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Projects

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  Funding period: Dec. 1, 2024 to Nov. 30, 2027

  Constructive-technological development and implementation of processes for hydrogen non-permeable pipe and connection systems | Fit4H2

  Funded by BMFTR; MUR; MAECI

  Funding period: Dec. 1, 2024 to Nov. 30, 2027

  Constructive-technological development and implementation of processes for hydrogen non-permeable pipe and connection systems | Fit4H2

  Funded by BMFTR; MUR; MAECI
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  Funding period: Aug. 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027

  Subµ- to nano-scaled strategies to control initial bacterial colonization in the oral cavity and ex vivo – efficacies and modes of action | NanoBacOral

  Funded by DFG

  Funding period: Aug. 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027

  Subµ- to nano-scaled strategies to control initial bacterial colonization in the oral cavity and ex vivo – efficacies and modes of action | NanoBacOral

  Funded by DFG
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  Funding period: June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027

  Fundamentals of the combination of upconversion microcrystals (UPMKs) with metallic foams for low-energy photocatalytic-based wastewater treatment | KoMMet

  Funded by SAB

  Funding period: June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027

  Fundamentals of the combination of upconversion microcrystals (UPMKs) with metallic foams for low-energy photocatalytic-based wastewater treatment | KoMMet

  Funded by SAB

Past

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  Funding period: May 1, 2024 to Dec. 31, 2024

  Neue Wege für die Nanomedizin | NanoMed

  Funded by SMWK

  Funding period: May 1, 2024 to Dec. 31, 2024

  Neue Wege für die Nanomedizin | NanoMed

  Funded by SMWK
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  Funding period: March 1, 2017 to Feb. 28, 2022

  Immune activity Mapping of Carbon Nanomaterials | CARBO-IMmap

  Funded by EU

  Funding period: March 1, 2017 to Feb. 28, 2022

  Immune activity Mapping of Carbon Nanomaterials | CARBO-IMmap

  Funded by EU

Publications

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  Ionic Cluster Driven Polymer Network Formation: Macroscopic Evidence of Network Reversibility by X-ray Microtomography

  Polymer (2025).

  Subhradeep Mandal, Arpita Kundu, Eric Euchler, Radek Stoček, Ricardo Bernhardt, Peter Reinig, Muhannad Al Aiti, Jun Sawada, Toshio Tada, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Gert Heinrich, Sven Wießner, Amit Das

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2025.128690
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  Characterization of Highly-Oriented Carbon and Graphite Fibers by High-Temperature Raman Spectroscopy

  physica status solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters (2025).

  Muhannad Al Aiti, Sri Aashrita Boddu, Peter Reinig, Gianaurelio Cuniberti

  https://doi.org/10.1002/pssr.202500107
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  Mimicking on-water surface synthesis through micellar interfaces

  Nature Communications 15, 10495 (2024).

  A. Prasoon, S. Ghouse, N. Ngan Nguyen, H. Yang, A. Müller, C. Naisa, S. Paasch, A. Herbawe, M. Al Aiti, G. Cuniberti, E. Brunner, and X. Feng

  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54962-z
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  Morphological characteristics of silica nanoparticles derived from rice husk for expected agricultural application

  Ceramics International (2024).

  Thong Quang Trinh, Lan Thi Mai, Dang Hai Le, Volodymyr Bon, Frank Simon, Markus Löffler, Bernd Rellinghaus, Muhannad Al Aiti, Gianaurelio Cuniberti

  https://doi.org/j.ceramint.2024.08.050
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  Multi-metallic MOF based composites for environmental applications: synergizing metal centers and interactions

  Nanoscale Horizons (2024).

  Wei Wang, Bergoi Ibarlucea, Chuanhui Huang, Renhao Dong, Muhannad Al Aiti, Shirong Huang and Gianaurelio Cuniberti

  https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NH00140K
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  Multifunctional polymer-based nanocomposites for synergistic adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of mixed pollutants in water

  Nanoscale Advances (2023).

  J. Wang, N. Licciardello, M. Sgarzi, and G. Cuniberti

  https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NA00931A
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  Solar-driven photodegradation of ciprofloxacin and E. coli growth inhibition using a Tm3+ upconverting nanoparticle-based polymer composite

  Chemical Engineering Journal 476, 146877 (2023).

  S. Fan, J. E. Inkumsah Jnr, E. Trave, M. Gigli, T. Joshi, N. Licciardello, M. Sgarzi, and G. Cuniberti

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.146877
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  Mineral-impregnated carbon-fiber based reinforcing grids as thermal energy harvesters: A proof-of-concept study towards multifunctional building materials

  Energy and Buildings , 113564 (2023).

  J. Zhao, G. Karalis, M. Liebscher, L. Tzounis, T. Köberle, D. Fischer, F. Simon, M. A. Aiti, G. Cuniberti, and V. Mechtcherine

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113564
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  ZnO Low-Dimensional Thin Films Used as a Potential Material for Water Treatment

  Engineering Proceedings 6, 10 (2021).

