GRK 1524:  Self-Assembled Soft-Matter Nanostructures at Interfaces

• Subject Area: Physical Chemistry
• Term: from 2009 to 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 65143814

• Final Report Year: 2018

Final Report Abstract

IRTG 1524 was set up to educate and train young researchers in a stimulating and competitive area of soft matter science. Specifically, IRTG 1524 focused on the underlying mechanisms by which interfaces drive the self-assembly of soft matter into nanostructured entities and how these entities can be stabilized by interfaces once they have formed. From an improved understanding of these general topics it will become possible in the future to fabricate novel materials and devices with specific functionalities through directed or controlled self-assembly. To contribute to such an improved insight into the role of interfaces for the self-assembly process, scientists from Berlin and Potsdam with backgrounds in soft matter, nanostructured systems, and systems with interfaces cooperated with scientists from North Carolina in the framework of IRTG 1524 and a similar coordinated program (MRSEC) on the US side. Members of the entire group have been chosen because of their complementary expertise. In the German scientific team, scientists were coming from the fundamental natural sciences such as Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Experimental and Theoretical Physics. The US team contributed complementary expertise in more applied disciplines such as Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Materials Sciences, and related fields. Throughout its existence IRTG 1524 operated as a tightly interwoven scientific network. In research this was achieved, inter alia, by focusing on similar types of soft matter systems (amphiphiles and lipids, polymers and polyelectrolytes, proteins, liquid crystals). The network structure was also sustained through personal meetings of all its members (doctoral researchers and project leaders) at annual meetings where the location alternated between the US and Germany. As a general rule, the scientific program during the annual meetings comprised talks by doctoral researchers but also left enough room for discussions between German and US project leaders together with their doctoral researchers. German doctoral researchers spent a mandatory period of six month in their US partner laboratory. During this time German project leaders generally visited their US partners. Similar visits of US doctoral researchers to the laboratory of their German partners also took place. Through the composition of its entire team of (US and German) project leaders, IRTG 1524 succeeded in providing expertise in a wealth of experimental and theoretical techniques. This richness was a clear added value for the high quality of research and teaching within IRTG 1524. Moreover, it was also a benefit in the scientific education and training of doctoral researchers who could be exposed to diverse and complementary methods to address their specific scientific problems. In IRTG 1524 research was organized in three project areas, each with 4–6 thematically coherent projects. The first of these project areas dealt with the influence of planar surfaces on the self-assembly of soft matter, including patterned or chemically modified surfaces, and slits between parallel surfaces. In the second project area the impact of substrate curvature on soft-matter self-assembly was studied, which included surfaces of convex curvature (microand nanoparticles) and concave curvature (tubular nanopores). Projects of the third project area were dealing with the complementary question of how the functionality and structure of biomembranes is affected by the interaction with nanoparticles and proteins. To tackle the ambitious and challenging topics in research within IRTG 1524, it was necessary to combine experimental with theoretical approaches. Similar questions were addressed experimentally and theoretically in each of the three project areas and across the boundaries of the project areas. The balanced number of theorists and experimentalists and their close collaboration on related problems was a unique feature of IRTG 1524 in research as well as in its qualification concept. The balanced role of theory and experiment was also reflected by the structure of the monthly colloquium of IRTG 1524. Here, usually two speakers were invited: one theorist and one experimentalist. Both the research program and the monthly IRTG colloquium were elements in a broader, diverse, yet focused qualification concept to which doctoral researchers have been exposed. Besides formal lectures and seminars, other elements of the qualification concept included: supervision of research students, active participation in the Research Internship in Science and Engineering (RISE) program of Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) through writing project proposals and supervision of undergraduate students from the UK, the US, and Canada; language courses and courses in key skills such as “Good scientific practice” and “Scientific writing” were other elements. In addition, IRTG 1524 organized two schools for its US and German doctoral researchers where internationally leading scientists gave short series of lectures on topics from their fields of expertise. Through all these activities, IRTG 1524 provided a stimulating albeit challenging environment for doctoral researchers to earn their doctorate in a relatively short time.

