Publications

2020

• Fused Deposition Modeling of Microfluidic Chips in Polymethylmethacrylate*
  F. Kotz, M. Mader, N. Dellen, P. Risch, A. Kick, D. Helmer, B. E. Rapp
  Micromachines, 11(9), 873 (2020), doi: 10.3390/mi11090873

• Axenic in vitro cultivation of 19 peat moss (Sphagnum L.) species as a resource for basic biology, biotechnology, and paludiculture*
  M. A. Heck, V. M. Lüth, N. van Gessel, M. Krebs, M. Kohl, A. Prager, H. Joosten, E. L. Decker, R. Reski
  New Phytologist (2020), doi: 10.1111/nph.16922

• Functional and morphological adaptation in DNA protocells via signal processing prompted by artificial metalloenzymes*
  A. Samanta, V. Sabatino, T. R. Ward, A. Walther
  Nature Nanotechnology (2020), doi: 10.1038/s41565-020-0761-y

• Comparative analyses of the self-sealing mechanisms in leaves of Delosperma cooperi and Delosperma ecklonis (Aizoaceae)*
  L. Hesse, T. Kampowski, J. Leupold, S. Caliaro, T. Speck & O. Speck
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21(16): 5768, doi:10.3390/ijms21165768 (Special Issue: Plant Biomechanics)

• ATP-powered molecular recognition to engineer transient multivalency and self-sorting 4D hierarchical systems*
  J. Deng, A. Walther
  Nature Communications 11, 3658 (2020), doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17479-9

• Bamboo-inspired tubular scaffolds with functional gradients*
  K. Yin, M. D. Mylo, T. Speck & U. G. Wegst
  Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Volume 110, doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2020.103826

• Tunable permittivity in dielectric elastomer composites under finite strains: Periodicity, randomness, and instabilities.*
  A. Goshkoderia, N. Arora, V. Slesarenko, J. Li, V. Chen, A. Juhl, P. Buskohl, S. Rudykh
  International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 186 (2020), doi: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2020.105880

• Exploring the attachment of the Mediterranean medicinal leech Hirudo verbana to porous substrates*
  T. Kampowski, L.-L. Thiemann, L. Kürner, T. Speck, S. Poppinga
  Journal of the Royal Society Interface.1720200300

• Snapping mechanics of the Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula*
  R. Sachse, A. Westermeier, M. Mylo, J. Nadasdi, T. Speck, M. Bischoff, S. Poppinga
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117.27 (2020), 10.1073/pnas.2002707117

• Plant movements as concept generators for the development of biomimetic compliant mechanisms*
  S. Poppinga, D. Correa, B. Bruchmann, A. Menges, T. Speck
  Integrative and Comparative Biology: icaa028, doi: 10.1093/icb/icaa028

• 2D and 3D graphical datasets for bamboo-inspired tubular scaffolds with functional gradients: micrographs and tomograms*
  K. Yin, M. Mylo, T. Speck, U. Wegst
  Data in Brief, Volume 31, doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.105870

• Artificial Venus Flytraps: A Research Review and Outlook on Their Importance for Novel Bioinspired Materials Systems*
  F. Esser, P. Auth, T. Speck
  Frontiers in Robotics and AI 7:75, doi: 10.3389/frobt.2020.00075

• Polymer Transformers: Interdigitating Reaction Networks of Fueled Monomer Species to Reconfigure Functional Polymer States*
  M. Sun, Jie Deng, A. Walther
  Angewandte Chemie International Edition, doi: 10.1002/anie.202006526

• Self-repair in cacti branches: comparative analyses of their morphology, anatomy and biomechanics*
  M. Mylo, F. Krüger, T. Speck, O. Speck;
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21: 4630, doi:10.3390/ijms21134630 (Special Issue: Plant Biomechanics)

• Bio-inspired Lightweight Construction
  T. Speck
  In: P. Fratzl, K. Jacobs, M. Möller, T. Scheibel & K. Sternberg (eds.), Materials Research: Inspired by Nature - Innovation Potential of Biologically Inspired Materials, 37 – 38. acatech DISKUSSION, utzverlag, München.

