Tilo Pompe

TL;DR: The contact line tension of a three-phase system (solid-liquid-vapor) is determined from the liquid surface topography data obtained with scanning force microscopy, which is consistent with theory.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that these options permit control of the physicochemical constraints for bioactive molecules immobilized at interfaces to influence important performance characteristics of biofunctionalized materials for medical devices and molecular diagnostics.

TL;DR: A rapid and simple approach for immobilizing signaling ligands to maleic anhydride copolymer thin-film coatings is reported, enabling stable signaling ligand presentation at interfaces at defined concentrations.

TL;DR: It is shown how pore size and fibril diameter of collagen I networks distinctively regulate cancer cell morphology and invasion, and suggests a correlation of migratory and invasive phenotype of cancer cells in dependence on topological and mechanical features of the length scale of single fibrils and not on coarse-grained network properties.

TL;DR: POx bottle-brush brushes synthesized by SIPGP and consecutive LCROP of 2-oxazolines on 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane-modified silicon substrates prove extremely low protein adsorption and cell adhesion on BBBs with hydrophilic side chains.