Publications | Adolphe Merkle Institute

Donor‐acceptor Stenhouse adduct-polydimethylsiloxane-conjugates for enhanced photoswitching in bulk polymers
Michèle Clerc, Cem Tekin, Sebastian Ulrich, Rafael V. M. Freire, Stefan Salentinig, Nico Bruns, Luciano F. Boesel
Macromolecular Rapid Communications , 2200120 (2022)

Bioengineered Protein Nanocage by Small Heat Shock Proteins Delivering mTERT siRNA for Enhanced Colorectal Cancer Suppression
Hao Wang, Ning Liu, Fuxu Yang, Nannan Hu, Mingyue Wang, Meiying Cui, Nico Bruns, Xingang Guan
ACS Applied Bio Materials (2022)

Nano-3D-printed photochromic micro-objects

Small (2021)

Infiltration of Proteins in Cholesteric Cellulose Structures
Livia K. Bast, Konrad W. Klockars, Luiz G. Greca, Orlando J. Rojas, Blaise L. Tardy, Nico Bruns
Biomacromolecules (2021)

A methodology for remote microwave sterilization applicable to the coronavirus and other pathogens using retrodirective antenna arrays

IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology (2021)

Promoting the Furan Ring‐Opening Reaction to Access New Donor–Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts with Hexafluoroisopropanol
Michèle Clerc, Friedrich Stricker, Sebastian Ulrich, Miranda Sroda, Nico Bruns, Luciano F. Boesel, Javier Read de Alaniz
Angewandte Chemie (2021)

Promoting the furan ring opening reaction to access new donor–acceptor stenhouse adducts with hexafluoroisopropanol

Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2021)

Shear stress-responsive polymersome nanoreactors inspired by the marine bioluminescence of dinoflagellates
Omar Rifaie‐Graham, Nikolas F. B. Galensowske, Charlie Dean, Jonas Pollard, Sandor Balog, Micael G. Gouveia, Mohamed Chami, Antoine Vian, Esther Amstad, Marco Lattuada, Nico Bruns
Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2021)

Stabilizing Enzymes within Polymersomes by Coencapsulation of Trehalose
Maria Valentina Dinu, Ionel Adrian Dinu, Sina S. Saxer, Wolfgang Meier, Uwe Pieles, Nico Bruns
Biomacromolecules (2021)

Rapid quantification of the malaria biomarker hemozoin by improved biocatalytically initiated precipitation atom transfer radical polymerizations
Samuel Raccio, Jonas Pollard, Ashley Djuhadi, Sandor Balog, Michela M. Pellizzoni, Kyle J. Rodriguez, Omar Rifaie-Graham, Nico Bruns
Analyst (2020)

Silk Sericin-Polylactide Protein–Polymer Conjugates as Biodegradable Amphiphilic Materials and Their Application in Drug Release Systems
Kanittha Boonpavanitchakul, Livia K. Bast, Nico Bruns, Rathanawan Magaraphan
Bioconjugate Chemistry (2020)

Functional membranes based on amphiphilic polymer co-networks
Sebastian Ulrich, Luciano F. Boesel, Nico Bruns
Amphiphilic Polymer Co-networks (2020)

Tuning the Properties of a UV-Polymerized, Cross-Linked Solid Polymer Electrolyte for Lithium Batteries
Preston Sutton, Martino Airoldi, Luca Porcarelli, Jorge L. Olmedo-Martínez, Clément Mugemana, Nico Bruns, David Mecerreyes, Ullrich Steiner, Ilja Gunkel
Polymers (2020)

Self-healing metallo-supramolecular amphiphilic polymer conetworks
Clément Mugemana, Patrick Grysan, Reiner Dieden, David Ruch, Nico Bruns, Philippe Dubois
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics (2020)

Biocatalytically Initiated Precipitation Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) as a Quantitative Method for Hemoglobin Detection in Biological Fluids
Jonas Pollard, Omar Rifaie-Graham, Samuel Raccio, Annabelle Davey, Sandor Balog, Nico Bruns
Analytical Chemistry (2020)

