Publications

Peer reviewed

2025

Dmitri Ciornii, Vasile-Dan Hodoroaba, Nizar Benismail, Alina Maltseva, Juan F. Ferrer, Jiamin Wang, Raquel Parra, Ronan Jézéquel, Justine Receveur, Dina Gabriel, Andreas Scheitler, Christa van Oversteeg, Jorg Roosma, Alex van Renesse van Duivenbode, Tim Bulters, Michela Zanella, Alessandro Perini, Federico Benetti, Dora Mehn, Georg Dierkes, Michael Soll, Takahisa Ishimura, Marius Bednarz, Guyu Peng, Lars Hildebrandt, Mathias Peters, Seung-Kyu Kim, Jochen Türk, Felix Steinfeld, Jaehak Jung, Sanghee Hong, Eun-Ju Kim, Hye-Weon Yu, Sven Klockmann, Christoph Krafft, Julia Süssmann, Shan Zou, Alexandra ter Halle, Andrea M. Giovannozzi, Alessio Sacco, Marta Fadda, Mara Putzu, Dong-Hoon Im, Nontete Nhlapo, Priscilla Carrillo-Barragán, Natascha Schmidt, Dorte Herzke, Alessio Gomiero, Adrián Jaén-Gil, Damien J. E. Cabanes, Martin Doedt, Vitor Cardoso, Antje Schmitz, Moritz Hawly, Huajuan Mo, Justine Jacquin, Andy Mechlinski, Gbotemi A. Adediran, Jose Andrade, Soledad Muniategui-Lorenzo, Anja Ramsperger, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch, Tanja Cirkovic Velickovic, Daniele Fabbri, Irene Coralli, Stefania Federici, Barbara M. Scholz-Böttcher, Jacopo la Nasa, Greta Biale, Cassandra Rauert, Elvis D. Okoffo, Anna Undas, Lihui An, Volker Wachtendorf, Petra Fengler, Korinna Altmann: Interlaboratory Comparison Reveals State of the Art in Microplastic Detection and Quantification Methods. In: Analytical Chemistry, (2025). - .
doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.4c05403

Theresa M. Lutz, Cevin P. Braksch, Jonas De Breuck, Matthias Hartlieb, Meike N. Leiske: Bio‐Inspired, Zwitterionic Copolymers with Amphiphilic Character. In: Macromolecular Rapid Communications, (2025). - .
doi:10.1002/marc.202401099

Johanna Schmidtmann, Hannah-Kristin Weishäupl, Luisa Hopp, Nora Meides, Stefan Peiffer: UV-weathering affects heteroaggregation and subsequent sedimentation of polystyrene microplastic particles with ferrihydrite. In: Environmental Science : Processes & Impacts, (2025). - .
doi:10.1039/d4em00666f

Andreas Römpp, Axel Treu, Julia Kokesch-Himmelreich, Franziska Marwitz, Julia Dreisbach, Nadine Aboutara, Doris Hillemann, Moritz Garrelts, Paul J. Converse, Sandeep Tyagi, Sina Gerbach, Luzia Gyr, Ann-Kathrin Lemm, Johanna Volz, Alexandra Hölscher, Leon Gröschel, Eva-Maria Stemp, Norbert Heinrich, Florian Kloss, Eric L. Nuermberger, Dominik Schwudke, Michael Hoelscher, Christoph Hölscher, Kerstin Walter: The clinical-stage drug BTZ-043 accumulates in murine tuberculosis lesions and efficiently acts against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In: Nature Communications, 16 (2025). - .
doi:10.1038/s41467-025-56146-9

Anja Ramsperger, Simon Wieland, Magdalena V. Wilde, Thomas Fröhlich, Holger Kress, Christian Laforsch: Cellular internalization pathways of environmentally exposed microplastic particles : Phagocytosis or macropinocytosis?. In: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 489 (2025). - .
doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.137647

Ashank Upadhyay, Onur Turak, Emilia Fulajtar, Christopher Greve, Eva M. Herzig, Birte Höcker, Seema Agarwal: Degradation Behavior of Aliphatic–Aromatic Polyesters : from Microplastic-free Composting to Enzyme-Driven Recycling Possibility. In: ACS Applied Polymer Materials, (2025). - .
doi:10.1021/acsapm.5c00296

Matthias B. Engelhardt, Paul Markus, Nicolas Helfricht, Georg Papastavrou: Effective charge of high-generation PAMAM dendrimers in the adsorbed state. In: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 686 (2025). - S. 852-863.
doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2025.02.008

Marianna Soler, Jordi Colomer, Florian Pohl, Teresa Serra: Transport and sedimentation of microplastics by turbidity currents : Dependence on suspended sediment concentration and grain size. In: Environment International, (2025). - .
doi:10.1016/j.envint.2025.109271

Taotao Lu, Xue Bai, Hao Peng, Zhu Xu, Geng Niu, Sven Frei: Transport of Nanoplastics in Saturated Zeolite : Effects of Flow Rate and Hydro-Chemical Conditions. In: International Journal of Environmental Research, 19 (2025). - .
doi:10.1007/s41742-024-00698-z

2024

Jan-Pascal Boos, Franz Dichgans, Jan Fleckenstein, Benjamin Silas Gilfedder, Sven Frei: Assessing the Behavior of Microplastics in Fluvial Systems : Infiltration and Retention Dynamics in Streambed Sediments. In: Water Resources Research, 60 (2024). - .
doi:10.1029/2023WR035532

Sarmite Kernchen, Holger Schmalz, Martin G. J. Löder, Christoph Georgi, Andrej Einhorn, Andreas Greiner, Anke Nölscher, Christian Laforsch, Andreas Held: Atmospheric deposition studies of microplastics in Central Germany. In: Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 17 (2024). - S. 2247-2261.
doi:10.1007/s11869-024-01571-w

Maximilian Rist, Andreas Greiner: Bio-based electrospun polyamide membrane - sustainable multipurpose filter membranes for microplastic filtration. In: RSC Applied Polymers, 2 (2024). - S. 642-655.
doi:10.1039/D3LP00201B

Sebastian Sittl, Nicolas Helfricht, Georg Papastavrou: Contactless calibration of microchanneled AFM cantilevers for fluidic force microscopy. In: VIEW : Illuminating Wellness, 5 (2024). - .
doi:10.1002/VIW.20230063

Thomas Steiner, Lisa-Cathrin Leitner, Yuanhu Zhang, Julia N. Möller, Martin G. J. Löder, Andreas Greiner, Christian Laforsch, Ruth Freitag: Detection and specific chemical identification of submillimeter plastic fragments in complex matrices such as compost. In: Scientific Reports, 14 (2024). - .
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-51185-6

Martin Versen, Maximilian Wohlschläger, Heinz Langhals, Christian Laforsch: The detection of organic polymers as contaminants in foodstuffs by means of the fluorescence decay of their auto fluorescence. In: Food and Humanity, 3 (2024). - .
doi:10.1016/j.foohum.2024.100363

Maike Y. Adler, Insaf Issoual, Michael Rückert, Lisa Deloch, Carola Meier, Thomas Tschernig, Christoph Alexiou, Felix Pfister, Anja Ramsperger, Christian Laforsch, Udo S. Gaipl, Katharina Jüngert, Friedrich Paulsen: Effect of micro- and nanoplastic particles on human macrophages. In: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 471 (2024). - .
doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134253

Sophia Salomon, Eric Grubmüller, Philipp Kropf, Elisa Nickl, Anna Rühl, Selina Weigel, Felix Becker, Ana Leticia Antonio Vital, Christian Laforsch, Matthias Schott, Magdalena Mair: Effects of dissolved organic matter on the toxicity of micro- and nanoplastic particles to Daphnia : a meta-analysis. In: Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 4 (2024). - .
doi:10.1186/s43591-024-00088-4

Matthias B. Engelhardt, Takuya Sugimoto, Georg Papastavrou, Motoyoshi Kobayashi: Electrophoretic Mobility of Nanoparticle Aggregates : Independence from Aggregate Size. In: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 703, Part 1 (2024). - .
doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2024.135244

