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Theory and simulation of amphiphilic bilayer membranes interacting with macromolecules such as polymers and proteins:
- characterization of self organized vesicles and planar membranes
- embedding and transport phenomena of macromolecules into and through membranes depending, for instance, on their hydrophobicity
- influence of macromolecules on shape and fluctuations of membranes


Theory and simulation of polymer membranes (crosslinked monolayers of monomers):
- self organized stiffness of perfect membranes and polymeric fractals depending on connectivity
- spontaneous curvature induced by grafting polymer chains on one side of the membrane (decorated membranes)
- switching between convex and concave spontaneous curvature of decorated membranes by variation of solvent quality