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Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Department of Biomaterials
Research Campus Golm
14424 Potsdam, Germany
phone: +49-(0)331-567-9410
fax: +49-(0)331-567-9402
email: richard.weinkamer
room: 2.210 |
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Studies |
Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, University of Vienna, 1985-1995 |
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Doctoral thesis |
Diffusion und diffusional phase transformations in binary alloys, University of Vienna and Rutgers University, USA, 1995-2000 |
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Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Leoben, 2000-2003 |
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Max Planck Institute of Colloid and Interfaces, since April 2003 |
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| Scientific interest: |
- mechanobiological systems like bone
- computer modeling of mechanics, growth and adaptation of biomaterials
- structure-function relations and mechanical properties of hierarchically structured biological tissues
- phase transformation in natural and artificial materials
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| Recent publications: |
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F. Witt, A. Petersen, R. Seidel, A. Vetter, R. Weinkamer, G.N. Duda
Combined in vivo / in silico study of mechanobiological mechanisms during endochondral ossification in bone
Annals of Biomedical Engineering, in press, DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0338-x.
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C. Lukas, P. Kollmannsberger, D. Ruffoni, P. Roschger, P. Fratzl, R. Weinkamer
The heterogeneous mineral content of bone — using stochastic arguments and simulations to overcome experimental limitations
Journal of Statistical Physics 144, 316-331 (2011).
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A. Vetter, F. Witt, O. Sander, G.N. Duda, R. Weinkamer
The spatio-temporal arrangement of different tissues during bone healing as a result of simple mechanobiological rules
Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, in press, DOI 10.1007/s10237-011-0299-x.
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R. Shahar, C. Lukas, S. Papo, J.W.C. Dunlop and R. Weinkamer
Characterization of the spatial arrangement of secondary osteons in the diaphysis of equine and canine long bones
The Anatomical Record 294, 1093-1102 (2011).
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M.A. Hartmann, J.W.C. Dunlop, Y.J.M. Bréchet, P. Fratzl, R. Weinkamer
Trabecular bone remodeling simulated by a stochastic exchange of discrete bone packets from the surface
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 4, 879-887 (2011).
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J.W.C. Dunlop, R. Weinkamer, P. Fratzl
Artful interfaces within biological materials
Materials Today 14, 70-78 (2011).
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R. Weinkamer, P. Fratzl
Mechanical adaptation of biological materials – the examples of bone and wood
Materials Science and Engineering C 31, 1164-1173 (2011).
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A. Vetter, Y. Liu, F. Witt, I. Manjubala, O. Sander, D.R. Epari, P. Fratzl, G.N. Duda, R. Weinkamer,
The mechanical heterogeneity of the hard callus influences local tissue strains during bone healing: a Finite Element study based on sheep experiments
Journal of Biomechanics 44, 517-523 (2011).
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P. Saparin, H. Scherf, J.-J. Hublin, P. Fratzl, R. Weinkamer,
Structural adaptation of trabecular bone revealed by position resolved analysis of proximal femora of different primates
The Anatomical Record 294, 55 - 67 (2011) .
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A. Vetter, D.R. Epari, R. Seidel, H. Schell, P. Fratzl, G.N. Duda, R. Weinkamer,
Temporal tissue patterns in bone healing of sheep
Journal of Orthopaedic Research 28, 1440 - 1447 (2010) .
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L. Lukyanova, S. Franceschi-Messant, P. Vicendo, E. Perez, I. Rico-Lattesand, R. Weinkamer,
Preparation and evaluation of microporous organogel scaffolds for cell viability and proliferation
Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces 79, 105 -112 (2010) .
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D. Ruffoni, J.W.C. Dunlop, P. Fratzl and R. Weinkamer,
Effect of minimal defects in periodic cellular solids
Philosophical Magazine 90, 1807 – 1818 (2010) .
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J.W.C. Dunlop, M.A. Hartmann, Y.J. Bréchet, P. Fratzl and R. Weinkamer,
New Suggestions for the Mechanical Control of Bone Remodeling
Calcified Tissue International 85, 45-54 (2009) .
