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Dr. Admir Masic
(collagen based and mineralized materials, vibrational
spectroscopy and spectral imaging)
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Max Planck Institute of Colloids
and Interfaces
Department of Biomaterials
Research Campus Potsdam-Golm
14424 Potsdam, Germany
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+49(0)331/567-9419 |
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+49(0)331/567-9402 |
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admir.masic |
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| Research Interests: |
My current research focus is the development of innovative spectroscopic methodology, specifically techniques based on Raman and Infra-Red (IR) spectroscopy imaging for use in characterising biological tissues and biomimetic materials. We are trying to understand the response of mineralized tissue (such as bone) to mechanical action and link the structural organisation and composition to the physical properties of the material. Furthermore, fundamental mechanisms of biomineralization are explored by studying several biological systems.
During the past year, I was a postdoctoral scientist in the physical chemistry group of Prof. Salvatore Coluccia at the Department of Chemistry I.F.M. at the University of Torino, Italy. My main research focus was the development of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (solid state NMR and unilateral NMR) and Infra-Red spectroscopy methods for the characterisation of materials such as collagen. This topic is related to my PhD dissertation work on the damage assessment of collagen in historical parchment using various spectroscopic and microscopic techniques. Currently, in collaboration with BAM, BESSY and University of Torino, I work on damage assessment of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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1996-2001 |
Degree in Chemistry Sciences at the University of Torino, Italy., (110/110 cum laude) Thesis title: “Molecular motions of organometallic compounds included in cyclodextrins studied by means of solid state NMR” |
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2002-2005 |
PhD in Chemistry Sciences at the University of Torino, Italy., Thesis title: "Application of innovative techniques for the study of deterioration pathways within objects of cultural and artistic interest” |
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July 2009-Current |
Responsible for Vibrational spectroscopy laboratory at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces. |
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June 2009 |
Organizer of the Max-Planck summer school on Amorphous Solids in Physics and Biology |
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Since January 2008 |
Post doctoral scientistin Department of Biomaterials at Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany. |
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June 2007-January 2008 |
Visiting scientistat BAM (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und – prüfung, Berlin) and BESSY (Berliner Elektronenspeicherring-Gesellschaft für Synchrotronstrahlung m.b.H., Berlin). |
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March 2007-January 2008 |
Post doctoral fellowshipat University of Torino, Italy. |
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February 2005-June 2007 |
Founder and scientific director of SME “Adamantio srl, Science in Conservation”. |
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June 2002-December 2006 |
Monitoring Group of “Progetto La Venaria Reale"in Turin (Italy) as conservation scientist. |
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2002-2004 |
Teaching Assistant (General and Inorganic Chemistry)at Faculty of Pharmacy at University of Torino, Italy. |
| Publications: |
Journal Articles
Yashchenok, A. M., Masic, A., Gorin, D. A., Shim, B. S., Kotov, N. A., Fratzl, P., Möhwald, H., and Skirtach, A. G., (2012)
Nanoengineered colloidal probes for Raman-based detection of biomolecules inside living cells,
Small, DOI: 10.1002/smll.201102365, in press.
Bauer, F., Bertinetti, L., Masic, A., and Scheibel, T., (2012)
Dependence of mechanical properties of lacewing egg stalks on relative humidity,
Biomacromolecules, DOI: 10.1021/bm301199d, in press.
Ermeydan, M. A., Cabane, E., Masic, A., Koetz, J., and Burgert, I., (2012)
Flavonoid Insertion into Cell Walls Improves Wood Properties,
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, in press.
Seto, J., Gupta, H., Krauss, S., Dunlop, J., Kerschnitzski, M., Masic, A., Zaslansky, P., Boesecke, P., Jahnen-Dechent, W., and Fratzl, P., (2012)
Accelerated growth plate mineralization and foreshortened proximal limb bones in Fetuin-A knockout mice,
PLoS One, in press.
Schenk, A. S., Zlotnikov, I., Pokroy, B., Gierlinger, N., Masic, A., Zaslansky, P., Fitch, A. N., Paris, O., Metzger, T. H., Cölfen, H., Fratzl, P., and Aichmayer, B., (2012)
Hierarchical calcite crystals with occlusions of a simple polyelectrolyte mimic complex biomineral structures,
Advanced Functional Materials, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201201158, in press.
Harrington, M. J., Wasko, S. S., Masic, A., Fischer, F. D., Gupta, H. S., and Fratzl, P, (2012)
Pseudoelastic behaviour of a natural material is achieved via reversible changes in protein backbone conformation,
Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 9, 2911-2922.
VBentov, S., Zaslansky, P., Al-Sawalmih, A., Masic, A., Fratzl, P., Sagi, A., Berman, A., and Aichmayer, B., (2012)
Enamel-like apatite crown covering amorphous mineral in a crayfish mandible,
Nature Communications, 3, 839.
