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Gero Decher's Degrees
- PhD Chemistry University of California, Berkeley
- Masters Chemistry University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Chemistry University of California, Berkeley
Why Is Gero Decher Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Gero Decher is a German chemist and Distinguished Professor at the Faculty of Chemistry of University of Strasbourg. He is best known for his seminal role in the development of polyelectrolyte multilayers, which is today known as “layer-by-layer assembly”, a simple yet powerful nanofabrication method that has enabled the development of entirely new technologies, such as biocompatible coatings on medical devices, ultrastrong nanocomposites, neural interfaces, charge-storage devices, gas separation, fire retardants, and gene delivery platforms. According to CNRS International Magazine, Decher's work has “sparked a small revolution in materials science”. Layer-by-layer assembly is now an established part of the nanobiotechnology curriculum.
Gero Decher's Published Works
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- Fuzzy Nanoassemblies: Toward Layered Polymeric Multicomposites (1997) (7913)
- Buildup of ultrathin multilayer films by a self-assembly process: III. Consecutively alternating adsorption of anionic and cationic polyelectrolytes on charged surfaces (1992) (2265)
- Buildup of ultrathin multilayer films by a self‐assembly process, 1 consecutive adsorption of anionic and cationic bipolar amphiphiles on charged surfaces (1991) (1197)
- Multilayer Thin Films: Sequential Assembly of Nanocomposite Materials (2003) (890)
- The build-up of polyelectrolyte multilayers of microfibrillated cellulose and cationic polyelectrolytes. (2008) (743)
- Assembly, structural characterization, and thermal behavior of layer-by-layer deposited ultrathin films of poly(vinyl sulfate) and poly(allylamine) (1993) (699)
- Buildup of Ultrathin Multilayer Films by a Self‐Assembly Process: II. Consecutive Adsorption of Anionic and Cationic Bipolar Amphiphiles and Polyelectrolytes on Charged Surfaces (1991) (655)
- Buildup Mechanism for Poly(l-lysine)/Hyaluronic Acid Films onto a Solid Surface (2001) (556)
- Multilayer Thin Films (2002) (494)
- Comparison of the Structure of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films Exhibiting a Linear and an Exponential Growth Regime: An in Situ Atomic Force Microscopy Study (2002) (415)
- Metal nanoparticle/polymer superlattice films: Fabrication and control of layer structure (1997) (396)
- Dipping versus spraying: exploring the deposition conditions for speeding up layer-by-layer assembly. (2005) (391)
- Detailed Structure of Molecularly Thin Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films on Solid Substrates as Revealed by Neutron Reflectometry (1998) (391)
- Distance-dependent fluorescence quenching on gold nanoparticles ensheathed with layer-by-layer assembled polyelectrolytes. (2006) (385)
- Improvement of stability and cell adhesion properties of polyelectrolyte multilayer films by chemical cross-linking. (2004) (379)
- Assembly of thin films by means of successive deposition of alternate layers of DNA and poly(allylamine) (1993) (370)
- Proof of multilayer structural organization in self-assembled polycation-polyanion molecular films (1994) (358)
- Internal structure of layer-by-layer adsorbed polyelectrolyte films : a neutron and X-ray reflectivity study (1993) (328)
- From Functional Core/Shell Nanoparticles Prepared via Layer-by-Layer Deposition to Empty Nanospheres (2004) (307)
- New nanocomposite films for biosensors: layer-by-layer adsorbed films of polyelectrolytes, proteins or DNA (1993) (307)
- Layer-by-layer assembled multicomposite films. (1998) (298)
- Layer-by-layer assembly of titania nanosheet/polycation composite films (2001) (273)
- Fine-Tuning of the film thickness of ultrathin multilayer films composed of consecutively alternating layers of anionic and cationic polyelectrolytes (1992) (266)
- From exponential to linear growth in polyelectrolyte multilayers. (2006) (259)
- Toward Layered Polymeric Multicomposites (1997) (242)
- Successive deposition of alternate layers of polyelectrolytes and a charged virus (1994) (239)
- Polyelectrolytes I: Polyanion/Polycation Multilayers at the Air/Monolayer/Water Interface as Elements for Quantitative Polymer Adsorption Studies and Preparation of Hetero-superlattices on Solid Surfaces† (2000) (201)
