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Dietmar Appelhans is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology in Germany. Their research spans biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and materials science, with a focus on key subfields such as molecular biology, biomedical engineering, biomaterials, organic chemistry, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's work covers several specialized topics, including:

  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization

Dietmar Appelhans has contributed to research published predominantly in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Biomacromolecules
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Small
  • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics

Some of the recent papers by this researcher include:

  • "Multifunctional 4D-Printed Sperm-Hybrid Microcarriers for Assisted Reproduction" (2022, Advanced Materials)
  • "Light-Driven Proton Transfer for Cyclic and Temporal Switching of Enzymatic Nanoreactors" (2020, Small)
  • "Matrix metalloproteinase-1 decorated polymersomes, a surface-active extracellular matrix therapeutic, potentiates collagen degradation and attenuates early liver fibrosis" (2021, Journal of Controlled Release)
  • "Construction of Eukaryotic Cell Biomimetics: Hierarchical Polymersomes-in-Proteinosome Multicompartment with Enzymatic Reactions Modulated Protein Transportation" (2020, Small)
  • "Feedback-Induced and Oscillating pH Regulation of a Binary Enzyme-Polymersomes System" (2021, Chemistry of Materials)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Brigitte Voit
  • Sílvia Moreno
  • Susanne Boye
  • Albena Lederer
  • Jens Gaitzsch

Best Publications

  • Synthetic bio-nanoreactor: mechanical and chemical control of polymersome membrane permeability.

    Jens Gaitzsch;Dietmar Appelhans;Linge Wang;Giuseppe Battaglia

  • The influence of densely organized maltose shells on the biological properties of poly(propylene imine) dendrimers: new effects dependent on hydrogen bonding.

    Barbara Klajnert;Dietmar Appelhans;Hartmut Komber;Nina Morgner

  • Hyperbranched PEI with Various Oligosaccharide Architectures: Synthesis, Characterization, ATP Complexation, and Cellular Uptake Properties

    Dietmar Appelhans;Hartmut Komber;Mohiuddin Abdul Quadir;Sven Richter

  • Cross-linked polymersomes as nanoreactors for controlled and stabilized single and cascade enzymatic reactions

    David Gräfe;David Gräfe;Jens Gaitzsch;Jens Gaitzsch;Jens Gaitzsch;Dietmar Appelhans;Brigitte Voit;Brigitte Voit

  • Dendritic glycopolymers based on dendritic polyamine scaffolds: view on their synthetic approaches, characteristics and potential for biomedical applications

    Dietmar Appelhans;Barbara Klajnert-Maculewicz;Anna Janaszewska;Joanna Lazniewska

  • Maltose- and maltotriose-modified, hyperbranched poly(ethylene imine)s (OM-PEIs): Physicochemical and biological properties of DNA and siRNA complexes.

    Sabrina Höbel;Andrea Loos;Dietmar Appelhans;Simona Schwarz

  • Dense shell glycodendrimers as potential nontoxic anti-amyloidogenic agents in Alzheimer's disease. Amyloid-dendrimer aggregates morphology and cell toxicity

    Oxana Klementieva;Oxana Klementieva;Núria Benseny-Cases;Alejandro Gella;Dietmar Appelhans

  • Selective targeting of green fluorescent nanodiamond conjugates to mitochondria in HeLa cells.

    Msaukiranji Mkandawire;Andrea Pohl;Tatiana Gubarevich;Victoria Lapina

  • Glycopolymers of Various Architectures—More than Mimicking Nature

    Brigitte Voit;Dietmar Appelhans

  • In vivo toxicity of poly(propyleneimine) dendrimers.

    Barbara Ziemba;Anna Janaszewska;Karol Ciepluch;Maria Krotewicz

  • Induction of apoptosis in human cancer cells by targeting mitochondria with gold nanoparticles

    Msaukiranji Mary Mkandawire;Matthias Lakatos;Armin Springer;Andre Clemens

  • Influence of Surface Functionality of Poly(propylene imine) Dendrimers on Protease Resistance and Propagation of the Scrapie Prion Protein

    Marlies Fischer;Dietmar Appelhans;Simona Schwarz;Barbara Klajnert

  • Functional Cellular Mimics for the Spatiotemporal Control of Multiple Enzymatic Cascade Reactions

    Xiaoling Liu;Xiaoling Liu;Petr Formanek;Brigitte Voit;Brigitte Voit;Dietmar Appelhans

  • Poly(propylene imine) dendrimers with histidine-maltose shell as novel type of nanoparticles for synapse and memory protection.

    Ester Aso;Isak Martinsson;Dietmar Appelhans;Christiane Effenberg

  • Supracolloidal Multivalent Interactions and Wrapping of Dendronized Glycopolymers on Native Cellulose Nanocrystals

    Johanna Majoinen;Johannes S. Haataja;Dietmar Appelhans;Albena Lederer

  • Effect of poly(propylene imine) glycodendrimers on β-amyloid aggregation in vitro and in APP/PS1 transgenic mice, as a model of brain amyloid deposition and Alzheimer's disease.

    O Klementieva;E Aso;D Filippini;N Benseny-Cases

  • Photo-crosslinked and pH sensitive polymersomes for triggering the loading and release of cargo

    Jens Gaitzsch;Dietmar Appelhans;David Gräfe;Petra Schwille

  • Ultrathin Microstructured Polypeptide Layers by Surface-initiated Polymerization on Microprinted Surfaces**

    Thomas Kratzmüller;Dietmar Appelhans;Hans-Georg Braun

  • Stick-slip of the three-phase line in measurements of dynamic contact angles.

    Hossein Tavana;Guocheng Yang;Christopher M. Yip;Dietmar Appelhans

  • Multifunctional and Dual-Responsive Polymersomes as Robust Nanocontainers: Design, Formation by Sequential Post-Conjugations, and pH-Controlled Drug Release

    Banu Iyisan;Banu Iyisan;Jörg Kluge;Jörg Kluge;Petr Formanek;Brigitte Voit;Brigitte Voit

  • Synthesis of Well-Defined Photo-Cross-Linked Polymeric Nanocapsules by Surface-Initiated RAFT Polymerization

    Xin Huang;Dietmar Appelhans;Petr Formanek;Frank Simon

  • Cytotoxicity of PAMAM, PPI and maltose modified PPI dendrimers in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) and human ovarian carcinoma (SKOV3) cells

    A. Janaszewska;K. Mączyńska;G. Matuszko;D. Appelhans

Frequent Co-Authors

Brigitte Voit
Brigitte Voit Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Maria Bryszewska
Maria Bryszewska University of Łódź
Hartmut Komber
Hartmut Komber Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Achim Aigner
Achim Aigner Leipzig University
Frank Simon
Frank Simon Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Bernhard Brutschy
Bernhard Brutschy Goethe University Frankfurt
Andreas Richter
Andreas Richter University of Bremen
Tadeusz Robak
Tadeusz Robak Medical University of Lodz
Wolfgang Pompe
Wolfgang Pompe TU Dresden
Klaus-Jochen Eichhorn
Klaus-Jochen Eichhorn Leibniz Association

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