Emilia Fulajtar, Seema Agarwal: From Thioether to Sulfone : Transforming Polyester Properties for Enhanced Degradation. In: ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 6 (2024). - S. 10768-10778.
doi:10.1021/acsapm.4c01911

Julia Jasinski, Matthias Völkl, Magdalena V. Wilde, Valérie Jérôme, Thomas Fröhlich, Ruth Freitag, Thomas Scheibel: Influence of the polymer type of a microplastic challenge on the reaction of murine cells. In: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 465 (2024). - .
doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.133280

Markus Rolf, Hannes Laermanns, Julia Horn, Lukas Kienzler, Christian Pohl, Georg Dierkes, Sarmite Kernchen, Christian Laforsch, Martin G. J. Löder, Christina Bogner: Multi-method analysis of microplastic distribution by flood frequency and local topography in Rhine floodplains. In: Science of the Total Environment, 927 (2024). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171927

Simon Wieland, Anja Ramsperger, Wolfgang Groß, Moritz Lehmann, Thomas Witzmann, Anja Caspari, Martin Obst, Stephan Gekle, Günter K. Auernhammer, Andreas Fery, Christian Laforsch, Holger Kress: Nominally identical microplastic models differ greatly in their particle-cell interactions. In: Nature Communications, 15 (2024). - .
doi:10.1038/s41467-024-45281-4

Simon David Jakob Oster, Paul E. Bräumer, Daniel Wagner, Max Rösch, Martina Fried, Vinay Kumar Bangalore Narayana, Eva Hausinger, Helena Metko, Eva Cseperke Vizsolyi, Matthias Schott, Christian Laforsch, Martin G. J. Löder: A novel proof of concept approach towards generating reference microplastic particles. In: Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 4 (2024). - .
doi:10.1186/s43591-024-00094-6

Ryan Bartnick, Andrei Rodionov, Simon David Jakob Oster, Martin G. J. Löder, Eva Lehndorff: Plastic Quantification and Polyethylene Overestimation in Agricultural Soil Using Large-Volume Pyrolysis and TD-GC-MS/MS. In: Environmental Science & Technology, 58 (2024). - S. 13047-13055.
doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c10101

Gerasimos Gkoutselis, Stephan Rohrbach, Janno Harjes, Andreas Brachmann, Marcus A. Horn, Gerhard Rambold: Plastiphily is linked to generic virulence traits of important human pathogenic fungi. In: Communications Earth & Environment, 5 (2024). - .
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00008325

Linda Hink, Stephan Rohrbach, Joey Rehkopf, Elmar Sehl, Seema Agarwal, Heike Feldhaar, Marcus A. Horn: Poly(L-lactide) mineralisation under environmental conditions is enhanced in earthworm guts. In: Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 196 (2024). - .
doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2024.109485

Maximilian Wohlschläger, Martin Versen, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch: A promising method for fast identification of microplastic particles in environmental samples : A pilot study using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy. In: Heliyon, 10 (2024). - .
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25133

Johanna Schmidtmann, Stefan Peiffer: A rapid method to quantify sub-micrometer polystyrene particles in aqueous model systems by TOC analysis. In: Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 4 (2024). - .
doi:10.1186/s43591-024-00080-y

Maximilian Kutter, Christopher Greve, Maximilian Maier, Monja Schilling, Anika Mauel, Annika Hilgert, Hendrik Hoffmann, Wiebke Hagemeier, Andreas Rosin, Mark Muggli, Roswitha Zeis, Jürgen Senker, Thomas Böhm, Eva M. Herzig, Thorsten Gerdes, Christina Roth: Recycling of perfluorosulfonic acid-based membranes and their Re-application in PEM fuel cells. In: Journal of Membrane Science, 693 (2024). - .
doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2023.122370

Leandra Hamann, Jennifer Werner, Felicia J. Haase, Massimo Thiel, Anja Scherwaß, Christian Laforsch, Martin G. J. Löder, Alexander Blanke, Hartmut Arndt: Retention of microplastics by biofilms and their ingestion by protists in rivers. In: Environmental Microbiology Reports, 16 (2024). - .
doi:10.1111/1758-2229.70016

Stephan Rohrbach, Gerasimos Gkoutselis, Anika Mauel, Nihal Telli, Jürgen Senker, Adrian Ho, Gerhard Rambold, Marcus A. Horn: Setting new standards: Multiphasic analysis of microplastic mineralization by fungi. In: Chemosphere, 349 (2024). - .
doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.141025

Simona Mondellini, Michael Schwarzer, Matthias Völkl, Julia Jasinski, Valérie Jérôme, Thomas Scheibel, Christian Laforsch, Ruth Freitag: Size dependent uptake and trophic transfer of polystyrene microplastics in unicellular freshwater eukaryotes. In: Science of the Total Environment, 929 (2024). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172470

Anita Jemec Kokalj, Gabriela Kalčíková, Salla Selonen, Thijs Bosker, Damjana Drobne, Darina Dvorakova, Jakub Hofman, Rachel Hurley, Sarmite Kernchen, Christian Laforsch, Martin G. J. Löder, Sam van Loon, Paula E. Redondo-Hasselerharm, Vili Saartama, Klára Šmídová, Aristeidis S. Tsagkaris, Laura J. Zantis, Luca Nizzetto, Cornelis A. M. van Gestel: Strategy towards producing relevant and reliable data for the hazard assessment of micro- and nanoplastics in agricultural soils. In: TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 172 (2024). - .
doi:10.1016/j.trac.2024.117567

Pouyan Ahmadi, Franz Dichgans, Lisa Jagau, Christian Schmidt, Vadym Aizinger, Benjamin Silas Gilfedder, Jan Fleckenstein: Systematic CFD-based evaluation of physical factors influencing the spatiotemporal distribution patterns of microplastic particles in lakes. In: Science of the Total Environment, 917 (2024). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170218

Eike M. Esders, Christoph Georgi, Wolfgang Babel, Andreas Held, Christoph Thomas: Vertical concentrations gradients and transport of airborne microplastics in wind tunnel experiments. In: Aerosol Research, 2 (2024). - S. 235-243.
doi:10.5194/ar-2-235-2024

Lisa Marie Oehlschlägel, Sebastian Schmid, Moritz Lehmann, Stephan Gekle, Andreas Held: Water–air transfer rates of microplastic particles through bubble bursting as a function of particle size. In: Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 4 (2024). - .
doi:10.1186/s43591-023-00079-x

2023

Lisa-Cathrin Leitner, Rika Schneider, Thomas Steiner, Martina H. Stenzel, Ruth Freitag, Andreas Greiner: Efficient Synthesis and Wetting Characteristics of Amphiphilic Galactose-PLA Block Copolymers : A Potential Additive for the Accelerated Biodegradation of Micro‐ and Nanoplastics. In: Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 224 (2023). - .
doi:10.1002/macp.202100431

Thomas Steiner, Julia N. Möller, Martin G. J. Löder, Frank Hilbrig, Christian Laforsch, Ruth Freitag: Microplastic Contamination of Composts and Liquid Fertilizers from Municipal Biowaste Treatment Plants : Effects of the Operating Conditions. In: Waste and Biomass Valorization, 14 (2023). - S. 873-887.
doi:10.1007/s12649-022-01870-2

Andreas Cramer, Pascal Benard, Mohsen Zarebanadkouki, Anders Kaestner, Andrea Carminati: Microplastic induces soil water repellency and limits capillary flow. In: Vadose Zone Journal, 22 (2023). - .
doi:10.1002/vzj2.20215

Stephan Rohrbach, Gerasimos Gkoutselis, Linda Hink, Alfons Weig, Martin Obst, Astrid Diekmann, Adrian Ho, Gerhard Rambold, Marcus A. Horn: Microplastic polymer properties as deterministic factors driving terrestrial plastisphere microbiome assembly and succession in the field. In: Environmental Microbiology, 25 (2023). - S. 2681-2697.
doi:10.1111/1462-2920.16234

