Selected Publications

  • Belluati, A.; Jimaja, S.; Chadwick, R. J.; Glynn, C.; Chami, M.; Happel, D.; Guo, C.; Kolmar, H.; Bruns, N., Artificial cell synthesis using biocatalytic polymerization-induced self-assembly. Nat. Chem. 2024, 16, 564-574. DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01391-y
  • Sproncken, C. C. M.; Liu, P.; Monney, J.; Fall, W. S.; Pierucci, C.; Scholten, P. B. V.; Van Bueren, B.; Penedo, M.; Fantner, G. E.; Wensink, H. H.; et al. Large-area, self-healing block copolymer membranes for energy conversion. Nature 2024. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07481-2.
  • Liu, P.; Jimaja, S.; Immel, S.; Thomas, C.; Mayer, M.; Weder, C.; Bruns, N. Mechanically triggered on-demand degradation of polymers synthesized by radical polymerizations. Nat. Chem. 2024. DOI: 10.1038/s41557-024-01508-x
  • Rifaie-Graham, O.; Galensowske, N. F. B.; Dean, C.; Pollard, J.; Balog, S.; Gouveia, M. G.; Chami, M.; Vian, A.; Amstad, E.; Lattuada, M.; Bruns, N., Shear stress‐responsive polymersome nanoreactors inspired by the marine bioluminescence of dinoflagellates. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 904-909. Link
  • Rifaie-Graham, O.; Pollard, J.; Raccio, S.; Balog, S.; Rusch, S.; Hernández-Castañeda, M. A.; Mantel, P.-Y.; Beck, H.-P.; Bruns, N., Hemozoin-catalyzed precipitation polymerization as an assay for malaria diagnosis. Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 1369. Link
  • Rifaie-Graham, O.; Ulrich, S.; Galensowske, N. F. B.; Balog, S.; Chami, M.; Rentsch, D.; Hemmer, J. R.; Read de Alaniz, J.; Boesel, L. F.; Bruns, N., Wavelength-Selective Light-Responsive DASA-Functionalized Polymersome Nanoreactors. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 8027-8036. Link
  • Rother, M.; Barmettler, J.; Reichmuth, A.; Araujo, J. V.; Rytka, C.; Glaied, O.; Pieles, U.; Bruns, N., Self-Sealing and Puncture Resistant Breathable Membranes for Water-Evaporation Applications. Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 6620-6624. Link
  • Renggli, K.; Nussbaumer, M. G.; Urbani, R.; Pfohl, T.; Bruns, N., A Chaperonin as Protein Nanoreactor for Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 1443-1447. Link
  • Silva, T. B.; Spulber, M.; Kocik, M. K.; Seidi, F.; Charan, H.; Rother, M.; Sigg, S. J.; Renggli, K.; Kali, G.; Bruns, N., Hemoglobin and Red Blood Cells Catalyze Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. Biomacromolecules 2013, 14, 2703-2712. Link
  • Sigg, S. J.; Seidi, F.; Renggli, K.; Silva, T. B.; Kali, G.; Bruns, N., Horseradish Peroxidase as a Catalyst for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2011, 32, 1710-1715. Link

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