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Karin Schillén, Professor

Research interests

Self-assembly and phase behavior of amphiphilic block copolymers, co-assembly of oppositely charged copolymers, interactions of stimuli-responsive block copolymers/polyelectrolytes/biopolymers with bile salts and surfactants. Formation of supramolecular structures of bile salt derivatives. Main methods of investigation: dynamic and static light scattering, small angle X-ray scattering, differential scanning and titration calorimetry, cryogenic transmission electron microscopy.

Research projects

Self-organized supramolecular structures of oppositely charged block copolymers and bile salts
Oppositely charged polymer-bile salt systems: To provide fundamental understanding of supramolecular structures of mixed complexes of bile salt biosurfactants and oppositely charged biocompatible polymers and their intermolecular interactions.
The interaction between stimuli-responsive block copolymers and bile salts.
Electrostatically driven co-assembly of oppositely charged thermoresponsive block copolymers
Supramolecular structures of bile salt derivates in aqueous solutions

Soluble complex salts of surfactant ions and polymeric counterions: Composite macromolecular self-assembly
PEO-PPO-PEO (Pluronic®/Synperonic®) block copolymer systems. Physico-chemical studies of the self-assembly of PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymers and their interaction with surfactants, bile salts and polyelectrolytes in aqueous solution.

Academic background

2008 Professor of Physical Chemistry – Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Lund University
2002 Docent in Physical Chemistry, Lund University
1996–1997 Postdoctoral Fellow (Swedish Research Council, VR), University of Toronto, Dept. of Chemistry, Canada. Project: "Fluorescence spectroscopy on fluorescently labelled block copolymers"
1994–1996 Postdoctoral Fellow, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. Project: "Surface force measurements on block copolymers"
1994 PhD in Physical Chemistry, Uppsala University, Thesis: "Solution properties of block copolymers studied using light scattering". Supervised by Prof. Wyn Brown
1989 Master of Science (MSc) in Physics and Chemistry, Uppsala University

Faculty positions

2019 Visiting Professor (Guest professorship), Department of Chemistry, La Sapienza University of Rome
2008–present Professor, Division of Physical Chemistry, Lund University
2003–2008 Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer, Division of Physical Chemistry, Lund University
1997–2003 Assistant Professor, Division of Physical Chemistry, Lund University

Research programs and networks

2018–2024 Swedish coordinator of a Joint China-Sweden Mobility Program with Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing from The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation Research and Higher Education (STINT)
2006–2016 Member of the Linnaeus Center of Excellence Organzing Molecular Matter (OMM) through the Swedish Research Council
2003–2007 Member of the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) program Colloidal Structures from Self-association (COLINTECH)
1998–2005 Member of the Competence Centre for Amphiphilic Polymers from Renewable Resources (CAP) through VINNOVA

Graduate students brought to PhD

2022 Guanqun Du, Thesis: "Versatile Association Behavior in Mixtures of Oppositely Charged Amphiphiles: From DNA-like Assembly of Supramolecular Helices to Coacervation in Chiral Surfactant Systems"
2016 Solmaz Bayati, Thesis: "Mixed Block Copolymer Solutions: Self-Assembly and Interactions"
2012 Johan Janiak, Thesis: "Phase Behavior and Solution Properties of Aqueous Polyion-Surfactant Ion Systems"
2009 Telma Costa, Thesis: "Photophysics of Macromolecular Pyrene-Containing Systems" (exchange PhD student, Department of Chemistry, Coimbra University, co-supervisor. Main supervisor: Sérgio Seixas de Melo)
2008 David Löf, Thesis: "Scattering Studies of Macromolecules in Solution"
2004 Karin Bryskhe, Thesis: "Formation of Block Copolymer and Surfactant Vesicles"
2004 Jörgen Jansson, Thesis: "The Interaction between Triblock Copolymers and Surfactants in Dilute Aqueous Solution"
2002 Rodrigo Cardoso da Silva, Thesis: "Calorimetric Application to the Interaction Study between Non-ionic Polymers and Ionic Surfactants" (exchange PhD student, Department of Chemistry, University of Campinas UNICAMP, co-supervisor. Main supervisor: Watson Loh)

