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Overview

Stephan Förster is affiliated with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany and has a research focus primarily in Materials Science and Engineering. Their scholarly output includes significant contributions to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Organic Chemistry, and Polymers and Plastics. The scientist addresses a range of topics in their research, including Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Material Dynamics and Properties, Proteins in Food Systems, Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties, Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems.

Förster's recent papers reflect a strong emphasis on nanoparticle synthesis, membrane studies, and polymer-based materials. Key publications include:

  • Vesicular Polymer Hexosomes Exhibit Topological Defects, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Insights into Growth Kinetics of Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles: In Situ SAXS and UV-Vis Evaluation, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Membrane stiffness and myelin basic protein binding strength as molecular origin of multiple sclerosis, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • The flow of anisotropic nanoparticles in solution and in blood, 2023, Exploration
  • Nanoparticle Heat-Up Synthesis: In Situ X-ray Diffraction and Extension from Classical to Nonclassical Nucleation and Growth Theory, 2021, ACS Nano

Frequent collaborative partners in Förster's work include Henrich Frielinghaus, Martin Dulle, Olaf Holderer, Theresia Heiden-Hecht, and Margarita Kruteva. These collaborations highlight a network of research expertise within related scientific areas.

The scientist publishes recurrently in journals such as The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Macromolecules, EPJ Web of Conferences, ACS Nano, and Scientific Reports. Their sustained activity in these venues aligns with the thematic focus on polymers, nanomaterials, and complex biochemical systems.

Best Publications

  • Vesicles and Liposomes: A Self-Assembly Principle Beyond Lipids†

    Markus Antonietti;Stephan Förster

  • Amphiphilic Block Copolymers in Structure-Controlled Nanomaterial Hybrids

    Stephan Förster;Markus Antonietti

  • Polyisoprene-Polystyrene Diblock Copolymer Phase Diagram near the Order-Disorder Transition

    Ashish K. Khandpur;Ashish K. Khandpur;Stephan Förster;Frank S Bates;Ian W. Hamley

  • From Self-Organizing Polymers to Nanohybrid and Biomaterials

    Stephan Förster;Thomas Plantenberg

  • Polyelectrolytes in solution

    S. Förster;Manfred Schmidt

  • Fluctuations, conformational asymmetry and block copolymer phase behaviour

    Frank S. Bates;Mark F. Schulz;Ashish K. Khandpur;Stephan Förster

  • Complex Phase Behavior of Polyisoprene-Polystyrene Diblock Copolymers Near the Order-Disorder Transition

    Stephan Förster;Ashish K. Khandpur;Jin Zhao;Frank S. Bates

  • Micellization of strongly segregated block copolymers

    Stephan Förster;Mathias Zisenis;Eckhard Wenz;Markus Antonietti

  • Size and surface effects on the MRI relaxivity of manganese ferrite nanoparticle contrast agents.

    Ulrich I. Tromsdorf;Nadja C. Bigall;Michael G. Kaul;Oliver T. Bruns

  • The formation of polymer vesicles or "peptosomes" by polybutadiene-block-poly(L-glutamate)s in dilute aqueous solution.

    Hildegard Kukula;Helmut Schlaad;Markus Antonietti;Stephan Förster

  • Preparation of Palladium Colloids in Block Copolymer Micelles and Their Use for the Catalysis of the Heck Reaction

    Stephanie Klingelhöfer;Walter Heitz;Andreas Greiner;S. Oestreich

  • A customizable software for fast reduction and analysis of large X-ray scattering data sets: applications of the new DPDAK package to small-angle X-ray scattering and grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering

    Gunthard Benecke;Wolfgang Wagermaier;Chenghao Li;Matthias Schwartzkopf

  • Static and dynamic light scattering by aqueous polyelectrolyte solutions: effect of molecular weight, charge density and added salt

    Stephan Förster;Manfred Schmidt;Markus Antonietti

  • CdSe and CdSe/CdS Nanorod Solids

    Dmitri V Talapin;Elena V Shevchenko;Christopher B Murray;Andreas Kornowski

  • Scattering curves of ordered mesoscopic materials.

    Förster S;Timmann A;Konrad M;Schellbach C

  • Novel amphiphilic block copolymers by polymer reactions and their use for solubilization of metal salts and metal colloids

    Markus Antonietti;Stephan Förster;Jürgen Hartmann;Sascha Oestreich

  • Colloidal quasicrystals with 12-fold and 18-fold diffraction symmetry

    Steffen Fischer;Alexander Exner;Kathrin Zielske;Jan Perlich

  • High strength in combination with high toughness in robust and sustainable polymeric materials

    Xiaojian Liao;Martin Dulle;Juliana Martins de Souza e Silva;Ralf B. Wehrspohn;Ralf B. Wehrspohn

  • Synthesis of Nanoporous Silica with New Pore Morphologies by Templating the Assemblies of Ionic Block Copolymers

    Eckart Krämer;Stephan Förster;Christine Göltner;Markus Antonietti

  • Evidence for the preservation of the particle identity in miniemulsion polymerization.

    Katharina Landfester;Nina Bechthold;Stephan Förster;Markus Antonietti

  • Polyelectrolyte block copolymer micelles

    Stephan Förster;Volker Abetz;Axel H. E. Müller

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Antonietti
Markus Antonietti Max Planck Society
Horst Weller
Horst Weller Universität Hamburg
Josef Breu
Josef Breu University of Bayreuth
Markus Drechsler
Markus Drechsler University of Bayreuth
Andreas Fery
Andreas Fery Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Andreas Kornowski
Andreas Kornowski Universität Hamburg
Stephan V. Roth
Stephan V. Roth Royal Institute of Technology
Andreas Greiner
Andreas Greiner University of Bayreuth
Matthias Karg
Matthias Karg Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Axel H. E. Müller
Axel H. E. Müller Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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