Virtual special issue "Biomimetic Polymers"
Nico Bruns, Thomas Scheibel
European Polymer Journal (2020)

Hemozoin-catalyzed precipitation polymerization as an assay for malaria diagnosis
Omar Rifaie-Graham, Jonas Pollard, Samuel Raccio, Sandor Balog, Sebastian Rusch, María Andrea Hernández-Castañeda, Pierre-Yves Mantel, Hans-Peter Beck, Nico Bruns
Nature Communications (2019)

Pyranine-modified amphiphilic polymer conetworks as fluorescent ratiometric pH sensors
Sebastian Ulrich, Alina Osypova, Guido Panzarasa, René M. Rossi, Nico Bruns, Luciano F. Boesel
Macromolecular Rapid Communications (2019)

Light-responsive block copolymers with a spiropyran located at the block junction
Edward A. Apebende, Laurent Dubois, Nico Bruns
European Polymer Journal (2019)

Enzymatic Polymerizations, Volume 627

Methods in Enzymology (2019)

Enzyme-initiated free radical polymerizations of vinyl monomers using horseradish peroxidase
Kyle J. Rodriguez, Michela M. Pellizzoni, Robert J. Chadwick, Chao Guo, Nico Bruns
Methods in Enzymology (2019)

Biocatalytic ATRP in solution and on surfaces
Kyle J. Rodriguez, Michela M. Pellizzoni, Mohammad Divandari, Edmondo M. Benetti, Nico Bruns
Methods in Enzymology (2019)

Preface
Nico Bruns, Katja Loos
Methods in Enzymology (2019)

Bio-inspired polymersome nanoreactors
Omar Rifaie-Graham, Edward A. Apebende, Nico Bruns
CHIMIA (2019)

Chlorophyll derivatives as catalysts and comonomers for atom transfer radical polymerizations
Bernadetta Gajewska, Samuel Raccio, Kyle J. Rodriguez, Nico Bruns
Polymer Chemistry (2019)

Effects of Silk Degumming Process on Physicochemical, Tensile, and Optical Properties of Regenerated Silk Fibroin
Kira Nultsch, Livia K. Bast, Muriel Näf, Salima El Yakhlifi, Nico Bruns, Oliver Germershaus
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering (2018)

The kinetics of hematin crystallization measured by depolarized light scattering
Omar Rifaie-Graham, Xiao Hua, Nico Bruns, Sandor Balog
Small (2018)

Repurposing Biocatalysts to Control Radical Polymerizations
Kyle J. Rodriguez, Bernadetta Gajewska, Jonas Pollard, Michela M. Pellizzoni, Csaba Fodor, Nico Bruns
ACS Macro Letters (2018)

DNA-Coated Functional Oil Droplets
Alessio Caciagli, Mykolas Zupkauskas, Aviad Levin, Tuomas P. J. Knowles, Clément Mugemana, Nico Bruns, Thomas O’Neill, William J. Frith, Erika Eiser
Langmuir (2018)

Biocatalytic ATRP
Jonas Pollard, Nico Bruns
Reversible Deactivation Radical Polymerization: Mechanisms and Synthetic Methodologies (2018)

Wide Range of Functionalized Poly(N-alkyl acrylamide)-Based Amphiphilic Polymer Conetworks via Active Ester Precursors
Sebastian Ulrich, Amin Sadeghpour, René M. Rossi, Nico Bruns, Luciano F. Boesel
Macromolecules (2018)

Wavelength-Selective Light-Responsive DASA-Functionalized Polymersome Nanoreactors
Omar Rifaie-Graham, Sebastian Ulrich, Nikolas F. B. Galensowske, Sandor Balog, Mohamed Chami, Daniel Rentsch, James R. Hemmer, Javier Read de Alaniz, Luciano F. Boesel, Nico Bruns
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2018)

Self-Reporting Fiber-Reinforced Composites That Mimic the Ability of Biological Materials to Sense and Report Damage
Omar Rifaie-Graham, Edward A. Apebende, Livia K. Bast, Nico Bruns
Advanced Materials (2018)