Anja Ramsperger, Enrico Bergamaschi, Marco Panizzolo, Ivana Fenoglio, Francesco Barbero, Ruud Peters, Anna Undas, Sebastian Purker, Bernd Giese, Carina R. Lalyer, Alba Tamargo, M. Victoria Moreno-Arribas, Hans-Peter Grossart, Dana Kühnel, Jana Dietrich, Friedrich Paulsen, Anani K. Afanou, Shan Zienolddiny-Narui, Stine Eriksen Hammer, Torunn Kringlen Ervik, Pål Graff, Bendik C. Brinchmann, Karl-Christian Nordby, Håkan Wallin, Matteo Nassi, Federico Benetti, Michela Zanella, Julian Brehm, Holger Kress, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch: Nano- and microplastics : a comprehensive review on their exposure routes, translocation, and fate in humans. In: NanoImpact, 29 (2023). - .
doi:10.1016/j.impact.2022.100441

Aileen Jakobs, Elif Gürkal, Julia N. Möller, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch, Tillmann Lüders: A novel approach to extract, purify, and fractionate microplastics from environmental matrices by isopycnic ultracentrifugation. In: Science of the Total Environment, 857, Part 3 (2023). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159610

Hassan Elagami, Sven Frei, Jan-Pascal Boos, Gabriele Trommer, Benjamin Silas Gilfedder: Quantifying microplastic residence times in lakes using mesocosm experiments and transport modelling. In: Water Research, 229 (2023). - .
doi:10.1016/j.watres.2022.119463

Oliver Wittek, Andreas Römpp: Autofocusing MALDI MS imaging of processed food exemplified by the contaminant acrylamide in German gingerbread. In: Scientific Reports, 13 (2023). - .
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-32004-w

Adina Rauscher, Nele Meyer, Aileen Jakobs, Ryan Bartnick, Tillmann Lüders, Eva Lehndorff: Biodegradable microplastic increases CO₂ emission and alters microbial biomass and bacterial community composition in different soil types. In: Applied Soil Ecology, 182 (2023). - .
doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2022.104714

Anja Holzinger, Linda Hink, Elmar Sehl, Nadine Rüppel, Eva Lehndorff, Alfons Weig, Seema Agarwal, Marcus A. Horn, Heike Feldhaar: Biodegradable polymers boost reproduction in the earthworm Eisenia fetida. In: Science of the Total Environment, 892 (2023). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164670

Julian Brehm, Sven Ritschar, Christian Laforsch, Magdalena Mair: The complexity of micro- and nanoplastic research in the genus Daphnia : A systematic review of study variability and a meta-analysis of immobilization rates. In: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 458 (2023). - .
doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131839

Caroline Sommer, Johnny Nguyen, Teresa Menzel, Holger Ruckdäschel, Martin Koch: Determining weathering-induced heterogeneous oxidation profiles of polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. In: Chemosphere, 343 (2023). - .
doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140105

Julia A. Prume, Hannes Laermanns, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch, Christina Bogner, Martin Koch: Evaluating the effectiveness of the MicroPlastic Sediment Separator (MPSS). In: Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 3 (2023). - .
doi:10.1186/s43591-023-00073-3

Andreas Cramer, Johanna Schmidtmann, Pascal Benard, Anders Kaestner, Matthias Engelhardt, Stefan Peiffer, Andrea Carminati: Ferrihydrite coating reduces microplastic induced soil water repellency. In: Environmental Science : Processes & Impacts, 25 (2023). - S. 1094-1101.
doi:10.1039/D3EM00077J

Benjamin Silas Gilfedder, Hassan Elagami, Jan-Pascal Boos, Julian Brehm, Matthias Schott, L. Witt, Christian Laforsch, Sven Frei: Filter feeders are key to small microplastic residence times in stratified lakes : A virtual experiment. In: Science of the Total Environment, 890 (2023). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164293

Tobias Lauster, Anika Mauel, Kai Herrmann, Viktoria Veitengruber, Qimeng Song, Jürgen Senker, Markus Retsch: From Chitosan to Chitin : Bio-Inspired Thin Films for Passive Daytime Radiative Cooling. In: Advanced Science, 10 (2023). - .
doi:10.1002/advs.202206616

Maximilian Röhrl, Renee Timmins, Dipannita Ghosh, Dominik Schuchardt, Sabine Rosenfeldt, Simon Nürmberger, Uwe Bölz, Seema Agarwal, Josef Breu: Green and scalable processing of water‐soluble, biodegradable polymer/clay barrier films. In: Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 140 (2023). - .
doi:10.1002/app.54418

Franz Dichgans, Jan-Pascal Boos, Pouyan Ahmadi, Sven Frei, Jan Fleckenstein: Integrated Numerical Modeling to Quantify Transport and Fate of Microplastics in the Hyporheic Zone. In: Water Research, 243 (2023). - .
doi:10.1016/j.watres.2023.120349

Eike M. Esders, Sebastian Sittl, Inka Krammel, Wolfgang Babel, Georg Papastavrou, Christoph Thomas: Is transport of microplastics different from mineral particles? Idealized wind tunnel studies on polyethylene microspheres. In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23 (2023). - S. 15835-15851.
doi:10.5194/acp-23-15835-2023

Jasmin Kniese, Sven Ritschar, Lina Bünger, Heike Feldhaar, Christian Laforsch, Andreas Römpp, Heinar Schmidt: Localisation and identification of polystyrene particles in tissue sections using Raman spectroscopic imaging. In: NanoImpact, 30 (2023). - .
doi:10.1016/j.impact.2023.100465

Oliver Wittek, Bastian Jahreis, Andreas Römpp: MALDI MS Imaging of Chickpea Seeds (Cicer arietinum) and Crab's Eye Vine (Abrus precatorius) after Tryptic Digestion Allows Spatially Resolved Identification of Plant Proteins. In: Analytical Chemistry, 95 (2023). - S. 14972-14980.
doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02428

Yu Wang, Leilei Xiang, Wulf Amelung, Martin Elsner, Jay Gan, Stephan Kueppers, Christian Laforsch, Xin Jiang, Joseph Adu-Gyamfi, Lee Heng, Yong Sik Ok, Natalia P. Ivleva, Yongming Luo, Damià Barceló, Andreas Schäffer, Fang Wang: Micro- and nanoplastics in soil ecosystems : Analytical methods, fate, and effects. In: TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 169 (2023). - .
doi:10.1016/j.trac.2023.117309

Linda Hink, Anja Holzinger, Tobias Sandfeld, Alfons Weig, Andreas Schramm, Heike Feldhaar, Marcus A. Horn: Microplastic ingestion affects hydrogen production and microbiomes in the gut of the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber. In: Environmental Microbiology, 25 (2023). - S. 2776-2791.
doi:10.1111/1462-2920.16386

Moritz Lehmann, Fabian P. Häusl, Stephan Gekle: Modeling of vertical microplastic transport by rising bubbles. In: Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 3 (2023). - .
doi:10.1186/s43591-023-00053-7

Maximilian Röhrl, Justus F. Ködel, Renee Timmins, Christoph Callsen, Merve Aksit, Michael F. Fink, Sebastian Seibt, Andy Weidinger, Glauco Battagliarin, Holger Ruckdäschel, Rainer Schobert, Josef Breu, Bernhard Biersack: New Functional Polymer Materials via Click Chemistry-Based Modification of Cellulose Acetate. In: ACS Omega, 8 (2023). - S. 9889-9895.
doi:10.1021/acsomega.2c06811

Eva M. Eger, Seema Agarwal: Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Networks with Dynamic Covalent Bonds : Synthesis and Characterization. In: ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 5 (2023). - S. 5141-5148.
doi:10.1021/acsapm.3c00605

Julia Jasinski, Matthias Völkl, Jonas Hahn, Valérie Jérôme, Ruth Freitag, Thomas Scheibel: Polystyrene microparticle distribution after ingestion by murine macrophages. In: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 457 (2023). - .
doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131796

