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Overview

Ralf Schweins is affiliated with the Institut Laue-Langevin in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their research broadly covers materials chemistry, organic chemistry, biomaterials, molecular biology, and atomic and molecular physics, with a particular focus on materials-related topics.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Material Dynamics and Properties
  • Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior

Recent publication venues where Ralf Schweins has appeared frequently include:

  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Langmuir
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Macromolecules
  • Soft Matter

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ralf Schweins are:

  • Olga Matsarskaia
  • Emily R. Draper
  • Dave J. Adams
  • Alexander Zika
  • Franziska Gröhn

Recent papers by Ralf Schweins highlight various aspects of molecular packing, nanoparticle clustering, and protein dynamics. Selected recent articles include:

  • "Using Small-Angle Scattering and Contrast Matching to Understand Molecular Packing in Low Molecular Weight Gels" (2020) published in Matter
  • "Shedding light on membrane-templated clustering of gold nanoparticles" (2020) published in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • "In Situ Forming, Enzyme-Responsive Peptoid-Peptide Hydrogels: An Advanced Long-Acting Injectable Drug Delivery System" (2024) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Evolution of the structure and dynamics of bovine serum albumin induced by thermal denaturation" (2020) published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • "Protein Crystallization in the Presence of a Metastable Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation" (2020) published in Crystal Growth & Design

Best Publications

  • Collapse of sodium polyacrylate chains in calcium salt solutions

    R. Schweins;K. Huber

  • Interpenetration of polymeric microgels at ultrahigh densities

    Priti S. Mohanty;Priti S. Mohanty;Sofi Nöjd;Kitty van Gruijthuijsen;Jérôme J. Crassous

  • Structure of micelles of poly(n-butyl acrylate)-block-poly(acrylic acid) diblock copolymers in aqueous solution

    Olivier Colombani;Markus Ruppel;Markus Burkhardt;Markus Drechsler

  • Structure and Dynamics of Polyelectrolyte Complex Coacervates Studied by Scattering of Neutrons, X-rays, and Light

    Evan Spruijt;Frans A. M. Leermakers;Remco Fokkink;Ralf Schweins

  • Dilute solution behaviour of sodium polyacrylate chains in aqueous NaCl solutions

    Ralf Schweins;Jutta Hollmann;Klaus Huber

  • Salt-induced release of lipase from polyelectrolyte complex micelles

    Saskia Lindhoud;Renko de Vries;Ralf Schweins;Martinus Abraham Cohen Stuart

  • Direct Measurement of Polymer Chain Conformation in Well-Controlled Model Nanocomposites by Combining SANS and SAXS

    Nicolas Jouault;Florent Dalmas;Sylvère Said;Emanuela Di Cola

  • The distribution of Sr2+ counterions around polyacrylate chains analyzed by anomalous small-angle X-ray scattering

    G. Goerigk;R. Schweins;K. Huber;M. Ballauff

  • Calcium Induced Shrinking of NaPA Chains: A SANS Investigation of Single Chain Behavior

    Ralf Schweins;Peter Lindner;Klaus Huber

  • Mixing Block Copolymers with Phospholipids at the Nanoscale: From Hybrid Polymer/Lipid Wormlike Micelles to Vesicles Presenting Lipid Nanodomains

    T. P. Tuyen Dao;T. P. Tuyen Dao;T. P. Tuyen Dao;A. Brûlet;F. Fernandes;F. Fernandes;M. Er-Rafik

  • Nanofibrillar Structure and Molecular Mobility in Spider Dragline Silk

    D. Sapede;T. Seydel;V. T. Forsyth;M. M. Koza

  • Viscosity and diffusion: crowding and salt effects in protein solutions

    Marco Heinen;Fabio Zanini;Felix Roosen-Runge;Diana Fedunová

  • Surface aggregate structure of nonionic surfactants on silica nanoparticles

    Dersy Lugo;Julian Oberdisse;Matthias Karg;Ralf Schweins

  • Self-Aggregation of Mixtures of Oppositely Charged Polyelectrolytes and Surfactants Studied by Rheology, Dynamic Light Scattering and Small-Angle Neutron Scattering

    Ingo Hoffmann;Peggy Heunemann;Sylvain Prévost;Sylvain Prévost;Ralf Schweins

  • Shift of the photonic band gap in two photonic crystal/liquid crystal composites

    Guido Mertens;Thorsten Röder;Ralf Schweins;Klaus Huber

  • Dynamic self-assembly of surfactant-like peptides A6K and A9K

    Jing Wang;Shuyi Han;Gang Meng;Hai Xu

  • ANISOTROPIC REINFORCEMENT OF NANOCOMPOSITES TUNED BY MAGNETIC ORIENTATION OF THE FILLER NETWORK

    Jacques Jestin;Fabrice Cousin;Isabelle Dubois;Christine Ménager

  • Polyisobutylene-block-poly(methacrylic acid) diblock copolymers: self-assembly in aqueous media.

    Markus Burkhardt;† Nemesio Martinez-Castro;Sandrine Tea;Markus Drechsler

  • “Wet-to-Dry” Conformational Transition of Polymer Layers Grafted to Nanoparticles in Nanocomposite

    Chloé Chevigny;Jacques Jestin;Didier Gigmes;Ralf Schweins

  • Effect of Grafting on Rheology and Structure of a Simplified Industrial Nanocomposite Silica/SBR

    Guilhem P. Baeza;Guilhem P. Baeza;Guilhem P. Baeza;Anne-Caroline Genix;Anne-Caroline Genix;Christophe Degrandcourt;Laurent Petitjean

  • Colloidal Dispersions of Tannins in Water−Ethanol Solutions

    Drazen Zanchi;Aude Vernhet;Céline Poncet-Legrand;Damien Cartalade

  • Controlled Tuning of the Properties in Optoelectronic Self-Sorted Gels

    Emily R. Cross;Stephen Sproules;Ralf Schweins;Emily R. Draper

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Gradzielski
Michael Gradzielski Technical University of Berlin
Dave J. Adams
Dave J. Adams University of Glasgow
Frank Schreiber
Frank Schreiber University of Tübingen
Richard K. Heenan
Richard K. Heenan Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Walther Burchard
Walther Burchard University of Freiburg
Bernard Cabane
Bernard Cabane Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Reinhard Strey
Reinhard Strey University of Cologne
Walter Richtering
Walter Richtering RWTH Aachen University
Thomas Hellweg
Thomas Hellweg Bielefeld University
Monika Österberg
Monika Österberg Aalto University

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