Kristin Sott

TL;DR: It is shown how quantitative data about the thickness, shear elastic modulus, and shear viscosity of the protein film can be obtained with the QCM-D technique, even beyond the Sauerbrey regime, if frequency (f) and energy dissipation (D) measurements measured at multiple harmonics are combined with theoretical simulations using a Voight-based viscoelastic model.

TL;DR: Using a combination of microelectrofusion, spontaneous nanotube pattern formation, and satellite-vesicle injection, complex networks of containers and nanotubes can be produced for a range of applications in, for example, nanofluidics and artificial cell design.

TL;DR: An experimental method enabling acquisition of data on the behaviour of single cells upon reversible environmental perturbations is demonstrated, where microfluidics is combined with optical tweezers and fluorescence microscopy.

TL;DR: A novel micropipet-assisted technique for the construction of complex, surface-immobilized two-dimensional microscopic networks of unilamellar phospholipid bilayer vesicles interconnected by lipid nanotubes, which have controlled connectivity and are well-defined with regard to the container size, angle between Nanotube extensions, and nanotube length.

TL;DR: The adsorption behavior of the mussel adhesive protein Mytilus edulis foot protein‐1 has been investigated on a negatively charged polar SiO2 surface and an electrically inert non‐polar CH3‐terminated thiolated gold surface, suggesting that the high level of metal ions present in the byssus thread might be essential for the cohesive and adhesive properties of this protein.