- Bioactive Coatings Based on a Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Architecture Functionalized by Embedded Proteins (2003) (198)
- Influence of the polyelectrolyte molecular weight on exponentially growing multilayer films in the linear regime. (2007) (187)
- Characterization of Zirconium Phosphate/Polycation Thin Films Grown by Sequential Adsorption Reactions (1997) (186)
- Functional core/shell nanoparticles via layer-by-layer assembly. investigation of the experimental parameters for controlling particle aggregation and for enhancing dispersion stability. (2008) (174)
- Monolithic cells for solar fuels. (2014) (173)
- Self‐Assembled Smart Nanocarriers for Targeted Drug Delivery (2016) (171)
- The Future of Layer-by-Layer Assembly: A Tribute to ACS Nano Associate Editor Helmuth Möhwald. (2019) (163)
- Peptide hormone covalently bound to polyelectrolytes and embedded into multilayer architectures conserving full biological activity. (2001) (158)
- Hierarchical functional gradients of pH-responsive self-assembled monolayers using dynamic covalent chemistry on surfaces. (2009) (144)
- Assembly of polyelectrolyte multilayer films by consecutively alternating adsorption of polynucleotides and polycations (1996) (144)
- Protein interactions with polyelectrolyte multilayers: interactions between human serum albumin and polystyrene sulfonate/polyallylamine multilayers. (2000) (137)
- Protein Adsorption onto Auto-Assembled Polyelectrolyte Films (2001) (132)
- Multifunctional cytotoxic stealth nanoparticles. A model approach with potential for cancer therapy. (2009) (126)
- Preparation of ultrathin self-standing polyelectrolyte multilayer membranes at physiological conditions using pH-responsive film segments as sacrificial layers. (2006) (119)
- Controlling the Growth Regime of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films: Changing from Exponential to Linear Growth by Adjusting the Composition of Polyelectrolyte Mixtures (2004) (112)
- Combination of polycation/polyanion self-assembly and Langmuir-Blodgett transfer for the construction of superlattice films (1993) (104)
- Determination of optical constants of molecular films assembled via alternate polyion adsorption (1995) (98)
- Tuning the Performance of Layer-by-Layer Assembled Organic Light Emitting Diodes by Controlling the Position of Isolating Clay Barrier Sheets (2001) (98)
- Layer by layer self-assembled polyelectrolyte multilayers with embedded phospholipid vesicles obtained by spraying: integrity of the vesicles. (2005) (95)
- Direct Evidence for Vertical Diffusion and Exchange Processes of Polyanions and Polycations in Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films (2004) (92)
- In situ investigations of the formation of mixed supported lipid bilayers close to the phase transition temperature (2004) (91)
- Dissipation-enhanced quartz crystal microbalance studies on the experimental parameters controlling the formation of supported lipid bilayers. (2005) (87)
- Protein adsorption onto auto-assembled polyelectrolyte films. (2002) (86)
- Reversible swelling of polyanion/polycation multilayer films in solutions of different ionic strength (1996) (83)
- Assembly of polyelectrolyte molecular films onto plasma-treated glass (1993) (83)
- Influence of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films on Calcium Phosphate Nucleation (2000) (83)
- Ultrathin coatings and (poly(glutamic acid)/polyallylamine) films deposited by continuous and simultaneous spraying. (2005) (81)
- Control of Monocyte Morphology on and Response to Model Surfaces for Implants Equipped with Anti‐Inflammatory Agent (2004) (80)
- Layer-by-layer assembled protein/polymer hybrid films: nanoconstruction via specific recognition (1998) (79)
- Layer-by-layer deposited multilayer assemblies of polyelectrolytes and proteins: from ultrathin films to protein arrays (1993) (78)
- Bioactive coatings based on polyelectrolyte multilayer architectures functionalized by embedded proteins, peptides or drugs. (2007) (78)
- Spray-on organic/inorganic films: a general method for the formation of functional nano- to microscale coatings. (2010) (77)
- Polyelectrolyte Multilayers, an Overview (2003) (74)
- Step-by-step assembly of self-patterning polyelectrolyte films violating (almost) all rules of layer-by-layer deposition. (2010) (71)
- Multilayer ultrathin films of molecular titania nanosheets showing highly efficient UV-light absorption (2000) (70)
