Losik, M.; Kubowicz, S.; Smarsly, B.; Schlaad, H.: Solid-state structure of polypeptide-based rod-coil block copolymers: folding of helices. European Physical Journal E 15 (4), pp. 407 - 411 (2004)
Schlaad, H.; Smarsly, B.; Losik, M.: The role of chain-length distribution in the formation of solid-state structures of polypeptide-based rod-coil block copolymers. Macromolecules 37 (6), pp. 2210 - 2214 (2004)
Smarsly, B.; Grosso, D.; Brezesinski, T.; Pinna, N.; Boissiere, C.; Antonietti, M.; Sanchez, C.: Highly crystalline cubic mesoporous TiO2 with 10-nm pore diameter made with a new block copolymer template. Chemistry of Materials 16 (15), pp. 2948 - 2952 (2004)
Smarsly, B.; Kuang, D. B.; Antonietti, M.: Making nanometer thick silica glass scaffolds: an experimental approach to learn about size effects in glasses. Colloid and Polymer Science 282 (8), pp. 892 - 900 (2004)
Faul, C. F. J.; Antonietti, M.; Hentze, H.-P.; Smarsly, B.: Solid-state nanostructure of PAMAM dendrimer-fluorosurfactant complexes and nanoparticles synthesis within the ionic subphase. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 212 (2-3), pp. 115 - 121 (2003)
Han, B. H.; Smarsly, B.; Gruber, C.; Wenz, G.: Towards porous silica materials via nanocasting of stable pseudopolyrotaxanes from alpha-cyclodextrin and polyamines. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 66 (1), pp. 127 - 132 (2003)
Antonietti, M.; Hentze, H. P.; Smarsly, B.; Löffler, M.; Morschhäuser, R.: Structure characterization of surfactant assisted polymer thickeners by silica nanocasting. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 287 (3), pp. 195 - 202 (2002)
Ruland, W.; Smarsly, B.: X-ray scattering of non-graphitic carbon: an improved method of evaluation. Journal of Applied Crystallography 35, pp. 624 - 633 (2002)
Schlaad, H.; Kukula, H.; Smarsly, B.; Antonietti, M.; Pakula, T.: Solid-state morphologies of linear and bottlebrush-shaped polystyrene-poly(Z-L-lysine) block copolymers. Polymer 43 (19), pp. 5321 - 5328 (2002)
Smarsly, B.; Antonietti, M.; Wolff, T.: Evaluation of the small-angle x-ray scattering of carbons using parametrization methods. The Journal of Chemical Physics 116 (6), pp. 2618 - 2627 (2002)
Smarsly, B.; Göltner, C.; Antonietti, M.; Ruland, W.; Hoinkis, E.: SANS investigation of nitrogen sorption in porous silica. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 105, pp. 831 - 840 (2001)
Smarsly, B.; Polarz, S.; Antonietti, M.: Preparation of porous silica materials via sol-gel nanocasting of nonionic surfactants: A mechanistic study on the self-aggregation of amphiphiles for the precise prediction of the mesopore size. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 105, pp. 10473 - 10483 (2001)
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.