In vitro evaluation of azide-functionalized SPIONs in tumor U87 spheroid

Cancer is still one of the most serious diseases for humanity. Internal radiation therapy with alpha particles is a promising method to battle cancer, but it is currently limited to easily accessible tumors. A more advanced and selective method for alpha radiation therapy that will have better outcomes, fewer side effects, and higher efficacy is...

Investigation of novel crosslinking reactions as versatile tool for designing self-healing polymers

In recent times the development of self-healing polymeric materials is focused on investigations of fast and efficient crosslinking processes. These should either be able to form new highly branched networks in order to restore thus the initial material properties or to enhance existing materials in view of their thermomechanical and...

Optimizing Cu(I) catalysts onto nanoparticles for enhanced reactivity in self-healing polymers

The concept of self-healing polymers requires fast and efficient crosslinking processes, ideally based on catalytic reactions. Recently, we have developed a clickbased concept to enable self-healing properties in polymeric materials, with a focus on fast crosslinking processes. Basically, liquid reagents were encapsulated and thus can be...

Multiscale Structure-Performance Relationships in Supported Palladium Catalysis for Multiphase Hydrogenations

The performance of heterogeneous catalysts in multiphase reactions in general is governed by different types of extrinsic and intrinsic structural effects on all length scales, i.e., on the macro- (m to cm), meso- (mm to µm), and microlevel (nm). This PhD research, with a catalysis-engineering approach, focused on several of these multiscale...