Bioinspiration Across All Length Scales of Materials
Silvia Vignolini, Nico Bruns
Advanced Materials (2018)

Bioinspired Materials: (Adv. Mater. 19/2018)

Advanced Materials (2018)

Controlling Enzymatic Polymerization from Surfaces with Switchable Bioaffinity
Mohammad Divandari, Jonas Pollard, Ella Dehghani, Nico Bruns, Edmondo M. Benetti
Biomacromolecules (2017)

Structural Behavior of Cylindrical Polystyrene-block-Poly(ethylene-butylene)-block-Polystyrene (SEBS) Triblock Copolymer Containing MWCNTs: On the Influence of Nanoparticle Surface Modification
Noushin Hasanabadi, Hossein Nazockdast, Bernadetta Gajewska, Sandor Balog, Ilja Gunkel, Nico Bruns, Marco Lattuada
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics (2017)

Visible Light-Responsive DASA-Polymer Conjugates
Sebastian Ulrich, James R. Hemmer, Zachariah A. Page, Neil D. Dolinski, Omar Rifaie-Graham, Nico Bruns, Craig J. Hawker, Luciano F. Boesel, Javier Read de Alaniz
ACS Macro Letters (2017)

Biocatalytic atom transfer radical polymerization in a protein cage nanoreactor
Kasper Renggli, Nora Sauter, Martin Rother, Martin G. Nussbaumer, Raphael Urbani, Thomas Pfohl, Nico Bruns
Polymer Chemistry (2017)

Chapter 11. Self-reporting Polymeric Materials with Mechanochromic Properties
Jose V. Araujo, Omar Rifaie-Graham, Edward A. Apebende, Nico Bruns
Bio-inspired Polymers (2017)

Laccase-catalyzed controlled radical polymerization of N-vinylimidazole
Csaba Fodor, Bernadetta Gajewska, Omar Rifaie-Graham, Edward A. Apebende, Jonas Pollard, Nico Bruns
Polym. Chem. (2016)

Protein cages and synthetic polymers: a fruitful symbiosis for drug delivery applications, bionanotechnology and materials science
Martin Rother, Martin G. Nussbaumer, Kasper Renggli, Nico Bruns
Chem. Soc. Rev. (2016)

Bio-inspired Polymers

RSC Polymer Chemistry Series (2016)

Preface

Bio-inspired Polymers (2016)

Using the dendritic polymer PAMAM to form gold nanoparticles in the protein cage thermosome
Martin G. Nussbaumer, Christoph Bisig, Nico Bruns
Chem. Commun. (2016)

Chaperonin-Dendrimer Conjugates for siRNA Delivery
Martin G. Nussbaumer, Jason T. Duskey, Martin Rother, Kasper Renggli, Mohamed Chami, Nico Bruns
Advanced Science (2016)

Self-Sealing and Puncture Resistant Breathable Membranes for Water-Evaporation Applications
Martin Rother, Jonas Barmettler, Andreas Reichmuth, Jose V. Araujo, Christian Rytka, Olfa Glaied, Uwe Pieles, Nico Bruns
Adv. Mater. (2015)

Reduction-Sensitive Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymers Self-Assemble Into Stimuli-Responsive Micelles for Drug Delivery
Smahan Toughraï, Violeta Malinova, Raffaello Masciadri, Sindhu Menon, Pascal Tanner, Cornelia Palivan, Nico Bruns, Wolfgang Meier
Macromol. Biosci. (2015)

Filling Polymersomes with Polymers by Peroxidase-Catalyzed Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
Maria Valentina Dinu, Mariana Spulber, Kasper Renggli, Dalin Wu, Christophe A. Monnier, Alke Petri-Fink, Nico Bruns
Macromol. Rapid Commun. (2015)

Polymeric Particulates for Subunit Vaccine Delivery
Thomas Schuster, Martin Nussbaumer, Patric Baumann, Nico Bruns, Wolfgang Meier, Anja Car
Subunit Vaccine Delivery (2014)

pH-Responsive PDMS-b-PDMAEMA Micelles for Intracellular Anticancer Drug Delivery
Anja Car, Patric Baumann, Jason T. Duskey, Mohamed Chami, Nico Bruns, Wolfgang Meier
Biomacromolecules (2014)

