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Cornelia G. Palivan

Cornelia G. Palivan

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Materials Science

D-Index
51
Citations
9019
World Ranking
9940
National Ranking
137

Overview

Cornelia G. Palivan is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland. Their research spans the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and materials science, focusing on molecular biology, organic chemistry, biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, and biomaterials. The scope of their academic work includes advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, advanced polymer synthesis and characterization, polymer surface interaction studies, RNA interference and gene delivery, supramolecular self-assembly in materials, lipid membrane structure and behavior, and supramolecular chemistry and complexes.

Their publication record includes several recent papers that contribute to multiple fields:

  • Multicompartment Polymer Vesicles with Artificial Organelles for Signal-Triggered Cascade Reactions Including Cytoskeleton Formation (2020) in Advanced Functional Materials
  • Organelle-specific targeting of polymersomes into the cell nucleus (2020) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Peptide-Based Nanoassemblies in Gene Therapy and Diagnosis: Paving the Way for Clinical Application (2020) in Molecules
  • Combinatorial Strategy for Studying Biochemical Pathways in Double Emulsion Templated Cell-Sized Compartments (2020) in Advanced Materials
  • Synthetic molecular motor activates drug delivery from polymersomes (2023) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Throughout their career, Cornelia G. Palivan has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including Cora-Ann Schoenenberger, Wolfgang Meier, Viviana Maffeis, Ioana Craciun, and Andrea Belluati. These coauthors have contributed extensively alongside Palivan to literature in related research areas.

The venues where Palivan has most often published encompass a range of journals and repositories:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Biomacromolecules
  • Macromolecular Bioscience
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Polymeric vesicles: from drug carriers to nanoreactors and artificial organelles.

    Pascal Tanner;Patric Baumann;Ramona Enea;Ozana Onaca

  • Bioinspired polymer vesicles and membranes for biological and medical applications

    Cornelia G. Palivan;Roland Goers;Roland Goers;Adrian Najer;Xiaoyan Zhang

  • Stimuli-Responsive Polymers and Their Applications in Nanomedicine

    Etienne Cabane;Xiaoyan Zhang;Karolina Langowska;Cornelia G. Palivan

  • Biocompatible functionalization of polymersome surfaces: a new approach to surface immobilization and cell targeting using polymersomes.

    Stefan Egli;Martin G. Nussbaumer;Vimalkumar Balasubramanian;Mohamed Chami

  • Metal-peptide frameworks (MPFs): "Bioinspired" metal organic frameworks

    Alexandre Mantion;Lars Massüger;Pierre Rabu;Cornelia Palivan

  • Protein–polymer nanoreactors for medical applications

    Cornelia G. Palivan;Ozana Fischer-Onaca;Mihaela Delcea;Fabian Itel

  • Aiding nature's organelles: artificial peroxisomes play their role.

    Pascal Tanner;Vimalkumar Balasubramanian;Cornelia G. Palivan

  • Mimicking the cell membrane with block copolymer membranes

    Xiaoyan Zhang;Pascal Tanner;Alexandra Graff;Cornelia G. Palivan

  • Photoresponsive polymersomes as smart, triggerable nanocarriers

    Etienne Cabane;Violeta Malinova;Sindhu Menon;Cornelia G. Palivan

  • Enzymatic Cascade Reactions inside Polymeric Nanocontainers : a Means to Combat Oxidative Stress

    Pascal Tanner;Ozana Onaca;Vimalkumar Balasubramanian;Wolfgang Meier

  • Antioxidant nanoreactor based on superoxide dismutase encapsulated in superoxide-permeable vesicles.

    Fabian Axthelm;Olivier Casse;Willem H. Koppenol;Thomas Nauser

  • Biomimetic artificial organelles with in vitro and in vivo activity triggered by reduction in microenvironment

    Tomaz Einfalt;Dominik Witzigmann;Christoph Edlinger;Sandro Sieber

  • Polymer nanoreactors shown to produce and release antibiotics locally

    Karolina Langowska;Cornelia G. Palivan;Wolfgang Meier

  • Nanoscience-Based Strategies to Engineer Antimicrobial Surfaces

    Serena Rigo;Chao Cai;Gesine Gunkel-Grabole;Lionel Maurizi

  • Dynamics of Membrane Proteins within Synthetic Polymer Membranes with Large Hydrophobic Mismatch.

    Fabian Itel;Adrian Najer;Cornelia G. Palivan;Wolfgang Meier

  • Polymer capsules as micro-/nanoreactors for therapeutic applications: Current strategies to control membrane permeability

    A. Larrañaga;A. Larrañaga;M. Lomora;M. Lomora;J.R. Sarasua;C.G. Palivan

  • Polymersomes with engineered ion selective permeability as stimuli-responsive nanocompartments with preserved architecture.

    Mihai Lomora;Martina Garni;Fabian Itel;Pascal Tanner

  • Can polymeric vesicles that confine enzymatic reactions act as simplified organelles

    Pascal Tanner;Stefan Egli;Vimalkumar Balasubramanian;Ozana Onaca

  • Stimuli-Triggered Activity of Nanoreactors by Biomimetic Engineering Polymer Membranes

    Tomaž Einfalt;Roland Goers;Roland Goers;Ionel Adrian Dinu;Adrian Najer

  • Amphiphilic copolymer membranes promote NADH:Ubiquinone Oxidoreductase activity : towards an electron-transfer nanodevice

    Alexandra Graff;Caroline Fraysse-Ailhas;Cornelia G. Palivan;Mariusz Grzelakowski

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Meier
Wolfgang Meier University of Basel
Hans-Peter Beck
Hans-Peter Beck University of Basel
Markus Neuburger
Markus Neuburger University of Basel
Catherine E. Housecroft
Catherine E. Housecroft University of Basel
Edwin C. Constable
Edwin C. Constable University of Basel
Lev Weiner
Lev Weiner Weizmann Institute of Science
Oliver S. Wenger
Oliver S. Wenger University of Basel
Thomas R. Ward
Thomas R. Ward University of Basel
Marcus Textor
Marcus Textor ETH Zurich
Andreas Taubert
Andreas Taubert University of Potsdam

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