Toon Brans

1.8k total citations
49 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Toon Brans is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Toon Brans has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Toon Brans's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (11 papers), Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies (9 papers) and Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (7 papers). Toon Brans is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (11 papers), Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies (9 papers) and Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (7 papers). Toon Brans collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and China. Toon Brans's co-authors include Kevin Braeckmans, Stefaan C. De Smedt, R.W. Kreis, Ranhua Xiong, Juan C. Fraire, Katrien Remaut, Lotte Vermeulen, M.J. Hoekstra, M. E. Boon and Nicholas J. Vardaxis and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Toon Brans

48 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Toon Brans Belgium 23 600 584 157 154 153 49 1.5k
Juan C. Fraire Belgium 25 689 1.1× 694 1.2× 283 1.8× 293 1.9× 301 2.0× 51 1.8k
Andrey V. Malkovskiy United States 27 514 0.9× 595 1.0× 396 2.5× 115 0.7× 385 2.5× 52 2.0k
Haifeng Sun China 26 470 0.8× 477 0.8× 323 2.1× 45 0.3× 229 1.5× 72 1.6k
Xue‐Qing Zhang United States 25 495 0.8× 873 1.5× 511 3.3× 193 1.3× 385 2.5× 37 2.1k
Chen‐Yuan Dong Taiwan 32 1.2k 2.0× 402 0.7× 205 1.3× 34 0.2× 163 1.1× 132 2.7k
Christian J. Kastrup United States 25 605 1.0× 690 1.2× 309 2.0× 69 0.4× 77 0.5× 74 2.2k
Zhan Xu China 22 151 0.3× 657 1.1× 120 0.8× 83 0.5× 119 0.8× 65 2.1k
Jingxiong Lu China 18 838 1.4× 524 0.9× 588 3.7× 134 0.9× 574 3.8× 39 1.9k
Xiangdong Liu China 27 355 0.6× 1.0k 1.8× 59 0.4× 59 0.4× 629 4.1× 86 2.5k
Anupama Lakshmanan United States 16 889 1.5× 662 1.1× 654 4.2× 99 0.6× 292 1.9× 16 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Toon Brans

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Toon Brans

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Toon Brans. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Toon Brans based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Toon Brans. Toon Brans is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Fraire, Juan C., Elnaz Shaabani, Maryam Sharifiaghdam, et al.. (2022). Light triggered nanoscale biolistics for efficient intracellular delivery of functional macromolecules in mammalian cells. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1996–1996. 25 indexed citations
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Harizaj, Aranit, Benedicte Descamps, Stephan Stremersch, et al.. (2021). Cytosolic delivery of gadolinium via photoporation enables improved in vivo magnetic resonance imaging of cancer cells. Biomaterials Science. 9(11). 4005–4018. 8 indexed citations
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Raes, Laurens, Melissa Pille, Aranit Harizaj, et al.. (2021). Cas9 RNP transfection by vapor nanobubble photoporation for ex vivo cell engineering. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 25. 696–707. 26 indexed citations
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Fraire, Juan C., Jing Liu, Laurens Raes, et al.. (2020). Vapor nanobubble is the more reliable photothermal mechanism for inducing endosomal escape of siRNA without disturbing cell homeostasis. Journal of Controlled Release. 319. 262–275. 56 indexed citations
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Liu, Jing, Toon Brans, Eef Parthoens, et al.. (2020). Long-term live-cell microscopy with labeled nanobodies delivered by laser-induced photoporation. Nano Research. 13(2). 485–495. 16 indexed citations
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Raes, Laurens, Stephan Stremersch, Juan C. Fraire, et al.. (2020). Intracellular Delivery of mRNA in Adherent and Suspension Cells by Vapor Nanobubble Photoporation. Nano-Micro Letters. 12(1). 185–185. 57 indexed citations
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Roovers, Silke, Guillaume Lajoinie, Ine De Cock, et al.. (2019). Sonoprinting of nanoparticle-loaded microbubbles: Unraveling the multi-timescale mechanism. Biomaterials. 217. 119250–119250. 38 indexed citations
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Fraire, Juan C., Heleen Van Acker, Toon Brans, et al.. (2019). Laser-induced vapor nanobubbles improve diffusion in biofilms of antimicrobial agents for wound care. Biofilm. 1. 100004–100004. 21 indexed citations
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Xiong, Ranhua, Toon Brans, Katrien Forier, et al.. (2018). Laser-induced vapour nanobubbles improve drug diffusion and efficiency in bacterial biofilms. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4518–4518. 132 indexed citations
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Stremersch, Stephan, Toon Brans, Kevin Braeckmans, Stefaan C. De Smedt, & Koen Raemdonck. (2017). Nucleic acid loading and fluorescent labeling of isolated extracellular vesicles requires adequate purification. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 548(2). 783–792. 18 indexed citations
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Santos, Rita S., George R. Dakwar, Elisa Zagato, et al.. (2017). Intracellular delivery of oligonucleotides in Helicobacter pylori by fusogenic liposomes in the presence of gastric mucus. Biomaterials. 138. 1–12. 32 indexed citations
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Xiong, Ranhua, Roosmarijn E. Vandenbroucke, Toon Brans, et al.. (2016). Sizing nanomaterials in bio-fluids by cFRAP enables protein aggregation measurements and diagnosis of bio-barrier permeability. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12982–12982. 21 indexed citations
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Brans, Toon, Filip Beunis, Jan Garrevoet, et al.. (2015). In vivo X-ray elemental imaging of single cell model organisms manipulated by laser-based optical tweezers. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 9049–9049. 11 indexed citations
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Brans, Toon, Filip Beunis, Jan Garrevoet, et al.. (2015). Methodological challenges of optical tweezers-based X-ray fluorescence imaging of biological model organisms at synchrotron facilities. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 22(4). 1096–1105. 3 indexed citations
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Beunis, Filip, et al.. (2012). Inverse micelles as charge carriers in nonpolar liquids. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Vardaxis, Nicholas J., et al.. (1997). Confocal laser scanning microscopy of porcine skin: implications for human wound healing studies. Journal of Anatomy. 190(4). 601–611. 152 indexed citations
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Brans, Toon, M.J. Hoekstra, A.F.P.M. Vloemans, & R.W. Kreis. (1994). Long-term results of treatment of scalds in children with glycerol-preserved allografts. Burns. 20. S10–S13. 12 indexed citations
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Brans, Toon, et al.. (1994). Histopathological evaluation of scalds and contact burns in the pig model. Burns. 20. S48–S51. 80 indexed citations
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Hoekstra, M.J., et al.. (1993). A comparative burn wound model in the New Yorkshire pig for the histopathological evaluation of local therapeutic regimens: silver sulfadiazine cream as a standard. British Journal of Plastic Surgery. 46(7). 585–589. 69 indexed citations

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