Recent journal publications


  1. K.L. Morris, S. Zibaee, L. Chen,  M. Goedert,  P. Sikorski, L.C. Serpell. The Structure of Cross-β Tapes and Tubes Formed by an Octapeptide, αSβ1. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2013. 52, 8, 2279–2283.
  2. Florian Mumm, Kai M. Beckwith, Sara Bonde, Karen L. Martinez, and Pawel Sikorski. A Transparent Nanowire-Based Cell Impalement Device Suitable for Detailed Cell-Nanowire Interaction Studies. Small 2013. 9, 2, 263–272.
  3. MØ Olderøy, M Westhrin, S Ehnert, M Xie, JPAndreassen,
    BL Strand, T Standal, AK Nussler and P Sikorski. Investigation of mineralized alginate gels as a scaffold material for stem cell based bone tissue engineering. J Tissue Eng RegenMed 2012; 6 (Suppl. 1), p 187 (conference proceedings)
  4. M Olderøy, M Xie, M Westhrin, J-P Andreassen, Z Zhang, B L Strand, T Standal, P Sikorski. Properties and cell compatibility of mineralized alginate hydrogel beads. European Cells and Materials Vol. 23. Suppl. 5, 2012 (page 53)
  5. Olderoy, M.O.; Xie, M; ; Zhang, Z.; Andreassen, J P.;Strand, B.L.; Sikorski, P. Viscoelastic properties of mineralized alginate hydrogel beads. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 2012, 23, 1619-1627
  6. Xie, M; Olderoy, M.O.; Zhang, Z.; Andreassen, J P.;Strand, B.L.; Sikorski, P. Biocomposites prepared by alkaline phosphatase mediated mineralization of alginate microbeads. RCS Advances, 2012, 2, 1457-1465
  7. Mumm, F; Sikorski, P. Oxidative fabrication of patterned, large, non-flaking CuO nanowire arrays. Nanotechnology 2011, 22.
  8. Magnus Ø. Olderøy, Minli Xie, Berit L. Strand, Kurt I. Draget, Pawel Sikorski, and Jens-Petter Andreassen. Polymorph switching in the calcium carbonate system by well-defined alginate oligomers. Cryst. Growth, Des. 2011.
  9. Mumm, F; Kemell, M.; Leskelä, M.; Sikorski, P. A bio-originated porous template for the fabrication of very long, inorganic nanotubes and nanowires. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 5, 2010
  10. Xie, M; Olderøy, M. Ø; Andreassen, J-P.; Selbach, S. M.; Strand, B. L.; Sikorski, P. Alginate-controlled formation of nano-scale calcium carbonate and hydroxyapatite mineral phase within hydrogel networks. Acta Biomaterialia 2010.
  11. Thomas R. Jahn, O. Sumner Makin, Kyle L. Morris, Karen E. Marshall, Pei Tian, Pawel Sikorski, Louise C. Serpell. The common architecture of cross-β amyloid. Journal of Molecular Biology 2010.
  12. Magnus Ø. Olderøy, Minli Xie, Berit L. Strand, Ellen M. Flaten, Pawel Sikorski and Jens-Petter Andreassen. Growth and Nucleation of Calcium Carbonate Vaterite Crystals in Presence of Alginate. Crystal Growth 2009.
  13. Gjertrud Maurstad. Marcus Prass. Louise C. Serpell. Pawel Sikorski. Dehydration stability of amyloid fibrils studied by AFM. European Biophysics Journal, 2009.
  14. Florian Mumm, Antonius T.J. van Helvoort, and Pawel Sikorski. Easy route to superhydrophobic copper-based wire-guided droplet microfluidic systems. ACS NANO 2009.
  15. Tamamis, P.; Adler-Abramovich, L.; Reches, M.; Marshall, K.; Sikorski, P.; Serpell, L.C; Gazit, E.; Archontis, G. Self-assembly of Phenylalanine oligopeptides: Insights from experiments and simulations.   Biophysical Journal, 2009.  
  16. Sikorski, P.; Hori, R.; Wada, M. Revisit of α-Chitin crystal structure using high resolution x-ray diffraction data. Biomacromolecules, 2009.
