Dr. Daniel Spitzer | Besenius Lab - Supramolecular Functional Materials

Contact:

Lab: 2224.02.125

Office: 2224.02.135

Phone: 39-23873

Research Topic:

Kinetically controlled redox-responsive supramolecular polymers
and triple helical assemblies in water

Curriculum Vitae:

11/2014 - 05/2018	Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. Pol Besenius, JGU Mainz
04/2014 - 09/2014	Masterthesis in the group of Prof. Pol Besenius, WWU Münster
08/2013 - 11/2013	Research project in the group Prof. Guillermo C. Bazan, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
2012 - 2014	Master of Science in Chemistry, WWU Münster
2012	Bachelorthesis in the group of Prof. Armido Studer, WWU Münster
2009 - 2012	Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, WWU Münster
2008	Abitur, Gymnasium August-Dicke-Schule, Solingen

Publications:

[19] Predicting the Supramolecular Assembly of Amphiphilic Peptides from Comprehensive Coarse-Grained Simulations.
S. Chakraborty^§, C.M. Berač^§, M. Urschbach, D. Spitzer, M. Mezger, P. Besenius, T. Speck*,
ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2022, 4, 822-831. DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.1c01208.
(^§ these authors contributed equally)

[18] Lipid Bilayer Interactions of Peptidic Supramolecular Polymers and the Impact on Membrane Permeability and Stability.
S. Pannwitt, J. Kaltbeitzel, P. Ahlers, D. Spitzer, N. Hellmann, F. Depoix, P. Besenius, D. Schneider*,
Biochemistry 2020, 59, 1845-1853. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00114.

[17] Supramolecular Copolymers Predominated by Alternating Order: Theory and Application.
R. van Buel, D. Spitzer, C.M. Berač, P. van der Schoot, P. Besenius, Sara Jabbari-Farouji*,
J. Chem. Phys. 2019, 151, 014902. DOI: 10.1063/1.5097577.
arXiv:1811.01460.

[16] Structure and Luminescence Properties of Supramolecular Polymers of Amphiphilic Aromatic Thioether-Peptide Conjugates in Water.
P. Ahlers, C. Götz, S. Riebe, M. Zirbes, M. Jochem, D. Spitzer, J. Voskuhl*, T. Basché*, P. Besenius*,
Polym. Chem. 2019, 10, 3163-3169. DOI: 10.1039/c8py01712c.

[15] Aqueous Supramolecular Polymers and Hydrogels.
D. Spitzer, P. Besenius,
in Supramolecular Chemistry in Water, ed.: S. Kubik, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2019, 285-336. DOI: 10.1002/9783527814923.ch8.
Print ISBN: 9783527344673, online ISBN: 9783527814923 and DOI: 10.1002/9783527814923.

[14] A Clickable NHC-Au(I)-Complex for the Preparation of Stimulus-Responsive Metallopeptide Amphiphiles.
V. Lewe, M. Preuss, E.A. Woźnica, D. Spitzer, R. Otter, P. Besenius*,
Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 9498-9501. DOI: 10.1039/c8cc05622f.

[13] Surface‐Assisted Self‐Assembly of a Hydrogel by Proton Diffusion.
D. Spitzer^§, V. Marichez^§, G.J.M.Formon, P.Besenius*, T.M.Hermans*,
Angew. Chem. 2018, 130, 11519-11523. DOI: 10.1002/ange.201806668.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 11349-11353. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201806668.
(^§ these authors contributed equally)

[12] Mannose-Decorated Multicomponent Supramolecular Polymers Trigger Effective Uptake into Antigen-Presenting Cells.
D. Straßburger, N. Stergiou, M. Urschbach, H. Yurugi, D. Spitzer, D. Schollmeyer, E. Schmitt*, P. Besenius*, ChemBioChem 2018, 19, 912-916. DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800114.

