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Christian Riekel is affiliated with the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Biomaterials and Molecular Biology as key subfields.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Silk-based biomaterials and applications
  • Surface modification and superhydrophobicity
  • Biochemical and structural characterization
  • Insect and arachnid ecology and behavior
  • Adhesion, friction, and surface interactions
  • Protein structure and dynamics
  • Lipid membrane structure and behavior

Riekel's recent publications reflect these research interests. Notable papers include:

  • "Exploiting Sphingo- and Glycerophospholipid Impairment to Select Effective Drugs and Biomarkers for CMT1A," published in 2020 in Frontiers in Neurology
  • "Structural conversion of the spidroin C-terminal domain during assembly of spider silk fibers," published in 2024 in Nature Communications
  • "Insights into the material properties of dragline spider silk affecting Schwann cell migration," published in 2023 in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • "Size-Exclusion Particle Separation Driven by Micro-Flows in a Quasi-Spherical Droplet: Modelling and Experimental Results," published in 2021 in Micromachines
  • "Emergence of amyloidic fibrillation in 2D-ordered Langmuir-Blodgett protein multilayers upon heating," published in 2020 in Applied Physics Letters

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Manfred Burghammer
  • Eugenia Pechkova
  • Claudio Nicolini
  • Aida Naghilou
  • Karolina Peter

The scientist's work has appeared in venues such as Nature Communications, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Frontiers in Neurology, Micromachines, and Scientific Reports. These journals correspond to the interdisciplinary nature of their research, bridging materials science and molecular biology.

Best Publications

  • How linker’s modification controls swelling properties of highly flexible iron(III) dicarboxylates MIL-88

    Patricia Horcajada;Fabrice Salles;Stefan Wuttke;Thomas Devic

  • Synthesis, Single-Crystal X-ray Microdiffraction, and NMR Characterizations of the Giant Pore Metal-Organic Framework Aluminum Trimesate MIL-100

    Christophe Volkringer;Dimitry Popov;Thierry Loiseau;Gérard Férey

  • The Mechanical Properties of Hydrated Intermediate Filaments: Insights from Hagfish Slime Threads

    Douglas S. Fudge;Kenn H. Gardner;V. Trevor Forsyth;Christian Riekel

  • New avenues in x-ray microbeam experiments

    Christian Riekel

  • Side-Chain Liquid-Crystalline Model for Starch

    Thomas A. Waigh;K. Lisa Kato;Athene M. Donald;Michael J. Gidley

  • Spider silk fibre extrusion: combined wide- and small-angle X-ray microdiffraction experiments

    C. Riekel;F. Vollrath

  • The Structural Biology of Protein Aggregation Diseases: Fundamental Questions and Some Answers

    David Eisenberg;Rebecca Nelson;Michael R. Sawaya;Melinda Balbirnie

  • Comparative architecture of silks, fibrous proteins and their encoding genes in insects and spiders.

    Catherine L Craig;Christian Riekel

  • A microdiffraction set-up for nanoporous metal-organic-framework-type solids.

    Christophe Volkringer;Dimitry Popov;Thierry Loiseau;Nathalie Guillou

  • Imaging of the helical arrangement of cellulose fibrils in wood by synchrotron X-ray microdiffraction

    H. Lichtenegger;M. Müller;O. Paris;Ch. Riekel

  • Analysis of the Native Structure of Starch Granules with X-ray Microfocus Diffraction

    Thomas A. Waigh;Ian Hopkinson;Athene M. Donald;Michael F. Butler

  • Crystal Structure of A-amylose: A Revisit from Synchrotron Microdiffraction Analysis of Single Crystals

    D. Popov;A. Buléon;M. Burghammer;H. Chanzy

  • Occurrence of Uncommon Infinite Chains Consisting of Edge-Sharing Octahedra in a Porous Metal Organic Framework-Type Aluminum Pyromellitate Al4(OH)8[C10O8H2] (MIL-120): Synthesis, Structure, and Gas Sorption Properties

    Christophe Volkringer;Thierry Loiseau;Mohamed Haouas;Francis Taulelle

  • Chiral Side-Chain Liquid-Crystalline Polymeric Properties of Starch

    Thomas A. Waigh;Paul Perry;Christian Riekel;Michael J. Gidley

  • Protein crystallography microdiffraction

    Christian Riekel;Manfred Burghammer;Gebhard Schertler

  • Analysis of the native structure of starch granules with small angle x‐ray microfocus scattering

    Thomas A. Waigh;Athene M. Donald;Florian Heidelbach;Christian Riekel

  • Silk fiber assembly studied by synchrotron radiation SAXS/WAXS and Raman spectroscopy.

    Anne Martel;Manfred Burghammer;Richard J Davies;Emanuela Di Cola

  • Observation of a transient structure prior to strain-induced crystallization in poly(ethylene terephthalate)

    A. Mahendrasingam;C. Martin;W. Fuller;D.J. Blundell

  • Small is beautiful: protein micro-crystallography

    Stephen Cusack;Hassan Belrhali;Andreas Bram;Andreas Bram;Manfred Burghammer

  • The crystal structure of deuteroammonia between 2 and 180 K by neutron powder profile refinement

    A. W. Hewat;C. Riekel

  • Characterization of strain-induced crystallization of poly(ethylene terephthalate) at fast draw rates using synchrotron radiation

    D.J. Blundell;D.H. MacKerron;W. Fuller;A. Mahendrasingam

  • Nanofocusing parabolic refractive x-ray lenses

    Christian G. Schroer;Marion Kuhlmann;Olga Kurapova;U. T. Hunger

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred Burghammer
Manfred Burghammer European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Stephan V. Roth
Stephan V. Roth Royal Institute of Technology
Enzo Di Fabrizio
Enzo Di Fabrizio Polytechnic University of Turin
Peter Müller-Buschbaum
Peter Müller-Buschbaum Technical University of Munich
Oskar Paris
Oskar Paris University of Leoben
Robert J. Young
Robert J. Young University of Manchester
Manuel Elices
Manuel Elices Technical University of Madrid
Stephen J. Eichhorn
Stephen J. Eichhorn University of Bristol
Gustavo V. Guinea
Gustavo V. Guinea Technical University of Madrid
David Eisenberg
David Eisenberg Harvard University

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