Dr. E. Eiser

Lecturer, BP Institute and Physics

Biography

2008 Lecturer at the Cavendish Laboratory (Biological and Soft Systems) and BP Institute, Cambridge (UK)
2000 – 2008 Assistant Professor (UD) Chemical Engineering/Chemistry, University of Amsterdam (NL)
1999 - 2000 Postdoctoral research, European synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF, ID1)
1997 - 1999 Postdoctoral research, University Montpellier II
1992 - 1997 PhD Physical Chemistry, Weizmann Institute
1988 - 1992 Masters degree, Physics, University of Konstanz (research at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
1986 -1988 BA, Physics, University of Konstanz (Germany)

Research

Self-assembly

Self-assembly of metalo surfactants with optical and catalytical activity (patent application with D. Domingues-Gutierrez and C.J. Elsevier, Univ. Amsterdam).
Experimental and numerical studies on structure and phase behaviour of micellar triblock-copolymer solutions.
X-ray and rheology studies of hexagonal surfactant phases doped with metal nano-colloids.
Developing new self-assembling methods to make metal nano-clusters of different materials and shapes.

Colloids & self-assembly

Cluster formation using DNA-coated colloids, in collaboration with W.C. Poon (Edinburgh), D. Frenkel (Amolf), and David Pine (New York University).
Aging of aqueous solutions of charged disk-like colloids (Laponite), in collaboration with C. Schmidt (Amsterdam, Göttingen) and G. Wegdam (WZI/Amsterdam).

Rheology of granular media

Investigating the flow properties of natural quicksand and trying to make laboratory quicksand, in collaboration with D. Bonn (ENS/Paris & WZI/Amsterdam).

Molecular motors

Experiments & simulation study of the hydrodynamic influence on the motion of molecular motors in the cell, in collaboration with A.M.C. Emons (plant biology, University of Wageningen/Netherlands) and I. Pagonabarraga (University of Barcelona/Spain).

Recent Publications

Curk T., de Hoogh A., Martinez-Veracoechea F.J., Eiser E., Frenkel D., Dobnikar J. and Leunissen M.E. (2012) Layering, freezing, and re-entrant melting of hard spheres in soft confinement. PHYS REV E 85 (2): - Part 1 FEB 21 2012 021502.
Yanagishima T., Frenkel D., Kotar J. and Eiser E. (2011) Real-time monitoring of complex moduli from micro-rheology. J PHYS-CONDENS MAT 23 (19): - MAY 18 2011 194118.
Kumachev A., Greener J., Tumarkin E., Eiser E., Zandstra P.W. and Kumacheva E. (2011) High-throughput generation of hydrogel microbeads with varying elasticity for cell encapsulation. BIOMATERIALS 32 (6): 1477-1483 FEB 2011.
Di Michele L., Yanagishima T., Brewer A.R., Kotar J., Eiser E. and Fraden S. (2011) Interactions between Colloids Induced by a Soft Cross-Linked Polymer Substrate. PHYS REV LETT 107 (13): - SEP 19 2011 136101.

