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  1. High-precision tabletop microplotter for flexible on-demand material deposition in printed electronics and device functionalization

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, December 2021, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  2. Evaluation of Microfluidic Ceiling Designs for the Capture of Circulating Tumor Cells on a Microarray Platform

    Article • Advanced Biosystems, December 2019, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  3. Facilitating an International Research Experience Focused on Applied Nanotechnology and Surface Chemistry for American Undergraduate Students Collaborating with Mentors at a German Educational and Research Institution

    Article • Journal of Chemical Education, October 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  4. Aptamer Conformation-Cooperated Enzyme-Assisted Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Enabling Ultrasensitive Detection of Cell Surface Protein Biomarkers in Blood Samples

    Article • ACS Sensors, September 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  5. Writing Behavior of Phospholipids in Polymer Pen Lithography (PPL) for Bioactive Micropatterns

    Article • Polymers, May 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  6. Development of Dip‐Pen Nanolithography (DPN) and Its Derivatives

    Article • Small, April 2019, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  7. Locally Controlled Growth of Individual Lambda-Shaped Carbon Nanofibers

    Article • Small, January 2019, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  8. A Comparative Study of Thiol-Terminated Surface Modification by Click Reactions: Thiol-yne Coupling versus Thiol-ene Michael Addition

    Article • Advanced Materials Interfaces, November 2018, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  9. Combinatorial Synthesis of Macromolecular Arrays by Microchannel Cantilever Spotting (µCS)

    Article • Advanced Materials, June 2018, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  10. Site-Specific Surface Functionalization via Microchannel Cantilever Spotting (µCS): Comparison between Azide-Alkyne and Thiol-Alkyne Click Chemistry Reactions

    Article • Small, April 2018, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  11. Polymer Pen Lithography with Lipids for Large-Area Gradient Patterns

    Article • Langmuir, July 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  12. “Molecular Activity Painting”: Switch-like, Light-Controlled Perturbations inside Living Cells

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, March 2017, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  13. “Molecular Activity Painting”: schaltbare, lichtgesteuerte Manipulation in lebenden Zellen

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, March 2017, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  14. Phospholipid arrays on porous polymer coatings generated by micro-contact spotting

    Article • Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, March 2017, Beilstein Institut

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  15. Clickable Antifouling Polymer Brushes for Polymer Pen Lithography

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, March 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  16. Biomimetic Phospholipid Membrane Organization on Graphene and Graphene Oxide Surfaces: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study

    Article • ACS Nano, February 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Hirtz, Dr. Aravind Vijayaraghavan

  17. Attoliter Chemistry for Nanoscale Functionalization of Graphene

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, December 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Hirtz, Dr. Aravind Vijayaraghavan

  18. Branch Suppression and Orientation Control of Langmuir-Blodgett Patterning on Prestructured Surfaces

    Article • Advanced Materials Interfaces, October 2016, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  19. Click-Chemistry Based Allergen Arrays Generated by Polymer Pen Lithography for Mast Cell Activation Studies

    Article • Small, August 2016, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  20. Mechano‐ and Photochromism from Bulk to Nanoscale: Data Storage on Individual Self‐Assembled Ribbons

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, May 2016, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  21. Click-Chemistry Immobilized 3D-Infused Microarrays in Nanoporous Polymer Substrates

    Article • Advanced Materials Interfaces, January 2016, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  22. Ink transport modelling in Dip-Pen Nanolithography and Polymer Pen Lithography

    Article • Nanofabrication, January 2016, De Gruyter

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  23. Catalyst-free site-specific surface modifications of nanocrystalline diamond films via microchannel cantilever spotting

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  24. Self-limiting multiplexed assembly of lipid membranes on large-area graphene sensor arrays

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Hirtz, Dr. Aravind Vijayaraghavan

  25. Multi-color polymer pen lithography for oligonucleotide arrays

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  26. Multiscale Origami Structures as Interface for Cells

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, December 2015, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  27. Selective Binding of DNA Origami on Biomimetic Lipid Patches

    Article • Small, September 2015, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  28. Densely Packed Microgoblet Laser Pairs for Cross-Referenced Biomolecular Detection