Lee, K., Wagermaier, W., Masic, A., Kommareddy, K. P., Bennet, M., Manjubala, I., Lee, S.-W., Park, S. B., Cölfen, H., and Fratzl, P., (2012)
Self-assembly of amorphous calcium carbonate microlens arrays,
Nature Communications, 3, 725.
Andreeva, D. V., Sviridov, D. V., Masic, A., Möhwald, H., and Skorb, E. V., (2012)
Nanoengineered Metal Surface Capsules: Construction of a Metal-Protection System,
Small, 8, 820-825.
Hwang, D. S., Harrington, M. J., Lu, Q., Masic, A., Zeng, H., and Waite, J. H., (2012)
Mussel foot protein-1 (mcfp-1) interaction with titania surfaces,
Journal of Materials Chemistry 22, 15530-15533.
Masic, A., Chierotti, M. R., Gobetto, R., Martra, G., Rabin, I., and Coluccia, S., (2012)
Solid-state and unilateral NMR study of deterioration of a Dead Sea Scroll fragment,
Bioanalytical Chemistry , 402, 1551-1557.
Masic, A., Bertinetti, L., Schuetz, R., Galvis, L., Timofeeva, N., Dunlop, J. W. C., Seto, J., Hartmann, M. A., and Fratzl, P., (2011).
Observations of Multiscale, Stress-Induced Changes of Collagen Orientation in Tendon by Polarized Raman Spectroscopy,
Biomacromolecules 12, 3989-3996.
Bratashov, D. N., Masic, A., Yashchenok, A. M., Bedard, M. F., Inozemtseva, O. A., Gorin, D. A., Basova, T., Sievers, T. K., Sukhorukov, G. B., Winterhalter, M., Möhwald, H., and Skirtach, A. G., (2011).
Raman imaging and photodegradation study of phthalocyanine containing microcapsules and coated particles,
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 42, 1901-1907.
Lee, S.-M., Ischenko, V., Pippel, E., Masic, A., Moutanabbir, O., Fratzl, P., and Knez, M., (2011).
An Alternative Route Towards Metal-Polymer Hybrid Materials Prepared by Vapor-Phase Processing,
Advanced Functional Materials, 21, 3047-3055.
Mantion, A.; Graf, P.; Florea, I.; Haase, A.; Thunemann, A. F.; Masic, A.; Ersen, O.; Rabu, P.; Meier, W.; Luch, A.; Taubert, A., (2011)
Biomimetic synthesis of chiral erbium-doped silver/peptide/silica core-shell nanoparticles (ESPN),
Nanoscale (2011), 3, (12).
Haase, A., Tentschert, J., Jungnickel, H., Graf, P., Mantion, A., Draude, F., Plendl, J., Goetz, M. E., Galla, S., Masic, A., Thuenemann, A. F., Taubert, A., Arlinghaus, H. F., and Luch, A.,(2011)
Toxicity of silver nanoparticles in human macrophages: Uptake, intracellular distribution and cellular responses,
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 304.
Haase, A., Arlinghaus, H. F., Tentschert, J., Jungnickel, H., Graf, P., Mantion, A., Draude, F., Galla, S., Plendl, J., Goetz, M. E., Masic, A., Meier, W., Thünemann, A. F., Taubert, A., and Luch, A., (2011)
Application of laser postionization secondary neutral mass spectrometry/time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry in nanotoxicology: Visualization of nanosilver in human macrophages and cellular responses,
ACS Nano, 5, 3059-3068.
Graf, P., Mantion, A., Haase, A., Thünemann, A. F., Mašic, A., Meier, W., Luch, A., and Taubert, A., (2011)
Silicification of peptide-coated silver nanoparticles-A biomimetic soft chemistry approach toward chiral hybrid core-shell materials,
ACS Nano, 5, 820-833.
D. S. Hwang, H. B. Zeng, A. Masic, M. J. Harrington, J. N. Israelachvili and J. H. Waite, (2010)
Protein- and Metal-dependent Interactions of a Prominent Protein in Mussel Adhesive Plaques,
Journal of Biological Chemistry , 285(33), 25850-25858.
M. J. Harrington, A. Masic, N. Holten-Andersen, J. H. Waite and P. Fratzl, (2010)
Iron-Clad Fibers: A Metal-Based Biological Strategy for Hard Flexible Coatings,
Science , 328(5975), 216-220.
S. Gamsjaeger, A. Masic, P. Roschger, M. Kazanci, J. W. C. Dunlop, K. Klaushofer, E. P. Paschalis and P. Fratzl, (2010)
Cortical bone composition and orientation as a function of animal and tissue age in mice by Raman spectroscopy,
Bone, 47(2), 392-399.