Earlier Publications

Jahn S., Geerts N. and Eiser E. (2010) DNA-Mediated Two-Dimensional Colloidal Crystallization above Different Attractive Surfaces. LANGMUIR 26 (22): 16921-16927 NOV 16 20.
Geerts N., Jahn S. and Eiser E. (2010) Direct observation of size fractionation during colloidal crystallization. J PHYS-CONDENS MAT 22 (10): - MAR 17 2010 104111.
Geerts N. and Eiser E. (2010) DNA-functionalized colloids: Physical properties and applications. SOFT MATTER 6 (19): 4647-4660 2010.
Geerts N. and Eiser E. (2010) Flying colloidal carpets. SOFT MATTER 6 (3): 664-669 2010.
Gaikwad A.V., Verschuren P., van der Loop T., Rothenberg G. and Eiser E. (2009) Stable 'soap and water' sponges doped with metal nanoparticles. SOFT MATTER 5 (10): 1994-1999 2009.
Jagesar D.C., Fazio S.M., Taybi J., Eiser E., Gatti F.G., Leigh D.A. and Brouwer A.M. (2009) Photoinduced Shuttling Dynamics of Rotaxanes in Viscous Polymer Solutions. ADV FUNCT MATER 19 (21): 3440-3449 NOV 9 2009.
Eiser E., Miles C.S., Geerts N., Verschuren P. and MacPhee C.E. (2009) Molecular cooking: physical transformations in Chinese 'century' eggs. SOFT MATTER 5 (14): 2725-2730 2009.
Jabbari-Farouji S., Atakhorrami M., Mizuno D., Eiser E., Wegdam G.H., MacKintosh F.C., Bonn D. and Schmidt C.F. (2008) High-bandwidth viscoelastic properties of aging colloidal glasses and gels. PHYS REV E 78 (6): - Part 1 DEC 2008 061402.
Esseling-Ozdoba A., Houtman D., Van Lammeren A.A.M., Eiser E. and Emons A.M.C. (2008) Hydrodynamic flow in the cytoplasm of plant cells. J MICROSC-OXFORD 231 (2): 274-283 AUG 2008.
Dominguez-Gutierrez D., De Paoli G., Guerrero-Martinez A., Ginocchietti G., Ebeling D., Eiser E., De Cola L. and Elsevier C.J. (2008) Inverted aggregates of luminescent ruthenium metallosurfactants. J MATER CHEM 18 (24): 2762-2768 2008.
Geerts N., Schmatko T. and Eiser E. (2008) Clustering versus percolation in the assembly of colloids coated with long DNA. LANGMUIR 24 (9): 5118-5123 MAY 6 2008.
Dominguez-Gutierrez D., Eiser E. and Elsevier C.J. (2008) Amphiphilic iron(II) and nickel(II) complexes based on alkylated diazaoxa- and triazacyclononane. EUR J INORG CHEM (7): 1088-1094 MAR 2008.
Gaikwad A.V., Verschuren P., Kinge S., Rothenberg G. and Eiser E. (2008) Matter of age: growing anisotropic gold nanocrystals in organic media. PHYS CHEM CHEM PHYS 10 (7): 951-956 2008.
Eiser E. and Klein J. (2007) The effect of mobile polymers on the normal and shear forces between polymer brushes. MACROMOLECULES 40 (23): 8455-8463 NOV 13 2007.
Houtman D., Pagonabarraga I., Lowe C.P., Esseling-Ozdoba A., Emons A.M.C. and Eiser E. (2007) Hydrodynamic flow caused by active transport along cytoskeletal elements. EPL-EUROPHYS LETT 78 (1): - 2007 18001.
Schmatko T., Bozorgui B., Geerts N., Frenkel D., Eiser E. and Poon W.C.K. (2007) A finite-cluster phase in lambda-DNA-coated colloids. SOFT MATTER 3 (6): 703-706 2007.
Jabbari-Farouji S., Mizuno D., Atakhorrami M., MacKintosh F.C., Schmidt C.F., Eiser E., Wegdam G.H. and Bonn D. (2007) Fluctuation-dissipation theorem in an aging colloidal glass. PHYS REV LETT 98 (10): - MAR 9 2007 108302.
Khaldoun A., Wegdam G.H., Eiser E., Kerkeb M.L., Duran J.D.G., Gonzalez-Caballero F. and Bonn D. (2006) Influence of heavy metals adsorption on the surface-energy properties of fluorinated montmorillonite clays "Rassoul". COLLOID SURFACE A 290 (1-3): 1-6 NOV 15 2006.
Gaikwad A.V., Verschuren P., Eiser E. and Rothenberg G. (2006) A simple method for measuring the size of metal nanoclusters in solution. J PHYS CHEM B 110 (35): 17437-17443 SEP 7 20.
Wu Y.L., Sprik R., Poon W.C.K. and Eiser E. (2006) Effect of salt on the phase behaviour of F68 triblock PEO/PPO/PEO copolymer. J PHYS-CONDENS MAT 18 (19): 4461-4470 MAY 17 2006.
Dominguez-Gutierrez D., Surtchev M., Eiser E. and Elsevier C.J. (2006) Ru(II)-based metallosurfactant inverted aggregates. NANO LETT 6 (2): 145-147 FEB 2006.
Khaldoun A., Eiser E., Wegdam G.H. and Bonn D. (2005) Liquefaction of quicksand under stress - A person trapped in salt-lake quicksand is not in any danger of being sucked under completely.. NATURE 437 (7059): 635-635 SEP 29 200.
Sitnikova N.L., Sprik R., Wegdam G. and Eiser E. (2005) Spontaneously formed trans-anethol/water/alcohol emulsions: Mechanism of formation and stability. LANGMUIR 21 (16): 7083-7089 AUG 2 2005.
Turkenburg D.H., Antipov A.A., Thathagar M.B., Rothenberg G., Sukhorukov G.B. and Eiser E. (2005) Palladium nanoclusters in microcapsule membranes: From synthetic shells to synthetic cells. PHYS CHEM CHEM PHYS 7 (10): 2237-2240 2005.