    Article • Advanced Science, June 2015, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  29. Functional Lipid Assemblies by Dip-Pen Nanolithography and Polymer Pen Lithography

    Article • April 2015, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  30. Ultra-large scale AFM of lipid droplet arrays: investigating the ink transfer volume in dip pen nanolithography

    Article • Nanotechnology, April 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  31. Dip-Pen Nanolithography-Assisted Protein Crystallization

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert, Dr Michael Hirtz

  32. Reactive Superhydrophobic Surface and Its Photoinduced Disulfide-ene and Thiol-ene (Bio)functionalization

    Article • Nano Letters, January 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  33. Patterning of Quantum Dots by Dip-Pen and Polymer Pen Nanolithography

    Article • Nanofabrication, January 2015, De Gruyter

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  34. A diffusive ink transport model for lipid dip-pen nanolithography

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  35. Selective binding of oligonucleotide on TiO2 surfaces modified by swift heavy ion beam lithography

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  36. Apertureless Cantilever-Free Pen Arrays for Scanning Photochemical Printing

    Article • Small, October 2014, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  37. Diamond Nanophotonic Circuits Functionalized by Dip‐pen Nanolithography

    Article • Advanced Optical Materials, October 2014, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  38. HIV-1 antibodies and vaccine antigen selectively interact with lipid domains

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  39. Biosensors: Large‐Scale Parallel Surface Functionalization of Goblet‐type Whispering Gallery Mode Microcavity Arrays for Biosensing Applications (Small 19/2014)

    Article • Small, October 2014, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  40. Multiplexed Biomimetic Lipid Membranes on Graphene by Dip-Pen Nanolithography

    Article • Microscopy and Microanalysis, August 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Michael Hirtz, Dr. Aravind Vijayaraghavan

  41. Large‐Scale Parallel Surface Functionalization of Goblet‐type Whispering Gallery Mode Microcavity Arrays for Biosensing Applications

    Article • Small, July 2014, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  42. Microspotting: Click‐Chemistry Based Multi‐Component Microarrays by Quill‐Like Pens (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 3/2014)

    Article • Advanced Materials Interfaces, June 2014, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  43. Tunable Organic Hetero‐Patterns via Molecule Diffusion Control

    Article • Small, April 2014, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  44. Antifouling: Vapor‐Based Multicomponent Coatings for Antifouling and Biofunctional Synergic Modifications (Adv. Funct. Mater. 16/2014)

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, April 2014, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  45. Click‐Chemistry Based Multi‐Component Microarrays by Quill‐Like Pens

    Article • Advanced Materials Interfaces, February 2014, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  46. Localization and Dynamics of Glucocorticoid Receptor at the Plasma Membrane of Activated Mast Cells

    Article • Small, February 2014, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  47. Simulation Modeling of Supported Lipid Membranes – A Review

    Article • Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, February 2014, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  48. Advances in DNA-directed immobilization

    Article • Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  49. High‐Performance and Tailorable Pressure Sensor Based on Ultrathin Conductive Polymer Film

    Article • Small, January 2014, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  50. Vapor‐Based Multicomponent Coatings for Antifouling and Biofunctional Synergic Modifications

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, January 2014, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  51. Mesopattern of immobilised bone morphogenetic protein-2 created by microcontact printing and dip-pen nanolithography influence C2C12 cell fate

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  52. Multiplexed biomimetic lipid membranes on graphene by dip-pen nanolithography

    Article • Nature Communications, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael Hirtz, Dr. Aravind Vijayaraghavan

  53. Porous polymer coatings as substrates for the formation of high-fidelity micropatterns by quill-like pens

    Article • Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, June 2013, Beilstein Institut

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  54. Interdigitated Multicolored Bioink Micropatterns by Multiplexed Polymer Pen Lithography

    Article • Small, April 2013, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  55. On-chip microlasers for biomolecular detection via highly localized deposition of a multifunctional phospholipid ink

    Article • Lab on a Chip, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  56. Selective deposition of organic molecules onto DPPC templates – A molecular dynamics study

    Article • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  57. Single‐ and Double‐Sided Chemical Functionalization of Bilayer Graphene