Publications

• “No Charge Reversal at Foam Film Surfaces after Addition of Oppositely Charged Polyelectrolytes?”, J. Phys. Chem. B 113, 23, 7986–7990 (2009) 2010
  N. Kristen, V. Simulescu, A. Vüllings, A. Laschewsky, R. Miller, and R. von Klitzing
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1021/jp902369d)
• “Discrimination of Green Arabica and Robusta Coffee Beans by Raman Spectroscopy”, J. Agr. Food Chem. 58, 21, 11187–11192 (2010)
  A. Keidel, D. von Stetten, C. Rodrigues, C. Maguas, and P. Hildebrandt
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1021/jf101999c)
• “Entropy-Driven Enhanced Self-Diffusion in Confined Reentrant Supernematics”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 22, 227802 (2010)
  M. G. Mazza, M. Greschek, R. Valiullin, J. Karger, and M. Schoen
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.105.227802)
• “Foam Films from Oppositely Charged Polyelectolyte/Surfactant Mixtures: Effect of Polyelectrolyte and Surfactant Hydrophobicity on Film Stability”, Langmuir 26, 12, 9321–9327 (2010)
  N. Kristen, A. Vüllings, A. Laschewsky, R. Miller, and R. von Klitzing
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1021/la1002463)
• “Impact of Negative Line Tension on the Shape of Nanometer-Size Sessile Droplets”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 7 (2010)
  J. K. Berg, C. M. Weber, and H. Riegler
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.105.076103)
• “Aggregation of Silica Nanoparticles Directed by Adsorption of Lysozyme”, Langmuir 27, 16, 9823–9833 (2011)
  B. Bharti, J. Meissner, and G. H. Findenegg
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1021/la201898v)
• “Dynamics of the Field-Induced Formation of Hexagonal Zipped-Chain Superstructures in Magnetic Colloids”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 20 (2011)
  D. Heinrich, A. R. Goni, A. Smessaert, S. H. L. Klapp, L. M. C. Cerioni, T. M. Osan, D. J. Pusiol, and C. Thomsen
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.106.208301)
• “Importance of Polar Solvation for Cross-Reactivity of Antibody and Its Variants with Steroids”, J. Phys. Chem. B 115, 23, 7661–7669 (2011)
  P. Kar, R. Lipowsky, and V. Knecht
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1021/jp201538t)
• “Light- Orchestrated Macromolecular ‘Accordions’: Reversible Photoinduced Shrinking of Rigid- Rod Polymers”, Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 50, 52, 12559–12563 (2011)
  D. Bleger, T. Liebig, R. Thiermann, M. Maskos, J. P. Rabe, and S. Hecht
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201106879)
• “Ordering of amphiphilic Janus particles at planar walls: A density functional study”, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 15 (2011)
  G. Rosenthal and S. H. L. Klapp
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3579453)
• “Phase transitions of two-dimensional dipolar fluids in external fields”, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 11, 114903 (2011)
  H. Schmidle and S. H. L. Klapp
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3564916)
• “Role of stringlike, supramolecular assemblies in reentrant supernematic liquid crystals”, Phys. Rev. E 83, 5 (2011)
  M. G. Mazza, M. Greschek, R. Valiullin, and M. Schoen
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.83.051704)
• “Structural Characterization of Surfactant Aggregates Adsorbed in Cylindrical Silica Nanopores”, Langmuir 27, 9, 5252–5263 (2011)
  T. G. Shin, D. Müter, J. Meissner, O. Paris, and G. H. Findenegg
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1021/la200333q)
• “Structure and Dynamics of Reentrant Nematics: Any Open Questions after Almost 40 Years?”, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 12, 8, 5352–5372 (2011)
  M. G. Mazza and M. Schoen
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms12085352)
• “Structuring of Polyelectrolyte (NaPSS) Solutions in Bulk and under Confinement as a Function of Concentration and Molecular Weight”, Macromol. 44, 19, 7782–7791 (2011)
  C. Üzüm, S. Christau, and R. von Klitzing
