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BiO-imagiNg with
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nanopartIcles
  
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MPI -
Max Planck Gesellschaft
[1] Max Planck Institute of Colloids and
Interfaces
[2] Max Planck Institute for Astronomy |
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Town (Country):
Local
Contact:
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[1] Potsdam (Germany)
[2] Heidelberg (Germany)
[1]
Dr. Dayang WANG
Tel.:
E-mail: dayang@mpikg-golm.mpg.de
[2]
Prof. Friedrich HUISKEN
Tel.:
E-mail: p2hufr@uni-jena.de |
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Background and Activity within
the Project |
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The MPIKG group (Max Planck Institute of
Colloids and Interfaces) is formed by 8 researchers who are very active in the
field of colloids study. Its research activities embody fabrication,
self-assembly and medical applications of multifunctional colloidal particles
spanning nm and microns. In this project, its role is to create a bridge between
the expertises of gram-scale nanoparticle synthesis and the biological
application of nanoparticles. It is aimed to establish an efficient and
versatile way, stepwise surface-initiated ATRP, to coat nanoparticles, mainly
derived from laser pyrolysis, with biocompatible polymer brushes, thus achieve
both robust colloidal stability and biocompatibility. This success is
prerequisite for the medical application of the nanoparticles obtained by other
partners. The group leader Dr. D. Wang has well documented expertise in
colloidal chemistry of NP and will be responsible for the WP2 on the fabrication
of colloidally stable, bio-compatible NPs. The labs in MPIKG are equipped with
state-of-the-art facility of characterization of structures and colloidal
stability of nanoparticles (TEM, SEM, AFM, SAXS, DLS, GPC, NMR, TGA, analytical
ultracentrifuge, thermal analysis, and absorption, fluorescence, and Raman
spectroscopy) and advanced Schlenk line apparatuses for molecular synthesis and
ATRP Some selected
publications:
Duan, H., Kuang, M., Wang, D., Kurth, D., Möhwald,
H.
Colloidal Stable Amphibious Nanocrystals Derived from
Poly[(2-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate] Capping
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 44 (2005) 1717-1720
Duan, H. W., Wang, D., Kurth, D., Möhwald, H.
Directing Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles at Water/Oil
Interfaces
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 43 (2004), 5639-5642.
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