Ira Rabin, Oliver Hahn, Timo Wolff, Admir Masic, Gisela Weinberg, (2009)
On the Origin of the Ink of the Thanksgiving Scroll (1QHodayota),
Dead Sea Discoveries, 16(1), 97-106.
Helmut Schlaad, Liangchen You, Reinhard Sigel, Bernd Smarsly, Matthias Heydenreich, Alexandre Mantion and Admir Mašic,(2009)
Glycopolymer vesicles with an asymmetric membrane,
Chem. Commun., 28;(12):1478-80.
Philipp Graf, Alexandre Mantion, Annette Foelske, Andriy Shkilnyy, Admir Mašic, Andreas F. Thünemann, and Andreas Taubert, (2009)
pH-responsive peptide/silver nanoparticles: building blocks for bioinspired metamaterials,
Chemistry - A European Journal, 15(23), 5831-5844.
P. Di Martino, D. Capsoni, A. Mašic, V. Massarotti, R. Gobetto, S. Martelli, M. Bini, (2009)
Differences in the Interaction Between Aryl Propionic Acid Derivatives and Poly(vinylpirrolydone) K30: a Multi-Methodological Approach,
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 98(11), 4216-4228.
Ira Rabin, Oliver Hahn, Timo Wolff, Emanuel Kindzorra, Admir Mašic, Ulrich Schade, Gisela Weinberg,(2009).
Characterization of the writing media of the Dead Sea Scrolls,
accepted STJD, Brill Academic Publishers.
Silvio Aime, Michele R. Chierotti, Roberto Gobetto, Admir Mašic, Fabio Napolitano, Holly C. Canuto and Stephen J. Heyes, (2008)
Intramolecular host-guest dynamics of FeCp(CO)2X (X=I and CH3) and Mo2Cp2(CO)6 included in b and g-cyclodextrin,
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 152-157.
E. Badea, L. Miu, P. Budrugeac, M. Giurginca, A. Mašic, V. Marinescu, N. Badea, G. Della Gatta, (2008)
Study of deterioration of historical parchments by various thermal analysis techniques, complemented by SEM, FTIR, UV-VIS-NIR and unilateral NMR,
Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Vol. 91 (1), 17–27.
P. Di Martino, C. Barthélémy, E. Joiris, D. Capsoni, A. Mašic, V. Massarotti, R. Gobetto, S. Martelli, M. Bini,(2007)
A new tetrahydrated form of sodium naproxen,
J. Pharm. Sci., Vol. 96, 156-167.
Della Gatta G., Badea E., Mašic A. and Ceccarelli R., (2007)
Structural and Thermal Stability of Collagen within Parchment: a Mesoscopic and Molecular Approach.
in “Improved Damage Assessment of Parchment (IDAP) Collection and Sharing of Knowledge”, Ed. R. Larsen, Directorate-General for Research, Directorate Environment, European Communities, Brussels, ISBN 987-92-79-05378-8, p. 51-60.
Piera Di Martino, Roberta Censi, Christine Barthélémy, Roberto Gobetto, Etienne Joiris, Admir Mašic, Pascal Odou and Sante Martelli, (2007)
Characterization and compaction behaviour of nimesulide crystal forms,
International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Volume 342, Issues 1-2, 5 September 2007, Pages 137-144.
H. C. Canuto, A. Mašic, N. Rees, S. J. Heyes, R. Gobetto, and S. Aime, (2006)
A 13C CP/MAS NMR Study of the Structure and Dynamics of [(h5-C5H5)2Fe2(CO)4] Included in g-Cyclodextrin: Evidence for Terminal-Bridging Exchange in the Cis Isomer.
Organometallics; 2006; Vol. 25 (9), 2248 – 2252.
G. Della Gatta, E. Badea, R. Ceccarelli, T. Usacheva, A. Mašic, S. Coluccia,(2005)
Damage assessment of parchments by DSC and SEM studies,
Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2005, Vol. 82, 637–649.
P. Di Martino, E. Joiris, R. Gobetto, A. Mašic, G. Palmieri, S. Martelli, (2004)
Ketoprofen-poly(vinylpyrrolidone) physical interaction,
Journal of Crystal Growth, 2004, Vol. 265, 302–308.
A. Mašic, S. Coluccia, (2003)
Come si curano le ferite dell’arte
TuttoScienzeTecnologia (La Stampa), Torino, 14 May 2003, page 2.
D. Braga, L. Maini, M.Mazzotti, K. Rubini, A. Masic, R. Gobetto and F. Grepioni, (2009).
Supramolecular gas-solid reaction between formic acid vapours and solid [CoIII(h5-C5H4COOH)(h5-C5H4COO)]
Chemical Communication, 2002, Vol. 20, 2296-2297
Media Reports
Materials Today podcast, Interview on vibrational spectroscopy applied to studies on biomaterials.,
http://www.materialstoday.com/listen/218/spectrocopy-for-the-study-of-biomaterials/
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