• Living Plant‐Hybrid Generators for Multidirectional Wind Energy Conversion*
  F. Meder, M. Thielen, A. Mondini, T. Speck, B. Mazzolai
  Energy Technology: 2000236, doi: 10.1002/ente.202000236

• Rapid Synthesis of Nucleoside Triphosphates and Analogues*
  A. Ripp, J. Singh, H. Jessen
  Current Protocols in Nucleic Acid Chemistry, 81, e108, doi: 10.1002/cpnc.108

• The Protective Role of Bark and Bark Fibers of the Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) during High-Energy Impacts
  G. Bold, M. Langer, L. Börnert & T. Speck
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21: 3355 [Special Issue Plant Biomechanics], doi:10.3390/ijms21093355

• Planar Mechanical Metamaterials with Embedded Permanent Magnets*
  V. Slesarenko
  Materials 13 (6) 1313 (2020), doi: 10.3390/ma13061313

• Multiple Light Control Mechanisms in ATP‐fueled Non‐Equilibrium DNA Systems*
  J. Deng, D. Bezold, H. Jessen, A. Walther
  Angewandte Chemie International Edition, doi: 10.1002/anie.202003102

• 4D pine scale: biomimetic 4D printed autonomous scale and flap structures capable of multi-phase movement*
  D. Correa, S. Poppinga, M. D. Mylo, A. S. Westermeier, B. Bruchmann, A. Menges, T. Speck
  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London A, 378: 20190445, doi: 10.1098/rsta.2019.0445

• Covalent Attachment of Single Molecules for AFM-based Force Spectroscopy*
  A. Kolberg, C. Wenzel, T. Hugel, M. Gallei, B. N. Balzer
  Journal of Visualized Experiments (157), e60934, doi:10.3791/60934

• Aus der Vergangenheit für die Zukunft lernen: Fossile Pflanzen als Ideengeber für biomimetische Materialien und Strukturen*
  T. Speck & T. Masselter
  In: I. Werneburg & O. Betz (eds.): Phylogenie, Funktionsmorphologie und Bionik. Schriften zum 60. Phylogenetischen Symposium in Tübingen, 79 – 96. Scidinge Hall Verlag, Tübingen.

• The Changed Role of Anthropology in the Anthropocene
  P. Höfele
  In: Silvia Salardi / Michele Saporiti (eds.): Le tecnologie 'morali' emergenti e le sfide etico-giuridiche delle nuove soggettività. Emerging 'moral' technologies and the ethical-legal challenges of new subjectivities, G. Giappichelli, Turin 2020, S. 125–144.

2019

• Bioinspirierter Leichtbau*
  T. Speck
  In: P. Fratzl, K. Jacobs, M. Möller, T. Scheibel & K. Sternberg (eds.): Materialforschung: Impulsgeber Natur – Innovationspotenzial biologisch inspirierter Materialien und Werkstoffe, 37 – 38. acatech DISKUSSION, utzverlag, München.

• Cyclotriphosphate: A Brief History, Recent Developments, and Perspectives in Synthesis*
  D. Bezold, T. Dürr, J. Singh, H. Jessen
  Chemistry A European Journal 2020, 26, 2298-2308, doi: 10.1002/chem.201904433

• Wound reactions in stems of Leonurus cardiaca: A morphological, anatomical and biomechanical study
  O. Speck, K. Schmauder, T. Speck & C. Paul-Victor
  Botany, doi: 10.1139/cjb-2019-0002

• Redox Polymers as Electrode-Active Materials for Batteries*
  B. Esser
  Organic Materials 2019; 01(01), doi: 10.1055/s-0039-3401016

• Plant Biomechanics in the 21st Century – Special Issue Editorial
  A. Geitmann, K.J. Niklas & T. Speck
  Journal of Experimental Botany, 70(14): 3435-3438, doi: 10.1093/jxb/erz280

• Viewpoint: From Responsive to Adaptive and Interactive Materials and Materials Systems: A Roadmap*
  A. Walther
  Advanced Materials 2019, 1905111, doi: 10.1002/adma.201905111

