Peter Zijlstra
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RESEARCH PROFILE
Peter Zijlstra is an associate professor of Molecular Plasmonics in the research cluster for Molecular Biosensing at the TU/e department of Applied Physics. He develops approaches for single-molecule sensing with the aim to study individual biomolecules in complex environments across all timescales. In particular, his research focuses on single-molecule detection using plasmonic, nanophotonic and fluorescent approaches. His research group combines concepts from nanophotonics, super-resolution microscopy and electromagnetic modelling to develop novel sensing concepts and study biomolecular interactions.
Visit the group website (www.molecular-plasmonics.nl) and the Marie Curie ITN SuperCol (www.supercol.eu) for more information.
I push the limits of sensitivity and resolution, to make the invisible visible.”
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Peter Zijlstra studied Applied Physics at the University of Twente (Enschede, The Netherlands), where he obtained his MSc degree in 2005. In 2009, he received his PhD from Swinburne University of Technology (Melbourne, Australia), where he studied the photothermal properties of single plasmonic nanoparticles with applications in optical data storage. After a postdoctoral fellowship in the lab of Prof. Michel Orrit at Leiden University (The Netherlands) he moved to Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e, The Netherlands). He is currently an associate professor in the research group Molecular Biosensing at the department of Applied Physics. He is a core member of the Institute for Complex Molecular Systems at TU/e, wherein groups from different disciplines (chemistry, physics, biomedical engineering, mathematics) collaborate on multidisciplinary research topics.
Recent Publications
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Minpeng Liang,Thomas Delplace,Bjorn Maes,Shunsuke Murai,Peter Zijlstra,Jaime Gómez Rivas
Refractive index sensing using quasi-bound states in the continuum in silicon metasurfaces
Optics Express (2024) -
Arthur L. Hendriks,Mathias Dolci,Mildred S. Cano-Velázquez,Luca Picelli,Peter Zijlstra,Ewold Verhagen,Andrea Fiore
Detecting single nanoparticles using fiber-tip nanophotonics
Optica (2024) -
Swayandipta Dey,Francesco Sciortino,Emanuela Zaccarelli,Peter Zijlstra
Biomolecular interactions on densely coated nanoparticles
Nanoscale (2024) -
Hailin Fu,Jingyi Huang,Joost J.B. van der Tol,Lu Su,Yuyang Wang,Swayandipta Dey,Peter Zijlstra,George Fytas,Ghislaine Vantomme,Patricia Y.W. Dankers
Supramolecular polymers form tactoids through liquid–liquid phase separation
Nature (2024) -
Mathias Dolci,Yuyang Wang,Sjoerd W. Nooteboom,Paul Eduardo David Soto Rodriguez,Samuel Sánchez,Lorenzo Albertazzi,Peter Zijlstra
Real-Time Optical Tracking of Protein Corona Formation on Single Nanoparticles in Serum
ACS Nano (2023)
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