manipulated by laser-based optical tweezers

Eva VerguchtToon BransFilip BeunisJan GarrevoetMaarten De RijckeStephen BautersDavid DeruytterMichiel VandegehuchteIne Van NieuwenhoveColin Janssen et al.

A1 Journal Article in SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

In vivo X-ray elemental imaging of single cell model organisms manipulated by laser-based optical tweezers

Eva VerguchtToon BransFilip BeunisJan GarrevoetMaarten De RijckeStephen BautersDavid DeruytterMichiel VandegehuchteIne Van NieuwenhoveColin Janssen et al.

In vivo optical tweezers-based X-ray elemental imaging of single cellular model organisms

Eva VerguchtToon BransFilip BeunisJan GarrevoetStephen BautersMaarten De RijckeDavid DeruytterColin JanssenChristian RiekelManfred Burghammer et al.

Joule heating monitoring in a microfluidic channel by observing the Brownian motion of an optically trapped microsphere

Toon BransFilip StrubbeCaspar SchreuerStijn VandewieleKristiaan NeytsFilip Beunis

A1 Journal Article in ELECTROPHORESIS

Methodological challenges of optical tweezers-based X-ray fluorescence imaging of biological model organisms at synchrotron facilities

Eva VerguchtToon BransFilip BeunisJan GarrevoetStephen BautersMaarten De RijckeDavid DeruytterColin JanssenChristian RiekelManfred Burghammer et al.

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION

Non-contact optical tweezers-based single cell analysis through in vivo X-ray elemental imaging

Eva VerguchtToon BransFilip BeunisJan GarrevoetStephen BautersMaarten De RijckeDavid DeruytterColin JanssenChristian RiekelManfred Burghammer et al.

Optical trapping electrophoresis as a label-free biosensor

Toon BransStijn VandewieleFilip StrubbeCaspar SchreuerKristiaan NeytsFilip Beunis

Optical trapping electrophoresis for label-free biodetection

Toon BransFilip BeunisKristiaan Neyts

Optical tweezers : a tool for the stability investigation of double emulsions

Stijn VandewieleMathieu BalcaenToon BransFilip BeunisPaul Van der MeerenKristiaan Neyts

Optical tweezing electrophoresis of single biotinylated colloidal particles for avidin concentration measurement

Toon BransFilip StrubbeCaspar SchreuerKristiaan NeytsFilip Beunis

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Quasi-stable nematic liquid crystal director reorientation under the influence of focused Gaussian laser beam and electric fields

Varsenik NersesyanToon BransFilip BeunisRafael DrampyanJeroen BeeckmanKristiaan Neyts

2014

Alternating zeta-potential pattern to eliminate electro-osmotic flow

Caspar SchreuerToon BransStijn VandewieleFilip StrubbeKristiaan NeytsFilip Beunis

Characterizing and tracking individual colloidal particles using Fourier-Bessel image decomposition

Filip StrubbeStijn VandewieleCaspar SchreuerFilip BeunisOksana DrobchakToon BransKristiaan Neyts

A1 Journal Article in OPTICS EXPRESS

Electric charging of inverse micelles in a nonpolar liquid with surfactant

Filip BeunisFilip StrubbeMasoumeh KarvarOksana DrobchakToon BransKristiaan NeytsAlwin RM Verschueren

A1 Journal Article in COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS

Electrical field induced charging of single colloidal particles

Caspar SchreuerToon BransFilip StrubbeStijn VandewieleKristiaan NeytsFilip Beunis

Enzyme concentration measurements with optical tweezing electrophoresis

Toon BransCaspar SchreuerFilip StrubbeFilip BeunisKristiaan Neyts

In vivo X-ray fluorescence microimaging of biological model organisms manipulated by laser-based optical tweezers

Eva VerguchtToon BransFilip BeunisJan GarrevoetMaarten De RijckeStephen BautersMichiel VandegehuchteColin JanssenManfred BurghammerLaszlo Vincze

Integration of optical tweezers in a digital microfluidic platform for magnetic particle manipulation in a microwell array

Deborah DecropToon BransFilip BeunisJeroen Lammertyn

Magnetic particle retrieval and positioning in a microwell array by integrating optical tweezers in a digital microfluidic platform

