Publications 2021 - 2025

Nanocrystal Assemblies: Current Advances and Open Problems
Carlos L. Bassani, Greg van Anders, Uri Banin, Dmitry Baranov, Qian Chen, Marjolein Dijkstra, Michael S. Dimitriyev, Efi Efrati, Jordi Faraudo, Oleg Gang, Nicola Gaston, Ramin Golestanian, G. Ivan Guerrero-Garcia, Michael Gruenwald, Amir Haji-Akbari, Maria Ibáñez, Matthias Karg, Tobias Kraus, Byeongdu Lee, Reid C. Van Lehn, Robert J. Macfarlane, Bortolo M. Mognetti, Arash Nikoubashman, Saeed Osat, Oleg V. Prezhdo, Grant M. Rotskoff, Leonor Saiz, An-Chang Shi, Sara Skrabalak, Ivan I. Smalyukh, Mario Tagliazucchi, Dmitri V. Talapin, Alexei V. Tkachenko, Sergei Tretiak, David Vaknin, Asaph Widmer-Cooper, Gerard C. L. Wong, Xingchen Ye, Shan Zhou, Eran Rabani, Michael Engel, and Alex Travesset:
ACS Nano, 18, 14791-14840 (2024)
doi: 10.1021/acsnano.3c10201

Prolate Spheroidal Polystyrene Nanoparticles: Matrix-Assisted Synthesis, Interface Properties, and Scattering Analysis
Dominik Benke, Tanja Feller, Marcel Krüsmann, Anna M. Neuhöfer, Friederike Ganster, Matthias Karg and Markus Retsch:
Soft Matter, 19, 9006–9016 (2023)
doi: 10.1039/D3SM01002C

Multi-component Phase Behavior of Biosurfactants
Janine Birnbach, Peter Schmiedel and Matthias Karg:
Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 68, 101765 (2023)
doi: 10.1016/j.cocis.2023.101765

Fluid-solid transitions in photonic crystals of soft, thermoresponsive microgels
Marco Hildebrandt, Duong Pham Thuy, Julian Kippenberger, Tillmann Lukas Wigger, Judith Elizabeth Houston, Andrea Scotti and Matthias Karg:
Soft Matter, 19, 7122 - 7135 (2023)
doi: 10.1039/D3SM01062G

A Simple and Fast Compression-Based Method to Fabricate Responsive Gold-pNIPAM Hybrid Materials: From Thin Films to Anisotropic Microgels
Adolfo Sepúlveda, Déborah Feller, Matthias Karg, and Denis Boudreau:
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10, 2300453 (2023)
doi: 10.1002/admi.202300453

Correlating molar mass, π-conjugation, and optical properties of narrowly distributed anionic polythiophenes in aqueous solutions
Martina Schmidt, Matthias Karg, Mukundan Thelakkat, and Johannes C. Brendel:
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 45, 2300396 (2023)
doi: 10.1002/marc.202300396

Molecular-Induced Chirality Transfer to Plasmonic Lattice Modes
Eric Sidney Aaron Goerlitzer, Mario Zapata-Herrera, Ekaterina Ponomareva, Déborah Feller, Aitzol Garcia-Etxarri, Matthias Karg, Javier Aizpurua, and Nicolas Vogel:
ACS Photonics, 10, 1821-1831 (2023)
doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00174

Compression of colloidal monolayers at liquid interfaces: in-situ vs. ex-situ investigation
Keumkyung Kuk, Vahan Abgarjan, Lukas Gregel, Yichu Zhou, Virginia Carrasco Fadanelli, Ivo Buttinoni, Matthias Karg:
Soft Matter, 19, 175-188 (2023)
doi: 10.1039/D2SM01125E

Surface-Compartmentalized Micelles by Stereocomplex-Driven Self-Assembly
Roman Schaller, Christian Hils, Matthias Karg, and Holger Schmalz:
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 44, 2200682 (2022)
doi: 10.1002/marc.202200682

Scattering of Visible Light by Au–PNIPAM Core–Shell Microgels
Ben Tadgell, Ekaterina Ponomareva, Matthias Karg, and Paul Mulvaney:
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126, 15336–15347 (2022)
doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c03086

Micron-Sized Silica-PNIPAM Core-Shell Microgels with Tunable Shell-To-Core Ratio
Keumkyung Kuk, Lukas Gregel, Vahan Abgarjan, Caspar Croonenbrock, Sebastian Hänsch, and Matthias Karg:
Gels, 8, 516 (2022)
doi: 10.3390/gels8080516

Fluid interface-assisted assembly of soft microgels: recent developments for structures beyond hexagonal packing
Déborah Feller and Matthias Karg:
Soft Matter, 18, 6301-6312 (2022)
doi: 10.1039/D2SM00872F

Pyrolysis and Solvothermal Synthesis for Carbon Dots: Role of Purification and Molecular Fluorophores
Marius Otten, Marco Hildebrandt, Ralf Kühnemuth, and Matthias Karg:
Langmuir, 38, 19, 6148–6157 (2022)
doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00508

Amphipolar, Amphiphilic 2,4-diarylpyrano[2,3-b]indoles as Turn-ON Luminophores in Acidic and Basic Media
Tobias Wilcke, Alexandru Postole, Marcel Krüsmann, Matthias Karg, and Thomas J. J. Müller:
Molecules, 27, 7, 2354 (2022)
doi: 10.3390/molecules27072354

