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Overview

Roland G. Winkler is a researcher affiliated with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany. Their work focuses primarily on the intersection of engineering and physics with a strong emphasis on condensed matter physics and biomedical engineering. Their research spans areas such as micro and nano robotics, microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies, molecular communication and nanonetworks, modular robots and swarm intelligence, as well as materials chemistry and molecular biology.

With a significant body of publications, Winkler has contributed to various scientific journals and research venues. Some of the frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Soft Matter
  • Physical Review Research
  • Physical review. E

Their notable recent papers cover topics related to active matter, polymer physics, and active turbulence phenomena. These include:

  • The 2020 motile active matter roadmap, 2020, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
  • The physics of active polymers and filaments, 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Emergence of active turbulence in microswimmer suspensions due to active hydrodynamic stress and volume exclusion, 2022, Communications Physics
  • Reconfigurable structure and tunable transport in synchronized active spinner materials, 2020, Science Advances
  • Enhanced Rotational Motion of Spherical Squirmer in Polymer Solutions, 2020, Physical Review Letters

Winkler has collaborated regularly with several researchers in the field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Gerhard Gompper
  • Segun Goh
  • Elmar Westphal
  • Sunil P. Singh
  • Rajendra Singh Negi

Their research covers multiple interdisciplinary topics, with a strong component of applied studies relevant to robotics, bio-sensing, and materials science. Notable research topics associated with their work are:

  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics

The main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Physics and Astronomy

And subfields of study associated with the research are:

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology

Best Publications

  • Physics of microswimmers--single particle motion and collective behavior: a review.

    Jens Elgeti;Roland G. Winkler;Gerhard Gompper

  • Physics of Microswimmers - Single Particle Motion and Collective Behavior

    Jens Elgeti;Roland G. Winkler;Gerhard Gompper

  • Multi-Particle Collision Dynamics: A Particle-Based Mesoscale Simulation Approach to the Hydrodynamics of Complex Fluids

    G. Gompper;T. Ihle;D. M. Kroll;R. G. Winkler

  • Collapse of Polyelectrolyte Macromolecules by Counterion Condensation and Ion Pair Formation: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study

    Roland G. Winkler;Michael Gold;Peter Reineker

  • Cooperative motion of active Brownian spheres in three-dimensional dense suspensions

    Adam Wysocki;Roland G. Winkler;Gerhard Gompper

  • Dynamic regimes of fluids simulated by multiparticle-collision dynamics.

    M. Ripoll;K. Mussawisade;R. G. Winkler;G. Gompper

  • Semidilute Polymer Solutions at Equilibrium and under Shear Flow

    Chien-Cheng Huang;Roland G. Winkler;Godehard Sutmann;Gerhard Gompper

  • Imaging material properties by resonant tapping-force microscopy: A model investigation.

    R. G. Winkler;J. P. Spatz;S. Sheiko;M. Möller

  • Low-Reynolds-number hydrodynamics of complex fluids by multi-particle-collision dynamics

    M. Ripoll;K. Mussawisade;R. G. Winkler;G. Gompper

  • MODELS AND EQUILIBRIUM PROPERTIES OF STIFF MOLECULAR CHAINS

    Roland G. Winkler;Peter Reineker;Ludger Harnau

  • Dynamic structure factor of semiflexible macromolecules in dilute solution

    Ludger Harnau;Roland G. Winkler;Peter Reineker

  • Forces affecting the substrate in resonant tapping force microscopy

    J P Spatz;S Sheiko;M Moller;R G Winkler

  • Virial pressure in systems of spherical active Brownian particles

    Roland G. Winkler;Adam Wysocki;Gerhard Gompper

  • Star polymers in shear flow.

    M. Ripoll;R. G. Winkler;G. Gompper

  • Dynamics of polymers in a particle-based mesoscopic solvent.

    K. Mussawisade;M. Ripoll;R. G. Winkler;G. Gompper

  • Conformational Properties of Active Semiflexible Polymers

    Thomas Eisenstecken;Gerhard Gompper;Roland G. Winkler

  • Cell-level canonical sampling by velocity scaling for multiparticle collision dynamics simulations

    C. C. Huang;A. Chatterji;G. Sutmann;G. Gompper

  • Semiflexible polymers in shear flow.

    Roland G. Winkler

  • Infrared spectroscopy of fullerenes

    H Kuzmany;R Winkler;T Pichler

  • Deformation of semiflexible chains

    Roland G. Winkler

  • The physics of active polymers and filaments

    Roland G. Winkler;Gerhard Gompper

  • Diffusion and Segmental Dynamics of Double-Stranded DNA

    E. P. Petrov;T. Ohrt;R. G. Winkler;P. Schwille

  • Comparison of ring and linear polyethylene from molecular dynamics simulations

    Kahyun Hur;Roland G. Winkler;Do Y. Yoon

  • Internal dynamics of semiflexible polymers with active noise.

    Thomas Eisenstecken;Gerhard Gompper;Roland G. Winkler

  • Dynamic properties of molecular chains with variable stiffness

    Ludger Harnau;Roland G. Winkler;Peter Reineker

  • Synchronization and bundling of anchored bacterial flagella

    Shang Yik Reigh;Roland G. Winkler;Gerhard Gompper

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerhard Gompper
Gerhard Gompper Forschungszentrum Jülich
Hartmut Löwen
Hartmut Löwen Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Loren Pfeiffer
Loren Pfeiffer Princeton University
Do Y. Yoon
Do Y. Yoon Stanford University
Joachim P. Spatz
Joachim P. Spatz Max Planck Society
Ken W. West
Ken W. West Princeton University
Amina Helmi
Amina Helmi University of Groningen
Alexei R. Khokhlov
Alexei R. Khokhlov Lomonosov Moscow State University
Norbert Christlieb
Norbert Christlieb Heidelberg University
Sergei S. Sheiko
Sergei S. Sheiko University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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