Past postdoctoral researchers

2004 Dmitri Pebalk
2009–2010 Guiseppe Lazzara

Past undergraduate students and visiting PhD students

2023 Karolina Krautforst (visiting PhD student, University of Cagliari, Italy)
2023 Valeria D'Annibale (visiting PhD student, La Sapienza Rome University, Italy)
2023 Leonardo Ariodante (visiting PhD student, La Sapienza Rome University, Italy)
2022 Claudia Marconi (visiting PhD student, La Sapienza Rome University, Italy)
2020 Suelen Gauna Trindade (visiting PhD student, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil)
2018-2020 Marco Fornasier (visiting PhD student, University of Cagliari, Italy)
2016 Jacopo Cautela (visiting PhD student, La Sapienza Rome University, Italy)
2014 Veronica Lattanzi (Eramus internship, La Sapienza Rome University, Italy)
2014 Marta Gubitosi (visiting PhD student, La Sapienza Rome University, Italy)
2014 Valeria Meli (visiting PhD student, University of Cagliari, Italy)
2014 Caroline Anderberg Haglund, MSc thesis: "Interaction between PEO-PPO-PEO Block Copolymers and a Bile Salt"
2013 Marta Gubitosi (visiting PhD student, La Sapienza Rome University, Italy)
2009 Michael Fuchs, BSc thesis: "How Polydispersity of PEO-PPO-PEO Block Copolymers Affects the Mesoporous Silica Materials"
2007 John Janiak, MSc thesis: "DNA-PAMAM Dendrimer Complex formation Studied using Light Scattering and Steady-State Fluorescence Spectroscopy"
2005 Ikes Montes, MSc thesis: "A Study of PEO-PPO-PEO Triblock Copolymers: L121-F127-Water Phase Behavior, Vesicle Formation and Characterization" (Erasmus student, University of Basque Country, Spain)
2003 Telma Costa (Eramus internship, Coimbra University, Portugal)
2000–2002 Rodrigo Cardoso da Silva (visiting PhD student, Campinas University (UNICAMP), Brazil)
2002 Anna Niemiec (Erasmus internship, Krakow University, Poland)

Teaching

Physical Chemistry - Basic Course, KEMB39 (New window)
2007–present Head teacher in Physical Chemistry

Instruments

Commissions of trust

Member of boards: Board member of Surface and Material Chemistry Section at The Swedish Chemical Society 2015–2021; Board member of The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research program "Colloid and Interface Technology" (COLINTECH) 1998–2002; Ordinary council member of International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists (IACIS) 2022–2025
Member of the review panel in Analytical, Physical, and Theoretical Chemistry at the Swedish Research Council, VR 2023