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1021/ma201466a)
• “The Effect of Co-Monomer Content on the Swelling/Shrinking and Mechanical Behaviour of Individually Adsorbed PNIPAM Microgel Particles”, Polymers 3, 4, 1575–1590 (2011)
  A. Burmistrova, M. Richter, M. Eisele, C. Üzüm, and R. von Klitzing
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.3390/polym3041575)
• “Vesicles with multiple membrane domains”, Soft Matter 7, 12, 6092–6102 (2011)
  J. L. Hu, T. R. Weikl, and R. Lipowsky
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1039/c0sm01500h)
• “Addendum to ‘Finite-size scaling analysis of isotropic-polar phase transitions in an amphiphilic fluid’”, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 24, 20, 209401 (2012)
  M. Melle, S. Giura, S. Schlotthauer, and M. Schoen
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/24/20/209401)
• “Adsorption, aggregation and structure formation in systems of charged particles: from colloidal to supracolloidal assembly”, PhD thesis, TU Berlin (2012)
  B. Bharti
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-3304)
• “Assembling Wormlike Micelles in Tubular Nanopores by Tuning Surfactant-Wall Interactions”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 36, 14756–14759 (2012)
  B. Bharti, M. Xue, J. Meissner, V. Cristiglio, and G. H. Findenegg
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1021/ja307534y)
• “Clustering and mobility of hard rods in a quasicrystalline substrate potential”, J. Chem. Phys. 137, 22 (2012)
  P. Kählitz, M. Schoen, and H. Stark
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769839)
• “Co-Assembly of Oppositely Charged Particles into Linear Clusters and Chains of Controllable Length”, Sci. Rep. 2, 1004 (2012)
  B. Bharti, G. H. Findenegg, and O. D. Velev
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1038/srep01004)
• “Computer simulations of complex fluids in two dimensions”, PhD thesis, TU Berlin (2012)
  H. Schmidle
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-3252)
• “Curvature of Double-Membrane Organelles Generated by Changes in Membrane Size and Composition”, PLOS One 7, 3, e32753 (2012)
  R. L. Knorr, R. Dimova, and R. Lipowsky
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032753)
• “Defect topologies in a nematic liquid crystal near a patchy colloid”, J. Chem. Phys. 136, 19 (2012)
  M. Melle, S. Schlotthauer, M. G. Mazza, S. H. L. Klapp, and M. Schoen
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4717619)
• “Diffusivity Maximum in a Reentrant Nematic Phase”, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 13, 6, 7854–7871 (2012)
  T. Stieger, M. G. Mazza, and M. Schoen
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms13067854)
• “Electrodeformation method for measuring the capacitance of bilayer membranes”, Soft Matter 8, 14, 3810–3816 (2012)
  P. F. Salipante, R. L. Knorr, R. Dimova, and P. M. Vlahovska
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1039/c2sm07105c)
• “Experimental Aspects of Colloidal Interactions in Mixed Systems of Liposome and Inorganic Nanoparticle and Their Applications”, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 13, 9, 11610–11642 (2012)
  R. Michel and M. Gradzielski
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms130911610)
• “Finite-size scaling analysis of isotropic-polar phase transitions in an amphiphilic fluid”, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 24, 3, 035103 (2012)
  M. Melle, S. Giura, S. Schlotthauer, and M. Schoen
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/24/3/035103)
• “Investigations in the Stranski-Laboratorium of the TU Berlin - Physical Chemistry of Colloidal Systems – Going Towards Complexity and Functionality”, Tenside Surfactants Detergents 49, 3, 256–265 (2012)
  B. Altin, A. Barth, K. Bressel, L. Chiappisi, M. Dürr, M. Dzionara, M. Elgammal, D. Fliegner, C. Ganas, S. Gupta, G. Hedicke, P. Heunemann, I. Hoffmann, R. Joksimovic, R. Kaur, A. Klee, H. Y. Liu, J. Lutzki, P. Malo de Molina, M. Medebach, R. Michel, M. Muthig, N. K. Viet, C. Oppel, S. Prévost, J. Popig, S. Riemer, M. Sperling, R. Strassnick, L. Zhang, and M. Gradzielski
