Dr. Sérgio S. Funari

Scientist - at HASYLAB

List of main publications

Some abstracts

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• Klaas Kölln, Ingo Grotkopp, Manfred Burghammer, Stephan V. Roth, Sérgio S. Funari, Martin Dommach and Martin Müller. PDF
  Mechanical properties of cellulose fibres and wood. Orientational aspects in situ investigated with synchrotron radiation (2005).J. Synchrotron Rad. 12, 739-744.

• Francisco J. Baltá Calleja, Fernando Ania, Inés Puente Orench, Eric Baer, Anne Hiltner, Teresa Bernal and Sérgio S. Funari.
  Nanostrucutre development in multilayered systems as revealed by X-rays scattering methods (2005).Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science, 130, 140-148

• L. A. S. de A. Prado, H. Wittich, K. Schulte, S. S. Funari, Vasil M. Garamus, R. Willumeit, M. L. Ponce and S. P. Nunes.
  SAXS/WAXSCharacterization of Proton-Conducting Polymer Composites Containing Phosphomolybdic Acid (2005). J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 351, 2194-2199.

• Steve Raudenkolb, Sigfried Wartewig, Gerald Brezesinski, Sérgio S. Funari and Reinhard H.H. Neubert.Hydration properties of N-(a-hydroxyacyl)-sphingosine: X-ray powder diffraction and FT-Raman spectroscopic studies (2005). Chem Phys. Lip. 136 (13-22.

• Daniela Uhríková, Mária Hanulová, Sérgio S. Funari, Raylja S. Khusainova, František Šeršeň and Pavol Balgavý. The structure of DNA–DOPC aggregates formed in presence of calcium and magnesium ions: a small‑angle synchrotron X‑ray diffraction study (2005). Biochim. Biophys. Acta - Biomembranes, 1713, 15-18.
• Daniela Uhríková, Mária Hanulová, Adrian Lengyel, Sérgio S. Funari, and Pavol Balgavý.
  Microstrucure of DNA-Liposome aggregates in presence of metal cations (2005).Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters, 10(supplement), 57-58.
• Regine Willumeit, Mont Kumpugdee, Sérgio S. Funari, Karl Lohner, Beatriz Pozo Navas, Klaus Brandenburg, Sebastian Linser, and Jörg AndräStructural Rearrangement as Reason for Bacterial Membrane Destruction by the Peptide Antibiotic NK–2. (2005).

  Biochim. Biophys. Acta - Biomembranes, 1669, 125-134.
  

• Daniela Uhríková, Igor Zajac, Martina Dubničková, Martin Pisárčik, Sérgio S. Funari, Gert Rapp and Pavol Balgavý, Interaction of gemini surfactants butane-1,4-diyl-bis (alkyldimethyl-ammonium bromide) with DNA (2005). Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 42, 59-68.
• D. Mirska, K. Schirmer, S.S. Funari, A. Langner, B. Dobner and G. Brezesinski, Biophysical and biochemical properties of a binary lipid mixture for DNA transfection (2005)
  Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 40(1) 51-59.

• Motomu Tanaka, Florian Rehfeldt, Matthias F. Schneider, Christian Gege, Richard R. Schmidt, and Sérgio S. Funari, Oligomer-to-Polymer Transition in Short Ethylene Glycol Chains Connected to Mobile Hydrophobic Anchors (2005) ChemPhysChem, 6, 101–109.

