Dr. Emmanuel Stiakakis

Senior scientist

Forschungsthemen

DNA-based materials, Self-assembly, liquid crystals, patchy particles, Microscopy, Light Scattering, Rheology, Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS)

Kontakt

+49 2461/61-3567

+49 2461/61-2280

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Adresse

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße
52428 Jülich

Institut für Biologische Informationsprozesse (IBI)

Biomakromolekulare Systeme und Prozesse (IBI-4)

Gebäude 04.6 / Raum 74

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Molecular engineering of novel soft crystalline phases using DNA

Emmanuel Stiakakis work focuses on the research area of experimental Soft Condensed Matter. We use DNA 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 bull phase behavior of diverse states of matter such as liquid crystals, crystalline phases, glasses and gels. To achieve our goals, we work in parallel with theory and simulation groups.

Vita

Education / Research experience

Since 2012: Staff member at the Institute of Biological Information Processing (IBI-4:Biomacromolecular Systems and Processes), Forschungszentrum Jülich.

2008-2012: Postdoctoral Research Associate at at the Institute of Complex Systems (ICS-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich.

2006-2008: Postdoctoral Research Associate at at the Institute of of Electronic Structureand Laser of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

2006: Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Crete (UOC).

2001: M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry (Applied Molecular Spectroscopy), University of Crete (UOC).

1999: B.Sc. in Physics, University of Crete (UOC).

Publikationen

Selected publications:

Nataša Adžić, Clemens Jochum, Christos N. Likos, and Emmanuel Stiakakis: Engineering Ultrasoft Interactions in Stiff All-DNA Dendrimers by Site-Specific Control of Scaffold Flexibility, Small, 2308763 (2024) [DOI: 10.1002/smll.202308763]

*Highlighted on the back-cover of the journal.

K. Gvozden, S. Novak Ratajczak, Alberto G. Orellana, E. Kentzinger, U. Rücker, J. K. G. Dhont, C. De Michele and E. Stiakakis: Self-assembly of all-DNA rods with controlled patchiness, Small,18, 2104510 (2022). [DOI:10.1002/smll.202104510]

E. Stiakakis, N. Jung, N. Adzic, T. Balandin, E. Kentzinger, U. Rücker, R.Biehl, J. K. G. Dhont, U. Jonas and C. N. Likos: Self assembling cluster crystals from DNA based dendritic nanostructures, Nat. Commun., 12, 7167 (2021). [DOI:10.1038/s41467-021-27412-3]

S. Novak, J. Zhang, E. Kentzinger, U. Rücker, G. Portale, N. Jung, U. Jonas, J. S. Myung, R. G. Winkler, G. Gompper, J. K. G. Dhont and E. Stiakakis: DNA Self-Assembly Mediated by Programmable Soft-Patchy Interactions, ACS Nano, 14, 13524-13535 (2020). [https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c0553]

M. Salamonczyk, J. Zhang, G. Portale, C. Zhu, E. Kentzinger, J. T. Gleeson, A. Jakli, C. De Michele, J. K. G. Dhont, S. Sprunt and E. Stiakakis: Smectic phase in suspensions of gapped DNA duplexes, Nat. Commun. 7, 13358 (2016). [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13358]

A full list of publications is available from my ORCID account

Letzte Änderung: 18.02.2025