2023

Marc Becker

 DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen, Germany

Visting Erasmus Student

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Tiziana Russo

 Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Visting Erasmus+ Student

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Marc Palà

 University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

Visting PhD Student

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Dominik Söder

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

PhD Student

Synthetic evolution of a supramolecular harpooning mechanism to immobilize vesicles at antifouling interfaces

Englert, J.; Witzdam, L.; Söder, D.; Garay-Sarmiento, M; Joseph, A.; Wagner, A. M.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 202300306 (2023)

Zwitterionic Dendrimersomes: A Closer Xenobiotic Mimic of Cell Membranes

Joseph, A.; Wagner, A.M.; Garay-Sarmiento, M.; Aleksanya, M.; Haraszti, T.; Söder, D.; Georgiev, V.N.; Dimova, R.; Percec, V.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Advanced Materials, 34, 2206288 (2022)

Ionic Combisomes: A New Class of Biomimetic Vesicles to Fuse with Life

Wagner, A. M.; Quandt, J.; Söder, D.; Garay-Sarmiento, M.; Joseph, A.; Petrovskii, V. S.; Witzdam, L.; Hammoor, T.; Steitz, P.; Haraszti, T.; Potemkin, II; Kostina, N. Y.; Herrmann, A.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Advanced Science, 9, 2200617 (2022)

Brush-Like Interface on Surface-Attached Hydrogels Repels Proteins and Bacteria

Witzdam, L.; Meurer, Y.L.; Garay‐Sarmiento, M.; Vorobii, M.; Söder, D.; Quandt, J.; Haraszti, T.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Macromolecular Bioscience, 22, (5), 2200025 (2022)

Unraveling the mechanism and kinetics of bnding of an LCI‐eGFP‐polymer for antifouling coatings

Söder, D.; Garay‐Sarmiento, M.; Rahimi, K.; Obstals, F.; Dedisch, S.; Haraszti, T.; Davari, M. D.; Jakob, F.; Heß, C.; Schwaneberg, U.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Macromolecular Bioscience, 21, (9), 2100158 (2021)

Enhanced concanavalin A binding to preorganized mannose nanoarrays in glycodendrimersomes revealed multivalent interactions

Kostina, N. Yu.; Söder, D.; Haraszti, T.; Xiao, Q.; Rahimi, K.; Patridge, B. E.; Klein, M. L.; Percec, V.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Angewandte Chemie, 113, (15), 8433-8441 (2021)

Nano-vesicles displaying functional linear and branched oligomannose self-assembled from sequence-defined Janus glycodendrimers

Xiao, Q.; Delbianco, M.; Sherman, S. E.; Reveron Perez, A. M.; Bharate, P.; Pardo-Vargas, A.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.; Kostina, N. Y.; Rahimi, K.; Söder, D.; Möller, M.; Klein, M. L.; Seeberger, P. H.; Percec, V.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117, (22), 11931-11939 (2020)

Matter‐tag: A universal immobilization platform for enzymes on polymers, metals, and silicon‐based materials

Dedisch, S.; Wiens, A.; Davari, M. D.; Söder, D.; Rodriguez‐Emmenegger, C.; Jakob, F.; Schwaneberg, U.
Biotechnology and bioengineering, 117, 49-61 (2020)

Antifouling microparticles to scavenge lipopolysaccharide from human blood plasma

Vorobii, M.; Kostina, N. Y.; Rahimi, K.; Grama, S.; Söder, D.; Pop-Georgievski, O.; Sturcova, A.; Horak, D.; Grottke, O.; Singh, S.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Biomacromolecules, 20, (2), 2202364 (2019)

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2022

Fabian Wiertz

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Research Student

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Julia Pham

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Research Student

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Johanna Abele

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Research Student

 

Yannik Rutsch

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Master Student

Brush-Like Coatings Provide a Cloak of Invisibility to Titanium Implants

Witzdam, L.; Garay-Sarmiento, M.; Gagliardi, M.; Meurer, Y. L.; Rutsch, Y.; Englert, J.; Philipsen, S.; Janem, A.; Alsheghri, R.; Jakob, F.; Molin, D.G M.; Schwaneberg, U.; van den Akker, N.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Macromolecular Bioscience, 202300434 (2023)

Interactive Hemocompatible Nanocoating to Prevent Surface‐Induced Coagulation in Medical Devices

Quandt, J.; Garay-Sarmiento M., Witzdam, L.; Englert, J.; Rutsch, Y.; Stöcker, C.; Grottke, O.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 22, (11), 2201055 (2022)