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D.A. Kunz, E. Max, R. Weinkamer, T. Lunkenbein, J. Breu, A. Fery,
Deformation Measurements on Thin Clay Tactoids
Small 16, 1816-1820 (2009).
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K. Nawrot-Wawrzyniak, F. Varga, A. Nader, P. Roschger, S. Sieghart, E. Zwettler, K.M. Roetzer, S. Lang, R. Weinkamer, K. Klaushofer, N. Fratzl-Zelman,
Effects of tumor induced osteomalacia (TIO) on the bone mineralization process,
Calcif. Tissue Int. 84, 313-323 (2009).
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D. Ruffoni, P. Fratzl, P. Roschger, R. Phipps, K. Klaushofer and R. Weinkamer,
Effect of temporal changes in bone turnover on the bone mineralization density distribution: a computer simulation study,
J. Bone Miner. Res. 23, 1905-1914 (2008).
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S. Schmidt, J. van der Gucht, P.M. Biesheuvel, R. Weinkamer, E. Helfer and A. Fery,
Non-Gaussian curvature distribution of actin-propelled biomimetic colloid trajectories,
Eur. Biophys. J. 37, 1361-1366 (2008).
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P. Fratzl and R. Weinkamer,
Nature ’s hierarchical materials,
Prog. Mater. Sci. 52, 1263-1334 (2007).
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A. Fery and R. Weinkamer,
Mechanical properties of micro- and nanocapsules: single-capsule measurements,
Polymer 48, 7221-7235 (2007).
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D. Ruffoni, P. Fratzl, P. Roschger, K. Klaushofer and R. Weinkamer,
The bone mineralization density distribution as a fingerprint
of the mineralization process,
Bone 40, 1308-1319 (2007).
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K. Köhler K, P.M. Biesheuvel, R. Weinkamer, H. Möhwald and G.B. Sukhorukov,
Salt-induced swelling-to-shrinking transition in polyelectrolyte multilayer capsules
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 188301 (2006).
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L.-M. Stadler, B. Sepiol, B. Pfau J.W. Kantelhardt, R. Weinkamer and
G. Vogl
Detrended fluctuation analysis in x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy for determining coarsening dynamics in alloys,
Phys. Rev. E 74, 041107 (2006).
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M.A. Hartmann, R. Weinkamer, T. Zemb, F.D. Fischer and P. Fratzl
Switching mechanics with chemistry : a model for the bending stiffness of amphiphilic bilayers with interacting headgroups in crystalline order,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 018106 (2006).
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B. Pfau, L.-M. Stadler, B. Sepiol, R. Weinkamer, J.W. Kantelhardt, F. Zotone and G. Vogl,
Coarsening dynamics in elastically anisotropic alloys,
Phys. Rev. B 73, 180101(R) (2006).
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N. Delorme, M. Dubois, S. Garnier, A. Laschewsky, R. Weinkamer, T. Zemb and A. Fery,
Surface immobilization and mechanical properties of catanionic hollow faceted poyhedrons,
J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 1752 (2006).
- N. Elsner, F. Dubreuil, R.Weinkamer, M.Wasicek, F.D. Fischer A.Fery
Mechanical properties of freestanding polyelectrolyte capsules: a quantitative approach based on shell theory, Progr Colloid Polym Sci 132, 117 (2006).
- R. Mueller, K. Köhler, R. Weinkamer, G. Sukhorukov and A. Fery,
Glass transition of PDADMAC/PSS capsules investigated with AFM Force Spectroscopy,
Macromolecules 38, 9766 (2005).
- M.A. Hartmann, R. Weinkamer, P. Fratzl, J. Svoboda and F.D. Fischer,
Onsager's coefficients and diffusion laws – a Monte Carlo study,
Phil. Mag. 85, 1243 (2005).
- R. Weinkamer, M.A. Hartmann, Y. Brechet and P. Fratzl,
A stochastic lattice model for bone remodeling and aging,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 228102 (2004).
- R. Weinkamer, P. Fratzl, H.S. Gupta, O. Penrose and J.L. Lebowitz,
Using kinetic Monte Carlo simulations to study phase separation in alloys,
Phase Transitions 77, 433 (2004).
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