  A. Kulis-Kapuscinska, M. Kwoka, M. A. Borysiewicz, M. Sgarzi, and G. Cuniberti

  https://doi.org/10.3390/i3s2021dresden-10131
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  Thermoelectric energy harvesting from single-walled carbon nanotube alkali-activated nanocomposites produced from industrial waste materials

  Nanomaterials 11, 1095 (2021).

  M. Davoodabadi, I. Vareli, M. Liebscher, L. Tzounis, M. Sgarzi, A. S. Paipetis, J. Yang, G. Cuniberti, and V. Mechtcherine

  https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11051095
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  Enhanced visible-light photodegradation of fluoroquinolone-based antibiotics and E. coli growth inhibition using Ag-TiO2 nanoparticles

  RSC Adv. 11, 13980 (2021).

  J. Wang, L. Svoboda, Z. Němečková, M. Sgarzi, J. Henych, N. Licciardello, and G. Cuniberti

  https://doi.org/10.1039/D0RA10403E
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  Photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin in water at nano-ZnO prepared by pulse alternating current electrochemical synthesis

  Journal of Water Process Engineering 40, 101809 (2021).

  A. Ulyankina, T. Molodtsova, M. Gorshenkov, I. Leontyev, D. Zhigunov, E. Konstantinova, T. Lastovina, J. Tolasz, J. Henych, N. Licciardello, G. Cuniberti, and N. Smirnova

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2020.101809
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  Multi-walled carbon nanotube dispersion methodologies in alkaline media and their influence on mechanical reinforcement of alkali-activated nanocomposites

  Composites Part B: Engineering 209, 108559 (2021).

  M. Davoodabadi, M. Liebscher, S. Hampel, M. Sgarzi, A. B. Rezaie, D. Wolf, G. Cuniberti, V. Mechtcherine, and J. Yang

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2020.108559
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  Nanosensor-Based Real-Time Monitoring of Stress Biomarkers in Human Saliva Using a Portable Measurement System

  ACS Sensors 5, 4081 (2020).

  S. Klinghammer, T. Voitsekhivska, N. Licciardello, K. Kim, C. K. Baek, H. Cho, K. J. Wolter, C. Kirschbaum, L. Baraban, and G. Cuniberti

  https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.0c02267
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  Design and Performance of Novel Self-Cleaning g-C3N4/PMMA/PUR Membranes

  Polym. 12, 850 (2020).

  L. Svoboda, N. Licciardello, R. Dvorský, J. Bednář, J. Henych, and G. Cuniberti

  https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12040850
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  Icing temperature measurements of water on pyroelectric single crystals: Impact of experimental methods on the degree of supercooling

  Cold Regions Science and Technology 151, 53 (2018).

  P. Goldberg, S. Apelt, D. Spitzner, R. Boucher, E. Mehner, H. Stöcker, D. C. Meyer, A. Benke, and U. Bergmann

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2018.02.008
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  Pyroelectrically Driven OH Generation by Barium Titanate and Palladium Nanoparticles

  J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 18278-18286 (2015).

  A. Benke, E. Mehner, M. Rosenkranz, E. Dmitrieva, T. Leisegang, H. Stöcker, W. Pompe, and D. C. Meyer

  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04589
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  Pyroelectrocatalytic disinfection using the pyroelectric effect of nano- and microcrystalline LiNbO₃ and LiTaO₃ particles

  Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116, 5283 (2012).

  E. Gutmann, A. Benke, K. Gerth, H. Böttcher, E. Mehner, C. Klein, U. Krause-Buchholz, U. Bergmann, W. Pompe, and D. C. Meyer

  https://doi.org/10.1021/jp210686m
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  Formation of tubes during self-assembly of bacterial surface layers

  Langmuir 27, 15102 (2011).

  M. Bobeth, A. Blecha, A. Blüher, M. Mertig, N. Korkmaz, K. Ostermann, G. Rödel, and W. Pompe

  https://doi.org/10.1021/la203430q
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  Dielectrophoretic growth of metallic nanowires and microwires: theory and experiments

  Langmuir 26, 552 (2010).

  N. Ranjan, M. Mertig, G. Cuniberti, and W. Pompe

  https://doi.org/10.1021/la902026e
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  Toxicity of Tungsten Carbide and Cobalt-Doped Tungsten Carbide Nanoparticles in Mammalian Cells in Vitro

  Environmental Health Perspectives 117, 530-536 (2009).

  S. Bastian, W. Busch, D. Kühnel, A. Springer, T. Meißner, R. Holke, S. Scholz, M. Iwe, W. Pompe, M. Gelinsky, A. Potthoff, V. Richter, C. Ikonomidou, and K. Schirmer

  https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0800121
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  Structural polymorphism of collagen type I-heparin cofibrils

  Soft Matter 5, 3461 (2009).

  D. Stamov, K. Salchert, A. Springer, C. Werner, and T. Pompe

  https://doi.org/10.1039/b908267k
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  Modelling of structural domains and elastic strain calculation in rhombohedral La_1-xSr_xMnO₃ films on (110) SrTiO₃

  Philosophical Magazine 87, 823 (2007).

  N. Farag, M. Bobeth, W. Pompe, and A. E. Romanov

  https://doi.org/10.1080/14786430600993331