• Sérgio S. Funari, Jesús Prades, Pablo V. Escribá, and Francisca Barceló. Farnesol and geranylgeraniol modulate the structural properties of PE model membranes. Mol. Mem. Biol.  in press
• Daniela Uhríková, Igor Zajac, Martina Dubničková, Martin Pisárčik, Sérgio S. Funari, Gert Rapp and Pavol Balgavý. Interaction of gemini surfactants butane-1,4-diyl-bis (alkyldimethylammonium bromide) with DNA. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 42, 59-68 (2005).
• D. Mirska, K. Schirmer, S.S. Funari, A. Langner, B. Dobner and G. Brezesinski, Biophysical and biochemical properties of a binary lipid mixture for DNA transfection. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 40(1) 51-59.(2005).
• The hypotensive drug 2-Hydroxyoleic Acid modulates the structural properties of model membrane (2004). Francisca Barceló, Jesús Prades, Sérgio S. Funari, Juan Frau, Regina Alemany, and Pablo V. Escribá. Mol. Mem. Biol. 21, 261-268..
• Francisco. J. Baltá Calleja, Fernando Ania, Inés Puente Orench, Eric Baer, Anne Hiltner, Teresa Bernal and Sérgio S. Funari. Nanostrucutre development in multilayered systems as revealed by X-rays scattering methods. Submitted to Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science, July, 2004.
• Synchrotron radiation small- and wide- angle scattering study of dispergation of EQUORAL®, a novel drug delivery system with cyclosporine A. Daniela Uhríková, Tomáš Andrýsek, Sérgio S. Funari, Pavol Balgavý^. Pharmazie 59, 8 (2004).
• Daniela Uhríková, Mária Hanulová, Sérgio S. Funari, Ivan Lacko, Ferdinand Devínsky and Pavol Balgavý. The structure of DNA-DLPC-cationic gemini surfactant aggregates: a small angle synchrotron x-ray diffraction study. Biophysical Chemistry, 111, 197-204, (2004).
• C. Alvarez, I. Šics, A. Nogales, Z. Denchev, S. S. Funari, T.A. Ezquerra. Structure-Dynamics Relationship in Crystallizing Poly(ethylene terephthalate) as Revealed by Time-resolved X-ray and Dielectric Methods. Polymer, 45,  3953-3959 (2004).  PDF
• Z. Denchev, M. J. Oliveira, J. F. Mano, J. C. Viana, S. S. Funari, “Nanostructured Composites Based on Polyethylene-Polyamide Blends: 2. Probing the Orientation in polyethylene-polyamide Nanocomposites and Their Precursors, J. Macromol. Sci. Part B – Physics, B43, No1, 163-176 (2004).
• V. Barbi, S. S. Funari, R. Gehrke, N. Scharnagl and N. Stribeck. SAXS and the gas transport in polyether-block-polyamide copolymer membranes. Macromolecules, 36, 749-758 (2003).
• N. Stribeck, S. S. Funari and R. Androsch. Nanostructure evolution of homogeneous Poly(ethylene-co-1-octene) as a function of strain. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 204, 1202-1216 (2003).
• Norbert Stribeck and Sérgio S. Funari. Nanostructure Evolution in a Poly(ether ester) Elastomer during Drawing and the Displacement of Hard Domains from Lamellae. J. Polym. Sci. - B: Polym. Phys. 41: 1947-1954 (2003).
• Jesús Prades, Sérgio S. Funari, Pablo V. Escribá and Francisca Barceló (2003). Effects of unsaturated free fatty acids and their triglycerides on the structural properties of phosphatidylethanolamine membranes. J. Lipid Res. 44,1720-1727. PDF
• Sérgio S. Funari, Francisca Barceló and Pablo. V. Escribá. Effects of oleic acid and its congeners, elaidic and stearic acids, on the structural properties of phosphoethanolamine membranes. J. Lipid Res. 44, 567-575 (2003). PDF
