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Interfacial mechanisms responsible for the frictional behavior

We invite applications for a one-year postdoctoral position to work on the interfacial mechanisms responsible for the frictional behavior of solid bodies. We experimentally investigate the role of

Microfluidic flow of biomimetic tissues

The University of Montpellier offers three PhD grants to carry on a PhD in Physics in the Laboratory of Charles Coulomb (L2C), starting on October 2018 and for a duration of three years. Project

Polymer synthesis and characterization, ESPCI Paris

Context L’École SupĂ©rieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris; https://www.espci.fr/en/) is both a “Grande École d’ingĂ©nieurs” and a research institute (17

Mechano-bactericidal mechanism of graphene nanomaterials

Interface Focus, 8, 20170060, (2018) Denver P. Linklater, Vladimir A. Baulin, Saulius Juodkazis and Elena P. Ivanova Growing interest in the bactericidal effect of graphene and graphene-derived

Study of melanin localization in the mature male Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis damselfly wings

J. Synchrotron Rad. 25, 874-877 (2018) Vi Khanh Truong, Jitraporn Vongsvivut, Nipuni Mahanamanam Geeganagamage, Mark J. Tobin, Pere Luque, Vladimir A. Baulin, Marco Werner, Shane Maclaughlin, Russell

Pheochromocytoma (PC12) Cell Response on Mechanobactericidal Titanium Surfaces

Materials 2018, 11(4), 605 (2018); https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11040605 Jason V. Wandiyanto, Denver Linklater, Pallale G. Tharushi Perera, Anna Orlowska, Vi Khanh Truong, Helmut Thissen, Shahram

Nanomaterial interactions with biomembranes: Bridging the gap between soft matter models and biological context

Biointerphases 13, 028501 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5022145 M. Werner, T. Auth, P. A. Beales, J. B. Fleury, F. Höök, H. Kress, R. C. Van Lehn, M. MĂŒller, E. P. Petrov, L. Sarkisov, J.-U

Formation and Stabilization of Pores in Bilayer Membranes by Peptide-like Amphiphilic Polymers

Soft matter, 2018, DOI: 10.1039/C7SM02404E, Ankush Checkervarty, Marco Werner, and Jens Uwe Sommer We study pore formation in models of lipid-bilayer membranes interacting with amphiphilic copolymers