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Peer reviewed publications to date (September 2018):

Cigdem Yesildag, Zhaofei Ouyang, Zhenfang Zhang*, Marga C. Lensen* “Micro-Patterning of PEG-Based Hydrogels With Gold Nanoparticles Using a Reactive Micro-Contact-Printing Approach” Front. Chem., 2019, 6, 667 (special issue - open access) DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00667  URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fchem.2018.00667

Zhenfang Zhang, Qian Li, Cigdem Yesildag, Christoph Bartsch, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Wei Liu, Axel Loebus, Zhiqiang Su*, Marga C. Lensen* “Influence of Network Structure on the Crystallization Behavior in Chemically Crosslinked Hydrogels” Polymers, 2018, 10, 970 (open access) https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10090970

 

Armel F. T. Waffo, Cigdem Yesildag, Giorgio Caserta, Sagie Katz, Ingo Zebger, Marga C. Lensen, Ulla Wollenberger, Frieder W. Scheller, Zeynep Altintas* "Fully Electrochemical MIP Sensor for Artemisinin" Sensors Actuators B Chem., 2018, 275, 163–173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2018.08.018

Cigdem Yesildag, Christoph Bartsch and Marga C. Lensen* “Micropatterning of Au NPs on PEG Hydrogels Using Different Silanes To Control Cell Adhesion on the Nanocomposites” ACS Omega, 2018,  3(7), 7214-7223. (open access)  DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b00863

 

Cigdem Yesildag, Arina Tyushina and Marga C. Lensen* “Nano-Contact Transfer with Gold Nanoparticles on PEG Hydrogels and Using Wrinkled PDMS-Stamps” Polymers, 2017, 9(6): 199. (special issue - open access) DOI: 10.3390/polym9060199
 

Cigdem Yesildag, Christoph Bartsch, Gonzalo de Vicente and Marga C. Lensen* “Novel Wet Micro-Contact Deprinting Method for Patterning Gold Nanoparticles on PEG-Hydrogels and Thereby Controlling Cell Adhesion” Polymers, 2017, 9(5): 176. (special issue - open access) DOI: 10.3390/polym9050176

Fang Ren, Cigdem Yesildag, Zhenfang Zhang*, Marga C. Lensen* “Surface Patterning of Gold Nanoparticles on PEG-Based Hydrogels to Control Cell Adhesion” Polymers, 2017, 9(5): 154. (special issue - open access) DOI: 10.3390/polym9050154

Fang Ren, Cigdem Yesildag, Zhenfang Zhang*, Marga C. Lensen* “Functional PEG-Hydrogels Convey Gold Nanoparticles from Silicon and Aid Cell Adhesion onto the Nanocomposites” Chem. Mater., 2017, 29(5): 2008-2015. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b03548

Matthias P. Exner, Tilmann Kuenzl, Tuyet Mai T. To, Zhaofei Ouyang, Sergej Schwagerus, Michael G. Hoesl, Christian P. R. Hackenberger, Marga C. Lensen, Sven Panke, Nediljko Budisa* "Design of S-Allylcysteine in Situ Production and Incorporation Based on a Novel Pyrrolysyl-tRNA Synthetase Variant" ChemBioChem, 2017, 18(1): 85-90. DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201600537

Gonzalo de Vicente and Marga C. Lensen* "Topographically and elastically micropatterned PEG-based hydrogels to control cell adhesion and migration" European Polymer Journal, 2016, 78: 290-301. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2016.03.020

 

Zhikun Zheng*, Xianghui Zhang, Christof Neumann, Daniel Emmrich, Andreas Winter, Henning Vieker, Wei Liu, Marga Lensen, Armin Gölzhäuser and Andrey Turchanin "Hybrid van der Waals heterostructures of zero-dimensional and two-dimensional materials" Nanoscale, 2015, 7(32): 13393-13397. DOI: 10.1039/c5nr03475b

 

Christine Strehmel, Heidi Perez-Hernandez, Zhenfang Zhang, Axel Löbus, Andrés F. Lasagni and Marga C. Lensen* "Geometric Control of Cell Alignment and Spreading within the Confinement of Anti-Adhesive Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Microstructures on Laser-Patterned Surfaces" ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2015, 1(9): 747-752. DOI: 10.1021/ab5001657

 

Changzhu Wu, Christine Strehmel, Katharina Achazi, Leonardo Chiappisi, Jens Dernedde, Marga C. Lensen, Michael Gradzielski, Marion B. Ansorge-Schumacher, and Rainer Haag* "Enzymatically Crosslinked Hyperbranched Polyglycerol Hydrogels as Scaffolds for Living Cells" Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15(11): 3881-3890. DOI: 10.1021/bm500705x

 

Zhenfang Zhang, Axel Loebus, Gonzalo de Vicente, Fang Ren, Manar Arafeh, Zhaofei Ouyang and Marga C. Lensen* "Synthesis of Poly(ethylene glycol)-based Hydrogels via Amine-Michael Type Addition with Tunable Stiffness and Postgelation Chemical Functionality" Chem. Mater., 2014, 26(12): 3624–3630. DOI: 10.1021/cm500203j