Jabbari-Farouji S., Eiser E., Wegdam G.H. and Bonn D. (2004) Ageing dynamics of translational and rotational diffusion in a colloidal glass. J PHYS-CONDENS MAT 16 (41): L471-L477 OCT 20 2004.
Wijmans C.M., Eiser E. and Frenkel D. (2004) Simulation study of intra- and intermicellar ordering in triblock-copolymer systems. J CHEM PHYS 120 (12): 5839-5848 MAR 22 200.
Zhang-Steenwinkel Y., Castricum H.L., Beckers J., Eiser E. and Bliek A. (2004) Dielectric heating effects on the activity and SO2 resistance of La0.8Ce0.2MnO3 perovskite for methane oxidation. J CATAL 221 (2): 523-531 JAN 25 2004.
Bouchama F., Thathagar M.B., Rothenberg G., Turkenburg D.H. and Eiser E. (2004) Self-assembly of a hexagonal phase of wormlike micelles containing metal nanoclusters. LANGMUIR 20 (2): 477-483 JAN 20 2004.
Eiser E., Bouchama F., Thathagar M.B. and Rothenberg G. (2003) Trapping metal nanoclusters in "soap and water" soft crystals. CHEMPHYSCHEM 4 (5): 526-528 APR 14 2003.
Eiser E., Molino F. and Porte G. (2000) Correlation between the viscoelastic properties of a soft crystal and its microstructure. EUR PHYS J E 2 (1): 39-46 MAY 2000.
Eiser E., Molino F., Forte G. and Pithon X. (2000) Flow in micellar cubic crystals. RHEOL ACTA 39 (3): 201-208 AUG 2000.
Eiser E., Molino F., Porte G. and Diat O. (2000) Nonhomogeneous textures and banded flow in a soft cubic phase under shear. PHYS REV E 61 (6): 6759-6764 Part B JUN 2.
Klein J., Kerle T., Zink F. and Eiser E. (2000) Segmental interaction parameters of binary polymer mixtures evaluated from binodals and from surface-segregation profiles: Comparison with small-angle neutron scattering. MACROMOLECULES 33 (4): 1298-1305 FEB 22 2000.
Eiser E., Klein J., Witten T.A. and Fetters L.J. (1999) Shear of telechelic brushes. PHYS REV LETT 82 (25): 5076-5079 JUN 21 1999.
Eiser E., Molino F., Porte G. and Berret J.F. (1998) Structure and rheology of a micellar cubic crystal. PROGRESS AND TRENDS IN RHEOLOGY V : 266-267 1998.
Tadmor R., Eiser E., Zhang X.Y., Tsarkova L., Janik J., Klein J. and Fetters L.J. (1998) Time-dependent shear interactions between polymer bearing surfaces. ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S 215: 124-COLL Part 1 APR 2 199.
Scheffold F., Eiser E., Steiner U., Budkowski A., Magerle R., Klein J., Fetters L.J. and Lohse D. (1998) Segment-segment interactions and miscibility in polyolefin mixtures via direct binodal determination: Comparison with SANS study.. ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S 215: 048-PMSE Part 2 APR 2 199.
Klein J., Scheffold F., Steiner U., Eiser E., Budkowski A. and Fetters L. (1997) Adsorption and wetting from tunable polyolefin mixtures. INTERFACIAL ASPECTS OF MULTICOMPONENT POLYMER MATERIALS : 81-94 1997.
Scheffold F., Budkowski A., Eiser E., Steiner U., Klein J. and Fetters L.J. (1996) Interfacial segregation from tunable polyolefinic mixtures. ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S 212: 252-PMSE Part 2 AUG 25 19.
Scheffold F., Eiser E., Budkowski A., Steiner U., Klein J. and Fetters L.J. (1996) Surface phase behavior in binary polymer mixtures .1. Miscibility, phase coexistence, and interactions in polyolefin blends. J CHEM PHYS 104 (21): 8786-8794 JUN 1 1996.
Scheffold F., Budkowski A., Steiner U., Eiser E., Klein J. and Fetters L.J. (1996) Surface phase behavior in binary polymer mixtures .2. Surface enrichment from polyolefin blends. J CHEM PHYS 104 (21): 8795-8806 JUN 1 1996.
STEINER U., EISER E., BUDKOWSKI A., FETTERS L. and KLEIN J. (1994) SURFACE SEGREGATION AND WETTING FROM POLYMER MIXTURES. ORDERING IN MACROMOLECULAR SYSTEMS : 315-322 1994.
STEINER U., KLEIN J., EISER E., BUDKOWSKI A. and FETTERS L. (1994) WETTING FROM MIXTURES OF FLEXIBLE CHAINS. NATO ADV SCI INST SE 323: 133-136 1994.
STEINER U., EISER E., BUDKOWSKI A., FETTERS L. and KLEIN J. (1994) CRITICAL-POINT WETTING FROM BINARY POLYMER MIXTURES. BER BUNSEN PHYS CHEM 98 (3): 366-372 MAR 1994.
EISER E., STEINER U., BUDKOWSKI A., KLEIN J., FETTERS L.J. and KRISHNAMOORTI R. (1993) INTERFACIAL STRUCTURE AND COEXISTENCE IN MODEL POLYMER MIXTURES. ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S 206: 13-MACR Part 2 AUG 22 199.
BUDKOWSKI A., KLEIN J., EISER E., STEINER U. and FETTERS L.J. (1993) INTERFERENCE OF MICROSTRUCTURE AND ISOTOPE LABELING EFFECTS IN POLYMER BLEND COMPATIBILITY. MACROMOLECULES 26 (15): 3858-3861 JUL 19 1993.
STEINER U., KLEIN J., EISER E., BUDKOWSKI A. and FETTERS L.J. (1992) COMPLETE WETTING FROM POLYMER MIXTURES. SCIENCE 258 (5085): 1126-1129 NOV 13 1.

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