- Neutron reflectivity analysis of self-assembled film superlattices with alternate layers of deuterated and hydrogenated polysterenesulfonate and polyallylamine (1995) (68)
- Optical second harmonic generation in Langmuir-Blodgett films of novel donor-acceptor substituted pyridine and benzene derivatives (1989) (63)
- Are sprayed LbL-films stratified? A first assessment of the nanostructure of spray-assembled multilayers by neutron reflectometry (2009) (60)
- Bio-inspired multiproperty materials: strong, self-healing, and transparent artificial wood nanostructures. (2015) (60)
- Self-assembled diamide nanotubes in organic solvents. (2005) (59)
- Generating in-Plane Orientational Order in Multilayer Films Prepared by Spray-Assisted Layer-by-Layer Assembly. (2017) (56)
- Optical second-harmonic generation in Langmuir–Blodgett films of 2-docosylamino-5-nitropyridine (1988) (55)
- Nonlinear Optical Properties of Polyelectrolyte Thin Films Containing Gold Nanoparticles Investigated by Wavelength Dispersive Femtosecond Degenerate Four Wave Mixing (DFWM) (1998) (52)
- Magnetotunable Hybrid Films of Stratified Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Assembled by the Layer-by-Layer Technique (2011) (52)
- Micro-stratified architectures based on successive stacking of alginate gel layers and poly(l-lysine)-hyaluronic acid multilayer films aimed at tissue engineering. (2008) (50)
- Controlling the pathway of formation of supported lipid bilayers of DMPC by varying the sodium chloride concentration (2006) (50)
- Spray-assisted alignment of Layer-by-Layer assembled silver nanowires: a general approach for the preparation of highly anisotropic nano-composite films. (2017) (50)
- Step‐by‐Step Build‐Up of Biologically Active Cell‐Containing Stratified Films Aimed at Tissue Engineering (2009) (46)
- Nanoprotective Layer-by-Layer coatings with epoxy components for enhancing abrasion resistance: toward robust multimaterial nanoscale films. (2013) (46)
- Polyelectrolyte multilayers capped with polyelectrolytes bearing phosphorylcholine and triethylene glycol groups: parameters influencing antifouling properties. (2009) (42)
- Covalent layer-by-layer assembly and solvent memory of multilayer films from homobifunctional poly(dimethylsiloxane). (2010) (39)
- X-ray analysis of ultrathin polymer films self-assembled onto substrates (1994) (39)
- A comparative atomic force microscopic study of liquid crystal films: transferred freely-suspended vs. Langmuir-Blodgett : morphology, lattice, and manipulation (1993) (39)
- Layer-by-Layer Assembly (Putting Molecules to Work) (2012) (37)
- Altering the static dipole on surfaces through chemistry: molecular films of zwitterionic quinonoids. (2012) (37)
- Interaction of amphiphilic polymers with model membranes (1989) (35)
- Creation and structural comparison of ultrathin film assemblies: transferred freely suspended films and Langmuir-Blodgett films of liquid crystals (1992) (31)
- Advanced fibroblast proliferation inhibition for biocompatible coating by electrostatic layer-by-layer assemblies of heparin and chitosan derivatives. (2016) (29)
- Highly Oriented Nanowire Thin Films with Anisotropic Optical Properties Driven by the Simultaneous Influence of Surface Templating and Shear Forces. (2018) (29)
- Polyelectrolyte multilayer coatings that resist protein adsorption at rest and under stretching (2008) (29)
- Nanoscale precipitation coating: the deposition of inorganic films through step-by-step spray-assembly. (2010) (28)
- From "nano-bags" to "micro-pouches". Understanding and tweaking flocculation-based processes for the preparation of new nanoparticle-composites. (2008) (27)
- Highly‐ordered ultrathin lc multilayer films on solid substrates (1991) (26)
- The positions of the hydrogen atoms in allyllithium and solvated allyllithium species. A MNDO study (1983) (25)
- Fabrication of poly(p-phenylene vinylene) (PPV) nanoheterocomposite films via layer-by-layer adsorption (1995) (25)
- In-plane aligned assemblies of 1D-nanoobjects: recent approaches and applications. (2019) (25)
- What is really driving cell-surface interactions? Layer-by-layer assembled films may help to answer questions concerning cell attachment and response to biomaterials. (2016) (25)
- New bisamides gelators: relationship between chemical structure and fiber morphology (2003) (24)
- Influence of Cu(I)−Alkyne π-Complex Charge on the Step-by-Step Film Buildup through Sharpless Click Reaction (2010) (24)
- There is still plenty of room for layer-by-layer assembly for constructing nanoarchitectonics-based materials and devices. (2021) (23)