 

Susan Kelleher, Zhenfang Zhang, Axel Löbus, Christine Strehmel and Marga C. Lensen* "Blending PEG-based polymers and their use in surface micro-patterning by the FIMIC method to obtain topographically smooth patterns of elasticity" Biomaterials Science, 2014, 2(3): 410–418. DOI: 10.1039/c3bm60218d

 

Jingyu Chen, Manar Arafeh, Amandine Guiet, Diana Felkel, Axel Loebus, Susan Kelleher, Anna Fischer, Marga Lensen* "Hybrid Hierarchical Patterns of Gold Nanoparticles and Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Microstructures" Journal of Materials Chemistry C, special issue “Nanofabrication” (on invitation); 2013, 1(46): 7709–7715. DOI: 10.1039/c3tc30811a

 

V. A. Schulte, D. F. Alves, P. P. Dalton, M. Moeller, M. C. Lensen* and P. Mela* "Micro-Engineered PEG Hydrogels: 3D Scaffolds for Guided Cell Growth" Macromolecular Bioscience, 2013, 13(5): 562–572. DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201200376

 

Christine Strehmel, Zhenfang Zhang, Nadine Strehmel and Marga C. Lensen* "Cell phenotypic changes of mouse connective tissue fibroblasts (L-929) to poly(ethylene glycol)-based gels" Biomaterials Science (on invitation); 2013, 1: 850-859. DOI: 10.1039/c3bm60055f

 

R. Tsekov* and M. C. Lensen "Brownian motion and temperament of living cells" Chinese Physics Letters, 2013, 30(7): 070501. DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/30/7/070501

 

Susan Kelleher, Aniek Jongerius, Axel Loebus, Christine Strehmel, Zhenfang Zhang and Marga C. Lensen* "AFM Characterisation of elastically micropatterned surfaces fabricated by Fill-Molding In Capillaries (FIMIC) and investigation of the topographical influence on cell adhesion to the patterns" Advanced Engineering Materials (special issue Advanced Biomaterials; Euro Biomat Jena), 2012, 14(3): B56-B66. DOI: 10.1002/adem.201180087

 

Vera A. Schulte, Mar Diez, Martin Möller, Marga C. Lensen* "Topography induced cell adhesion to Acr-sP(EO-stat-PO) hydrogels: the role of protein adsorption" Macromolecular Bioscience, 2011, 11(10): 1378–1386. DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201100087

 

Mar Diez, Vera A. Schulte, Filippo Stefanoni, Carlo F. Natale, Francesco Mollica, Claudia M. Cesa, Jingyu Chen, Martin Möller, Paolo A. Netti, Maurizio Ventre and Marga C. Lensen* "Molding Micropatterns of Elasticity on PEG-based Hydrogels to Control Cell Adhesion and Migration" Advanced Engineering Materials, 2011, 13(10): B395–B404. DOI: 10.1002/adem.201080122

 

V. A. Schulte, M. Díez, Y. Hu, M. Möller and M. C. Lensen* "Combined Influence of Substrate Stiffness and Surface Topography on the Antiadhesive Properties of Acr-sP(EO-stat-PO) hydrogels" Biomacromolecules, 2010, 11(12): 3375–3383. DOI: 10.1021/bm100881y

 

V. A. Schulte, Y. Hu, M. Díez, D. Bünger, M. Möller and M. C. Lensen* "A hydrophobic perfluoropolyether elastomer as a patternable biomaterial for cell culture and tissue engineering" Biomaterials, 2010, 31(33): 8583 – 8595. DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.07.070

 

M. Bartneck*, V. A. Schulte, N. Paul, M. Diez, M. C. Lensen and G. Zwadlo-Klarwasser "Induction of specific macrophage subtypes by defined micro-patterned structures" Acta Biomater, 2010, 6(10): 3864-3872. DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2010.04.025

 

S. Gilles, M. Diez, A. Offenhäusser, M. C. Lensen and D. Mayer* "Deformation of nanostructures on polymer stamps during soft UV nanoimprint lithography" Nanotechnology, 2010, 21(24): 245307 (7pp). DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/24/245307

 

J. Chen, P. Mela, M. Möller and M. C. Lensen* "Micro-contact deprinting: a technique to pattern gold nanoparticles" ACS Nano, 2009, 3(6): 1451-1456. DOI: 10.1021/nn9002924

 

M. Diez, P. Mela, V. Seshan, M. Möller and M. C. Lensen* "Nanomolding of PEG-based hydrogels with sub-10nm resolution" Small, 2009, 5(23): 2756-2760. DOI: 10.1002/smll.200901313

 

V. A. Schulte, M. Díez, M. Möller and M. C. Lensen* "Surface Topography Induces Fibroblast Adhesion on Intrinsically Non-adhesive Poly(ethylene glycol) Substrates" Biomacromolecules, 2009, 10(10): 2795-2801. DOI: 10.1021/bm900631s

 

Marga C. Lensen,* Vera A. Schulte, Jochen Salber, Mar Diez, Fabian R. Menges, Martin Möller "Cellular responses to novel, micro-patterned biomaterials" Pure Appl. Chem., 2008, 80(11): 2479–2487. DOI: 10.1351/pac200880112479

