As a technical engineer within the NBP group, I design and build optical setup's for dedicated scientific experiments. I have a background on electrical engineering and BSc applied physics I have over 10 years of experience in optics.
Skills: microscopy, nano-technology, optical engineering, laser, mechanical engineering, Labview software programming & interfacing.
Safety coordinator of LASER/Physics laboratory ZH1.74
Expertise
Physics
- Acousto-Optics
- Media
- Photonics
- Ultrasound
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Protein
Chemistry
- Number
- Surface
- Concentration
Organisations
Publications
2024
Python analysis script: Lifetime Fit (2024)[Non-textual form › Software]. GitHub. Molenaar, R.https://github.com/RobertMolenaar-UT/Lifetime_fitPython analysis script: fastFLIM (2024)[Non-textual form › Software]. GitHub. Molenaar, R.https://github.com/RobertMolenaar-UT/fastFLIM
2023
Disentangling Hot Carrier Decay and the Nature of Low-n to High-n Transfer Processes in Quasi-Two-Dimensional Layered Perovskites (2023)The Journal of physical chemistry C, 127(48), 23312-23322. Einhaus, L. M., Zhang, X., Zhu, K., Korterik, J. P., Molenaar, R., Askes, S. H. C., Mul, G., ten Elshof, J. E. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c05415Nile Red staining for nanoplastic quantification: Overcoming the challenge of false positive counts due to fluorescent aggregates (2023)Environmental Challenges, 13. Article 100744. Chatterjee, S., Krolis, E., Molenaar, R., Claessens, M. M. A. E. & Blum, C.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2023.100744
2022
Quantification of Dark Protein Populations in Fluorescent Proteins by Two-Color Coincidence Detection and Nanophotonic Manipulation (2022)The Journal of physical chemistry B, 126(40), 7906-7915. Heesink, G., Caron, C., Van Leijenhorst-Groener, K., Molenaar, R., Gadella, T. W. J., Claessens, M. M. A. E. & Blum, C.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c04627Quantification of the Retention and Disassembly of Virus Particles by a PEI-Functionalized Microfiltration Membrane (2022)ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 4(7), 5173-5179. Chatterjee, S., Molenaar, R., De Vos, W. M., Roesink, H. D. W., Wagterveld, R. M., Cornelissen, J. J. L. M., Claessens, M. M. A. E. & Blum, C.https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.2c00560
2021
Python analysis script: PicoQuant multi channel screen (2021)[Non-textual form › Software]. GitHub. Molenaar, R.https://github.com/RobertMolenaar-UT/PicoQuant-multi_channel_screenNanoplastic sizes and numbers: Quantification by single particle tracking (2021)Environmental Science: Nano, 8(3), 723-730. Molenaar, R., Chatterjee, S., Kamphuis, B., Segers-Nolten, I. M. J., Claessens, M. M. A. E. & Blum, C.https://doi.org/10.1039/d0en00951bOptimizing fluorophore density for single virus counting: A photophysical approach (2021)Methods and Applications in Fluorescence, 9(2). Article 025001. Chatterjee, S., Molenaar, R., Tromp, L., Wagterveld, R. M., Roesink, H. D. W., Cornelissen, J. J. L. M., Claessens, M. M. A. E. & Blum, C.https://doi.org/10.1088/2050-6120/abd8e4
2020
A cardiomyocyte show of force: A fluorescent alpha-actinin reporter line sheds light on human cardiomyocyte contractility versus substrate stiffness (2020)Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 141, 54-64. Ribeiro, M. C., Slaats, R. H., Schwach, V., Rivera Arbelaez, J. M., Tertoolen, L. G. J., van Meer, B. J., Molenaar, R., Mummery, C. L., Claessens, M. M. A. E. & Passier, R.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjmcc.2020.03.008
Research profiles
Electrical engineering (2001)
Applied Physics (2005) Bc.
Address
University of Twente
Horst Complex (building no. 20), room ZH165
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands
University of Twente
Horst Complex ZH165
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
Netherlands
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