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Thomas Hammoor

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Master Student

Ionic Combisomes: A New Class of Biomimetic Vesicles to Fuse with Life

Wagner, A. M.; Quandt, J.; Söder, D.; Garay-Sarmiento, M.; Joseph, A.; Petrovskii, V. S.; Witzdam, L.; Hammoor, T.; Steitz, P.; Haraszti, T.; Potemkin, II; Kostina, N. Y.; Herrmann, A.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Advanced Science, 9, 2200617 (2022)

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2021

Lukas Beckers

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Bachelor Student

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Yannik Rutsch

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Research Student

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Sonja Storch

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Research Student

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David Schröter

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Master Student

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Jenny Englert

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Master Student

Synthetic evolution of a supramolecular harpooning mechanism to immobilize vesicles at antifouling interfaces

Englert, J.; Witzdam, L.; Söder, D.; Garay-Sarmiento, M; Joseph, A.; Wagner, A. M.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 202300306 (2023)

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Edurne Marin

 University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain

Visiting PhD Student

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Mariia Vorobii

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

PhD Student

Dendrimersome Synthetic Cells Harbor Cell Division Machinery of Bacteria

Wagner, A.M.; Eto, H.; Joseph, A; Kohyama, S.; Haraszti, T.;  Zamora, R. A.; Vorobii, M.;  Giannotti, M. I.; Schwille, P.*; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Advanced Materials, 34, 2202364 (2022)

Evaluation of Dibenzocyclooctyne and Bicyclononyne Click Reaction on Azido‐Functionalized Antifouling Polymer Brushes via Microspotting

Yang, B.; Wang, Y.; Vorobii, M.; Sauter, E.; Koenig, M.; Kumar, R.; Rodriguez‐Emmenegger, C.; Hirtz, M.
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 9, 2102325 (2022)

Brush-Like Interface on Surface-Attached Hydrogels Repels Proteins and Bacteria

Witzdam, L.; Meurer, Y.L.; Garay‐Sarmiento, M.; Vorobii, M.; Söder, D.; Quandt, J.; Haraszti, T.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Macromolecular Bioscience, 22, (5), 2200025 (2022)

Kill&Repel Coatings: the marriage of antifouling and bactericidal properties to mitigate and treat wound infections

Garay‐Sarmiento, M.; Witzdam, L.; Vorobii, M.; Simons, C.; Herrmann, N.; de los Santos Pereira, A.; Heine, E.; El‐Awaad, I.; Lütticken, R.; Jakob, F.; Schwaneberg, U.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Advanced Functional Materials, 32, (9), 2106656 (2022)

Oriented immobilization of Pep19-2.5 on antifouling brushes suppresses the development of Staphylococcus aureus biofilms

Vorobii, M.; Teixeira-Santos, R.; Gomes, L. C.; Garay-Sarmiento, M.; Wagner, A. M.; Mergulhão, F. J.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Progress in Organic Coatings, 163, 106609 (2021)

Controlled surface adhesion of macrophages via patterned antifouling polymer brushes

Striebel, J.; Vorobii, M.; Kumar, R.; Liu, H.-Y.; Yang, B.; Weishaupt, C.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.; Fuchs, H.; Hirtz, M.; Riehemann, K.
Advanced NanoBiomed Research, 1, (1), 2000029 (2021)

The potential advantages of using a poly(HPMA) brush in urinary catheters: effects on biofilm cells and architecture

Alves, P.; Gomes, L.C.; Vorobii, M.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.; Mergulhao, F.J.
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 191, 110976 (2020)

Compact grating-coupled biosensor for the analysis of thrombin

Kotlarek, D.; Vorobii, M.; Ogieglo, W.; Knoll, W.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.; Dostalek, J.
ACS Sensors, 4, (8), 2109-2116 (2019)

Antifouling microparticles to scavenge lipopolysaccharide from human blood plasma

Vorobii, M.; Kostina, N. Y.; Rahimi, K.; Grama, S.; Söder, D.; Pop-Georgievski, O.; Sturcova, A.; Horak, D.; Grottke, O.; Singh, S.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Biomacromolecules, 20, (2), 959-968 (2019)

Improving hemocompatibility of membranes for extracorporeal membrane oxygenators by grafting nonthrombogenic polymer brushes

Obstals, F.; Vorobii, M.; Riedel, T.; de los Santos Pereira, A.; Bruns, M.; Singh, S.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Macromolecular Bioscience, 18, (3), 1700359 (2018)

Polymer Brush-Functionalized Chitosan Hydrogels as Antifouling Implant Coatings

Buzzacchera, I.; Vorobii, M.; Kostina, N. Y.; de Los Santos Pereira, A.; Riedel, T.; Bruns, M.; Ogieglo, W.; Moller, M.; Wilson, C. J.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.

