Publications

2020

• 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
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 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
  J. Vis. Exp., 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
  Chem. Eur. J. 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
  Adv. Mater. 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
  Sci Rep 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
  Am J Bot 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
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 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
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 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