
Lichtenberg-Professorship
Biophysical models for collective phenomena in membranes: bridging the gap between atomistic structure and biological function
M. Fuhrmans, Y. Smirnova
collaboration with M. Schick (University Washington, Seattle, USA)

SPP1369: Polymer-solid contacts: Interfaces and Interphases
Structure of Homopolymer and Random Block Copolymer Melts at Solid Substrates
D.W. Sun
SFB 602: Komplexe Strukturen in Kondensierter Materie
B6: Viskoelastisches Verhalten von isotropen und flüssigkristallinen Gelen
V. Chappa
in collaboration with A. Zippelius (ITP, Göttingen)
SFB 803: Functionality controlled by organisation in and between membranes
G. Marelli
Marie Curie Initial Training Network
Multiscale complex fluid flows and interfacial phenomena (MULTIFLOW)
coordinated by Uwe Thiele
N. Tretyakov, M. Mülayim, A. Galuschko
SFB 937:Collective behavior of soft and biological matter
A5: Polymer brushes in motion
with J. Enderlein and P. Vana
A7: Lateral membrane organization in response to external forces
with J. Enderlein and T. Salditt
M. Hömberg
Kinetics of directed assembly in diblock copolymer films in electric fields
with Yoav Tsori
DFG-NSF Materials World Network
Switchable polymer interfaces for bottom-up stimulation of mamalian cells
in collaboration with S. Minko (Clarkson University, USA), I. Luzinov (Clemson University, USA), A. Revzin (UC Davis), M. Stamm P. Uhlmann, K.J. Eichhorn (IPF Dresden), K. Hinrich, N. Esser (Berlin)
Niedersächsisch-israelisches Gemeinschaftsvorhaben
Physical phenomena related to the adsorption of Self-Assembled-Monolayers on the surface of liquid metals
with B. Prokoy (Technion, Israel)
selection of past projects

SPP1164: Micro- und Nanofluidics
Molecular transport and flow on polymer brushes and deformable surfaces: Computer simulation of model systems
F. Leonforte
in collaboration with A. Münch, B. Wagner (WIAS, Berlin) and C. Pastorino (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
DFG-NSF Materials World Network
Design of Responsive Materials based on Functional Polymer Brushes for Smart Tuning and Sensoring of Protein and Nanoparticle Adsorption
in collaboration with S. Minko (Clarkson University, USA), I. Luzinov (Clemson University, USA), M. Stamm (IPF Dresden), K. Hinrich, N. Esser (Berlin)

Integrated Microfluidic Bench Technologies for Active Control of Unconventional Fluid Functionalised Material Interface of Complex Geometry Microchannels
collaboration with D. Palmieri, S.Succi, J. de Coninck, R. Lindken, A. Milchev, J. Yeomans and others

ESF-Stipomat
Experimental and Theoretical Design of Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Materials
collaboration with A. Cavallo, J. Baschnagel (Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France)
projects/collaborations without explicit funding
Directed self-assembly of diblock copolymer materials on chemically patterned substrates
K. Ch. Daoulas
collaboration with M.P. Stoykovich, E.W. Edwards, F. Detchverry, J.J. de Pablo, P.F. Nealey (Madison, WI, USA)
fundamental aspects of polymer theory: excluded volume and topological constraints
collaboration with J.P. Wittmer, A. Johner, J. Baschnagel (Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France) W. Paul, K. Binder (Mainz) G.D. Smith, D. Bedrov (Salt Lake City, UT, USA)
Role of quenched grafting point fluctuations on the morphology and domain memory in binary polymer brushes
collaboration with S. Santer, R. Rühe (IMTEK, Freiburg)
Interplay between phase separation, confinement and wetting
collaboration with K. Binder (Mainz), A. Milchev (Sofia), D.P. Landau (Athens, GO, USA), E.V. Albano (LaPlata, Argentina)