Professor Robert Magerle
E-mail: robert.magerle@…
Phone: +49-371-531-38033
Office: C60.162
Research Interests
- Nanobiomechanics of collagen fibrils and connective tissues
- Chemical physics of biological and polymeric materials at surfaces and in thin films
- Atomic force microscopy and 3D depth profiling with atomic force microscopy
- Multi-sensory displays for nanomedicine
Biography
- 1985–1991: Study of physics at the University of Konstanz.
- 1991–1997: Research Assistant at the University of Konstanz (with Prof. E. Recknagel, Nuclear Solid State Physics).
- 1995: Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Konstanz.
- 1997–1998: Postdoctoral researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science (with Prof. J. Klein, Materials and Interfaces).
- 1998–2002: Research Assistant at the University of Bayreuth (with Prof. G. Krausch, Physical Chemistry II).
- 2002: Habilitation in Experimental Physics and appointment as Privatdozent at the University of Bayreuth.
- 2002–2004: Head of an independent junior research group at the University of Bayreuth (funded by the Volkswagen Foundation).
- Since 2004: Full professor (C4) at the Chemnitz University of Technology.
Selected Publications
Full list available at ORCID 0000-0001-7277-8020
- Rate-independent hysteretic energy dissipation in collagen fibrils
R. Magerle, P. Zech, M. Dehnert, A. Bendixen, A. Otto
Soft Matter, 20, 2831–2839 (2024) - Nanomechanical 3D Depth Profiling of Collagen Fibrils in Native Tendon
R. Magerle, M. Dehnert, D. Voigt, A. Bernstein
Analytical Chemistry 92, 8741–8749 (2020) - Scaling properties of ageing orientation fluctuations in stripe phases
C. Riesch, G. Radons, R. Magerle
Interface Focus 7, 20160146 (2017) (open access) - Unraveling capillary interaction and viscoelastic response in atomic force microscopy of hydrated collagen fibrils
M. R. Uhlig, R. Magerle
Nanoscale 9, 1244–1256 (2017); authors' manuscript: arXiv:1910.00794 - Multi-set point intermittent contact (MUSIC) mode atomic force microscopy of oligothiophene fibrils
E.-C. Spitzner, C. Riesch, R. Szilluweit, L. Tian, H. Frauenrath, R. Magerle
ACS Macro Letters 1, 380–383 (2012); related cover page - Subsurface imaging of soft polymeric materials with nanoscale resolution
E.-C. Spitzner, C. Riesch, R. Magerle
ACS Nano 5, 315–320 (2011) - Locally auxetic behavior of elastomeric polypropylene on the 100 nm length scale
M. Franke, R. Magerle
ACS Nano 5, 4886–4891 (2011) - Direct imaging and mesoscale modelling of phase transitions in a nanostructured fluid
A. Knoll, A. Horvat, K. S. Lyakhova, G. Krausch, G. J. A. Sevink, A. V. Zvelindovsky, R. Magerle
Nature Materials 3, 886–891 (2004) - Phase behavior in thin films of cylinder forming block copolymers
A. Knoll, A. Horvat, K.S. Lyakhova, G. Krausch, G.J.A. Sevink, A.V. Zvelindovsky, R. Magerle
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 035501 (2002); free access to PDF file. - Nanotomography
R. Magerle
Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2749 (2000); free access to PDF file.