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.3139/113.110191)
• “Lysozyme as a pH-Responsive Valve for the Controlled Release of Guest Molecules from Mesoporous Silica”, Langmuir 28, 50, 17578–17584 (2012)
  M. Xue and G. H. Findenegg
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1021/la304152j)
• “Mapping local electric fields in proteins at biomimetic interfaces”, Chem. Commun. 48, 1, 70–72 (2012)
  G. Schkolnik, T. Utesch, J. Salewski, K. Tenger, D. Millo, A. Kranich, I. Zebger, C. Schulz, L. Zimanyi, G. Rakhely, M. A. Mroginski, and P. Hildebrandt
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cc13186a)
• “Micelle and Bilayer Formation of Amphiphilic Janus Particles in a Slit-Pore”, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 13, 8, 9431–9446 (2012)
  G. Rosenthal and S. H. L. Klapp
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms13089431)
• “Nonequilibrium condensation and coarsening of field-driven dipolar colloids”, Phys. Rev. E 86, 1 (2012)
  S. Jäger, H. Schmidle, and S. H. L. Klapp
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.86.011402)
• “Nucleation at nano-structured substrates”, PhD thesis, TU Berlin (2012)
  C. Weber
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-3300)
• “On the Influence of Surfactants on the Adsorption of Polysaccharide-Based Polymers on Cotton Studied by Means of Fluorescence Spectroscopy”, Langmuir 28, 31, 11400–11409 (2012)
  I. Hoffmann, M. Theile, S. Grätz, J. Scholz, P. Barreleiro, W. von Rybinski, and M. Gradzielski
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1021/la301559s)
• “Partitioning of cytochrome c in multicomponent lipid membranes”, PhD thesis, TU Berlin (2012)
  S. Pataraia
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-3370)
• “Phase diagram of two-dimensional systems of dipole-like colloids”, Soft Matter 8, 5, 1521–1531 (2012)
  H. Schmidle, C. K. Hall, O. D. Velev, and S. H. L. Klapp
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1039/c1sm06576a)
• “Phase ordering of hard needles on a quasicrystalline substrate”, J. Chem. Phys. 136, 17 (2012)
  P. Kählitz and H. Stark
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4711086)
• “Protein-specific Effects of Binding to Silica Nanoparticles”, Chem. Lett. 41, 10, 1122–1124 (2012)
  B. Bharti and G. H. Findenegg
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.2012.1122)
• “Self-assembly of model amphiphilic Janus particles”, J. Chem. Phys. 136, 17 (2012)
  G. Rosenthal, K. E. Gubbins, and S. H. L. Klapp
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4707954)
• “Surfactant adsorption and aggregate structure at silica nanoparticles: Effects of particle size and surface modification”, Soft Matter 8, 24, 6573–6581 (2012)
  B. Bharti, J. Meissner, U. Gasser, and G. H. Findenegg
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1039/c2sm25648g)
• “Theory and computer simulations of amphiphilic Janus particles”, PhD thesis, TU Berlin (2012)
  G. Rosenthal
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-3264)
• “Tubulation and Aggregation of Spherical Nanoparticles Adsorbed on Vesicles”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 18 (2012)
  A. H. Bahrami, R. Lipowsky, and T. R. Weikl
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.109.188102)
• “Vibrational Stark Effect of the Electric-Field Reporter 4-Mercaptobenzonitrile as a Tool for Investigating Electrostatics at Electrode/ SAM/Solution Interfaces”, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 13, 6, 7466–7482 (2012)
  G. Schkolnik, J. Salewski, D. Millo, I. Zebger, S. Franzen, and P. Hildebrandt
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms13067466)
• “Vibrational stark spectroscopy as a tool for probing electrostatics at protein surfaces and self assembled monolayers”, PhD thesis, TU Berlin (2012)
  G. Schkolnik
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-3426)
• “Adhesion-Induced Phase Behavior of Two-Component Membranes and Vesicles”, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 14, 1, 2203–2229 (2013)