From Membrane to Skin: Aqueous Permeation Control Through Light-Responsive Amphiphilic Polymer Co-Networks
Katrin Schöller, Sabrina Küpfer, Lukas Baumann, Patrick M. Hoyer, Damien de Courten, René M. Rossi, Aliaksei Vetushka, Martin Wolf, Nico Bruns, Lukas J. Scherer
Advanced Functional Materials (2014)

Mechanical unfolding of a fluorescent protein enables self-reporting of damage in carbon-fibre-reinforced composites
Samuel Lörcher, Thomas Winkler, Katarzyna Makyła, Claudiane Ouellet-Plamondon, Ingo Burgert, Nico Bruns
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2014)

Poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)-Poly(dimethylsiloxane)-Based Polymersome Nanoreactors for Laccase-Catalyzed Biotransformations
Mariana Spulber, Patric Baumann, Sina S. Saxer, Uwe Pieles, Wolfgang Meier, Nico Bruns
Biomacromolecules (2014)

A Chaperonin as Protein Nanoreactor for Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization
Kasper Renggli, Martin G. Nussbaumer, Raphael Urbani, Thomas Pfohl, Nico Bruns
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition (2014)

Combining Polymers with the Functionality of Proteins: New Concepts for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization, Nanoreactors and Damage Self-reporting Materials
Nico Bruns, Samuel Lörcher, Katarzyna Makyła, Jonas Pollarda, Kasper Renggli, Mariana Spulber
Chimia (2013)

Real-Time Viscosity and Mass Density Sensors Requiring Microliter Sample Volume Based on Nanomechanical Resonators
Benjamin A. Bircher, Luc Duempelmann, Kasper Renggli, Hans Peter Lang, Christoph Gerber, Nico Bruns, Thomas Braun
Analytical Chemistry (2013)

Printing enzymes for colorimetric assays on paper
Roger Marti, David Spichiger
CHIMIA (2013)

Hemoglobin and Red Blood Cells Catalyze Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
Tilana B. Silva, Mariana Spulber, Marzena K. Kocik, Farzad Seidi, Himanshu Charan, Martin Rother, Severin J. Sigg, Kasper Renggli, Gergely Kali, Nico Bruns
Biomacromolecules (2013)

Photoreaction of a Hydroxyalkyphenone with the Membrane of Polymersomes: A Versatile Method To Generate Semipermeable Nanoreactors
Mariana Spulber, Adrian Najer, Katharina Winkelbach, Olfa Glaied, Marcus Waser, Uwe Pieles, Wolfgang Meier, Nico Bruns
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2013)

Fluorescent Protein Senses and Reports Mechanical Damage in Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites
Katarzyna Makyła, Christoph Müller, Samuel Lörcher, Thomas Winkler, Martin G. Nussbaumer, Michaela Eder, Nico Bruns
Advanced Materials (2013)

Biocatalytic ATRP: Controlled Radical Polymerizations Mediated by Enzymes
Kasper Renggli, Mariana Spulber, Jonas Pollard, Martin Rother, Nico Bruns
Green Polymer Chemistry: Biocatalysis and Materials II (2013)

ATRPases: enzymes as catalysts for atom transfer radical polymerization
Severin J. Sigg, Farzad Seidi, Kasper Renggli, Tilana B. Silva, Gergely Kali, Nico Bruns
Chimia (2012)

ATRPases: Using Nature's Catalysts in Atom Transfer Radical Polymerizations
Gergely Kali, Tilana B. Silva, Severin J. Sigg, Farzad Seidi, Kasper Renggli, Nico Bruns
Progress in Controlled Radical Polymerization: Mechanisms and Techniques (2012)

Use of a novel initiator for synthesis of amino-end functionalized polystyrene (NH2-PS) by atom transfer radical polymerization
Ali Pourjavadi, Farzad Seidi, Payam Eftekhar Jahromi, Hamid Salimi, Saeed Roshan, Ali Najafi, Nico Bruns
Journal of Polymer Research (2012)

