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Christiane A. Helm

Christiane A. Helm

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Chemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
9636
World Ranking
15132
National Ranking
1102

Overview

Christiane A. Helm is affiliated with the University of Greifswald in Germany. Their research spans across materials science and engineering, with a notable focus on surfaces, coatings, films, and biomedical engineering applications.

The scientist has contributed to several topics related to polymer surface interaction studies, parasitic infections and diagnostics, ZnO doping and properties, lipid membrane structure and behavior, conducting polymers and applications, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, as well as microplastics and plastic pollution.

Key recent publications include:

  • Enhancement of Intracellular Calcium Ion Mobilization by Moderately but Not Highly Positive Material Surface Charges, 2020, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • Chemo-Enzymatic Depolymerization of Functionalized Low-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene, 2024, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Deposition of cobalt oxide films by reactive pulsed magnetron sputtering, 2020, Surface and Coatings Technology
  • Protective Role of Sphingomyelin in Eye Lens Cell Membrane Model against Oxidative Stress, 2021, Biomolecules
  • Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films from Mixtures of Polyanions: Different Compositions in Films and Deposition Solutions, 2020, Macromolecules

Frequent coauthors in their work comprise Sven Neuber, Annekatrin Sill, H. Ahrens, H. Wulff, and Amir Azinfar.

Their publications are often featured in venues such as Langmuir, Macromolecules, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films, Applied Sciences, and Tierärztliche Praxis Ausgabe K Kleintiere / Heimtiere.

Best Publications

  • Ordering in lipid monolayers studied by synchrotron x-ray diffraction and fluorescence microscopy.

    K. Kjaer;J. Als-Nielsen;C. A. Helm;L. A. Laxhuber

  • Molecular mechanisms associated with adhesion and contact angle hysteresis of monolayer surfaces

    Y. L. Chen;C. A. Helm;J. N. Israelachvili

  • Preparation and Optical Properties of Colloidal Gold Monolayers

    J. Schmitt;P. Mächtle;D. Eck;and H. Möhwald

  • Synchrotron X-ray diffraction and reflection studies of arachidic acid monolayers at the air−water interface

    K. Kjaer;J. Als-Nielsen;C. A. Helm;P. Tippman-Krayer

  • Molecular Mechanisms Controlling the Self-Assembly Process of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers

    K. Lowack;C. A. Helm

  • Molecular mechanisms and forces involved in the adhesion and fusion of amphiphilic bilayers

    Christiane A. Helm;Jacob N. Israelachvili;Patricia M. McGuiggan

  • Phospholipid Monolayer Density Distribution Perpendicular to the Water Surface. A Synchrotron X-Ray Reflectivity Study

    C.A. Helm;H. Möhwald;K. Kjær;Jens Aage Als-Nielsen

  • Influence of Adsorption Conditions on the Structure of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers

    Karsten BüSCHER;Karlheinz Graf;Heiko Ahrens;Christiane A. Helm

  • Measurement of ligand-receptor interactions.

    Christiane A. Helm;Wolfgang Knoll;Jacob N. Israelachvili

  • Phospholipid monolayers between fluid and solid states.

    C. A. Helm;Helmuth Möhwald;K Kjaer;J Als-Nielsen

  • Role of hydrophobic forces in bilayer adhesion and fusion.

    Christiane A. Helm;Jacob N. Israelachvili;Patty M. McGuiggan

  • Charged polymer brushes - counterion incorporation and scaling relations.

    Heiko Ahrens;Stephan Förster;Christiane A. Helm

  • Atomic force microscopy of hydrated phosphatidylethanolamine bilayers.

    J.A. Zasadzinski;C.A. Helm;M.L. Longo;A.L. Weisenhorn

  • Role of calcium in the adhesion and fusion of bilayers.

    D. E. Leckband;C. A. Helm;J. Israelachvili

  • Close Approximation of Two Platelet Factor 4 Tetramers by Charge Neutralization Forms the Antigens Recognized by HIT Antibodies

    Andreas Greinacher;Manesh Gopinadhan;Jens-Uwe Günther;Mahmoud A. Omer-Adam

  • Electrostatic interactions in phospholipid membranes I: Influence of monovalent ions

    CA Helm;L Laxhuber;M Lösche;Helmuth Möhwald

  • Nonlinear Hairy Layer Theory of Electrophoretic Fingerprinting Applied to Consecutive Layer by Layer Polyelectrolyte Adsorption onto Charged Polystyrene Latex Particles

    E. Donath;D. Walther;V. N. Shilov;E. Knippel

  • Phases of phosphatidyl ethanolamine monolayers studied by synchrotron x-ray scattering.

    C. A. Helm;P. Tippmann-Krayer;Helmuth Möhwald;J. Als-Nielsen

  • Complex formation with nucleic acids and aptamers alters the antigenic properties of platelet factor 4

    Miriam E. Jaax;Krystin Krauel;Thomas Marschall;Sven Brandt

  • Structural deformation, melting point and lattice parameter studies of size selected silver clusters

    I. Shyjumon;M. Gopinadhan;O. Ivanova;M. Quaas

Frequent Co-Authors

Helmuth Möhwald
Helmuth Möhwald Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Jacob N. Israelachvili
Jacob N. Israelachvili University of California, Santa Barbara
Andreas Greinacher
Andreas Greinacher Greifswald University Hospital
Stephan Förster
Stephan Förster Forschungszentrum Jülich
Fritz Scholz
Fritz Scholz University of Greifswald
Wolfgang Knoll
Wolfgang Knoll Austrian Institute of Technology
Manfred Schmidt
Manfred Schmidt Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Dietrich R. T. Zahn
Dietrich R. T. Zahn Chemnitz University of Technology
Karine Anselme
Karine Anselme University of Upper Alsace
Deborah E. Leckband
Deborah E. Leckband University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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