 

Marga C. Lensen,* Petra Mela, Ahmed Mourran, Juergen Groll, Jean Heuts, Haitao Rong, Martin Möller: "Micro- and Nanopatterned Star Poly(Ethylene Glycol) (PEG) Materials Prepared by UV-Based Imprint Lithography", Langmuir, 2007, 23(14): 7841-7846. DOI: 10.1021/la7007683

 

Book Chapters:

Cigdem Yesildag, Zhenfang Zhang, Gonzalo de Vicente, Fang Ren and Marga Lensen* "Nano- and Micro-Patterning of Gold Nanoparticles on PEG-based Hydrogels for Controlling Cell Adhesion" in Noble and Precious Metals - Occurrence, Recovery, Properties and Applications (ISBN 978-1-78923-293-6) InTech- Open Access Publisher, Ed. Mohindar Seehra, 2018, Chapter 7, page 139-160. DOI:10.5772/intechopen.71548

 

G. de Vicente, C. Strehmel and M. C. Lensen* "Controlling Cellular Adhesion and Migration on Intrinsically Non-Adhesive Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Hydrogels via Surface Micro-Patterning" in Advances in Chemistry Research. Vol. 38 (ISBN 978-1-53612-130-8) Nova Publishers, Ed.: James C. Taylor, 2017. Chapter 4.

T. Sabel and M. C. Lensen. "Volume Holography: Novel Materials, Methods and Applications" in Holographic Materials and Optical Systems (ISBN 978-953-51-3038-3) InTech- Open Access Publisher, Ed.: I. Naydenova, T. Babeva, and D. Nazarova, 2017. Chapter 1, page 1-25.

M. C. Lensen*, V. A. Schulte, M. Diez "Cell adhesion and spreading on an intrinsically anti-adhesive PEG biomaterial" in ‘Biomaterial, Book 1’ (ISBN 978-953-307-418-4) InTech- Open Access Publisher, Ed.: R. Pignatello, 2011. Chapter 20, page 397-414.

 

M. Diez, V. A. Schulte, J. Chen and M. C. Lensen* "Patterned PEG-hydrogels to manipulate cell adhesion and migration" in ‘Natural Polymers, Biopolymers, Biomaterials, and Their Composites, Blends and IPNS’ (ISBN: 978-1-926895-16-1) Apple Academics, Canada, Ed.: S. Thomas, l. Pothen, and A. K. Haghi, 2012 , in press (available in July 2012).

M. C. Lensen*, M. Diez, and V. A. Schulte "Patternable biomaterials; elastomers for biomedical applications" in ′Elastomers: Types, Properties and Applications′ (ISBN: 978-1-61470-198-9) Nova Publishers, Ed.: J. Balcazara and E. Paules, 2012. Chapter 2, page 37-58.

 

Other Publications:

 

Marga C. Lensen*, Axel Löbus, Zhenfang Zhang "Patterning of Versatile Nanocomposite Biomaterials based on Bioinert PEG-Hydrogels and Bioactive Nanohydroxyapatite and Cellular Responses to the Biointerfaces" Journal of Medical Materials and Technologies, 2017, 1(2) (Special Issue Proceedings of 4th Euro BioMAT): 30-31. (open access) Doi: https://doi.org/10.24354/medmat.v1i2.21.

 

T. Sabel, M. C. Lensen "Function and structure – Combined optical functionality and specific bio-interaction for multifunctional biomedical materials" Journal of Medical Materials and Technologies, 2017, 1(2) (Special Issue Proceedings of 4th Euro BioMAT): 5-7. (open access) DOI: https://doi.org/10.24354/medmat.v1i2.13

M. C. Lensen* "Micro- and Nanopatterned Biomaterials: Fundamental Research for Tissue Engineering Applications" BioTOPics, 2012, 43 (Biomaterials in Medicine): 16-17.

 

V. A. Schulte, M. Díez, M. Möller and M. C. Lensen* "Cellular responses to physically and mechanically patterned biomaterials" eCM Journal 2010, 20: 157.

 

R. Tsekov* and M. C. Lensen “Brownian motion and temperament of living cells” arXiv 2010, 0910.0927v3.

 

M. Bartneck, V. Schulte, N. Paul, M. Lensen and G. Zwadlo-Klarwasser "Topographical control of human primary macrophages by different perfluoropolyether (PFPE) microstructures" Biomaterialien, 2009, 10, Heft 3/ 4: 136.

 

Marga C. Lensen,* Vera A. Schulte, Mar Díez, Petra Mela and Martin Möller: "Micro- and Nano-patterned Surfaces for Specific Biointeraction" PMSE Preprint, 2008, 99: 86.

 

Marga C. Lensen,* Mar Díez, Vera A. Schulte, Petra Mela, and Martin Möller. "Nano- and micro-patterned biomaterials" J. Fudan Univ. – Natural Science, 2007, 46: 706.

 

Patents:

 

Marga C. Lensen, Martin Möller. "Structuring hydrogels" US Patent ,US 2007/0286883 A1, 2007.

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