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Overview

Matthias Karg is affiliated with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany and specializes in the field of Materials Science, with a notable focus on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Molecular Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research includes significant work on topics such as Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, hydrogels including their synthesis, properties, and applications, as well as gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications. Additional areas of interest cover surfactants and colloidal systems, liquid crystal research advancements, plasmonic and surface plasmon research, and polymer surface interaction studies.

Matthias Karg has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Soft Matter
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Langmuir
  • Macromolecules
  • Colloid & Polymer Science

Notable recent papers encompass:

  • "Poly-N-isopropylacrylamide Nanogels and Microgels at Fluid Interfaces" (2020) in Accounts of Chemical Research
  • "Chiral Surface Lattice Resonances" (2020) in Advanced Materials
  • "Nanocrystal Assemblies: Current Advances and Open Problems" (2024) in ACS Nano
  • "Surface Lattice Resonances in Self-Assembled Gold Nanoparticle Arrays: Impact of Lattice Period, Structural Disorder, and Refractive Index on Resonance Quality" (2020) in Langmuir
  • "Pyrolysis and Solvothermal Synthesis for Carbon Dots: Role of Purification and Molecular Fluorophores" (2022) in Langmuir

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Marius Otten
  • Marcel Krüsmann
  • Déborah Feller
  • Marco Hildebrandt
  • Julian Sindram

Best Publications

  • Nanogels and Microgels: From Model Colloids to Applications, Recent Developments, and Future Trends

    Matthias Karg;Andrij Pich;Andrij Pich;Thomas Hellweg;Todd Hoare

  • Nanorod-coated PNIPAM microgels: thermoresponsive optical properties.

    Matthias Karg;Isabel Pastoriza-Santos;Jorge Pérez-Juste;Thomas Hellweg;Thomas Hellweg

  • Encapsulation and Growth of Gold Nanoparticles in Thermoresponsive Microgels

    Rafael Contreras-Cáceres;Ana Sánchez-Iglesias;Matthias Karg;Isabel Pastoriza-Santos

  • Distance and wavelength dependent quenching of molecular fluorescence by Au@SiO2 core-shell nanoparticles

    Phillipp Reineck;Daniel Enrique Gomez;Daniel Enrique Gomez;Soon Hock Ng;Mattias Karg

  • Plasmonic nanomeshes: their ambivalent role as transparent electrodes in organic solar cells

    Christian Stelling;Chetan R. Singh;Matthias Karg;Tobias A. F. König

  • New “smart” poly(NIPAM) microgels and nanoparticle microgel hybrids: Properties and advances in characterisation

    Matthias Karg;Thomas Hellweg

  • A solid-state plasmonic solar cell via metal nanoparticle self-assembly.

    Philipp Reineck;George P. Lee;Delia Brick;Matthias Karg

  • Temperature, pH, and Ionic Strength Induced Changes of the Swelling Behavior of PNIPAM−Poly(allylacetic acid) Copolymer Microgels

    Matthias Karg;Isabel Pastoriza-Santos;Benito Rodriguez-Gonzalez;Regine von Klitzing

  • General Pathway toward Crystalline-Core Micelles with Tunable Morphology and Corona Segregation

    Joachim Schmelz;Matthias Karg;Thomas Hellweg;Holger Schmalz

  • Single-Photon Emission and Quantum Characterization of Zinc Oxide Defects

    Anthony J. Morfa;Brant C. Gibson;Matthias Karg;Timothy J. Karle

  • A Versatile Approach for the Preparation of Thermosensitive PNIPAM Core–Shell Microgels with Nanoparticle Cores

    Matthias Karg;Isabel Pastoriza‐Santos;Luis M. Liz‐Marzán;Thomas Hellweg

  • Colloidal self-assembly concepts for light management in photovoltaics

    Matthias Karg;Tobias A.F. König;Markus Retsch;Christian Stelling

  • Smart inorganic/organic hybrid microgels: Synthesis and characterisation

    Matthias Karg;Thomas Hellweg

  • Multiresponsive Hybrid Colloids Based on Gold Nanorods and Poly(NIPAM-co-allylacetic acid) Microgels: Temperature- and pH-Tunable Plasmon Resonance

    Matthias Karg;Yan Lu;Enrique Carbó-Argibay;Isabel Pastoriza-Santos

  • Poly- N-isopropylacrylamide Nanogels and Microgels at Fluid Interfaces

    Marcel Rey;Miguel Angel Fernandez-Rodriguez;Matthias Karg;Lucio Isa

  • Multi-Shell Hollow Nanogels with Responsive Shell Permeability.

    Andreas J. Schmid;Janine Dubbert;Andrey A. Rudov;Andrey A. Rudov;Jan Skov Pedersen

  • Surface Plasmon Spectroscopy of Gold−Poly-N-isopropylacrylamide Core−Shell Particles

    Matthias Karg;Sarah Jaber;Thomas Hellweg;Paul Mulvaney

  • Large-area organization of pNIPAM-coated nanostars as SERS platforms for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons sensing in gas phase.

    Mareen Mueller;Moritz Tebbe;Daria V. Andreeva;Matthias Karg

  • Smart hydrogels based on double responsive triblock terpolymers

    Stefan Reinicke;Joachim Schmelz;Alain Lapp;Matthias Karg

  • Self‐Assembly of Tunable Nanocrystal Superlattices Using Poly‐(NIPAM) Spacers

    Matthias Karg;Thomas Hellweg;Paul Mulvaney

  • Versatile Phase Transfer of Gold Nanoparticles from Aqueous Media to Different Organic Media

    Matthias Karg;Natascha Schelero;Claudia Oppel;Michael Gradzielski

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Hellweg
Thomas Hellweg Bielefeld University
Paul Mulvaney
Paul Mulvaney University of Melbourne
Andreas Fery
Andreas Fery Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Stephan Förster
Stephan Förster Forschungszentrum Jülich
Holger Schmalz
Holger Schmalz University of Bayreuth
Lucio Isa
Lucio Isa ETH Zurich
Regine von Klitzing
Regine von Klitzing Technical University of Darmstadt
Isabel Pastoriza-Santos
Isabel Pastoriza-Santos Universidade de Vigo
Walter Richtering
Walter Richtering RWTH Aachen University
Luis M. Liz-Marzán
Luis M. Liz-Marzán CIC biomaGUNE

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