  T. Rouhiparkouhi, T. R. Weikl, D. E. Discher, and R. Lipowsky
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms14012203)
• “Binding constants of membrane-anchored receptors and ligands depend strongly on the nanoscale roughness of membranes”, P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 110, 38, 15283–15288 (2013)
  J. L. Hu, R. Lipowsky, and T. R. Weikl
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1305766110)
• “Catalytic efficiency of dehaloperoxidase A is controlled by electrostatics - application of the vibrational Stark effect to understand enzyme kinetics”, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 430, 3, 1011–1015 (2013)
  G. Schkolnik, T. Utesch, J. J. Zhao, S. Jiang, M. K. Thompson, M. A. Mroginski, P. Hildebrandt, and S. Franzen
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.12.047)
• “Control of the stability and structure of liposomes by means of nanoparticles”, Soft Matter 9, 16, 4167–4177 (2013)
  R. Michel, T. Plostica, L. Abezgauz, D. Danino, and M. Gradzielski
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1039/c3sm27875a)
• “Domain formation in cholesterol- phospholipid membranes exposed to adhesive surfaces or environments”, Soft Matter 9, 35, 8438–8453 (2013)
  R. Lipowsky, T. Rouhiparkouhi, D. E. Discher, and T. R. Weikl
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1039/c3sm50712b)
• “Dynamic nuclear polarization of spherical nanoparticles”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15, 47, 20706–20716 (2013)
  U. Akbey, B. Altin, A. Linden, S. Ozcelik, M. Gradzielski, and H. Oschkinat
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cp53095g)
• “Importance of Polar Solvation and Configurational Entropy for Design of Antiretroviral Drugs Targeting HIV-1 Protease”, J. Phys. Chem. B 117, 19, 5793–5805 (2013)
  P. Kar, R. Lipowsky, and V. Knecht
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1021/jp3085292)
• “Liposomes in contact and interacting with silica nanoparticles: from decorated vesicles to internalized particles”, PhD thesis, TU Berlin (2013)
  R. Michel
  
• “Modelling peptides at interfaces in atomic detail”, PhD thesis, TU Berlin (2013)
  T. Pobandt
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-3995)
• “Nanoconfinement-Induced Structures in Chiral Liquid Crystals”, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 14, 9, 17584–17607 (2013)
  M. Melle, M. Theile, C. K. Hall, and M. Schoen
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms140917584)
• “Ordering of Polystyrene Nanoparticles on Substrates Pre-Coated with Different Polyelectrolyte Architectures”, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 14, 6, 12893–12913 (2013)
  Z. Yenice, M. Karg, and R. von Klitzing
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms140612893)
• “Orientational changes and impaired internalization of ellipsoidal nanoparticles by vesicle membranes”, Soft Matter 9, 36, 8642–8646 (2013)
  A. H. Bahrami
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1039/c3sm50885d)
• “Pattern formation in multi-component membranes”, PhD thesis, TU Berlin (2013)
  T. Rouhiparkouhi
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-3510)
• “Protein and dyes in confinement and protein dynamics studied by fluorescence techniques and NMR spectroscopy”, PhD thesis, TU Berlin (2013)
  M. Xue
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-3525)
• “Self-assembly of nanorods on quasicrystalline substrates”, PhD thesis, TU Berlin (2013)
  P. Kählitz
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-3560)
• “Structure of the Biliverdin Cofactor in the Pfr State of Bathy and Prototypical Phytochromes”, J. Biol. Chem. 288, 23, 16800–16817 (2013)
  J. Salewski, F. V. Escobar, S. Kaminski, S. D. von Stetten, A. Keidel, Y. Rippers, N. Michael, P. Scheerer, P. Piwowarski, F. Bartl, N. Frankenberg-Dinkel, S. Ringsdorf, W. Gartner, T. Lamparter, M. A. Mroginski, and P. Hildebrandt
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m113.457531)