- Slow complexation dynamics between linear short polyphosphates and polyallylamines: analogies with "layer-by-layer" deposits. (2012) (23)
- Sequences of Sequences: Spatial Organization of Coded Matter through Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Digital Polymers. (2018) (22)
- Structural investigations of Langmuir-Blodgett films of 2-docosylamino-5-nitropyridine, a new type of non-centrosymmetric multilayer for use in non-linear optics (1989) (21)
- Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Multifunctional Hybrid Materials and Nanoscale Devices (2012) (21)
- The supramolecular self-organization of an amphotropic cholesterol derivative Micelles, liposomes and liquid-crystalline phases (1993) (20)
- Supramolecular Organic Nanowires as Plasmonic Interconnects. (2016) (19)
- Freely suspended liquid crystal film transfer: A new method of creating thin smectic films on solid substrates (1991) (19)
- Anisotropic optical and conductive properties of oriented 1D-nanoparticle thin films made by spray-assisted self-assembly. (2016) (18)
- Synthesis of a New PHEMA/PEO Enzymatically Biodegradable Hydrogel (2006) (18)
- The geometry of allyl-alkali-metal compounds. A 13C NMR reinvestigation (1984) (17)
- Giant liposomes as model membranes for immunological studies: spontaneous insertion of purified K1-antigen (poly-alpha-2,8-NeuAc) of Escherichia coli. (1990) (17)
- Fluorescence-enhanced bio-detection platforms obtained through controlled "step-by-step" clustering of silver nanoparticles. (2018) (17)
- An Introduction to Ultrathin Organic Films from Langmuir‐Blodgett to Self‐Assembly. Von A. Ulman. Academic Press, New York, 1991. XIII, 442 S., geb. $ 65.00. — ISBN 0‐12‐708230‐1 (1992) (16)
- Multifunctional Layer‐by‐Layer Architectures for Biological Applications (2011) (15)
- Layer-by-Layer assembled growth factor reservoirs for steering the response of 3T3-cells. (2016) (15)
- Design, synthesis, and degradation studies of new enzymatically erodible Poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate)/poly(ethylene oxide) hydrogels (2007) (14)
- Photocatalytically active polyelectrolyte/nanoparticle films for the elimination of a model odorous gas. (2011) (14)
- Thermochromic Langmuir-Blodgett films of a novel amphiphilic azo dye with homogeneous chromophore orientation☆ (1988) (14)
- Layer-by-Layer Photocatalytic Assembly for Solar Light-Activated Self-Decontaminating Textiles. (2016) (14)
- Hydrophobization of multilayered film containing layer-by-layer assembled nanoparticle by Nafion adsorption (2005) (13)
- Size-controlled polyelectrolyte complexes: direct measurement of the balance of forces involved in the triggered collapse of layer-by-layer assembled nanocapsules. (2013) (13)
- Humidity-Tunable Electronic Conductivity of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers Containing Gold Nanoparticles (2015) (13)
- Langmuir‐Blodgett films: An introduction. By M. C. Petty, xviii, 234 pp., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1996, Softcover, £16.95, ISBN 0‐521‐42450‐X (1997) (13)
- New synthetic oligoamide gelators: Structural study by X-ray and neutron scattering (2002) (13)
- Molecular Multilayer Films: The Quest for Order, Orientation, and Optical Properties (1997) (12)
- Layer-by-Layer Assembled Films Composed of “Charge Matched” and “Length Matched” Polysaccharides: Self-Patterning and Unexpected Effects of the Degree of Polymerization (2012) (12)
- Strukturelle Modifikationen von FeZrF6 (1980) (12)
- Tailoring preparation, structure and photocatalytic activity of layer-by-layer films for degradation of different target molecules (2015) (12)
- Photo-crosslinking in freely-suspended films of ferroelectric lc-polymers* (1995) (12)
- Synthesis of Polyelectrolytes Bearing Phosphorylcholine Moieties (2007) (11)
- Langmuir-Blodgett Mono- and Multilayer Assemblies of Amphiphilic Liquid- Crystalline n-Alkyl-4′-n-alkoxybiphenyl-4-carboxylates. I (1991) (11)
- Assembly of Anisotropic Nano-Cellulose Films Stronger than the Original Tree. (2020) (9)
- Preparation and Thermal Behavior of Freely-Suspended and Transferred Films Composed of a Single Compound, the Liquid Crystal 707PP (1991) (9)
- Nanoscale Bouligand Multilayers: Giant Circular Dichroism of Helical Assemblies of Plasmonic 1D Nano-Objects. (2021) (9)
- Adsorption of polystyrene–poly(4-vinylpyridine) diblock copolymer on the assembled latex film (2005) (8)