SAXS Investigation of Core–Shell Microgels with High Scattering Contrast Cores: Access to Structure Factor and Volume Fraction
Marco Hildebrandt, Sergey Lazarev, Javier Pérez, Ivan A. Vartanyants, Janne-Mieke Meijer and Matthias Karg:
Macromolecules, 55, 7, 2959–2969 (2022)
doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00100

Temperature-Jump Spectroscopy of Gold–Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Core–Shell Microgels
Ben Tadgell, Ekaterina Ponomareva, Matthias Karg and Paul Mulvaney:
The Jurnal of Physical Chemistry C, 126, 8, 4118-4131 (2022)
doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c00062

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Controlling the shell structure of hard core/hydrogel shell microspheres
Yuichiro Nishizawa, Kenshiro Honda, Matthias Karg and Daisuke Suzuki:
Colloid and Polymer Science, 300, 333–340 (2022)
doi: 10.1007/s00396-021-04934-2

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Morphology Control of Multicompartment Micelles in Water through Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Terpolymers
Deniz Coban, Olga Gridina, Matthias Karg and André H. Gröschel:
Macromolecules, 55, 4, 1354-1364 (2022)
doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01840

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In situ characterization of crystallization and melting of soft, thermoresponsive microgels by small-angle X-ray scattering
Dmitry Lapkin, Nastasia Mukharamova, Dameli Assalauova, Svetlana Dubinina, Jens Stellhorn, Fabian Westermeier, Sergey Lazarev, Michael Sprung, Matthias Karg, Ivan A. Vartanyants and Janne-Mieke Meijer:
Soft Matter, 18, 1591-1602 (2022)
doi: 10.1039/D1SM01537K

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The fuzzy sphere morphology is responsible for the increase in light scattering during the shrinkage of thermoresponsive microgels
Ekaterina Ponomareva, Ben Tadgell, Marco Hildebrandt, Marcel Krüsmann, Sylvain Prévost, Paul Mulvaney and Matthias Karg:
Soft Matter, 18, 807-825 (2022)
doi: 10.1039/D1SM01473K

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Magnetic Nanoprobes for Spatio-Mechanical Manipulation in Single Cells
Iuliia P. Novoselova, Andreas Neusch, Julia-Sarita Brand, Marius Otten, Mohammad Reza Safari, Nina Bartels, Matthias Karg, Michael Farle, Ulf Wiedwald and Cornelia Monzel:
Nanomaterials, 11, 9, 2267 (2021)
doi: 10.3390/nano11092267

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Tuning Sugar-Based Chiral and Flower-Like Microparticles
Yawen Yao, Qiyun Tang, Sabine Rosenfeldt, Marcel Krüsmann, Matthias Karg and Kai Zhang:
Small, 17, 210293 (2021)
doi: 10.1002/smll.202102938

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Structural Insights into Polymethacrylamide-Based LCST Polymers in Solution: A Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Study
Arne Lerch, Florian Käfer, Sylvain Prévost, Seema Agarwal and Matthias Karg:
Macromolecules, 54, 16, 7632–7641 (2021)
doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00698

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Polymer ligand binding to surface-immobilized gold nanoparticles: a fluorescence-based study on the adsorption kinetics
Julian Sindram and Matthias Karg:
Soft Matter, 17, 7487-7497 (2021)
doi: 10.1039/D1SM00892G

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Versatile Route toward Hydrophobically Polymer-Grafted Gold Nanoparticles from Aqueous Dispersions
Julian Sindram, Marcel Krüsmann, Marius Otten, Thomas Pauly, Luitgard Nagel-Steger and Matthias Karg:
J. Phys. Chem. B, 125, 29, 8225–8237 (2021)
doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c03772

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Elucidating the Nucleation Event in the C–C Cross-Coupling Step-Growth Dispersion Polymerization
Bastian Haehnle, Kiran Kaithakkal Jathavedan, Philipp A. Schuster, Matthias Karg and Alexander J. C. Kuehne:
Macromolecules, 54, 13, 6085–6089 (2021)
doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00899

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Surface Lattice Resonances in Self-Templated Plasmonic Honeycomb and Moiré Lattices
Kirsten Volk, Tobias Honold, Déborah Feller, Matthias Karg:
Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 8, 210031 (2021)
doi: 10.1002/admi.202100317

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Synthesis and self-assembly of amphiphilic precision glycomacromolecules
Alexander Banger, Julian Sindram, Marius Otten, Jessica Kania, Dimitri Wilms, Alexander Strzelczyk, Sean Miletic, Thomas C. Marlovits, Matthias Karg and  Laura Hartmann:
Polymer Chemistry, 12, 4795-4802 (2021)
doi: 10.1039/D1PY00422K

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Translational and rotational diffusion coefficients of gold nanorods functionalized with a high molecular weight, thermoresponsive ligand: a depolarized dynamic light scattering study
Déborah Feller, Marius Otten, Marco Hildebrandt, Marcel Krüsmann, Gary Bryant and  Matthias Karg:
Soft Matter, 17, 4019-4026 (2021)
doi: 10.1039/D1SM00077B

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