Publications

100. Gjerde, N. S.; Del Giudice, A.; Zhu, K.; Knudsen, K. D.; Galantini, L.; Schillén, K.; Nyström, B., Synthesis and Characterization of a Thermoresponsive Copolymer with an LCST–UCST-like Behavior and Exhibiting Crystallization. ACS Omega 2023, 8 (34), 31145–31154. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsomega.3c03162
99. Ferreira, G.; Ram-On, M.; Talmon, Y.; Schillén, K.; Piculell, L.; Loh, W., Complexes of Charged-Neutral Block-Copolymers and Surfactants: Process-Dependent Features and Long-Term Stability of Their Aqueous dispersions. Langmuir 2023, 39 (11), 4113-4124. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c03500
98. Tan, J. J.; Gjerde, N.; Del Giudice, A.; Knudsen, K. D.; Galantini, L.; Du, G.; Schillén, K.; Sande, S. A.; Nyström, B., Interactions in Aqueous Mixtures of Cationic Hydroxyethyl Cellulose and Different Anionic Bile Salts. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2023, 71, 3732-3741. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.3c00076
97. Zhang, L.; Yaxun Fan, Y.; Galantini, L.; Schillén, K.; Del Giudice, A.; Du, G.; Wang, Y., Noncovalent Bile Acid Oligomers as Facial Amphiphilic Antimicrobials. Langmuir 2023, 39 (1), 495–506. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02787
96. Santilli, A.; Lapi, A.; Cautela, J.; D’Abramo, M.; Chen, C. G.; Del Giudice, A.; Sennato, S.; Belić, D.; Tellini, V. H. S.; Schillén, K.; di Gregorio, M. C.; Galantini, L., Bioderived, Chiral and Stable 1-Dimensional Light-Responsive Nanostructures: Interconversion between Tubules and Twisted Ribbons. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2022, 623, 723-734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2022.05.025
95. Du, G.; Belić, D.; Del Giudice, A.; Alfredsson, V.; Carnerup, A. M.; Zhu, K.; Nyström, B.; Wang, Y.; Galantini, L.; Schillén, K., Condensed Supramolecular Helices: The Twisted Sisters of DNA. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202113279. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202113279
94. Fornasier, M.; Pireddu, R.; Del Giudice, A.; Sinico, C.; Nylander, T.; Schillén, K.; Galantini, L.; Murgia, S., Tuning Lipid Structure by Bile Salts: Hexosomes for Topical Administration of Catechin. Colloids Surf., B 2021, 199, 111564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2021.111564
93. Cautela, J.; Stenqvist, B.; Schillén, K.; Belić, D.; Månsson, L.; Hagemans, F.; Seuss, M.; Fery, A.; Crassous, J.; Galantini, L., Supracolloidal Atomium. ACS Nano 2020, 14, 15748-15756. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c06764
92. Fornasier, M.; Porcheddu, A.; Casu, A.; Raghavan, S. R.; Jönsson, P.; Schillén, K.; Murgia, S., Surface-Modified Nanoerythrosomes for Potential Optical Imaging Diagnostics. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2021, 582, 246-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2020.08.032
91. Du, G.; Del Giudice, A.; Alfredsson, V.; Carnerup, A. M.; Pavel, N. V.; Loh, W.; Masci, G.; Nyström, B.; Galantini, L.; Schillén, K., Effect of Temperature on the Association Behavior in Aqueous Mixtures of an Oppositely Charged Amphiphilic Block Copolymer and Bile Salt. Polymer 2020, 206, 122871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2020.122871
90. Tasca, E.; Andreozzi, P.; Del Giudice, A.; Galantini, L.; Schillén, K.; Giuliani, A. M.; los Angeles Ramirez, M.; Moya, S.; Giustini, M., Poloxamer/Sodium Cholate Co-Formulation for Micellar Encapsulation of Doxorubicin with High Efficiency for Intracellular Delivery: An In-Vitro Bioavailability Study. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2020, 579, 551-561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2020.06.096
