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Prof. Dr. Zuzanna Siwy

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Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsExperimental Condensed Matter Physics
Keywordsionic diodes, biosensors, track-etched membranes, nanopores, ion current fluctuations

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityIrvine
InstitutionUniversity of California, Irvine
InstituteDepartment of Physics and Astronomy

Host during sponsorship

Dr. Reimar SpohrAbteilung Materialforschung, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt
Prof. Dr. Reinhard NeumannAbteilung Materialforschung, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt
Prof. Dr. Christina TrautmannAbteilung Materialforschung, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2001

Programme(s)

2000Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme
2009Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Siwy is well-known internationally for her outstanding contributions to the field of basic transport processes of ions through very small channels. Her innovative research combines nanochannel fabrication with relativistic heavy ion projectiles and biochemical surface processing. During her stay in Germany, Professor Siwy will focus on applications of synthetic nanopores as ionic diodes, transistors, and amplifiers for nanofluidic systems and as sensors for biomolecules.

Publications (partial selection)

2003Zuzanna Siwy, D. Dobrev, R. Neumann, C. Trautmann, K. Voss. Electro-responsive asymmetric nanopores in polyimide with stable ion current signal. In: Applied Physics A, 2003, 781-785
2003Zuzanna Siwy, P. Apel, D. Baur, D. Dobrev, Y.E. Korchev, R. Neumann, R. Spohr, C. Trautmann, K.-O. Voss Preparation of synthetic nanopores with transport properties analogous to biological channels. In: Surface Science, 2003, 1061-1066
2003Zuzanna Siwy, M. Mycielska, M.B.A Djamgoz: Statistical and Fractal Analyses of Rat Prostate Cancer Cell Motility in Direct-Current Electric Field: Comparison of Strongly and Weakly Metastatic Cells. In: Eur. Biophys. J. , 2003, 12-21
2002Zuzanna Siwy, M. Ausloos, K. Ivanova: Correlation studies of open and closed state fluctuations in an ion channel: Analysis of ion current through a large-conductance locust potassium channel. In: Phys. Rev. E, 2002, 031907
2002Zuzanna Siwy, Andrzej Fulinski: Fabrication of a synthetic nanopore ion-pump. In: Physical Review Letters, 2002, 198103-1-198103-4
2002Zuzanna Siwy, Y. Gu, H.A. Spor, D. Baur, A. Wolf-Reber, R. Spohr, P. Apel, Y.E. Korchev: Nanofabricated voltage-gated pore. In: Biophys. J. , 2002, 1288
2002Zuzanna Siwy, Andrzej Fulinski: Origin of 1/f[sup alpha] Noise in Membrane Channel Currents. In: Physical Review Letters, 2002, 158101-1-158101-4
2002M.E. Toimil Molares, Zuzanna Siwy, R. Neumann, I.U. Schuchert, R. Spohr, C. Trautmann: Preparation of a single metal wire by elctrochemical filling of an etched ion track. In: GSI Scientific Report , 2002, 147
2002Zuzanna Siwy, Yuchun Gu, Hilmar A. Spohr, Dagmar Baur, Alexander Wolf-Reber, Reimar Spohr, Pavel Apel, Yuri E. Korchev: Rectification and voltage gating in ion currents in a nanofabricated pore. In: Europhysics Letters, 2002, 349-355
2002D. Baur, P. Apel, Y.E. Korchev, C. Mueller, Zuzanna Siwy, H. Spohr, R. Spohr: Relevance of surface gels for ion track etching in polymers. In: GSI Scientific Report, 2002, 143
2002Zuzanna Siwy, Y.Gu, H.A. Spohr, D. Baur, A. Wolf-Reber, R. Spohr, P. Apel, Y.E. Korchev: Voltage-gated nanopores analogues to biochannles. In: GSI Scientific Report, 2002, 142
2001P. Apel, Y.E. Korchev, Zuzanna Siwy, R. Spohr, M. Yoshida: Diode-like single ion-track membrane prepared by electro-stopping. In: Nucl. Instr. Meth. B, 2001, 337-346