Yuanhu Zhang, Tasmai Paul, Julian Brehm, Matthias Völkl, Valérie Jérôme, Ruth Freitag, Christian Laforsch, Andreas Greiner: Role of Residual Monomers in the Manifestation of (Cyto)toxicity by Polystyrene Microplastic Model Particles. In: Environmental Science & Technology, 57 (2023). - S. 9925-9933.
doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c01134

Manuel Eisentraut, Adal Sabri, Holger Kress: The spatial resolution limit of phagocytosis. In: Biophysical Journal, 122 (2023). - S. 868-879.
doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2023.01.030

Maximilian Röhrl, Renee Timmins, Sabine Rosenfeldt, Dominik Schuchardt, Felix Uhlig, Simon Nürmberger, Josef Breu: Stretchable Clay Nanocomposite Barrier Film for Flexible Packaging. In: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15 (2023). - S. 22524-22531.
doi:10.1021/acsami.3c02504

Chengzhang Xu, Jun Young Cheong, Xiumei Mo, Valérie Jérôme, Ruth Freitag, Seema Agarwal, Reza Gharibi, Andreas Greiner: Thoroughly Hydrophilized Electrospun Poly(L-Lactide)/ Poly(ε-Caprolactone) Sponges for Tissue Engineering Application. In: Macromolecular Bioscience, 23 (2023). - .
doi:10.1002/mabi.202300143

2022

Julian Brehm, Magdalena V. Wilde, Lukas Reiche, Lisa-Cathrin Leitner, Benedict Petran, Marcel Meinhart, Simon Wieland, Sven Ritschar, Matthias Schott, Jan-Pascal Boos, Sven Frei, Holger Kress, Jürgen Senker, Andreas Greiner, Thomas Fröhlich, Christian Laforsch: In-depth characterization revealed polymer type and chemical content specific effects of microplastic on Dreissena bugensis. In: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 437 (2022). - .
doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129351

Tobias Bubmann, Simon Shi, Alexander Brückner, Teresa Menzel, Holger Ruckdäschel, Alois K. Schlarb, Volker Altstädt: Influence of Sample Wetting Method on ESC-Behavior of PMMA under Dynamic Fatigue Crack Propagation. In: Materials, 15 (2022). - .
doi:10.3390/ma15124114

Sebastian Weigert, Pablo Perez‐Garcia, Florian J. Gisdon, Andreas Gagsteiger, Kristine Schweinshaut, G. Matthias Ullmann, Jennifer Chow, Wolfgang R. Streit, Birte Höcker: Investigation of the halophilic PET hydrolase PET6 from Vibrio gazogenes. In: Protein Science, 31 (2022). - .
doi:10.1002/pro.4500

Chengzhang Xu, Alexander Battig, Bernhard Schartel, Renée Siegel, Jürgen Senker, Inge von der Forst, Carlo Unverzagt, Seema Agarwal, Andreas Möglich, Andreas Greiner: Investigation of the Thermal Stability of Proteinase K for the Melt Processing of Poly(l-lactide). In: Biomacromolecules, 23 (2022). - S. 4841-4850.
doi:10.1021/acs.biomac.2c01008

Elisabeth Schirmer, Sven Ritschar, Matthias Ochs, Christian Laforsch, Stefan Schuster, Andreas Römpp: MALDI mass spectrometry imaging workflow for the aquatic model organisms Danio rerio and Daphnia magna. In: Scientific Reports, 12 (2022). - .
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-09659-y

Hassan Elagami, Pouyan Ahmadi, Jan Fleckenstein, Sven Frei, Martin Obst, Seema Agarwal, Benjamin Silas Gilfedder: Measurement of microplastic settling velocities and implications for residence times in thermally stratified lakes. In: Limnology and Oceanography, 67 (2022). - S. 934-945.
doi:10.1002/lno.12046

Isabella Schrank, Julia N. Möller, Hannes Imhof, Oliver Hauenstein, Franziska Zielke, Seema Agarwal, Martin G. J. Löder, Andreas Greiner, Christian Laforsch: Microplastic sample purification methods : Assessing detrimental effects of purification procedures on specific plastic types. In: Science of the Total Environment, 833 (2022). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154824

Lion Schöpfer, Julia N. Möller, Thomas Steiner, Uwe Schnepf, Sven Marhan, Julia Resch, Ansilla Bayha, Martin G. J. Löder, Ruth Freitag, Franz Brümmer, Christian Laforsch, Thilo Streck, Jens Forberger, Martin Kranert, Ellen Kandeler, Holger Pagel: Microplastics persist in an arable soil but do not affect soil microbial biomass, enzyme activities, and crop yield. In: Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 185 (2022). - S. 836-849.
doi:10.1002/jpln.202200062

Thomas Steiner, Yuanhu Zhang, Julia N. Möller, Seema Agarwal, Martin G. J. Löder, Andreas Greiner, Christian Laforsch, Ruth Freitag: Municipal biowaste treatment plants contribute to the contamination of the environment with residues of biodegradable plastics with putative higher persistence potential. In: Scientific Reports, 12 (2022). - .
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12912-z

Robert Stäglich, Tobias W. Kemnitzer, Marie C. Harder, Adrian Schmutzler, Marcel Meinhart, Caroline D. Keenan, Ernst Rößler, Jürgen Senker: Portable Hyperpolarized Xe-129 Apparatus with Long-Time Stable Polarization Mediated by Adaptable Rb Vapor Density. In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 126 (2022). - S. 2578-2589.
doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.2c00891

Anika Mauel, Björn Pötzschner, Nora Meides, Renée Siegel, Peter Strohriegl, Jürgen Senker: Quantification of photooxidative defects in weathered microplastics using ¹³C multiCP NMR spectroscopy. In: RSC Advances, 12 (2022). - S. 10875-10885.
doi:10.1039/D2RA00470D

Nora Meides, Anika Mauel, Teresa Menzel, Volker Altstädt, Holger Ruckdäschel, Jürgen Senker, Peter Strohriegl: Quantifying the fragmentation of polypropylene upon exposure to accelerated weathering. In: Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 2 (2022). - .
doi:10.1186/s43591-022-00042-2

Eike M. Esders, Christoph Georgi, Wolfgang Babel, Christoph Thomas: Quantitative detection of aerial suspension of particles with a full-frame visual camera for atmospheric wind tunnel studies. In: Aerosol Science and Technology, 56 (2022). - S. 530-544.
doi:10.1080/02786826.2022.2048789

Thomas Witzmann, Anja Ramsperger, Simon Wieland, Christian Laforsch, Holger Kress, Andreas Fery, Günter K. Auernhammer: Repulsive Interactions of Eco-corona-Covered Microplastic Particles Quantitatively Follow Modeling of Polymer Brushes. In: Langmuir, 38 (2022). - S. 8748-8756.
doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c03204

Florian J. Gisdon, Elisa Bombarda, G. Matthias Ullmann: Serine and Cysteine Peptidases: So Similar, Yet Different : How the Active-Site Electrostatics Facilitates Different Reaction Mechanisms. In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 126 (2022). - S. 4035-4048.
doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c01484

Michael Schwarzer, Julian Brehm, Martina Vollmer, Julia Jasinski, Chengzhang Xu, Shakir Zainuddin, Thomas Fröhlich, Matthias Schott, Andreas Greiner, Thomas Scheibel, Christian Laforsch: Shape, size, and polymer dependent effects of microplastics on Daphnia magna. In: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 426 (2022). - .
doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.128136

Maximilian Röhrl, Judith H. Mettke, Sabine Rosenfeldt, Holger Schmalz, Ulrich Mansfeld, Renee Timmins, Christoph Habel, Josef Breu, Franz Durst: Shear orientation of nematic phases of clay nanosheets : processing of barrier coatings. In: Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, 19 (2022). - S. 487-495.
doi:10.1007/s11998-021-00535-4