[11] Kinetically Controlled Stepwise Self-Assembly of Au(I)-Metallopeptides in Water.
B. Kemper, L. Zengerling, D. Spitzer, R. Otter, T. Bauer, P. Besenius*,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 534-537. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b08189.

[10] Folding Induced Supramolecular Assembly into pH-Responsive Nanorods with a Protein Repellent Shell.
R . Otter^§, K. Klinker^§, D. Spitzer, M. Schinnerer, M. Barz*, P. Besenius*,
Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 401-404. DOI: 10.1039/c7cc08127h.
(^§ these authors contributed equally)

[9] Tuneable Transient Thermogels Mediated by a pH- and Redox-Regulated Supramolecular Polimerization.
D. Spitzer, L.L. Rodrigues, D. Straßburger, M. Mezger, P. Besenius*,
Angew. Chem. 2017, 129, 15664-15669. DOI: 10.1002/ange.201708857.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 15461-15465. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201708857.

[8] Dynamic Light Scattering Investigation of the Kinetics and Fidelity of Supramolecular Copolymerizations in Water.
P. Ahlers, K. Fischer, D. Spitzer, P. Besenius*,
Macromolecules 2017, 50, 7712-7720. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01561.

[7] Tuning the pH-Switch of Supramolecular Polymer Carriers for siRNA to Physiologically Relevant pH.
P. Ahlers, H. Frisch, R. Holm, D. Spitzer, M. Barz, P. Besenius*,
Macromol. Biosci. 2017, 10, 1700111. DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201700111.

[6] Kinetic Control in the Temperature-Dependent Sequential Growth of Surface-Confined Supramolecular Copolymers.
S. Engel, D. Spitzer, L.L. Rodrigues, E.-C. Fritz, D. Straßburger, M. Schönhoff, B.J. Ravoo*, P. Besenius*,
Faraday Discuss. 2017, 204, 53-67. DOI: 10.1039/c7fd00100b.

[5] Reversible Covalent and Supramolecular Functionalization of Water-Soluble Au(I)-Complexes.
B. Kemper, M. von Gröning, V. Lewe, D. Spitzer, T. Otremba, N. Stergiou, D. Schollmeyer, E. Schmitt, B.J. Ravoo, P. Besenius*,
Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 6048-6055. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201700588.

[4] Kinetically Controlled Sequential Growth of Surface-Grafted Chiral Supramolecular Copolymers.
H. Frisch^§, E.-C. Fritz^§, F. Stricker, L. Schmüser, D. Spitzer, T. Weidner, B.J. Ravoo*, P. Besenius*,
Angew. Chem. 2016, 128, 7358-7362. DOI: 10.1002/ange.201601048.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 7242-7246. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201601048.
(^§ these authors contributed equally)

[3] Probing the Self-Assembly and Stability of Oligohistidine based Rod-like Micelles by Aggregation Induced Luminescence.
H. Frisch, D. Spitzer, M. Haase, T. Basché, J. Voskuhl*, P. Besenius*,
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2016, 14, 5574-5579. DOI: 10.1039/c6ob00292g.

[2] Side-Chain Effects on the Conductivity, Morphology, and Thermoelectric Properties of Self-Doped Narrow-Band-Gap Conjugated Polyelectrolytes.
C.-K. Mai, R.A. Schlitz, G.M. Su, D. Spitzer, X. Wang, S.L. Fronk, D.G. Cahill, M.L. Chabinyc, G.C. Bazan*,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 13478-13481. DOI: 10.1021/ja504284r.

[1] The Synthesis of Dendritic EDOT-Peptide Conjugates and Their Multistimuli-Responsive Self-Assembly Into Supramolecular Nanorods and -Fibres in Water.
P. Ahlers, H. Frisch, D. Spitzer, Z. Vobecka, F. Vilela, P. Besenius*,
Chem. Asian J. 2014, 9, 2052–2057. DOI: 10.1002/asia.201402271.