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Publications Dr. Merlitz

  • 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
  • Sommer, J.-U. ; Merlitz, H. ; Schiessel, H. Polymer-assisted condensation: a mechanism for hetero-chromatin formation and epigenetic memory more bioRxiv the Preprint Server for Biology (2021)
  • 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 133 (2021) 16736-16742
  • 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
  • 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
  • Cao, X.-Z. ; Merlitz, H. ; Forest, M.G. Nanoparticle loading of unentangled polymers induces entanglement-like relaxation modes and a broad sol-gel transition more Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 10 (2019) 4968-4973
  • Su, C. ; Merlitz, H. ; Thalmann, F. ; Marques, C. M. ; Sommer, J.-U. Coarse-grained model of oxidized membranes and their interactions with nanoparticles of various degrees of hydrophobicity more Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 (2019) 6839-6848
  • Bos, I. ; Merlitz, H. ; Rosenthal, A. ; Uhlmann, P. ; Sommer, J.-U. Design of binary polymer brushes with tuneable functionality more Soft Matter 35 (2018) 7237-7245
  • Li, C.-W. ; Merlitz, H. ; Wu, C.-X. ; Sommer, J.-U. Nanopores as switchable gates for nanoparticles: A molecular dynamic study more Macromolecules 51 (2018) 6238-6247
  • Merlitz, H. ; Vuijk, H. ; Brader, J. M. ; Sharma, A. ; Sommer, J.-U. Linear response approach to active Brownian particles in time-varying activity fields more Journal of Chemical Physics 148 (2018) ID194116
  • Vuijk, H. ; Sharma, A. ; Mondal, D. ; Sommer, J.-U. ; Merlitz, H. Pseudochemotaxis in inhomogeneous active Brownian systems more Physical Review E 97 (2018) ID042612
  • Lyu, H. ; Xu, F. ; Merlitz, H. ; Wu, C.-X. Chain stiffness effect on the properties of topological polymer brushes and the penetration by free chains using MD simulation more Journal of Physics Communications 2 (2018) ID015025
  • Su, C. ; Merlitz, H. ; Rabbel, H. ; Sommer, J.-U. Nanoparticles of various Degrees of hydrophobicity interacting with lipid membranes more Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 8 (2017) 4069-4076
  • Merlitz, H. ; Wu, C.-X. ; Sommer, J.-U. Directional transport of colloids inside a bath of self-propelling walkers more Soft Matter 13 (2017) 3726-3733
  • Cao, X.-Z. ; Merlitz, H. ; Wu, C.-X. Tuning adsorption duration to control the diffusion of a nanoparticle in adsorbing polymers more Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 8 (2017) 2629-2633
  • Su, C. ; Merlitz, H. ; Wu, C.-X. ; Sommer, J.-U. Mixed brush made of 4-arm stars and linear chains: MD simulations more Journal of Chemical Physics 145 (2016) Art.No. 234905