• Structural and functional imaging of large and opaque plant specimen*
  L. Hesse, K. Bunk, J. Leupold, T. Speck & T. Masselter
  Journal of Experimental Botany, 70(14): 3659-3678, doi: 10.1093/jxb/erz186

• Characterization of biomimetic peristaltic pumping system based on flexible silicone soft robotic actuators as an alternative for technical pumps
  F. Esser, F. Krüger, T. Masselter & T. Speck
  In: U. Martinez-Hernandez, V. Vouloutsi, A. Mura, M. Mangan, M. Asada, T.J. Prescott & P.F.M.J. Verschure (eds.): Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Living Machines 2019, 101-113. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence LNAI 11556. Springer International Publishing, Cham, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-24741-6_9

• Adaptive biomimetic actuator systems reacting to various stimuli by and combining two biological snap-trap mechanics*
  F. Esser, F. D. Scherag, S. Poppinga, A. Westermeier, M. D. Mylo, T. Kampowski, G. Bold, J. Rühe & T. Speck (2019):
  In: U. Martinez-Hernandez, V. Vouloutsi, A. Mura, M. Mangan, M. Asada, T.J. Prescott & P.F.M.J. Verschure (eds.), Biomimetic and Biohy¬brid Systems, Living Machines 2019, 114-121. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence LNAI 11556. Springer International Publishing, Cham, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-24741-6_10

• Silent pumpers: a comparative topical overview of the peristaltic pumping principle in living nature, engineering and biomimetics
  F. Esser, T. Masselter & T. Speck
  Advanced Intelligent Systems,1: 1900009, doi: 10.1002/aisy.201900009

• Twist-to-bend ratio: an important selective factor for many rod-shaped biological structures*
  S. Wolff-Vorbeck, M. Langer, O. Speck, T. Speck, P. Dondl
  Scientific Reports 9: 17182, doi:10.1038/s41598-019-52878-z

• Resolving form-structure-function relationships in plants with MRI for biomimetics transfer*
  L. Hesse, J. Leupold, S. Poppinga, M. Wick, K. Strobel, T. Masselter & T. Speck
  Integrative and Comparative Biology: 1-14, doi: 10.1093/icb/icz051/54978

• Quo vadis plant biomechanics: Old wine in new bottles or an up-and-coming field of modern plant science?*
  T. Speck & O. Speck
  American Journal of Botany 106(11): 1–5, doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1371.

• Charged glycan residues critically contribute to the adsorption and lubricity of mucins*
  M. Marczynski, B. N. Balzer, K. Jiang, T. M. Lutz, T. Crouzier, O. Lieleg
  Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 187, 110614, doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.110614

• Synthesis of Modified Nucleoside Oligophosphates Simplified: Fast, Pure, and Protecting Group Free*
  Jyoti Singh, Alexander Ripp, Thomas M. Haas, Danye Qiu, Manfred Keller, Paul A. Wender, Jay S. Siegel, Kim K. Baldridge and Henning J. Jessen
  Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141, 15013-15017, doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b08273

• Opposing Temperature Dependence of the Stretching Response of Single PEG and PNiPAM PolymersOpposing Temperature Dependence of the Stretching Response of Single PEG and PNiPAM Polymers*
  A. Kolberg, C. Wenzel, K. Hackenstrass, R. Schwarzl, C. Rüttiger, T. Hugel, M. Gallei, R. R. Netz, B. N. Balzer
  Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141, 29, doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b04383

• Biosurface properties and lead adsorption in a clone of Sphagnum palustre (Mosses): Towards a unified protocol of biomonitoring of airbone heavy metal pollution)
  A. Di Palma, A. G. González, P. Adamo, S. Giordano, R. Reski, O. S. Pokrovsky
  Chemosphere, 2019; 236:124375, doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124375

• An Overview of Bioinspired and Biomimetic Self-Repairing Materials*
  O. Speck, T. Speck
  Biomimetics 2019, 4, 26, doi: 10.33.90/biomimetics4010026

• Emergence in Biomimetic Materials Systems
  T. Speck, O. Speck
  L. H. Wegner & U. Lüttge (eds.) Emergence and Modularity in Life Sciences, 97 – 115. Springer Nature, Switzerland.

* Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC-2193/1 – 390951807