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Publications Dr. Merlitz

  • Li, C.-W.; Merlitz, H.; Sommer, J.-U. How to estimate the surface coverage of polymer grafted planar substrates and spherical nanoparticles more Soft Matter 21 (2025) 2915-2922
  • Haugk, L.; Merlitz, H.; Sommer, J.-U. Single chain polymer condensates under external force more Macromolecules 57 (2024) 9476-9488
  • Li, C.-W.; Merlitz, H.; Sommer, J.-U. Comparison of different thermostat settings in the implicit solvent approach for nanoparticles through brush-decorated nanopores more Physical Review E 110 (2024) 034503
  • Wei, X.-H.; Wu, Z.-P.; Peng, A.; Zhang, X.-A.; Merlitz, H.; Forest, M. G.; Wu, C.-X.; Cao, X.-Z. Depletion strategies for crystallized layers of two-dimensional nanosheets to enhance lithium-ion conductivity in polymer nanocomposites more ACS Macro Letters 13 (2024) 453-460
  • Zhang, Y.-D.; Merlitz, H.; Wu, C.-X.; Cao, X.-Z. Activity-triggered rheological strengthening and toughening of nanoparticle-doped supramolecular gels more Macromolecules 57 (2024) 2988-2997
  • Vazirieh Lenjani, S.; Li, C.-W.; Seçkin, S.; König, T. A. F.; Merlitz, H.; Sommer, J.-U.; Rossner, C. Kinetically controlled site-specific self-assembly of hairy colloids more Langmuir 40 (2024) 2487-2499
  • Li, C.-W.; Merlitz, H.; Sommer, J.-U. Scaling Behaviors of Nanoparticle Clusters That Are Driven through Brush-Decorated Nanopores more Macromolecules 56 (2023) 8710–8720
  • Li, W. ; Merlitz, H. ; Wu, C.-X. ; Cao, X.-Z. Role of breaking physical crosslinks on safeguarding polymer networks more Physical Review Materials 6 (2022) 123605
  • Münch, A.S. ; Simon, F. ; Merlitz, H. ; Uhlmann, P. Investigation of an oleophobic-hydrophilic polymer brush with switchable wettability for easy-to-clean coatings more European Polymer Journal 180 (2022) 111629
  • Li, C.-W. ; Romeis, D. ; Koch, M. ; Merlitz, H. ; Sommer, J.-U. Theoretical analysis of the elastic free energy contributions to polymer brushes in poor solvent: A refined mean-field theory more Journal of Chemical Physics 157 (2022) 104902
  • Cao, X.-Z. ; Merlitz, H. ; Wu, C.-X. ; Forest, M.G. Screening confinement of entanglements: Role of a self-propelling end inducing ballistic chain reptation more Physical Review E 106 (2022) L022501
  • Vuijk, H. ; Klempahn, S. ; Merlitz, H. ; Sommer, J.-U. ; Sharma, A. Active colloidal molecules in activity gradients more Physical Review E 106 (2022) 014617
  • Li, C.-W. ; Merlitz, H. ; Sommer, J.-U. A nanofluidic system based on cylindrical polymer brushes: how to control the size of nanodroplets more Soft Matter 18 (2022) 5598-5604
  • Sommer, J.-U. ; Merlitz, H. ; Schiessel, H. Polymer-assisted condensation: a mechanism for hetero-chromatin formation and epigenetic memory more Macromolecules 55 (2022) 4841-4851
  • Yong, H. ; He, X. ; Merlitz, H. Connection between intrapore free energy, molecule permeation, and selectivity of nanofiltration membranes more Macromolecules 55 (2022) 4119-4133
  • Besford, Q.A. ; Merlitz, H. ; Schubotz, S. ; Yong, H. ; Chae, S. ; Schnepf, M. J. ; Weiss, A.C.G. ; Auernhammer, G. ; Sommer, J.-U. ; Uhlmann, P. ; Fery, A. Mechanofluorescent polymer brush surfaces that spatially resolve surface solvation more ACS Nano 16 (2022) 3383-3393
  • Vuijk, H. ; Merlitz, H. ; Lang, M. ; Sharma, A. ; Sommer, J.-U. Chemotaxis of cargo-carrying self-propelled particles more Physical Review Letters 126 (2021) 208102
  • Besford, Q.A. ; Yong, H. ; Merlitz, H. ; Christofferson, A.J. ; Sommer, J.-U. ; Uhlmann, P. ; Fery, A. FRET-integrated polymer brushes for spatially resolved sensing of changes in polymer conformation more Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 60 (2021) 16600-166
  • Cao, X.-Z. ; Merlitz, H. ; Wu, C.-X. ; Forest, M.G. Chain stiffness boosts active nanoparticle transport in polymer networks more Physical Review E 103 (2021) 052501
  • Li, W. ; Cao, X.-Z. ; Merlitz, H. ; Wu, C.-X. Rouse mode analysis of relaxation in polymer blends more Macromolecular Theory and Simulations 30 (2021) 2000084
  • Li, C.-W. ; Merlitz, H. ; Sommer, J.-U. Mean-field model of the collapse transition of brushes inside cylindrical nanopores more Macromolecules 53 (2020) 6711-6719
  • Merlitz, H. ; Vuijk, H. ; Wittmann, R. ; Sharma, A. ; Sommer, J.-U. Pseudo-chemotaxis of active Brownian particles competing for food more PLoS One [Elektronische Ressource] 15 (2020) e0230873
  • Yong, H. ; Merlitz, H. ; Fery, A. ; Sommer, J.-U. Polymer brushes and gels in competing solvents: The role of different interactions and quantitative predictions for poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) in alcohol-water mixtures more Macromolecules 53 (2020) 2323-2335
  • Vuijk, H. ; Sommer, J.-U. ; Merlitz, H. ; Brader, J. M. ; Sharma, A. Lorentz forces induce inhomogeneity and flux in active systems more Physical Review Research 2 (2020) 013320
  • Cao, X.-Z. ; Merlitz, H. ; Wu, C.-X. Mechanical strength management of polymer composites through tuning transient networks more Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 11 (2020) 710-715