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Björn Lindman

Björn Lindman

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Chemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
31651
World Ranking
1787
National Ranking
24

Overview

Björn Lindman is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has a research profile that spans several interconnected disciplines within the chemical and biological sciences. Their work primarily focuses on the study of surfactants, colloidal systems, and cellulose-based materials in the context of advanced materials science and biochemistry.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader areas, Lindman's subfields of focus are:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Biomaterials
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

Their research topics are diverse and emphasize the chemical and physical properties of biological and polymeric materials. Key topics include:

  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion

Lindman has contributed to several scientific journals, frequently publishing in:

  • Polymers
  • Carbohydrate Polymers
  • Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • European Polymer Journal
  • Frontiers in Medicine

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Lindman include:

  • "Cationic surfactants: A review," published in 2023 in Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • "Live Biotherapeutic Products, A Road Map for Safety Assessment," published in 2020 in Frontiers in Medicine
  • "Hydrophobic interactions control the self-assembly of DNA and cellulose," published in 2021 in Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics
  • "Simple One Pot Preparation of Chemical Hydrogels from Cellulose Dissolved in Cold LiOH/Urea," published in 2020 in Polymers
  • "Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) in DNA and chromatin systems from the perspective of colloid physical chemistry," published in 2024 in Advances in Colloid and Interface Science

Frequent co-authors in Lindman's collaborations are:

  • Bruno Medronho
  • Magnus Norgren
  • Rui A. Gonçalves
  • Luís Alves
  • Carolina Costa

This profile reflects a scholarly career with a consistent output in materials science and biochemistry related fields, demonstrating a research interest in molecular interactions and materials derived from natural polymers.

Best Publications

  • Amphiphilic Block Copolymers: Self-Assembly and Applications

    Paschalis Alexandridis;Björn Lindman

  • The definition of microemulsion

    Ingvar Danielsson;Björn Lindman

  • Micelles. Physical chemistry of surfactant association

    Håkan Wennerström;Björn Lindman

  • On the mechanism of dissolution of cellulose

    Björn Lindman;Gunnar Karlström;Lars Stigsson

  • A Record Nine Different Phases (Four Cubic, Two Hexagonal, and One Lamellar Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline and Two Micellar Solutions) in a Ternary Isothermal System of an Amphiphilic Block Copolymer and Selective Solvents (Water and Oil)

    Paschalis Alexandridis;Ulf Olsson;Björn Lindman

  • Association and segregation in aqueous polymer/polymer, polymer/surfactant, and surfactant/surfactant mixtures: similarities and differences

    Lennart Piculell;Björn Lindman

  • Rationalizing cellulose (in)solubility: reviewing basic physicochemical aspects and role of hydrophobic interactions

    Bruno Medronho;Bruno Medronho;Anabela Romano;Maria Graça Miguel;Lars Stigsson

  • Miceles. Amphiphile aggregation in aqueous solution.

    B Lindman;H Wennerström

  • Surface Chemistry of Surfactants and Polymers

    Bengt Kronberg;Krister Holmberg;Björn Lindman

  • Brief overview on cellulose dissolution/regeneration interactions and mechanisms

    Bruno Medronho;Björn Lindman

  • Competing forces during cellulose dissolution: From solvents to mechanisms

    Bruno Medronho;Björn Lindman;Björn Lindman

  • Surfactant-polymer interactions

    Per Hansson;Björn Lindman

  • MODIFICATION OF THE MICROSTRUCTURE IN BLOCK COPOLYMER-WATER- OIL SYSTEMS BY VARYING THE COPOLYMER COMPOSITION AND THE OIL TYPE : SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING AND DEUTERIUM-NMR INVESTIGATION

    Peter Holmqvist;Paschalis Alexandridis, ,†,‡ and;Björn Lindman

  • Surfactants and Polymers in Aqueous Solution, 2nd ed.

    Krister Holmberg;Bo Jönsson;Bengt Kronberg;Björn Lindman

  • Relationship between the physical shape and the efficiency of oligomeric chitosan as a gene delivery system in vitro and in vivo.

    Magnus Köping-Höggård;Yulia S Mel'nikova;Kjell Mårten Vårum;Björn Lindman

  • Vesicle Formation and General Phase Behavior in the Catanionic Mixture SDS−DDAB−Water. The Cationic-Rich Side

    Eduardo F. Marques;Oren Regev;Ali Khan;and Maria da Graça Miguel

  • Formation of polyelectrolyte–surfactant complexes on surfaces

    Tommy Nylander;Yulia Samoshina;Björn Lindman

  • DNA Phase Behavior in the Presence of Oppositely Charged Surfactants

    Rita Dias;Sergey Mel'nikov;Björn Lindman;Maria G. Miguel

  • Fourier transform nmr self-diffusion and microemulsion structure

    Bjorn Lindman;Peter Stilbs;Michael E Moseley

  • The relevance of structural features of cellulose and its interactions to dissolution, regeneration, gelation and plasticization phenomena

    Björn Lindman;Bruno Medronho;Luis Alves;Carolina Costa

  • Advances in Colloid and Interface Science

    Filipe E. Antunes;Eduardo F. Marques;Maria G. Miguel;Björn Lindman

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria G. Miguel
Maria G. Miguel University of Coimbra
Krister Holmberg
Krister Holmberg Chalmers University of Technology
Tommy Nylander
Tommy Nylander Lund University
Håkan Wennerström
Håkan Wennerström Lund University
Paschalis Alexandridis
Paschalis Alexandridis University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Lennart Piculell
Lennart Piculell Lund University
Sture Forsén
Sture Forsén Lund University
Ulf Olsson
Ulf Olsson Lund University
Peter Stilbs
Peter Stilbs Royal Institute of Technology
Gunnar Karlström
Gunnar Karlström Lund University

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