Prof. Peter Lang - We use evanescent light scattering to study near-surface effects.
By mimicking the brain's microvasculature in 3D microfluidics and analysing the resulting deformation of red blood cells, we gain access to the main transport phenomena in the brain.
DNA is used as a programmable nanoscale bulding block for fabricating all-DNA and DNA-based particles with engineered shape and interaction potentials that could serve as model systems for exploring unconventional bulk phase behaviour of diverse states of matter such as liquid crystals, crystalline phases and gels.
Dr. Kyongok Kang - We explore the phase behaviours of proteins (lysozyme, BSA and others) in electric fields, as well as field induced polarization.
Using advanced theory and mesoscale computer simulations, we investigate the dynamics of concentrated protein solutions in bulk and quasi-two-dimensional confinement, and the initial stage of postsynaptic signal transduction.
Johan Buitenhuis has a background in colloidal synthesis of latex, gold and especially silica (nano)particles and Hartmut Kriegs is designing specialized experimental, often optical setups, which are not commercially available.
Prof. Dr. Simone Wiegand - Our work focuses on thermodiffusion in a biological context, where there are two major applications for the effect: accumulation of a component in microfluidic devices through a combination of thermodiffusion and convection, and the monitoring of protein binding reactions through the sensitivity of thermodiffusion to complex formations.
