@article{LoebnerLomadzeKopyshevetal.2018,
  author    = {Loebner, Sarah and Lomadze, Nino and Kopyshev, Alexey and Koch, Markus and Guskova, Olga and Saphiannikova, Marina and Santer, Svetlana},
  title     = {Light-Induced Deformation of Azobenzene-Containing Colloidal Spheres},
  series = {The journal of physical chemistry : B, Condensed matter, materials, surfaces, interfaces \& biophysical chemistry},
  volume    = {122},
  journal   = {The journal of physical chemistry : B, Condensed matter, materials, surfaces, interfaces \& biophysical chemistry},
  number    = {6},
  publisher = {American Chemical Society},
  address   = {Washington},
  issn      = {1520-6106},
  doi       = {10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b11644},
  pages     = {2001 -- 2009},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {We report on light-induced deformation of colloidal spheres consisting of azobenzene-containing polymers. The colloids of the size between 60 nm and 2 mu m in diameter were drop casted on a glass surface and irradiated with linearly polarized light. It was found that colloidal particles can be deformed up to ca. 6 times of their initial diameter. The maximum degree of deformation depends on the irradiation wavelength and intensity, as well as on colloidal particles size. On the basis of recently proposed theory by Toshchevikov et al. [J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2017, 8, 1094], we calculated the optomechanical stresses (ca. 100 MPa) needed for such giant deformations and compared them with the experimental results.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MaiWolskiPuciulMalinowskaetal.2018,
  author    = {Mai, Tobias and Wolski, Karol and Puciul-Malinowska, Agnieszka and Kopyshev, Alexey and Gr{\"a}f, Ralph and Bruns, Michael and Zapotoczny, Szczepan and Taubert, Andreas},
  title     = {Anionic polymer brushes for biomimetic calcium phosphate mineralization},
  series = {Polymers},
  volume    = {10},
  journal   = {Polymers},
  number    = {10},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  issn      = {2073-4360},
  doi       = {10.3390/polym10101165},
  pages     = {17},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {This article describes the synthesis of anionic polymer brushes and their mineralization with calcium phosphate. The brushes are based on poly(3-sulfopropyl methacrylate potassium salt) providing a highly charged polymer brush surface. Homogeneous brushes with reproducible thicknesses are obtained via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization. Mineralization with doubly concentrated simulated body fluid yields polymer/inorganic hybrid films containing AB-Type carbonated hydroxyapatite (CHAP), a material resembling the inorganic component of bone. Moreover, growth experiments using Dictyostelium discoideum amoebae demonstrate that the mineral-free and the mineral-containing polymer brushes have a good biocompatibility suggesting their use as biocompatible surfaces in implantology or related fields.},
  language  = {en}
}