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Overview

Pavel A. Levkin is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Their research encompasses multiple fields within science and engineering, with a particular focus on materials science and biochemical applications. The main areas of study include engineering, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and materials science.

Their work is distributed across various subfields such as biomedical engineering, molecular biology, materials chemistry, surfaces, coatings and films, and mechanical engineering. This diverse expertise is reflected in a broad range of research topics they have contributed to.

  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies

Levkin has published extensively in prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include Advanced Functional Materials, Small, Advanced Materials, Advanced Healthcare Materials, and Advanced Materials Interfaces.

Among recent notable papers are:

  • Organogels versus Hydrogels: Advantages, Challenges, and Applications (2023), Advanced Functional Materials
  • 3D printing of inherently nanoporous polymers via polymerization-induced phase separation (2021), Nature Communications
  • 3D Printing of Superhydrophobic Objects with Bulk Nanostructure (2021), Advanced Materials
  • Tough, Transparent, 3D-Printable, and Self-Healing Poly(ethylene glycol)-Gel (PEGgel) (2021), Advanced Materials
  • Further Dimensions for Sensing in Biofluids: Distinguishing Bioorganic Analytes by the Salt-Induced Adaptation of a Cucurbit[7]uril-Based Chemosensor (2022), Journal of the American Chemical Society

Levkin has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Notable coauthors include Anna A. Popova, Zheqin Dong, Markus Reischl, Zhenwu Wang, and Johannes M. Scheiger.

Best Publications

  • Design and Applications of Photoresponsive Hydrogels.

    Lei Li;Lei Li;Johannes M. Scheiger;Pavel A. Levkin

  • Emerging applications of superhydrophilic-superhydrophobic micropatterns.

    Erica Ueda;Pavel A. Levkin;Pavel A. Levkin

  • Porous Polymer Coatings: a Versatile Approach to Superhydrophobic Surfaces

    Pavel A. Levkin;Frantisek Svec;Jean M. J. Fréchet

  • UV‐Triggered Dopamine Polymerization: Control of Polymerization, Surface Coating, and Photopatterning

    Xin Du;Xin Du;Linxian Li;Junsheng Li;Junsheng Li;Chengwu Yang

  • Slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces showing marine antibiofouling properties.

    Linlin Xiao;Linlin Xiao;Junsheng Li;Junsheng Li;Sophie Mieszkin;Alessio Di Fino

  • Slippery Lubricant-Infused Surfaces: Properties and Emerging Applications

    Junsheng Li;Junsheng Li;Erica Ueda;Dorothea Paulssen;Pavel A. Levkin

  • Superhydrophobic-superhydrophilic micropatterning: towards genome-on-a-chip cell microarrays.

    Florian L. Geyer;Erica Ueda;Urban Liebel;Nicole Grau

  • Organogels versus Hydrogels: Advantages, Challenges, and Applications

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  • Hydrophobic Liquid-Infused Porous Polymer Surfaces for Antibacterial Applications

    Junsheng Li;Tanja Kleintschek;Annika Rieder;Yin Cheng

  • Droplet Microarrays: From Surface Patterning to High-Throughput Applications.

    Wenqian Feng;Erica Ueda;Pavel A. Levkin

  • A facile approach to superhydrophilic-superhydrophobic patterns in porous polymer films.

    David Zahner;Joselle Abagat;Frank Svec;Jean M. J. Fréchet

  • 3D printing of inherently nanoporous polymers via polymerization-induced phase separation.

    Zheqin Dong;Haijun Cui;Haodong Zhang;Fei Wang

  • Droplet‐Array (DA) Sandwich Chip: A Versatile Platform for High‐Throughput Cell Screening Based on Superhydrophobic–Superhydrophilic Micropatterning

    Anna A. Popova;Sebastian Mathias Schillo;Konstantin Demir;Erica Ueda

  • DropletMicroarray: facile formation of arrays of microdroplets and hydrogel micropads for cell screening applications

    Erica Ueda;Florian L. Geyer;Florian L. Geyer;Victoria Nedashkivska;Victoria Nedashkivska;Pavel A. Levkin;Pavel A. Levkin

  • Superoleophobic Slippery Lubricant-Infused Surfaces: Combining Two Extremes in the Same Surface

    Zheqin Dong;Zheqin Dong;Martin F. Schumann;Matti J. Hokkanen;Bo Chang;Bo Chang

  • Surface Patterning via Thiol-Yne Click Chemistry: An Extremely Fast and Versatile Approach to Superhydrophilic-Superhydrophobic Micropatterns

    Wenqian Feng;Wenqian Feng;Linxian Li;Linxian Li;Erica Ueda;Junsheng Li;Junsheng Li

  • 3D Printing of Superhydrophobic Objects with Bulk Nanostructure.

    Zheqin Dong;Maja Vuckovac;Wenjuan Cui;Quan Zhou

  • UV-Triggered Polymerization, Deposition, and Patterning of Plant Phenolic Compounds

    Farid Behboodi-Sadabad;Huijie Zhang;Vanessa Trouillet;Alexander Welle

  • Tough, Transparent, 3D printable and Self-healing Polyethylene Glycol-Gel (PEGgel).

    Zhenwu Wang;Haijun Cui;Modan Liu;Stephan L. Grage

  • Micropatterned superhydrophobic structures for the simultaneous culture of multiple cell types and the study of cell-cell communication.

    Alexander N. Efremov;Eliana Stanganello;Alexander Welle;Steffen Scholpp

  • Monolithic porous polymer stationary phases in polyimide chips for the fast high-performance liquid chromatography separation of proteins and peptides

    Pavel A. Levkin;Sebastiaan Eeltink;Thomas R. Stratton;Reid Brennen

  • Boronate-dextran: an acid-responsive biodegradable polymer for drug delivery.

    Linxian Li;Zewei Bai;Pavel A. Levkin;Pavel A. Levkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Grunze
Michael Grunze Max Planck Society
Volker Schurig
Volker Schurig University of Tübingen
João F. Mano
João F. Mano University of Aveiro
Frantisek Svec
Frantisek Svec Charles University
Thomas Schwartz
Thomas Schwartz Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Jean M. J. Fréchet
Jean M. J. Fréchet University of California, Berkeley
Britta Nestler
Britta Nestler Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Mariana B. Oliveira
Mariana B. Oliveira University of Aveiro
Robin H. A. Ras
Robin H. A. Ras Aalto University
Harald Fuchs
Harald Fuchs University of Münster

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