  17. Erikson, A.; Nortvedt Andersen, H.; Nalum Naess, S.; Sikorski, P.; de Lange Davies, C. Physical and chemical modifications of collagen gels: Impact on diffusion. Biopolymers 2007.
  18. Makin, O.S.; Sikorski, P., Serpell, L.C. A new tool for the analysis of X-ray fibre diffraction patterns and diffraction simulation from atomic structural models. Journal of Applied Crystallography 2007.
  19. Sikorski, P.; Mo, F.; Skjåk-Bræk, G.; Stokke, B.T. Evidence for egg-box-compatible interactions in calcium-alginate gels from fiber x-ray diffraction. Biomacromolecules 2007.
  20. Svein J. Horn, Pawel Sikorski, Jannicke B. Cederkvist, Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad, Morten Sørlie, Bjørnar Synstad, Gert Vriend, Kjell M. Vårum, and Vincent G. H. Eijsink. Costs and benefits of processivity in enzymatic degradation of recalcitrant polysaccharides. PNAS 2006.
  21. O Sumner Makin, Pawel Sikorski and Louise C Serpell. Diffraction to study protein and peptide assemblies. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology 2006.
  22. Pawel Sikorski, Audun Sorbotten, Svein J. Horn, Vincent G. H. Eijsink, Kjell M. Varum. Serratia marcescens chitinases with "tunnel-shaped" substrate-binding grooves show endo-activity and different degrees of processivity during enzymatic hydrolysis of chitosan. Biochemistry 2006.
  23. Svein J. Horn, Audun Sørbotten, Bjørnar Synstad, Pawel Sikorski, Morten Sørlie, Kjell M. Vårum, Vincent G. H. Eijsink. Comperative studies of three family 18 chitanases that make up the chitinolytic machinery of Serratia Marcescens. FEBS Journal 2006.
  24. Simon Ballance, Synnøve Holtan, Olav A. Aarstad, Pawel Sikorski, Gudmund Skjåk-Bræk, Bjørn E. Christensen. Application of high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection and statistical analysis to study oligosaccharide distributions. Complementary method to investigate the structure and some properties of alginates. Journal of Chromatography A, 2005.
  25. Maurstad, G.; Bausch, A.R.; Sikorski, P; Stokke, B.T.  Electrostatically self-assembled multilayers of chitosan and xanthan studied by atomic force microscopy and micro-interferometry. Macromolecular Symposia. 2005 [pdf]

Popular science publications

  1. Front cover of the book "Food Stabilisers, Thickeners and Gelling Agents". Wiley-Blackwell 2009.
  2. Drivhus for skjelett. Gemini, 08.12. 2010.
  3. Skeleton greenhouse. Gemini (eng),  March 2011.
  4. Drivhus for skjelett. forskning.no, 06.01.2011.
  5. A greenhouse for growing bones. EarthSky, Aug 06. 2011.
  6. Spinner nanotråd med gullmus. Gemini, 08.12. 2010. 
  7. Sea mouse boost for nanowire-makers. New Scientist, 09 August 2010.

Patents and patents applications

Patent Application: Nanoneedles - Nanosized hollow epoxy needles (GB1020584.7). Inventors: Florian Mumm, Pawel Sikorski, Kai M. Beckwith.


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Photo: Magnus Olderøy. Dept of Physics. NTNU

People

Pawel Sikorski, Professor

David Bassett, Postdoktor

Kai Muller Beckwith, PhD student

Sindre Hove Bjørnøy, PhD student

Jonathan Torstensen. MTNANO Master Student (V2013)

Contact

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phone: +47 735 98393  +47 98486426

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