    Article • Small, November 2012, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  58. New Approaches for Bottom-Up Assembly of Tobacco Mosaic Virus-Derived Nucleoprotein Tubes on Defined Patterns on Silica- and Polymer-Based Substrates

    Article • Langmuir, October 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  59. Toxic and non-toxic aggregates from the SBMA and normal forms of androgen receptor have distinct oligomeric structures

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease, June 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  60. Allergen Arrays for Antibody Screening and Immune Cell Activation Profiling Generated by Parallel Lipid Dip‐Pen Nanolithography

    Article • Small, January 2012, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  61. Facile Modification of Silica Substrates Provides a Platform for Direct‐Writing Surface Click Chemistry

    Article • Small, January 2012, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz, Ramon Eritja

  62. Integrated Lasers for Polymer Lab-on-a-Chip Systems

    Article • January 2012, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  63. Comparative Height Measurements of Dip-Pen Nanolithography-Produced Lipid Membrane Stacks with Atomic Force, Fluorescence, and Surface-Enhanced Ellipsometric Contrast Microscopy

    Article • Langmuir, August 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  64. Chemical Surface Modification of Self‐Assembled Monolayers by Radical Nitroxide Exchange Reactions

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, July 2011, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  65. Measurement of Mass Transfer during Dip‐Pen Nanolithography with Phospholipids

    Article • Small, June 2011, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  66. Selective deposition of organic molecules onto different densely packed self-assembled monolayers: A molecular dynamics study

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters, April 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  67. High‐Resolution Triple‐Color Patterns Based on the Liquid Behavior of Organic Molecules

    Article • Small, March 2011, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  68. Site specific protein immobilization into structured polymer brushes prepared by AFM lithography

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  69. Substrate-Independent Dip-Pen Nanolithography Based on Reactive Coatings

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, December 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  70. Patterning of Functional Compounds by Multicomponent Langmuir−Blodgett Transfer and Subsequent Chemical Modification

    Article • Langmuir, September 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  71. Patterning of Polymer Electrodes by Nanoscratching

    Article • Advanced Materials, March 2010, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  72. Anisotropic growth of organic semiconductor based on mechanical contrast of pre-patterned monolayer

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  73. Control over Patterning of Organic Semiconductors: Step‐Edge‐Induced Area‐Selective Growth

    Article • Advanced Materials, December 2009, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  74. Selective Adsorption of DNA on Chiral Surfaces: Supercoiled or Relaxed Conformation

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, July 2009, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  75. Selective Adsorption of DNA on Chiral Surfaces: Supercoiled or Relaxed Conformation

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, July 2009, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  76. Structured Polymer Brushes by AFM Lithography

    Article • Small, April 2009, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  77. Kinetics of island formation in organic film growth

    Article • Physical Review B, March 2008, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  78. Influence of Substrate Treatment on Self-Organized Pattern Formation by Langmuir−Blodgett Transfer

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, December 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  79. Correlating Dynamics and Selectivity in Adsorption of Semiconductor Nanocrystals onto a Self-Organized Pattern

    Article • Nano Letters, October 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  80. Capillary-Induced Contact Guidance

    Article • Langmuir, August 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  81. Langmuir—Blodgett Patterning: A Bottom—Up Way to Build Mesostructures over Large Areas

    Article • ChemInform, August 2007, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  82. Ortsselektive Polymerisationen an Oberflächen durch Langmuir‐Blodgett‐Lithographie

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, June 2007, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  83. Site‐Selective Surface‐Initiated Polymerization by Langmuir–Blodgett Lithography

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, June 2007, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  84. Langmuir–Blodgett Patterning: A Bottom–Up Way To Build Mesostructures over Large Areas

    Article • Accounts of Chemical Research, April 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  85. Fabrication of Gradient Mesostructures by Langmuir−Blodgett Rotating Transfer

    Article • Langmuir, February 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  86. Langmuir−Blodgett Patterning of Phospholipid Microstripes:  Effect of the Second Component

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, March 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Michael Hirtz

  87. Self-Organized Patterning: Regular and Spatially Tunable Luminescent Submicrometer Stripes Over Large Areas

    Article • Advanced Materials, December 2005, Wiley

    Dr Michael Hirtz