89. Cautela, J.; Severoni, E.; Redondo-Gómez, C.; di Gregorio, M. C.; Del Giudice, A.; Sennato, S.; Angelini, R.; D’Abramo, M.; Schillén, K.; Galantini, L., C-12 vs C-3 Substituted Bile Salts: An Example of the Effects of Substituent Position and Orientation on the Self-Assembly of Steroid Surfactant Isomers. Colloids Surf., B 2020, 185, 110556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.110556
88. Schillén, K.; Galantini, L.; Du, G.; Del Giudice, A.; Alfredsson, V.; Carnerup, A. M.; Pavel, N. V.; Masci, G.; Nyström, B., Block Copolymers as Sequestrants: Intriguing Structures Formed in a Mixture of an Oppositely Charged Amphiphilic Block Copolymer and Bile Salt. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 12518-12529. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CP01744E
87. Tasca, E.; Del Giudice, A.; Galantini, L.; Schillén, K.; Giuliani, A. M.; Giustini, M., A Fluorescence Study of the Loading and Time Stability of Doxorubicin in Sodium Cholate/PEO-PPO-PEO Triblock Copolymer Mixed Micelles. J. Colloid Int. Sci. 2019, 540, 593-601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2020.06.096
86. Travaglini, L.; Giordano, C.; D'Annibale, A.; Gubitosi, M.; di Gregorio, M. C.; Schillén, K.; Stefanucci, A.; Mollica, A.; Pavel, N. V.; Galantini, L., Twisted Nanoribbons from a RGD-bearing Cholic Acid Derivative. Colloids Surf. B 2017, 159, 183-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.07.084
85. Bayati, S.; Bergquist, K.-E.; Zhu, K.; Nyström, B.; Pedersen, J. S.; Galantini, L.; Schillén, K., Mixed Micelles of Oppositely Charged Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Diblock Copolymers. J. Polym. Sci. B Polym. Phys. 2017, 55 (19), 1457-1469. https://doi.org/10.1002/polb.24403
84. Lazzara, G.; Campbell, R. A.; Bayati, S.; Zhu, K.; Nyström, B.; Nylander, T.; Schillén, K., On the Formation of Inclusion Complexes at the Solid/Liquid Interface of Anchored Temperature-Responsive PNIPAAM Diblock Copolymers with γ-Cyclodextrin. Colloid Polym. Sci. 2017, 295 (8), 1327-1341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-017-4052-6
83. Gubitosi, M.; D’Annibale, A.; Schillén, K.; Olsson, U.; Pavel, N. V.; Galantini, L., On the Stability of Lithocholate Derivative Supramolecular Tubules. RSC Adv. 2017, 7, 512-517. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA26092F
82. Galantini, L.; di Gregorio, M. C.; Gubitosi, M.; Travaglini, L.; Pavel, N. V.; Jover, A.; Meijide, F.; Tato, J. V.; Sennato, S.; Schillén, K.; De Santis, S.; Tranchini, F.; Masci, G., Supramolecular Assembly of a Thermoresponsive Steroidal Surfactant with an Oppositely Charged Thermoresponsive Block Copolymer. Phys. Chem. Phys. Chem. 2017, 19 (2), 1504-1515. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CP05665B
81. Bayati, S.; Haglund, C. A.; Pavel, N.; Galantini, L.; Schillén, K., Interaction between Bile Salt Sodium Glycodeoxycholate and PEO–PPO–PEO Triblock Copolymers in Aqueous Solution. RSC Adv. 2016, 6, 69313-69325. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA12514J
80. Bayati, S.; Galantini, L.; Knudsen, K. D.; Schillén, K., Complexes of PEO-PPO-PEO Triblock Copolymer P123 and Bile Salt Sodium Glycodeoxycholate in Aqueous Solution: A Small Angle X-Ray and Neutron Scattering Investigation. Colloids Surf., A 2016, 504, 426-436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2016.05.096
79. Travaglini, L.; Gubitosi, M.; di Gregorio, M. C.; D’Annibale, A.; Meijide, F.; Giustini, M.; Sennato, S.; Obiols-Rabasa, M.; Schillén, K.; Pavel, N. V., A Tryptophan-Substituted Cholic Acid: Expanding the Family of Labelled Biomolecules. Colloids Surf., A 2015, 483, 142-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.03.033