Guilherme E. H. Nogueira, Christian Schmidt, Daniel Partington, Philip Brunner, Jan Fleckenstein: Spatiotemporal variations in water sources and mixing spots in a riparian zone. In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26 (2022). - S. 1883-1905.
doi:10.5194/hess-26-1883-2022

Volodymyr Dudko, Renee Timmins, Olena Khoruzhenko, Maximilian Röhrl, Christopher Greve, Sabine Rosenfeldt, Tekla Tammelin, Seema Agarwal, Eva M. Herzig, Josef Breu: Spontaneous delamination of affordable natural vermiculite as a high barrier filler for biodegradable food packaging. In: Materials Advances, 3 (2022). - S. 9052-9062.
doi:10.1039/D2MA00734G

Elmar Sehl, Renee Timmins, Dipannita Ghosh, Josef Breu, Seema Agarwal: Stretchable and Fast Composting Polyester Films with High-Performance Oxygen Barrier. In: ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 4 (2022). - S. 6675-6686.
doi:10.1021/acsapm.2c01040

Anja Ramsperger, Julia Jasinski, Matthias Völkl, Thomas Witzmann, Marcel Meinhart, Valérie Jérôme, Winfried Kretschmer, Ruth Freitag, Jürgen Senker, Andreas Fery, Holger Kress, Thomas Scheibel, Christian Laforsch: Supposedly identical microplastic particles substantially differ in their material properties influencing particle-cell interactions and cellular responses. In: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 425 (2022). - .
doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127961

Pouyan Ahmadi, Hassan Elagami, Franz Dichgans, Christian Schmidt, Benjamin Silas Gilfedder, Sven Frei, Stefan Peiffer, Jan Fleckenstein: Systematic Evaluation of Physical Parameters affecting the Terminal Settling Velocity of Microplastic Particles in Lakes using CFD. In: Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10 (2022). - .
doi:10.3389/fenvs.2022.875220

Julia N. Möller, Ingrid Heisel, Anna Satzger, Eva Cseperke Vizsolyi, Simon David Jakob Oster, Seema Agarwal, Christian Laforsch, Martin G. J. Löder: Tackling the Challenge of Extracting Microplastics from Soils : A Protocol to Purify Soil Samples for Spectroscopic Analysis. In: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 41 (2022). - S. 844-857.
doi:10.1002/etc.5024

Pin Hu, Anil Kumar, Reza Gharibi, Seema Agarwal: Tailor-made compostable Polyurethanes. In: Polymer Chemistry, 13 (2022). - S. 622-630.
doi:10.1039/D1PY01236C

Julia Jasinski, Magdalena V. Wilde, Matthias Völkl, Valérie Jérôme, Thomas Fröhlich, Ruth Freitag, Thomas Scheibel: Tailor-Made Protein Corona Formation on Polystyrene Microparticles and its Effect on Epithelial Cell Uptake. In: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14 (2022). - S. 47277-47287.
doi:10.1021/acsami.2c13987

Sven Ritschar, Frederic Hüftlein, Lisa-Marie Schell, Julian Brehm, Christian Laforsch: Taking advantage of transparency : A proof-of-principle for the analysis of the uptake of labeled microplastic particles by organisms of different functional feeding guilds using an adapted CUBIC protocol. In: Science of the Total Environment, 832 (2022). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154922

Caroline Sommer, Johnny Nguyen, Teresa Menzel, Julia A. Prume, Holger Ruckdäschel, Martin Koch: Weathering-induced oxidation : An investigation of artificially aged polystyrene samples using Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy. In: Polymer Testing, 112 (2022). - .
doi:10.1016/j.polymertesting.2022.107623

Matthias Völkl, Valérie Jérôme, Alfons Weig, Julia Jasinski, Nora Meides, Peter Strohriegl, Thomas Scheibel, Ruth Freitag: Pristine and artificially-aged polystyrene microplastic particles differ in regard to cellular response. In: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 435 (2022). - .
doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128955

Moritz Lehmann, Mathias J. Krause, Giorgio Amati, Marcello Sega, Jens Harting, Stephan Gekle: Accuracy and performance of the lattice Boltzmann method with 64-bit, 32-bit, and customized 16-bit number formats. In: Physical Review E, 106 (2022). - .
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.106.015308

Sarmite Kernchen, Martin G. J. Löder, Franziska Fischer, Dieter Fischer, Sonya Moses, Christoph Georgi, Anke Nölscher, Andreas Held, Christian Laforsch: Airborne microplastic concentrations and deposition across the Weser River catchment. In: Science of the Total Environment, 818 (2022). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151812

Moritz Lehmann, Stephan Gekle: Analytic Solution to the Piecewise Linear Interface Construction Problem and Its Application in Curvature Calculation for Volume-of-Fluid Simulation Codes. In: Computation, 10 (2022). - .
doi:10.3390/computation10020021

Anil Kumar, Alfons Weig, Seema Agarwal: Balancing Degradability and Physical Properties of Amorphous Poly (D, L‐lactide) by Making Blends. In: Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 307 (2022). - .
doi:10.1002/mame.202100602

Simona Mondellini, Matthias Schott, Martin G. J. Löder, Seema Agarwal, Andreas Greiner, Christian Laforsch: Beyond microplastics : Water soluble synthetic polymers exert sublethal adverse effects in the freshwater cladoceran Daphnia magna. In: Science of the Total Environment, 847 (2022). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157608

Xian Zhang, Hao-Nan Li, Cheng-Ye Zhu, Xiao-Jun Huang, Andreas Greiner, Zhi-Kang Xu: Biomimetic gill-inspired membranes with direct-through micropores for water remediation by efficiently removing microplastic particles. In: Chemical Engineering Journal, 434 (2022). - .
doi:10.1016/j.cej.2022.134758

Sven Ritschar, Elisabeth Schirmer, Benedikt Hufnagl, Martin G. J. Löder, Andreas Römpp, Christian Laforsch: Classification of target tissues of Eisenia fetida using sequential multimodal chemical analysis and machine learning. In: Histochemistry and Cell Biology, 157 (2022). - S. 127-137.
doi:10.1007/s00418-021-02037-1

Anja Holzinger, Magdalena Mair, Darleen Lücker, Dimitri Seidenath, Thorsten Opel, Nico Langhof, Oliver Otti, Heike Feldhaar: Comparison of fitness effects in the earthworm Eisenia fetida after exposure to single or multiple anthropogenic pollutants. In: Science of the Total Environment, 838, Part 3 (2022). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156387

Benedikt Hufnagl, Michael Stibi, Heghnar Martirosyan, Ursula Wilczek, Julia N. Möller, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch, Hans Lohninger: Computer-Assisted Analysis of Microplastics in Environmental Samples Based on μFTIR Imaging in Combination with Machine Learning. In: Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 9 (2022). - S. 90-95.
doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.1c00851

Teresa Menzel, Nora Meides, Anika Mauel, Ulrich Mansfeld, Winfried Kretschmer, Meike Kuhn, Eva M. Herzig, Volker Altstädt, Peter Strohriegl, Jürgen Senker, Holger Ruckdäschel: Degradation of low-density polyethylene to nanoplastic particles by accelerated weathering. In: Science of the Total Environment, 826 (2022). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154035

Abhilash Venkateshaiah, Elmar Sehl, Renee Timmins, Stanisław Wacławek, Miroslav Černík, Seema Agarwal, Vinod V. T. Padil: Dialdehyde Modified Tree Gum Karaya : A Sustainable Green Crosslinker for Gelatin‐Based Edible Films. In: Advanced Sustainable Systems, 6 (2022). - .
doi:10.1002/adsu.202100423

Ann-Kathrin Müller, Julian Brehm, Matthias Völkl, Valérie Jérôme, Christian Laforsch, Ruth Freitag, Andreas Greiner: Disentangling biological effects of primary nanoplastics from dispersion paints' additional compounds. In: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 242 (2022). - .
doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113877

