@misc{Taubert2015,
  author    = {Taubert, Andreas},
  title     = {Electrospinning of Ionogels: Current Status and Future Perspectives},
  series = {European journal of inorganic chemistry : a journal of ChemPubSoc Europe},
  journal   = {European journal of inorganic chemistry : a journal of ChemPubSoc Europe},
  number    = {7},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Weinheim},
  issn      = {1434-1948},
  doi       = {10.1002/ejic.201402490},
  pages     = {1148 -- 1159},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {Ionogels (IGs), also termed ion gels, are functional hybrid materials based on an ionic liquid (IL) and a polymeric, hybrid, or inorganic matrix. IGs combine the properties of the matrix such as mechanical strength with IL properties like high ionic conductivity, high thermal stability, or catalytic activity. IGs are thus attractive for many applications, but the vast majority of IGs made and published so far are bulk materials or dense films. Applications like sensing or catalysis, however, would benefit from IGs with high surface areas or defined surface morphologies or architectures. In spite of this, only relatively few examples of high-surface-area IGs have been made so far; this has mostly been achieved by electrospinning, which has proven to be a promising strategy towards advanced IGs. The current review discusses first developments and outlines the future potential of electrospun ionogels, predominantly from a materials and inorganic chemistry perspective.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{UnuabonahTaubert2014,
  author    = {Unuabonah, Emmanuel I. and Taubert, Andreas},
  title     = {Clay-polymer nanocomposites (CPNs): Adsorbents of the future for water treatment},
  series = {Applied clay science : an international journal on the application and technology of clays and clay minerals},
  volume    = {99},
  journal   = {Applied clay science : an international journal on the application and technology of clays and clay minerals},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {0169-1317},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.clay.2014.06.016},
  pages     = {83 -- 92},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {A class of adsorbents currently receiving growing attention is the clay-polymer nanocomposite (CPN) adsorbents. CPNs effectively treat water by adsorption and flocculation of both inorganic and organic micropollutants from aqueous solutions. Some of these CPNs - when modified with biocides - also have the ability to efficiently remove microorganisms such as Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans from water. CPNs are far more easily recovered from aqueous media than neat clay. They also exhibit far better treatment times than either polymer or clay adsorbents. They have higher adsorption capacity and better life cycles compared with clay alone. CPNs therefore show an excellent potential as highly efficient water and waste treatment agents. This article reviews the various CPNs that have been prepared recently and used as adsorbents in the removal of micropollutants (inorganic, organic and biological) from aqueous solutions. A special focus is placed on CPNs that are not only interesting from an academic point of view but also effectively reduce the concentration of micropollutants in water to safe limits and also on new developments bordering on CPN use as water treatment agent that have not yet realized their full potential. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{KitaTokarczykJungingerBelegrinouetal.2011,
  author    = {Kita-Tokarczyk, Katarzyna and Junginger, Mathias and Belegrinou, Serena and Taubert, Andreas},
  title     = {Amphiphilic polymers at interfaces},
  series = {Advances in polymer science},
  volume    = {242},
  journal   = {Advances in polymer science},
  number    = {1},
  editor    = {Muller, AHE and Borisov, O},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-642-22297-9},
  issn      = {0065-3195},
  doi       = {10.1007/12_2010_58},
  pages     = {151 -- 201},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {Self-assembly phenomena in block copolymer systems are attracting considerable interest from the scientific community and industry alike. Particularly interesting is the behavior of amphiphilic copolymers, which can self-organize into nanoscale-sized objects such as micelles, vesicles, or tubes in solution, and which form well-defined assemblies at interfaces such as air-liquid, air-solid, or liquid-solid. Depending on the polymer chemistry and architecture, various types of organization at interfaces can be expected, and further exploited for applications in nanotechnology, electronics, and biomedical sciences. In this article, we discuss the formation and characterization of Langmuir monolayers from various amphiphilic block copolymers, including chargeable and thus pH-responsivematerials. Solid-supported polymer films are reviewed in the context of alteration of surface properties by ultrathin polymer layers and the possibilities for application in tissue engineering, sensors and biomaterials. Finally, we focus on how organic and polymer monolayers influence the growth of inorganic materials. This is a truly biomimetic approach since Nature uses soft interfaces to control the nucleation, growth, and morphology of biominerals such as calcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, and silica.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{BleekTaubert2013,
  author    = {Bleek, Katrin and Taubert, Andreas},
  title     = {New developments in polymer-controlled, bioinspired calcium phosphate mineralization from aqueous solution},
  series = {Acta biomaterialia},
  volume    = {9},
  journal   = {Acta biomaterialia},
  number    = {5},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {1742-7061},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.actbio.2012.12.027},
  pages     = {6283 -- 6321},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {The polymer-controlled and bioinspired precipitation of inorganic minerals from aqueous solution at near-ambient or physiological conditions avoiding high temperatures or organic solvents is a key research area in materials science. Polymer-controlled mineralization has been studied as a model for biomineralization and for the synthesis of (bioinspired and biocompatible) hybrid materials for a virtually unlimited number of applications. Calcium phosphate mineralization is of particular interest for bone and dental repair. Numerous studies have therefore addressed the mineralization of calcium phosphate using a wide variety of low- and high-molecular-weight additives. In spite of the growing interest and increasing number of experimental and theoretical data, the mechanisms of polymer-controlled calcium phosphate mineralization are not entirely clear to date, although the field has made significant progress in the last years. A set of elegant experiments and calculations has shed light on some details of mineral formation, but it is currently not possible to preprogram a mineralization reaction to yield a desired product for a specific application. The current article therefore summarizes and discusses the influence of (macro)molecular entities such as polymers, peptides, proteins and gels on biomimetic calcium phosphate mineralization from aqueous solution. It focuses on strategies to tune the kinetics, morphologies, final dimensions and crystal phases of calcium phosphate, as well as on mechanistic considerations.},
  language  = {en}
}