78. Murgia, S.; Falchi, A. M.; Meli, V.; Schillén, K.; Lippolis, V.; Monduzzi, M.; Rosa, A.; Schmidt, J.; Talmon, Y.; Bizzarri, R., Cubosome Formulations Stabilized by a Dansyl-Conjugated Block Copolymer for Possible Nanomedicine Applications. Colloids Surf., B 2015, 129, 87-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2015.03.025
77. Gubitosi, M.; Travaglini, L.; Di Gregorio, M. C.; Pavel, N. V.; Vázquez Tato, J.; Sennato, S.; Olsson, U.; Schillén, K.; Galantini, L., Tailoring Supramolecular Nanotubes by Bile Salt Based Surfactant Mixtures. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54 (24), 7018-7021. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201500445
76. Bayati, S.; Galantini, L.; Knudsen, K. D.; Schillén, K., Effects of Bile Salt Sodium Glycodeoxycholate on the Self-Assembly of PEO–PPO–PEO Triblock Copolymer P123 in Aqueous Solution. Langmuir 2015, 31 (50), 13519-13527. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03828
75. Yanez Arteta, M.; Campbell, R. A.; Watkins, E. B.; Obiols-Rabasa, M.; Schillén, K.; Nylander, T., Interactions of Small Dendrimers with Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate at the Air–Water Interface. J. Phys. Chem. B 2014, 118 (40), 11835-11848. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp507230m
74. Janiak, J.; Tomšič, M.; Lundberg, D.; Olofsson, G.; Piculell, L.; Schillén, K., Soluble Aggregates in Aqueous Solutions of Polyion–Surfactant Ion Complex Salts and a Nonionic Surfactant. J. Phys. Chem. B 2014, 118 (32), 9745-9756. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp411701g (selected for journal cover)
73. Gubitosi, M.; Travaglini, L.; D’Annibale, A.; Pavel, N. V.; Vazquez Tato, J.; Obiols-Rabasa, M.; Sennato, S.; Olsson, U.; Schillén, K.; Galantini, L., Sugar–Bile Acid-Based Bolaamphiphiles: From Scrolls to Monodisperse Single-Walled Tubules. Langmuir 2014, 30 (22), 6358-6366. https://doi.org/10.1021/la500908r
72. Travaglini, L.; D’Annibale, A.; Di Gregorio, M. C.; Schillén, K.; Olsson, U.; Sennato, S.; Pavel, N. V.; Galantini, L., Between Peptides and Bile Acids: Self- Assembly of Phenylalanine Substituted Cholic Acids. J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117 (31), 9248-9257. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp405342v
71. Percebom, A. M.; Janiak, J.; Schillén, K.; Piculell, L.; Loh, W., Micellization of Water-Soluble Complex Salts of an Ionic Surfactant with Hairy Polymeric Counterions. Soft Matter 2013, 9 (2), 515-526. https://doi.org/10.1039/C2SM26683K
70. Janiak, J.; Piculell, L.; Schillén, K.; Lundberg, D., Responsive Release of Polyanions from Soluble Aggregates Formed with a Hydrolyzable Cationic Surfactant and a Nonionic Surfactant. Soft Matter 2013, 9 (15), 4103-4112. https://doi.org/10.1039/C3SM27315F
69. di Gregorio, M. C.; Pavel, N. V.; Jover, A.; Meijide, F.; Tato, J. V.; Tellini, V. H. S.; Vargas, A. A.; Regev, O.; Kasavi, Y.; Schillén, K., pH Sensitive Tubules of a Bile Acid Derivative: A Tubule Opening by Release of Wall Leaves. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2013, 15 (20), 7560-7566. https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CP00121K
68. Travaglini, L.; D’Annibale, A.; Schillén, K.; Olsson, U.; Sennato, S.; Pavel, N. V.; Galantini, L., Amino Acid-Bile Acid Based Molecules: Extremely Narrow Surfactant Nanotubes Formed by a Phenylalanine-Substituted Cholic Acid. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 12011-12013. https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC36030F