Sadaf Shabbir, Muhammad Faheem, Afzal Ahmed Dar, Naeem Ali, Philip G. Kerr, Zhi-Guo Yu, Yi Li, Sven Frei, Gadah Albasher, Benjamin Silas Gilfedder: Enhanced periphyton biodegradation of endocrine disrupting hormones and microplastic : Intrinsic reaction mechanism, influential humic acid and microbial community structure elucidation. In: Chemosphere, 293 (2022). - .
doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133515

Antonella Di Savino, Johannes Förster, G. Matthias Ullmann, Marcellus Ubbink: Enhancing the population of the encounter complex affects protein complex formation efficiency. In: The FEBS Journal, 289 (2022). - S. 535-548.
doi:10.1111/febs.16159

Moritz Lehmann: Esoteric Pull and Esoteric Push : Two Simple In-Place Streaming Schemes for the Lattice Boltzmann Method on GPUs. In: Computation, 10 (2022). - .
doi:10.3390/computation10060092

Ann-Kathrin Müller, Zhi‐Kang Xu, Andreas Greiner: Filtration of Paint‐Contaminated Water by Electrospun Membranes. In: Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 307 (2022). - .
doi:10.1002/mame.202200238

Markus Rolf, Hannes Laermanns, Lukas Kienzler, Christian Pohl, Julia N. Möller, Christian Laforsch, Martin G. J. Löder, Christina Bogner: Flooding frequency and floodplain topography determine abundance of microplastics in an alluvial Rhine soil. In: Science of the Total Environment, 836 (2022). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155141

Simon Wieland, Aylin Balmes, Julian Bender, Jonas Kitzinger, Felix Meyer, Anja Ramsperger, Franz Roeder, Caroline Tengelmann, Benedik H. Wimmer, Christian Laforsch, Holger Kress: From properties to toxicity : comparing microplastics to other airborne microparticles. In: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 428 (2022). - .
doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.128151

Johanna Schmidtmann, Hassan Elagami, Benjamin Silas Gilfedder, Jan Fleckenstein, Georg Papastavrou, Ulrich Mansfeld, Stefan Peiffer: Heteroaggregation of PS microplastic with ferrihydrite leads to rapid removal of microplastic particles from the water column. In: Environmental Science : Processes & Impacts, 24 (2022). - S. 1782-1789.
doi:10.1039/D2EM00207H

Renee Timmins, Anil Kumar, Maximilian Röhrl, Karel Havlíček, Seema Agarwal, Josef Breu: High Barrier Nanocomposite Film with Accelerated Biodegradation by Clay Swelling Induced Fragmentation. In: Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 307 (2022). - .
doi:10.1002/mame.202100727

Abhilash Venkateshaiah, Renee Timmins, Elmar Sehl, Stanisław Wacławek, Miroslav Černík, Vinod V. T. Padil, Seema Agarwal: High Barrier, Biodegradable Nanocomposite Films Based on Clay‐Coated and Chemically Modified Gum Kondagogu. In: Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 307 (2022). - .
doi:10.1002/mame.202200008

Magdalena V. Wilde, Julian Brehm, Michael Schwarzer, Jan B. Stöckl, Christian Laforsch, Thomas Fröhlich: Improving the proteome coverage of Daphnia magna : implications for future ecotoxicoproteomics studies. In: Proteomics, 22 (2022). - .
doi:10.1002/pmic.202100289

Simon Riedl, Matthias Völkl, Anja Holzinger, Julia Jasinski, Valérie Jérôme, Thomas Scheibel, Heike Feldhaar, Ruth Freitag: In vitro cultivation of primary intestinal cells from Eisenia fetida as basis for ecotoxicological studies. In: Ecotoxicology, 31 (2022). - S. 221-233.
doi:10.1007/s10646-021-02495-2

2021

Abhilash Venkateshaiah, Karel Havlíček, Renee Timmins, Maximilian Röhrl, Stanisław Wacławek, Nhung H. A. Nguyen, Miroslav Černík, Vinod V. T. Padil, Seema Agarwal: Alkenyl succinic anhydride modified tree-gum kondagogu : A bio-based material with potential for food packaging. In: Carbohydrate Polymers, 266 (2021). - .
doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118126

Vinay B. N. Kumar, Lena A. Löschel, Hannes Imhof, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch: Analysis of microplastics of a broad size range in commercially important mussels by combining FTIR and Raman spectroscopy approaches. In: Environmental Pollution, 269 (2021). - .
doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116147

Muammar Mansor, Sören Drabesch, Timm Bayer, Anh Van Le, Ankita Chauhan, Johanna Schmidtmann, Stefan Peiffer, Andreas Kappler: Application of Single-Particle ICP-MS to Determine the Mass Distribution and Number Concentrations of Environmental Nanoparticles and Colloids. In: Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 8 (2021). - S. 589-595.
doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.1c00314

Hongli Zhang, Pablo Perez-Garcia, Robert F. Dierkes, Violetta Applegate, Julia Schumacher, Cynthia Maria Chibani, Stefanie Sternagel, Lena Preuss, Sebastian Weigert, Christel Schmeisser, Dominik Danso, Juergen Pleiss, Alexandre Almeida, Birte Höcker, Steven J. Hallam, Ruth A. Schmitz, Sander H. J. Smits, Jennifer Chow, Wolfgang R. Streit: The Bacteroidetes Aequorivita sp. and Kaistella jeonii Produce Promiscuous Esterases With PET-Hydrolyzing Activity. In: Frontiers in Microbiology, 12 (2021). - .
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.803896

Antonella Di Savino, Johannes Förster, G. Matthias Ullmann, Marcellus Ubbink: The Charge Distribution on a Protein Surface Determines Whether Productive or Futile Encounter Complexes Are Formed. In: Biochemistry, 60 (2021). - S. 747-755.
doi:10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00021

Oxana Kempf, G. Matthias Ullmann, Rainer Schobert, Karl Kempf, Elisa Bombarda: Chemoselective Attachment of the Water-Soluble Dark Quencher Hydrodabcyl to Amino Groups in Peptides and Preservation of Its Spectroscopic Properties over a Wide pH Range. In: ACS Omega, 6 (2021). - S. 32896-32903.
doi:10.1021/acsomega.1c04891

Maximilian Röhrl, Lukas Federer, Renee Timmins, Sabine Rosenfeldt, Theresa Dörres, Christoph Habel, Josef Breu: Disorder-Order Transition-Improving the Moisture Sensitivity of Waterborne Nanocomposite Barriers. In: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13 (2021). - S. 48101-48109.
doi:10.1021/acsami.1c14246

Taotao Lu, Benjamin Silas Gilfedder, Hao Peng, Geng Niu, Sven Frei: Effects of clay minerals on the transport of nanoplastics through water-saturated porous media. In: Science of the Total Environment, 796 (2021). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148982

Moritz Lehmann, Lisa Marie Oehlschlägel, Fabian Häusl, Andreas Held, Stephan Gekle: Ejection of marine microplastics by raindrops : a computational and experimental study. In: Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 1 (2021). - .
doi:10.1186/s43591-021-00018-8

Hao Peng, Pengfei Zou, Chuanming Ma, Shuang Xiong, Taotao Lu: Elements in potable groundwater in Rugao longevity area, China : Hydrogeochemical characteristics, enrichment patterns and health assessments. In: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 218 (2021). - .
doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112279

Elmar Sehl, Eva M. Eger, Andreas Himmelsbach, Seema Agarwal: Fast Hydrolyzable Constitutional Isomer of Poly(butylene terephthalate) and Its Copolyesters with 1,4-Butanediol. In: ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 3 (2021). - S. 6427-6436.
doi:10.1021/acsapm.1c01169

Julia A. Prume, Felix Gorka, Martin G. J. Löder: From sieve to microscope : An efficient technique for sample transfer in the process of microplastics' quantification. In: MethodsX, 8 (2021). - .
doi:10.1016/j.mex.2021.101341

Teresa Menzel, Sebastian Weigert, Andreas Gagsteiger, Yannik Eich, Sebastian Sittl, Georg Papastavrou, Holger Ruckdäschel, Volker Altstädt, Birte Höcker: Impact of Enzymatic Degradation on the Material Properties of Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate). In: Polymers, 13 (2021). - .
doi:10.3390/polym13223885