• “Synthesis of Silica Nanoparticles Covered with Silver Beads”, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 13, 10, 6773–6781 (2013)
  R. Joksimovic, B. Altin, S. K. Mehta, and M. Gradzielski
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2013.7750)
• “Two-dimensional colloidal networks induced by a uni-axial external field”, Soft Matter 9, 8, 2518–2524 (2013)
  H. Schmidle, S. Jäger, C. K. Hall, O. D. Velev, and S. H. L. Klapp
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1039/c2sm27210e)
• “Vesicles interacting with nanoparticles”, PhD thesis, TU Berlin (2013)
  A. H. Bahrami
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-3787)
• “A Self-Improved Water-Oxidation Catalyst: Is One Site Really Enough?”, Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 53, 1, 205–209 (2014)
  I. Lopez, M. Z. Ertem, S. Maji, J. Benet-Buchholz, A. Keidel, U. Kuhlmann, P. Hildebrandt, P., C. J. Cramer, V. S. Batista, and A. Llobet
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201307509)
• “Adhesive Nanoparticles as Local Probes of Membrane Curvature”, Nano Lett. 15, 10, 7168–7173 (2014)
  J. Agudo-Canalejo and R. Lipowsky
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03475)
• “Analysis of the Field-Assisted Permanent Assembly of Oppositely Charged Particles”, Langmuir 30, 22, 6577–6587 (2014)
  B. Bharti, G. H. Findenegg, and O. D. Velev
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1021/la5009335)
• “Angle-resolved effective potentials for disk-shaped molecules”, J. Chem. Phys. 141, 21, 214110 (2014)
  T. Heinemann, K. Palczynski, J. Dzubiella, and S. H. L. Klapp
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4902824)
• “Anisotropic fluids and the manipulation of their ordering at curved surfaces”, PhD thesis, TU Berlin (2014)
  M. Melle
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-4026)
• “Bridging interactions of proteins with silica nanoparticles: The influence of pH, ionic strength and protein concentration”, Soft Matter 10, 5, 718–728 (2014)
  B. Bharti, J. Meissner, S. H. L. Klapp, and G. H. Findenegg
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1039/c3sm52401a)
• “Brush/Gold Nanoparticle Hybrids: Effect of Grafting Density on the Particle Uptake and Distribution within Weak Polyelectrolyte Brushes”, Langmuir 30, 43, 13033–13041 (2014)
  S. Christau, T. Möller, Z. Yenice, J. Genzer, and R. von Klitzing
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1021/la503432x)
• “Controlling the Shape of Evaporating Droplets by Ionic Strength: Formation of Highly Anisometric Silica Supraparticles”, Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 53, 2, 586–590 (2014)
  M. Sperling, O. D. Velev, and M. Gradzielski
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201307401)
• “Cooperative wrapping of nanoparticles by membrane tubes”, Soft Matter 10, 3570 (2014)
  M. Raatz, R. Lipowsky, and T. R. Weikl
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1039/c3sm52498a)
• “Disclination lines at homogeneous and heterogeneous colloids immersed in a chiral liquid crystal”, Soft Matter 10, 30, 5489–5502 (2014)
  M. Melle, S. Schlotthauer, C. K. Hall, E. Diaz-Herrera, and M. Schoen
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1039/c4sm00959b)
• “Effect of cytochrome c on the phase behavior of charged multicomponent lipid membranes”, Biocim. Biophys. Acta 8, 1838, 2036–2045 (2014)
  S. Pataraia, Y. G. Liu, R. Lipowsky, and R. Dimova
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.04.019)
• “Effects of flow on topological defects in a nematic liquid crystal near a colloid”, J. Chem. Phys. 140, 5. 054905 (2014)
  T. Stieger, M. Schoen, and M. G. Mazza
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4862953)
• “Free Energy of Lipid Bilayer Defects Affected by Alzheimer's Disease- Associated Amyloid-beta(42) Monomers”, J. Phys. Chem. B 118, 13, 3507–3516 (2014)
  T. Pobandt and V. Knecht
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• “Inner Structure of Adsorbed Ionic Microgel Particles”, Langmuir 30, 24, 7168–7176 (2014)
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