Dietmar Appelhans

Dr. Dietmar Appelhans

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Academic Career Length

23Years (2004-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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30 July 2008 in Chemistry – A European Journal
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BKBarbara Klajnert-Maculewicz
Barbara Klajnert-Maculewicz
DADietmar Appelhans
Dietmar Appelhans
HKHartmut Komber
Hartmut Komber
NMNina Morgner
Nina Morgner
SSSimona Schwarz
Simona Schwarz
BVBrigitte Voit
Brigitte Voit

7 July 2014 in Nanoscale
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DGDavid Gräfe
David Gräfe
JGJens Gaitzsch
Jens Gaitzsch
DADietmar Appelhans
Dietmar Appelhans
BVBrigitte Voit
Brigitte Voit
Cross-linked polymersomes are used as nanoreactors for an enzyme cascade reaction between different polymersomes. For the first time the polymersomes show a great stabilization effect on the enclosed enzymes in comparison to free ones. Thus, the pH value is used to switch the reaction on and off several times.

18 December 2014 in Chemical Society Reviews
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DADietmar Appelhans
Dietmar Appelhans
BKBarbara Klajnert-Maculewicz
Barbara Klajnert-Maculewicz
AJAnna Janaszewska
Anna Janaszewska
JLJoanna Lazniewska
Joanna Lazniewska
BVBrigitte Voit
Brigitte Voit
The potential of dendritic glycopolymers based on dendritic polyamine scaffolds for biomedical applications is presented and compared with that of the structurally related anti-adhesive dendritic glycoconjugates.

1 April 2009 in Biomacromolecules
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DADietmar Appelhans
Dietmar Appelhans
HKHartmut Komber
Hartmut Komber
MQMohiuddin Abdul Quadir
Mohiuddin Abdul Quadir
SRSven Richter
Sven Richter
SSSimona Schwarz
Simona Schwarz
BVBrigitte Voit
Brigitte Voit

22 November 2017 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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XLXiaoling Liu
Xiaoling Liu
PFPetr Formanek
Petr Formanek
BVBrigitte Voit
Brigitte Voit
DADietmar Appelhans
Dietmar Appelhans

11 January 2019 in Advanced Science
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HGHannes Gumz
Hannes Gumz
SBSusanne Boye
Susanne Boye
BIBanu Iyisan
Banu Iyisan
VKVera Krönert
Vera Krönert
PFPetr Formanek
Petr Formanek
DADietmar Appelhans
Dietmar Appelhans
Understanding the diffusion of nanoparticles through permeable membranes in cell mimics paves the way for the construction of more sophisticated synthetic protocells with control over the exchange of nanoparticles or biomacromolecules between different compartments. Nanoparticles postloading by swollen pH switchable polymersomes is investigated and nanoparticles locations at or within polymersome membrane and polymersome lumen are precisely determined. Validation of transmembrane diffusion properties is performed based on nanoparticles of different origin—gold, glycopolymer protein mimics, and the enzymes myoglobin and esterase—with dimensions between 5 and 15 nm. This process is compared with the in situ loading of nanoparticles during polymersome formation and analyzed by advanced multiple‐detector asymmetrical flow field‐flow fractionation (AF4). These experiments are supported by complementary i) release studies of protein mimics from polymersomes, ii) stability and cyclic pH switches test for in polymersome encapsulated myoglobin, and iii) cryogenic transmission electron microscopy studies on nanoparticles loaded polymersomes. Different locations (e.g., membrane and/or lumen) are identified for the uptake of each protein. The protein locations are extracted from the increasing scaling parameters and the decreasing apparent density of enzyme‐containing polymersomes as determined by AF4. Postloading demonstrates to be a valuable tool for the implementation of cell‐like functions in polymersomes.