Alfons Weig, Martin G. J. Löder, Anja Ramsperger, Christian Laforsch: In situ Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Communities on Microplastic Particles in a Small Headwater Stream in Germany. In: Frontiers in Microbiology, 12 (2021). - .
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.660024

Dimitri Seidenath, Anja Holzinger, Klara Kemnitz, Nico Langhof, Darleen Lücker, Thorsten Opel, Oliver Otti, Heike Feldhaar: Individual vs. Combined Short-Term Effects of Soil Pollutants on Colony Founding in a Common Ant Species. In: Frontiers in Insect Science, 1 (2021). - .
doi:10.3389/finsc.2021.761881

Benjamin Trotter, Magdalena V. Wilde, Julian Brehm, Evdokia Dafni, Arlinda Aliu, Georg J. Arnold, Thomas Fröhlich, Christian Laforsch: Long-term exposure of Daphnia magna to polystyrene microplastic (PS-MP) leads to alterations of the proteome, morphology and life-history. In: Science of the Total Environment, 795 (2021). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148822

Axel Treu, Andreas Römpp: Matrix ions as internal standard for high mass accuracy MALDI mass spectrometry imaging. In: Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 35 (2021). - .
doi:10.1002/rcm.9110

Sebastian Teichert, Martin G. J. Löder, Ines Pyko, Marlene Mordek, Christian Schulbert, Max Wisshak, Christian Laforsch: Microplastic contamination of the drilling bivalve Hiatella arctica in Arctic rhodolith beds. In: Scientific Reports, 11 (2021). - .
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-93668-w

Hannes Laermanns, Georg Reifferscheid, Jonas Kruse, Corinna Földi, Georg Dierkes, Dirk Schaefer, Christian Scherer, Christina Bogner, Friederike Stock: Microplastic in Water and Sediments at the Confluence of the Elbe and Mulde Rivers in Germany. In: Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9 (2021). - .
doi:10.3389/fenvs.2021.794895

Gerasimos Gkoutselis, Stephan Rohrbach, Janno Harjes, Martin Obst, Andreas Brachmann, Marcus A. Horn, Gerhard Rambold: Microplastics accumulate fungal pathogens in terrestrial ecosystems. In: Scientific Reports, 11 (2021). - .
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-92405-7

Julia Rudolph, Matthias Völkl, Valérie Jérôme, Thomas Scheibel, Ruth Freitag: Noxic effects of polystyrene microparticles on murine macrophages and epithelial cells. In: Scientific Reports, 11 (2021). - .
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-95073-9

Volodymyr Dudko, Katharina Ottermann, Sabine Rosenfeldt, Georg Papastavrou, Josef Breu: Osmotic Delamination : A Forceless Alternative for the Production of Nanosheets Now in Highly Polar and Aprotic Solvents. In: Langmuir, 37 (2021). - S. 461-468.
doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03113

Jonathan M. Millican, Seema Agarwal: Plastic Pollution : A Material Problem?. In: Macromolecules, 54 (2021). - S. 4455-4469.
doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02814

Sven Frei, Benjamin Silas Gilfedder: Quantifying residence times of bank filtrate : A novel framework using radon as a natural tracer. In: Water Research, 201 (2021). - .
doi:10.1016/j.watres.2021.117376

Nora Meides, Teresa Menzel, Björn Pötzschner, Martin G. J. Löder, Ulrich Mansfeld, Peter Strohriegl, Volker Altstädt, Jürgen Senker: Reconstructing the Environmental Degradation of Polystyrene by Accelerated Weathering. In: Environmental Science & Technology, 55 (2021). - S. 7930-7938.
doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c07718

Taotao Lu, Benjamin Silas Gilfedder, Hao Peng, Stefan Peiffer, Georg Papastavrou, Katharina Ottermann, Sven Frei: Relevance of Iron Oxyhydroxide and Pore Water Chemistry on the Mobility of Nanoplastic Particles in Water-Saturated Porous Media Environments. In: Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 232 (2021). - .
doi:10.1007/s11270-021-05125-z

Ann-Kathrin Müller, Zhi-Kang Xu, Andreas Greiner: Sustainable Electrospun Affinity Membranes for Water Remediation by Removing Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles. In: ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 3 (2021). - S. 5739-5748.
doi:10.1021/acsapm.1c00990

Hannes Laermanns, Moritz Lehmann, Marcel Klee, Martin G. J. Löder, Stephan Gekle, Christina Bogner: Tracing the horizontal transport of microplastics on rough surfaces. In: Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 1 (2021). - .
doi:10.1186/s43591-021-00010-2

Jan-Pascal Boos, Benjamin Silas Gilfedder, Sven Frei: Tracking Microplastics Across the Streambed Interface : Using Laser‐Induced‐Fluorescence to Quantitatively Analyze Microplastic Transport in an Experimental Flume. In: Water Resources Research, 57 (2021). - .
doi:10.1029/2021WR031064

Konrad Berghoff, Wolfgang Gross, Manuel Eisentraut, Holger Kress: Using Blinking Optical Tweezers to Study Cell Rheology During Initial Cell-Particle Contact. In: Biophysical Journal, 120 (2021). - S. 3527-3537.
doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2021.04.034

Sebastian Weigert, Andreas Gagsteiger, Teresa Menzel, Birte Höcker: A versatile assay platform for enzymatic poly(ethylene-terephthalate) degradation. In: Protein Engineering, Design & Selection, 34 (2021). - S. 1-9.
doi:10.1093/protein/gzab022

2020

Seema Agarwal: Biodegradable Polymers : Present Opportunities and Challenges in Providing a Microplastic-Free Environment. In: Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 221 (2020). - .
doi:10.1002/macp.202000017

Antonella di Savino, Johannes Förster, Thijmen la Haye, Anneloes Blok, Monika Timmer, G. Matthias Ullmann, Marcellus Ubbink: Efficient Encounter Complex Formation and Electron Transfer to Cytochrome c Peroxidase with an Additional, Distant Electrostatic Binding Site. In: Angewandte Chemie, 132 (2020). - S. 23439-23443.
doi:10.1002/ange.202010006

Moritz Lehmann, Sebastian Johannes Müller, Stephan Gekle: Efficient viscosity contrast calculation for blood flow simulations using the lattice Boltzmann method. In: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 92 (2020). - S. 1463-1477.
doi:10.1002/fld.4835

Anja Ramsperger, Vinay Kumar Bangalore Narayana, Wolfgang Gross, John Mohanraj, Mukundan Thelakkat, Andreas Greiner, Holger Schmalz, Holger Kress, Christian Laforsch: Environmental exposure enhances the internalization of microplastic particles into cells. In: Science Advances, 6 (2020). - .
doi:10.1126/sciadv.abd1211

Janno Harjes, Anton Link, Tanja Weibulat, Dagmar Triebel, Gerhard Rambold: FAIR digital objects in environmental and life sciences should comprise workflow operation design data and method information for repeatability of study setups and reproducibility of results. In: Database, (2020). - .
doi:10.1093/database/baaa059

Julia N. Möller, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch: Finding Microplastics in Soils : A Review of Analytical Methods. In: Environmental Science & Technology, 54 (2020). - S. 2078-2090.
doi:10.1021/acs.est.9b04618

Jian Zhu, Anil Kumar, Pin Hu, Christoph Habel, Josef Breu, Seema Agarwal: Layering‐Triggered Delayering with Exfoliated High‐Aspect Ratio Layered Silicate for Enhanced Gas Barrier, Mechanical Properties, and Degradability of Biodegradable Polymers. In: Global Challenges, 4 (2020). - .
doi:10.1002/gch2.202000030

Christian Schmidt, Rohini Kumar, Soohyun Yang, Olaf Büttner: Microplastic particle emission from wastewater treatment plant effluents into river networks in Germany : Loads, spatial patterns of concentrations and potential toxicity. In: Science of the Total Environment, 737 (2020). - .
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139544

