Nominator's project description
| The Humboldt Award is granted to Professor Andelman for his pioneering work on the physics of soft condensed matter and biomimetic materials.With his ground breaking theories on the self-organisation of colloidal systems by interplay of entropic, electrostatic and dipolar interfacial forces he set a new standard of research in this field.
His theory of wetting of solids by membranes stimulated by his cooperation with German groups provided new insights into the physical basis of cell adhesion and bioadhesion and stimulated research of this scientific field in Germany. |
Publications (partial selection)
| 2005 | Thomas R. Weikl, David Andelman, Shige Komura, Reinhard Lipowsky: Adhesion of Membranes with Competing Specific and Generic Interactions. In: European Physical Journal: E (soft matter), 2005, 59 |
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| 2005 | Matthias F. Schneider, David Andelman, Motomu Tanaka: Stripes of
two Partially Fluorinated Alkyl Chains: Dipolar Langmuir Monolayers. In: J. Chemical Physics, 2005, 094717 |
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| 2003 | Adi Shafir, David Andelman, Roland R. Netz: Adsorption and Depletion of Polyelectrolytes from Charged Surfaces. In: J. Chemical Physics, 2003, 2355 |
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| 2003 | Roland Netz, David Andelman: Neutral and Charged Polymers at Interfaces. In: Physics Reports, 2003, 1-95 |
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