67. Lazzara, G.; Alfredsson, V.; Olofsson, G.; Zhu, K.; Nyström, B.; Schillén, K., Temperature-Responsive Inclusion Complex of Cationic PNIPAAM Diblock Copolymer and γ–Cyclodextrin. Soft Matter 2012, 8, 5043-5054. https://doi.org/10.1039/C2SM07252A
66. Janiak, J.; Bayati, S.; Galantini, L.; Pavel, N. V.; Schillén, K., Nanoparticles with Bicontinuous Cubic Internal Structure Formed by Cationic and Nonionic Surfactants and an Anionic Polyelectrolyte. Langmuir 2012, 28 (48), 16536-16546. https://doi.org/10.1021/la303938k
65. Lundberg, D.; Carnerup, A. M.; Janiak, J.; Schillén, K.; Miguel, M. D.; Lindman, B., Size and Morphology of Assemblies Formed by DNA and Lysozyme in Dilute Aqueous Mixtures. Phys. Chem. Phys. Chem. 2011, 13 (8), 3082-3091. https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CP01220C
64. Long, Y. Y.; Philip, J. Y. N.; Schillén, K.; Liu, F.; Ye, L., Insight into Molecular Imprinting in Precipitation Polymerization Systems Using Solution NMR and Dynamic Light Scattering. J. Mol. Recognit. 2011, 24 (4), 619-630. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmr.1097
63. Löf, D.; Schillén, K.; Nilsson, L., Flavonoids: Precipitation Kinetics and Interaction with Surfactant Micelles. J. Food Sci. 2011, 76 (3), N35-N39. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-3841.2011.02103.x
62. Janiak, J.; Piculell, L.; Olofsson, G.; Schillén, K., The Aqueous Phase Behavior of Polyion-Surfactant Ion Complex Salts Mixed with Nonionic Surfactants. Phys. Chem. Phys. Chem. 2011, 13 (8), 3126-3138. https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CP01031F
61. Törnvall, U.; Hedström, M.; Schillén, K.; Hatti-Kaul, R., Structural, Functional and Chemical Changes in Pseudozyma Antarctica Lipase B on Exposure to Hydrogen Peroxide. Biochimie 2010, 92 (12), 1867-1875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biochi.2010.07.008
60. Lundberg, D.; Carnerup, A. M.; Schillén, K.; Miguel, M. D.; Lindman, B., Phase Behavior and Coassembly of DNA and Lysozyme in Dilute Aqueous Mixtures: A Model Investigation of DNA-Protein Interactions. Langmuir 2010, 26 (5), 2986-2988. https://doi.org/10.1021/la904104w
59. Balogh, J.; Olsson, U.; Pedersen, J. S.; Kaper, H.; Wennerström, H.; Schillén, K.; Miguel, M., Nonionic Microemulsions: Dependence of Oil-Chain Length and Active Component (Lidocaine). In Self-Organized Surfactant Structures, Tadros, T. F., Ed. John Wiley & Sons Ltd: Oxford, 2010, p 59-87. https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527632633.ch3
58. Vaccaro, M.; Mangiapia, G.; Radulescu, A.; Schillén, K.; D'Errico, G.; Morelli, G.; Paduano, L., Colloidal Particles Composed of Amphiphilic Molecules Binding Gadolinium Complexes and Peptides as Tumor-Specific Contrast Agents in MRI: Physico-Chemical Characterization. Soft Matter 2009, 5 (13), 2504-2512. https://doi.org/10.1039/B820804B
57. Löf, D.; Tomšič, M.; Glatter, O.; Fritz-Popovski, G.; Schillén, K., Structural Characterization of Nonionic Mixed Micelles Formed by C12EO6 Surfactant and P123 Triblock Copolymer. J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113 (16), 5478-5486. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp808442d
56. Costa, T.; Schillén, K.; Miguel, M. D.; Lindman, B.; de Melo, J. S., Association of a Hydrophobically Modified Polyelectrolyte and a Block Copolymer Followed by Fluorescence Techniques. J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113 (18), 6194-6204. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp8093879
55. Costa, T.; de Melo, J. S.; Miguel, M. D.; Lindman, B.; Schillén, K., Complex Formation between a Fluorescently-Labeled Polyelectrolyte and a Triblock Copolymer. J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113 (18), 6205-6214. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp8093885