- Virtually Transparent TiO2/Polyelectrolyte Thin Multilayer Films as High-Efficiency Nanoporous Photocatalytic Coatings for Breaking Down Formic Acid and for Escherichia coli Removal. (2020) (7)
- X-Ray crystal structure of [{o-C6H4(CHPh)2}{Li(tmeda)}2](tmedaMe2NCH2CH2NMe2). Unsymmetrical lithium bridging and (E,E)-conformation of the phenyl groups (1984) (7)
- Freely‐Suspended and Transferred Freely‐Suspended Films of Polymeric Liquid Crystals (1993) (5)
- Structure-Dependent Chiroptical Properties of Twisted Multilayered Silver Nanowire Assemblies. (2021) (5)
- Toward folding control in oligomers and polymers (1999) (5)
- Spectroscopic studies of the stability of monolayers of 2‐docosylamino‐5‐nitropyridine at the air/water interface (1991) (5)
- Control of the transfection efficiency of human dermal fibroblasts by adjusting the characteristics of jetPEI®/plasmid complexes/polyplexes through the cation/anion ratio (2018) (4)
- Development of an electron paramagnetic resonance methodology for studying the photo-generation of reactive species in semiconductor nano-particle assembled films (2018) (4)
- Nitrochalcones as organogelators: evidence of the involvement of nitro groups and solvent in gel formation (2009) (4)
- Sequences of Sequences: Spatial Organization of Coded Matter through Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Digital Polymers (2018) (4)
- The influence of carbanion orbital orientation and charge distribution on the structures of polylithium compounds (1984) (4)
- New amphiphilic terphenyl liquid crystals for the preparation of highly ordered ultrathin films (1991) (3)
- Layer-by-Layer Adsorption: The Solid/Liquid-Interface as a Template for the Controlled Growth of Well-Defined Nanostructures of Polyelectrolytes, Proteins, DNA and Polynucleotides (1994) (3)
- Linear And Nonlinear Optical Properties Of Y-type Langmuir-Blodgett Films Of 2-Docosylamino-5-Nitropyridine (1989) (3)
- Chemical modification of Topaz surfaces (1999) (3)
- Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films – A General Approach to (Bio)functional Coatings (2011) (3)
- Monolithic Q 1 cells for solar fuels † (2014) (2)
- Polarization-dependent optical band gap energy of aligned semiconducting titanium oxide nanowire deposits. (2021) (2)
- Membranes and More. Membrane‐Mimetic Approach to Advanced Materials. By J. H. Fendler, Advances in Polymeric Science, Vol. 113, Springer, Berlin 1994, X, 326 pp., hardcover, DM 168.00, ISBN 3–540–57237–6 (1995) (1)
- Ultrathin Organic Multilayer Films Via Salt Formation: Easy Access To Tailor-made Coatings In The Thickness Range Of 1 Nm To 500 Nm (1990) (1)
- Comparison of bulk and thin film structures of the liquid crystal 28OBC: measurements and simulations (1998) (1)
- Macroscopic mapping of the linear in-plane anisotropy of nanocellulosic thin films by Mueller matrix polarimetry (2022) (1)
- Build-to-Order Biofuncional Surfaces (2005) (0)
- Process for the production of a nanometer material and reactor for its implementation (2010) (0)
- Comparison of transferred freely-suspended films and LB-films of liquid crystals (1993) (0)
- Belaeggningselement with one or several of layers, som anbringats pao baeraraemnen, Science framstaellning of the year. (1991) (0)
- Spray-Deposited Anisotropic Assemblies of Plasmonic Nanowires for Direction-Sensitive Strain Measurement. (2022) (0)
- Toward Folding Control in Oligomers and Polymers. (1999) (0)
- New Method to Prepare Ultrathin Polymer Multilayer Systems with Application of Ionic Attraction Force ( Salt - Formation ) (1993) (0)
- Optical Studies of Amphiphilic Molecules with Interesting Electro-Optical and Non-Linear Optical Properties (1990) (0)
- Organized organic multilayer structures for frequency doubling and electro optics. (2000) (0)
- Spectroscopic Investigations Of LB Mono- And Multilayers Of 2-docosylamino 5-nitropyridine; Promising Candidates For Non-linear And Integrated Optics (1990) (0)
- Humidity-tunable electronic conductivity of polyelectrolyte multilayers doped with Au-nanoparticles (2011) (0)
- Book Review: An Introduction to Ultrathin Organic Films from Langmuir–Blodgett to Self‐Assembly. By A. Ulman (1992) (0)
- Method for obtaining thin layers (2010) (0)
- Macromol. Rapid Commun. 15/2011 (2011) (0)
- Mono-or multilayered layer element arranged on carrier and production thereof (1994) (0)
- "Method of building functional living materials, materials obtained and applications" (2006) (0)
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