Biomacromolecules, 18, (6), 1983-1992 (2017)

Grafting of functional methacrylate polymer brushes by photoinduced SET-LRP

Vorobii, M.; Pop-Georgievski, O.; de los Santos Pereira, A.; Kostina, N. Yu.; Jezorek, R.; Sedlakova, Z.; Percec, V.
Polymer Chemistry, 7, (45), 6934-6945 (2016)

Total removal of intact blood plasma proteins deposited on surface-grafted polymer brushes

Riedel, T.; Májek, P.; Riedelová-Reicheltová, Z.; Vorobii, M.; Houska, M.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Analytical Methods, 8, (34), 6415-6419 (2016)

Sensitive and rapid detection of aflatoxin M1 in milk utilizing enhanced SPR and p(HEMA) brushes

Karczmarczyk, A.; Dubiak-Szepietowska, M.; Vorobii, M.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.; Dostálek, J.*; Feller, K.-H.
Biosensensors and Bioelectronic, 81, 159-165 (2016)

Surface grafting via photo-induced copper-mediated radical polymerization at extremely low catalyst concentrations

Laun, J.; Vorobii, M.; de los Santos Pereira, A.; Pop-Georgievski, O.; Trouillet, V.; Welle, A.; Barner-Kowollik, C.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.; Junkers, T.
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 36, (18), 1681-1686 (2015)

Synthesis of non‐fouling poly[N‐(2‐hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide] brushes by photoinduced SET-LRP

Vorobii, M.; de los Santos Pereira, A.; Pop‐Georgievski, O.; Kostina, N. Yu.; Rodriguez‐Emmenegger, C.; Percec, V.
Polymer Chemistry, 6, (23), 4210-4220 (2015)

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2020

Berlind Vosberg

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Research Student

Tackling the Root Cause of Surface-Induced Coagulation: Inhibition of FXII Activation to Mitigate Coagulation Propagation and Prevent Clotting

Witzdam, L.; Vosberg, B.; Große-Berkenbusch, K.; Stoppelkamp, S.; Wendel, H. P.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Macromolecular Bioscience, 202300321 (2023)

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Tobias Seitz

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Research Student

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Philipp Steitz

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Research Student

Ionic Combisomes: A New Class of Biomimetic Vesicles to Fuse with Life

Wagner, A. M.; Quandt, J.; Söder, D.; Garay-Sarmiento, M.; Joseph, A.; Petrovskii, V. S.; Witzdam, L.; Hammoor, T.; Steitz, P.; Haraszti, T.; Potemkin, II; Kostina, N. Y.; Herrmann, A.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Advanced Science, 9, 2200617 (2022)

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Jonas Quandt

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Master Student

Interactive Hemocompatible Nanocoating to Prevent Surface‐Induced Coagulation in Medical Devices

Quandt, J.; Garay-Sarmiento M., Witzdam, L.; Englert, J.; Rutsch, Y.; Stöcker, C.; Grottke, O.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 22, (11), 2201055 (2022)

Improving Hemocompatibility: How Can Smart Surfaces Direct Blood to Fight Against Thrombi

Obstals, F.; Witzdam, L.; Garay-Sarmiento, M.; Kostina, N. Y.; Quandt, J.; Rossaint, R.; Singh, S.; Grottke, O.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, (10), 11696-11707 (2021)

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Yannick Meurer

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Master Student

Brush-Like Coatings Provide a Cloak of Invisibility to Titanium Implants

Witzdam, L.; Garay-Sarmiento, M.; Gagliardi, M.; Meurer, Y. L.; Rutsch, Y.; Englert, J.; Philipsen, S.; Janem, A.; Alsheghri, R.; Jakob, F.; Molin, D.G M.; Schwaneberg, U.; van den Akker, N.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Macromolecular Bioscience, 202300434 (2023)

Brush-Like Interface on Surface-Attached Hydrogels Repels Proteins and Bacteria

Witzdam, L.; Meurer, Y.L.; Garay‐Sarmiento, M.; Vorobii, M.; Söder, D.; Quandt, J.; Haraszti, T.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Macromolecular Bioscience, 22, (5), 2200025 (2022)

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Dr. Fabian Obstals

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

PhD Student

Unraveling the Mechanism and Kinetics of Binding of an LCI-eGFP-Polymer for Antifouling Coatings