54. Burrows, H. D.; Tapia, M. J.; Fonseca, S. M.; Pradhan, S.; Scherf, U.; Silva, C. L.; Pais, A.; Valente, A. J. M.; Schillén, K.; Alfredsson, V.; Carnerup, A. M.; Tomsic, M.; Jamnik, A., Solubilization of Poly{1,4-Phenylene- 9,9-Bis(4-Phenoxy-Butylsulfonate) Fluorene-2,7-Diyl} in Water by Nonionic Amphiphiles. Langmuir 2009, 25 (10), 5545-5556. https://doi.org/10.1021/la8042044
53. Ainalem, M. L.; Carnerup, A. M.; Janiak, J.; Alfredsson, V.; Nylander, T.; Schillén, K., Condensing DNA with Poly(Amido Amine) Dendrimers of Different Generations: Means of Controlling Aggregate Morphology. Soft Matter 2009, 5 (11), 2310-2320. https://doi.org/10.1039/B821629K
52. Schillén, K.; Jansson, J.; Löf, D.; Costa, T., Mixed Micelles of a PEO-PPO-PEO Triblock Copolymer (P123) and a Nonionic Surfactant (C12EO6) in Water. A Dynamic and Static Light Scattering Study. J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112 (18), 5551-5562. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp074832w
51. Gaweda, S.; Moran, M. C.; Pais, A.; Dias, R. S.; Schillén, K.; Lindman, B.; Miguel, M. G., Cationic Agents for DNA Compaction. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2008, 323 (1), 75-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2008.04.006
50. Cardenas, M.; Schillén, K.; Alfredsson, V.; Duan, R. D.; Nyberg, L.; Amebrant, T., Solubilization of Sphingornyelin Vesicles by Addition of a Bile Salt. Chem. Phys. Lipids 2008, 151 (1), 10-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2007.09.002
49. Vaccaro, M.; Accardo, A.; D'Errico, G.; Schillén, K.; Radulescu, A.; Tesauro, D.; Morelli, G.; Paduano, L., Peptides and Gd Complexes Containing Colloidal Assemblies as Tumor-Specific Contrast Agents in MRI: Physicochemical Characterization. Biophys. J. 2007, 93 (5), 1736-1746. https://doi.org/10.1529/biophysj.107.107417
48. Torres, M. F.; Gonzalez, J. M.; Rojas, M. R.; Muller, A. J.; Saez, A. E.; Löf, D.; Schillén, K., Effect of Ionic Strength on the Rheological Behavior of Aqueous Cetyltrimethylammonium p-Toluene Sulfonate Solutions. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2007, 307 (1), 221-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2006.11.002
47. Tesauro, D.; Accardo, A.; Gianolio, E.; Paduano, L.; Teixeira, J.; Schillén, K.; Aime, S.; Morelli, G., Peptide Derivatized Lamellar Aggregates as Target-Specific MRI Contrast Agents. Chem. Bio. Chem 2007, 8 (8), 950-955. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.200700077
46. Örberg, M. L.; Schillén, K.; Nylander, T., Dynamic Light Scattering and Fluorescence Study of the Interaction between Double-Stranded DNA and Poly(Amido Amine) Dendrimers. Biomacromolecules 2007, 8 (5), 1557-1563. https://doi.org/10.1021/bm061194z
45. Örberg, M. L.; Nylander, T.; Schillén, K., Characterisation of the Aggregate Formation between Linear DNA and Poly(Amidoamine) Dendrimers. Biophys. J. 2007, Suppl. S, 44A. ISSN: 0006-3495
44. Löf, D.; Schillén, K.; Torres, M. F.; Muller, A. J., Rheological Study of the Shape Transition of Block Copolymer-Nonionic Surfactant Mixed Micelles. Langmuir 2007, 23 (22), 11000-11006. https://doi.org/10.1021/la701818y
43. Löf, D.; Schillén, K.; Jönsson, B.; Evilevitch, A., Forces Controlling the Rate of DNA Ejection from Phage Lambda. J. Mol. Biol. 2007, 368 (1), 55-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2007.01.076
42. Löf, D.; Schillén, K.; Jönsson, B.; Evilevitch, A., Dynamic and Static Light Scattering Analysis of DNA Ejection from the Phage Lambda. Phys. Rev. E 2007, E76, 011914. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.76.011914
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