Horseradish Peroxidase as a Catalyst for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
Severin J. Sigg, Farzad Seidi, Kasper Renggli, Tilana B. Silva, Gergely Kali, Nico Bruns
Macromolecular Rapid Communications (2011)

Exploiting Dimerization of Purely Peptidic Amphiphiles to Form Vesicles
Thomas B. Schuster, Dirk de Bruyn Ouboter, Nico Bruns, Wolfgang Meier
Small (2011)

Phase Behavior of Vesicle-Forming Block Copolymers in Aqueous Solutions
Jörg Braun, Nico Bruns, Thomas Pfohl, Wolfgang Meier
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics (2011)

Solid-Solid Interface Adsorption of Proteins and Enzymes in Nanophase-Separated Amphiphilic Conetworks
Stephan Dech, Tobias Cramer, Reinhild Ladisch, Nico Bruns, Joerg C. Tiller
Biomacromolecules (2011)

Selective and Responsive Nanoreactors
Kasper Renggli, Patric Baumann, Karolina Langowska, Ozana Onaca, Nico Bruns, Wolfgang Meier
Advanced Functional Materials (2011)

Self-Reporting Materials: Protein-Mediated Visual Indication of Damage in a Bulk Polymer
Nico Bruns, Douglas S. Clark
Chimia (2011)

Biocompatible Functionalization of Polymersome Surfaces: A New Approach to Surface Immobilization and Cell Targeting Using Polymersomes
Stefan Egli, Martin G. Nussbaumer, Vimalkumar Balasubramanian, Mohamed Chami, Nico Bruns, Cornelia Palivan, Wolfgang Meier
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2011)

Functionalization of Block Copolymer Vesicle Surfaces
Stefan Egli, Helmut Schlaad, Nico Bruns, Wolfgang Meier
Polymers (2011)

Amphiphilic Polymer Conetworks as Matrices for Phase Transfer Reactions
Nico Bruns, Michael Hanko, Stephan Dech, Reinhild Ladisch, Jan Tobis, Joerg C. Tiller
Polymer Networks: Synthesis, Properties, Theory and Applications (2010)

Solid or Swollen Polymer-Protein Hybrid Materials
Kasper Renggli, Nico Bruns
Green Polymer Chemistry: Biocatalysis and Biomaterials (2010)

Mechanical Nanosensor Based on FRET within a Thermosome: Damage-Reporting Polymeric Materials
Nico Bruns, Katarzyna Pustelny, Lisa M. Bergeron, Timothy A. Whitehead, Douglas S. Clark
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition (2009)

Amphiphilic conetworks as activating carriers for the enhancement of enzymatic activity in supercritical CO2
Nico Bruns, Willi Bannwarth, Joerg C. Tiller
Biotechnology and Bioengineering (2008)

Optical biochemical sensor for determining hydroperoxides in nonpolar organic liquids as archetype for sensors consisting of amphiphilic conetworks as immobilisation matrices
Michael Hanko, Nico Bruns, Joerg C. Tiller, Jürgen Heinze
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (2006)

Nanophase-separated Amphiphilic conetworks as versatile matrixes for optical chemical and biochemical sensors
Michael Hanko, Nico Bruns, Sara Rentmeister, Jörg C. Tiller, Jürgen Heinze
Analytical Chemistry (2006)

Nanophasic amphiphilic conetworks with a fluorophilic phase
Nico Bruns, Joerg C. Tiller
Macromolecules (2006)

Nanophase separated amphiphilic microbeads
Gabriela Savin, Nico Bruns, Yi Thomann, Joerg C. Tiller
Macromolecules (2005)

Nanophase separated amphiphilic conetwork coatings and membranes
Nico Bruns, Jonas Scherble, Laura Hartmann, Ralf Thomann, Béla Iván, Rolf Mülhaupt, Joerg C. Tiller
Macromolecules (2005)

Amphiphilic network as nanoreactor for enzymes in organic solvents
Nico Bruns, Joerg C. Tiller
Nano Letters (2005)