Söder, D.; Garay-Sarmiento, M.; Rahimi, K.; Obstals, F.; Dedisch, S.; Haraszti, T.;  Davari, M. D.; Jakob, F.; Heß, C.; Schwaneberg, U.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Macromolecular Bioscience, 21 (9), 2100158 (2021)

Improving Hemocompatibility: How Can Smart Surfaces Direct Blood to Fight Against Thrombi

Obstals, F.; Witzdam, L.; Garay-Sarmiento, M.; Kostina, N. Y.; Quandt, J.; Rossaint, R.; Singh, S.; Grottke, O.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, (10), 11696-11707 (2021)

Turning a Killing Mechanism into an Adhesion and Antifouling Advantage

Dedisch, S.; Obstals, F.; de los Santos Pereira, A.; Bruns, M.; Jakob, F.; Schwaneberg, U.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 6, 1900847 (2019)

Improving hemocompatibility of membranes for extracorporeal membrane oxygenators by grafting nonthrombogenic polymer brushes

Obstals, F.; Vorobii, M.; Riedel, T.; de los Santos Pereira, A.; Bruns, M.; Singh, S.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Macromolecular Bioscience, 18 (3), 1700359 (2018)

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2019

Petra Stach

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Bachelor Student

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Yannik Rutsch

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Bachelor Student

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Anna Reineke

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Bachelor Student

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Angelina Schreiber

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Bachelor Student

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Gil van Wissen

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Research Student

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Yannick Meurer

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Research Student

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Jenny Englert

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Research Student

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Justus Kümper

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Research Student

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Dominik Söder

 Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Kleve, Germany 

Master Student

Unraveling the Mechanism and Kinetics of Binding of an LCI-eGFP-Polymer for Antifouling Coatings

Söder, D.; Garay-Sarmiento, M.; Rahimi, K.; Obstals, F.; Dedisch, S.; Haraszti, T.;  Davari, M. D.; Jakob, F.; Heß, C.; Schwaneberg, U.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Macromolecular Bioscience, 21 (9), 2100158 (2021)

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Anna Wagner

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Master Student

Unraveling Topology-Induced Shape Transformation in Dendrimersomes

Kostina, N. Y.; Wagner, A. M.; Haraszti, T.; Rahimi, K.; Xiao, Q.; Klein, M. L.; Percec, V.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Soft Matter, 17, 254-267 (2021)

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Lena Witzdam

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Master Student

Improving Hemocompatibility: How Can Smart Surfaces Direct Blood to Fight Against Thrombi

Obstals, F.; Witzdam, L.; Garay-Sarmiento, M.; Kostina, N. Y.; Quandt, J.; Rossaint, R.; Singh, S.; Grottke, O.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, (10), 11696-11707 (2021)

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Pilar Bologna

Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay

Visiting Master Student (Garg Foundation)

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2018

Nicolas Schmitz

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Bachelor Student

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Jenny Englert

 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 

Bachelor Student

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Johannes von Campenhausen

RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Bachelor Student

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Lennart Janke

RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Bachelor Student

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Steven Zimmer

RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Bachelor Student

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2017

Jan Haß

RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Bachelor Student

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Friedrich Meder

RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Bachelor Student

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Cornelia Stöcker

RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Master Student

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Daria Kotlarek

Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Tulln, Austria

Visiting PhD Student

Compact Grating-Coupled Biosensor for the Analysis of Thrombin

Kotlarek, D.; Vorobii, M.; Ogieglo, W.; Knoll, W.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.; Dostalek, J.
ACS Sensors, 4 (8), 2109-2116 (2019)

 

2016

Fabian Obstals

RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Master Student

Improving hemocompatibility of membranes for extracorporeal membrane oxygenators by grafting nonthrombogenic polymer brushes

Obstals, F.; Vorobii, M.; Riedel, T.; de los Santos Pereira, A.; Bruns, M.; Singh, S.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.
Macromolecular Bioscience, 18 (3), 1700359 (2018)

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Irene Buzzacchera

NovioSense B.V., Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Visiting PhD Student

Polymer Brush-Functionalized Chitosan Hydrogels as Antifouling Implant Coatings

Buzzacchera, I.; Vorobii, M.; Kostina, N. Y.; de Los Santos Pereira, A.; Riedel, T.; Bruns, M.; Ogieglo, W.; Moller, M.; Wilson, C. J.; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, C.

Biomacromolecules, 18 (6), 1983-1992 (2017)