Deborah DecropToon BransTadej KokaljFilip BeunisJeroen Lammertyn

Simulation of charge transport and steady state in non-polar media betweenplanar electrodes with insulating layers

Kristiaan NeytsMasoumeh KarvarOksana DrobchakToon BransFilip StrubbeFilip Beunis

A1 Journal Article in COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS

Single-mode air-clad liquid-core waveguides on a surface energy patterned substrate

Stijn VandewieleToon BransLiesbet Van LandschootKatarzyna KomorowskaSteven VerstuyftAnanth SubramanianChen HuFilip BeunisRoel Baets

A1 Journal Article in OPTICS LETTERS

Synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence imaging of biological model organisms manipulated by laser-based optical tweezers

Eva VerguchtToon BransFilip BeunisJan GarrevoetMaarten De RijckeMichiel VandegehuchteStephen BautersColin JanssenManfred BurghammerLaszlo Vincze

X-ray fluorescence imaging of biological model organisms trapped by laser-based optical tweezers

Manfred BurghammerEmanuela Di ColaMichael SztuckiBritta WeinhausenEva VerguchtToon BransJan GarrevoetStephen BautersMaarten De RijckeFilip Beunis et al.

2013

Electrophoretic retardation of colloidal particles in nonpolar liquids

Filip StrubbeFilip BeunisToon BransMasoumeh KarvarWouter WoestenborghsKristiaan Neyts

A1 Journal Article in PHYSICAL REVIEW X

Inverse micelles as charge carriers in nonpolar liquids: characterization with current measurements

Filip BeunisFilip StrubbeMasoumeh KarvarOksana DrobchakToon BransKristiaan Neyts

A1 Journal Article in CURRENT OPINION IN COLLOID & INTERFACE SCIENCE

Inverse micelles as charge carriers in nonpolar liquids: characterization with current measurements

Filip BeunisFilip StrubbeMasoumeh KarvarOksana DrobchakToon BransKristiaan Neyts

Measuring the electrophoretic retardation force of nonpolar colloids

Filip StrubbeFilip BeunisToon BransMasoumeh KarvarWouter WoestenborghsKristiaan Neyts

Optical trap stability study for combining SR micro/nano-XRF methods with optical tweezers based sample manipulation

Eva VerguchtToon BransFilip BeunisMichiel VandegehuchteBart VekemansSilvia SantucciColin JanssenManfred BurghammerChristian RiekelLaszlo Vincze

Optical tweezing electrophoresis for enzyme concentration monitoring

Toon BransCaspar SchreuerChetna ScharmaFilip StrubbeFilip BeunisKristiaan Neyts

Prospects of combining SR micro/nano-XRF methods with optical tweezers based sample manipulation

Eva VerguchtToon BransFilip BeunisMichiel VandegehuchteBart VekemansColin JanssenManfred BurghammerChristian RiekelLaszlo Vincze

Prospects of combining SR micro/nano-XRF methods with optical tweezers based sample manipulation

Eva VerguchtToon BransFilip BeunisMichiel VandegehuchteBart VekemansColin JanssenManfred BurghammerChristian RiekelLaszlo Vincze

X-ray fluorescence imaging of biological model organisms trapped by laser-based optical tweezers

Eva VerguchtToon BransMichiel VandegehuchteFilip BeunisManfred BurghammerLaszlo Vincze

X-ray fluorescence imaging of biological model organisms trapped by laser-based optical tweezers

Manfred BurghammerEmanuela Di ColaMichael SztuckiLaszlo VinczeEva VerguchtFilip BeunisToon BransBart Vekemans

2012

Biosensing based on optical tweezing electrophoresis

Toon BransCaspar SchreuerFilip BeunisFilip StrubbeKristiaan Neyts

Inverse micelles as charge carriers in nonpolar liquids

Filip BeunisFilip StrubbeOksana DrobchakToon BransKristiaan Neyts

Optical tweezing electrophoresis for biodetection applications

Toon BransFilip StrubbeFilip BeunisKristiaan Neyts

Study of the electrophoretic retardation effect for nonpolar colloids

Filip StrubbeFilip BeunisToon BransMasoumeh KarvarWouter WoestenborghsKristiaan Neyts

2011

Direct measurement of the bare particle charge and electrophoretic retardation force

Filip StrubbeToon BransWouter WoestenborghsFilip BeunisKristiaan Neyts