Petrov, J. G.; Andreeva, T. D.; Kurth, D. G.; Möhwald, H.: Negative dipole potentials of uncharged Langmuir monolayers due to fluorination of the hydrophilic heads. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109 (29), pp. 14102 - 14111 (2005)
Beissenhirtz, M. K.; Scheller, F. W.; Stocklein, W. F. M.; Kurth, D. G.; Möhwald, H.; Lisdat, F.: Electroactive cytochrome c multilayers within a polyelectrolyte assembly. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 43 (33), pp. 4357 - 4360 (2004)
Duan, H. W.; Wang, D. Y.; Kurth, D. G.; Möhwald, H.: Directing self-assembly of nanoparticles at water/oil interfaces. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English 43 (42), pp. 5639 - 5642 (2004)
Krass, H.; Papastavrou, G.; Kurth, D. G.: A polyelectrolyte bearing metal ion receptors and electrostatic functionality for layer-by-layer self-assembly. Macromolecular Symposia 210, pp. 311 - 319 (2004)
Li, L. D.; Tedeschi, C.; Kurth, D. G.; Möhwald, H.: Synthesis of a pyrene-labeled polyanion and its adsorption onto polyelectrolyte hollow capsules functionalized for electron transfer. Chemistry of Materials 16 (4), pp. 570 - 573 (2004)
Mao, G. Z.; Dong, W. F.; Kurth, D. G.; Möhwald, H.: Synthesis of copper sulfide nanorod arrays on molecular templates. Nano Letters 4 (2), pp. 249 - 252 (2004)
Severin, N.; Rabe, J. P.; Kurth, D. G.: Fully extended polyelectrolyte-amphiphile complexes adsorbed on graphite. Journal of the American Chemical Society 126 (12), pp. 3696 - 3697 (2004)
Wurthner, F.; Dobrawa, R.; Kurth, D. G.: Electrostatic self-assembly of fluorescent perylene bisimide coordination polymers. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 227, p. U347 - U347 (2004)
Krass, H.; Papastavrou, G.; Kurth, D. G.: Layer-by-layer self-assembly of a polyelectrolyte bearing metal ion coordination and electrostatic functionality. Chemistry of Materials 15 (1), pp. 196 - 203 (2003)
Kurth, D. G.; Meister, A.; Thünemann, A. F.; Förster, G.: Structure of a liquid crystalline metallosupramolecular polyelectrolyte-amphiphile complex at the nanoscopic level. Langmuir 19 (10), pp. 4055 - 4057 (2003)
Liu, S. Q.; Volkmer, D.; Kurth, D. G.: Functional polyoxometalate thin films via electrostatic layer-by-layer self-assembly. Journal of Cluster Science 14 (3), pp. 405 - 419 (2003)
Meister, A.; Förster, G.; Thünemann, A. F.; Kurth, D. G.: Nanoscopic structure of a metallo-supramolecular polyelectrolyte-amphiphile complex, elucidated by X-ray scattering and molecular modeling. ChemPhysChem 4 (10), pp. 1095 - 1100 (2003)
Kurth, D. G.: Metallosupramolecular coordination polyelectrolytes - Potential building blocks for molecular-based devices. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 960, pp. 29 - 38 (2002)
Kurth, D. G.; Schütte, M.; Wen, J.: Metallo-supramolecular polyelectrolyte multilayers with cobalt(II): preparation and properties. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 198, pp. 633 - 643 (2002)
Supported by the EU’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and the UK Guarantee Scheme, the 'Condensates at Membrane Scaffolds – Integrated Systems as Synthetic Cell Compartments’ doctoral network seeks 17 PhD candidates. This international and interdisciplinary program aims to train future biomedical and biotechnology researchers to explore cellular…
Scientists can now predict structural colors in bacteria. By sequencing a wide range of bacterial DNA and developing an accurate predictive model, reseachers uncovered how bacteria organize themselves into specific patterns within colonies to interfere with light and create iridescence.Their findings hold great promise for sustainable, pigment-free color production.
Biomolecular condensates may play a crucial but overlooked role in remodeling membrane structures within cells. Rumiana Dimova and her team demonstrated that these droplets can shape parts of the endoplasmic reticulum into nanotubes and double-membrane discs without the need for specific curvature-molding proteins.
Imagine switching on a light and being able to understand and control the inner dynamics of a cell. This is what the Dimova group has achieved: by shining lights of different colors on replicates of cells, they altered the interactions between cellular elements. Controlling these complex interactions enables us to deliver specific drugs directly into the cells.
Little is known yet about the interaction between these biomolecular condensate droplets and the membrane-bound organelles. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam developed synthetic membraneless organelles and visualized what happens when they meet a membrane.
Prof Silvia Vignolini, Ph.D. is establishing the new Department "Sustainable and Bio-inspired Materials". She is working at the interface of physics, chemistry, biology and materials science and perfectly complements the institute's profile of research on chemistry, materials and sustainability.