Lina Mayr, Sonja Amschler, Andreas Edenharter, Volodymyr Dudko, Raphael Kunz, Sabine Rosenfeldt, Josef Breu: Osmotic swelling of sodium hectorite in ternary solvent mixtures : Nematic liquid crystals in hydrophobic media. In: Langmuir, 36 (2020). - S. 3814-3820.
doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00373

Rachid Dris, Seema Agarwal, Christian Laforsch: Plastics : From a Success Story to an Environmental Problem and a Global Challenge. In: Global Challenges, 4 (2020). - .
doi:10.1002/gch2.202000026

Anja Ramsperger, Anja C. Stellwag, Anja Caspari, Andreas Fery, Tillmann Lüders, Holger Kress, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch: Structural Diversity in Early-Stage Biofilm Formation on Microplastics Depends on Environmental Medium and Polymer Properties. In: Water, 12 (2020). - .
doi:10.3390/w12113216

Abhilash Venkateshaiah, Jun Young Cheong, Christoph Habel, Stanisław Wacławek, Tomáš Lederer, Miroslav Černík, Il-Doo Kim, Vinod V. T. Padil, Seema Agarwal: Tree Gum–Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite Films as Gas Barriers. In: ACS Applied Nano Materials, 3 (2020). - S. 633-640.
doi:10.1021/acsanm.9b02166

Hendrik T. Spanke, Robert W. Style, Claire François-Martin, Maria Feofilova, Manuel Eisentraut, Holger Kress, Jaime Agudo-Canalejo, Eric R. Dufresne: Wrapping of Microparticles by Floppy Lipid Vesicles. In: Physical Review Letters, 125 (2020). - .
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.198102

2019

Isabella Schrank, Benjamin Trotter, Julia Dummert, Barbara Scholz-Böttcher, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch: Effects of microplastic particles and leaching additive on the life history and morphology of Daphnia magna. In: Environmental Pollution, 255, Part 2 (2019). - .
doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113233

Raphael Kunz, Sonja Amschler, Andreas Edenharter, Lina Mayr, Sebastian Herlitz, Sabine Rosenfeldt, Josef Breu: Giant Multistep Crystalline vs. Osmotic Swelling of Synthetic Hectorite in Aqueous Acetonitrile. In: Clays and Clay Minerals, 67 (2019). - S. 481-487.
doi:10.1007/s42860-019-00046-9

Benedikt Hufnagl, Dieter Steiner, Elisabeth Renner, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforsch, Hans Lohninger: A methodology for the fast identification and monitoring of microplastics in environmental samples using random decision forest classifiers. In: Analytical Methods, 11 (2019). - S. 2277-2285.
doi:10.1039/C9AY00252A

Sven Frei, Sarah Piehl, Benjamin Silas Gilfedder, Martin G. J. Löder, Jennifer Krutzke, Laura Wilhelm, Christian Laforsch: Occurence of microplastics in the hyporheic zone of rivers. In: Scientific Reports, 9 (2019). - .
doi:10.1038/s41598-019-51741-5

Benjamin Trotter, Anja Ramsperger, Patricia Raab, Julia Haberstroh, Christian Laforsch: Plastic waste interferes with chemical communication in aquatic ecosystems. In: Scientific Reports, 9 (2019). - .
doi:10.1038/s41598-019-41677-1

Books and Book chapters

2021

Dagmar Triebel, Ariane Grunz, Stefan Seifert, Anton Link, Gerhard Rambold: DiversityNaviKey, a Progressive Web Application for interactive diagnosis and identification. In: INFORMATIK 2021 : Computer Science & Sustainability. - Bonn : Gesellschaft für Informatik, 2021. - S. 517-538.
doi:10.18420/informatik2021-040

2020

Cristina Sandu, Emoke Takacs, Giuseppe Suaria, Franco Borgogno, Christian Laforsch, Martin G. J. Löder, Gijsbert Tweehuysen, Letitia Florea: Society Role in the Reduction of Plastic Pollution. In: Friederike Stock, Georg Reifferscheid, Nicole Brennholt, Evgeniia Kostianaia (Hrsg.): Handbook of Environmental Chemistry : Plastics in the Aquatic Environment. Part II. Stakeholders Role against Pollution. - Cham : Springer Nature, 2020. - S. 39-65.
doi:10.1007/698_2020_483

Christian Laforsch, Anja Ramsperger, Simona Mondellini, Tamara S. Galloway: Microplastics : A Novel Suite of Environmental Contaminants but Present for Decades. In: Franz-Xaver Reichl, Michael Schwenk (Hrsg.): Regulatory Toxicology. - Berlin : Springer, 2020. - S. 1-26.
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-36206-4_138-1

Friederike Stock, Vinay Kumar Bangalore Narayana, Christian Scherer, Martin G. J. Löder, Nicole Brennholt, Christian Laforsch, Georg Reifferscheid: Pitfalls and Limitations in Microplastic Analyses. In: Friederike Stock, Georg Reifferscheid, Nicole Brennholt, Evgeniia Kostianaia (Hrsg.): Plastics in the Aquatic Environment. Part I. Current Status and Challenges. - Berlin : Springer, 2020. - S. 13-42.
doi:10.1007/698_2020_654

Academic thesis

2025

Johanna Schmidtmann:Interactions of microplastic particles with iron oxyhydroxides in aqueous phase : The role of surface properties on aggregation and sedimentation. - Bayreuth: 2025. - 131 S.
(Dissertation, 2025, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00008042

2024

Anja Ramsperger:Environmental Microplastics : How the Surface Properties of Microplastic Particles Determine their Particle-Cell Interactions. - Bayreuth: 2024. - 335 S.
(Dissertation, 2024, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007708

Jan-Pascal Boos:Advances in Methods and New Insights into the Mechanisms of Microplastic Transport and Retention in Rivers, Streams and Lakes. - Bayreuth: 2024. - IV, 188 S.
(Dissertation, 2024, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007664

Julia Jasinski:Analyse der Effekte von Mikroplastikpartikeln auf zellulärer Ebene. - Bayreuth: 2024. - 202 S.
(Dissertation, 2024, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007441

Maximilian Röhrl:Clay-Based Barrier Films – From Fundamentals to Sustainable Packaging. - Bayreuth: 2024. - XVIII, 144 S.
(Dissertation, 2024, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007396

Teresa Menzel:Von Makro- zu Mikroplastik : Degradationsmodelle und Extrapolation von Verweilzeiten unter abiotischen Umwelteinflüssen. - Bayreuth: 2024. - xi, 124, xxxvii S.
(Dissertation, 2024, Universität Bayreuth, Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften)
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007333

2023

Moritz Lehmann:Computational study of microplastic transport at the water-air interface with a memory-optimized lattice Boltzmann method. - Bayreuth: 2023. - 230 S.
(Dissertation, 2023, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006977

Nora Meides:Mechanisms for the Formation and Degradation of Microplastic : Results from Accelerated Weathering Studies. - Bayreuth: 2023. - VII, 215 S.
(Dissertation, 2023, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006943

Matthias Völkl:From Single Cells to Microtissues : Using Advanced Culture Techniques to Create a Better Understanding of Microplastic Toxicity. - Bayreuth: 2023. - VI, 175 S.
(Dissertation, 2023, Universität Bayreuth, Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften)
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007182

Julia N. Möller:Microplastic pollution in composts, digestates and soils : Developing detection methods to identify input pathways, local extent and fate of terrestrial microplastic pollution. - Bayreuth: 2023. - 240 S.
(Dissertation, 2023, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007201

2022

Sebastian Weigert:Investigation of PET-degrading enzymes and their implications on microplastics. - Bayreuth: 2022. - IV, 112 S.
(Dissertation, 2022, Universität Bayreuth, Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften)
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006729

2021

Fabian Häusl: Soft Objects in Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids : a Computational Study of Bubbles and Capsules in Flow. - Bayreuth, 2021. IX,126, XVI S.
(Masterarbeit, 2021, Universität Bayreuth, Fakultät für Mathematik, Physik und Informatik)
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005960