• Veroni Barbi, Sérgio S. Funari, Rainer Gehrke, Nico Scharnagl and Norbert Stribeck. Nanostructure of Nafion membrane material as a function of mechanical load studied by SAXS. Polymer 44, 4853-4861 (2003). PDF
• P. Klaus Pranzas, Arndt Knöchel, Klemens Kneifel, Helmut Kamusewitz, Thomas Weigel, Rainer Gehrke, Sérgio S. Funari and Regine Willumeit. 2003. On-line SAXS Investigations of Polymeric Hollow Fibre Membranes. Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 376,602-607.
• C. Šics, T.A. Ezquerra , A. Nogales, Z. Denchev, C. Alvarez, S. S. Funari. 2003. Cold crystallization of Poly(ethylene naphthalene-2,6-dicarboxylate) by simultaneous measurements of X-ray scattering and dielectric spectroscopy. Polymer44, 1045-1049 .
• R. Androsch, N. Stribeck, T. Lüpke1, S. S. Funari. 2002. Investigation of the Deformation of Homogeneous Poly(ethylene-co-1-octene) by Wide- and Small-angle X-ray Scattering using Synchrotron Radiation. J. Polym Sci - B: Polym Phys. 40: 1919-1930. PDF.
• L. He, V. Garamus, S. S. Funari, M. Malfois, R. Willumeit, and B. Niemeyer. 2002. Comparison of Small Angle Scattering Methods for the Structure Analysis of Octyl-b-maltopyranoside forming Nanostructured Aggregate. J. Phys. Chem. B, 106, 7596-7604. PDF(supplementary information).
• S. S. Funari, 2002. Small Angle X-Rays Scattering Studies of Biomolecules. Acta Phys. Pol., 101, 647-658. PDF
• S. S. Funari, Brigitte Nuscher, Gert Rapp, and Klaus Beyer, 2001. Detergent-phospholipid mixed micelles with a crystalline phospholipid core. PNAS, 98: 8938-8943.  PDF
• S. S. Funari, Gert Rapp, Markus Perbrandt, Karsten Dierks, Marco Vallazza, Christian Betzel, Volker A Erdmann, and Dmitri I. Svergun, 2000. Structure of free Thermus flavus 5S rRNA at 1.3 nm resolution from synchrotron X-ray solution scattering. J. Biol. Chem., 275(40) 31283-31288.  PDF
• M. Tiemann, M. Fröba, G. Rapp, S. S. Funari, 2000. Non-aqueous Synthesis of Mesostructured Aluminophosphate / Surfactant Composites: Synthesis,Characterization, and In-situ SAXS Studies. Chem. Mater, 12, 1342-1348.
• M. Tiemann, M. Fröba, G. Rapp and S. S. Funari, 2000. In-situ small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) studies on the formation of mesostructured aluminophosphate/surfactant composite materials. Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. , 129, 559-566.  PDF
• K. Brandenburg, S. S. Funari, M. H. J. Koch and U. Seydel, 1999. Investigation into the Acyl Chain Packing of Endotoxin and Phospholipids under Near Physiological Conditions by WAXS and FTIR Spectroscopy. J. Struct. Biol. 128, 175-186.
• S. S. Funari and G. Rapp, 1999. A continuous topological change during phase transitions in amphiphile/water systems. PNAS , 96, 7756-7759. PDF
• S. S. Funari, 1998. Induction of a hexagonal phase in phospholipid-surfactant bilayers. Eur. Biophys. J. 27, 590-594.
• M. Degenhardt, W. Weber, S. Eschenburg, K. Dierks, S. S. Funari, G. Rapp and Ch. Betzel, 1998. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of the EGF receptor ectodomain. Acta Cryst. D54, 999-1001.
• S. S. Funari, and G. Rapp. 1997. X-ray Studies on the C₁₂EO₂/water System. J. Phys. Chem. 101(5B), 732-739.
• S. S. Funari, C. di Vitta and G. Rapp, 1997. X-ray Diffraction and NMR Studies on Mixtures of Non- Ionic Surfactant (C₁₂EO₂) and Phospholipids (POPC). Acta Phys. Pol. A 91(5), 953-960. PDF
• S. S. Funari, B. Mädler and G. Rapp, 1996. Cubic Topology in Surfactant and Lipid Mixtures. Eur. Biophys J. 24(5), 293-299.
• S. S. Funari and G. Klose, 1995. Phase behaviour of the ternary system POPC/C₁₂E₂/²H₂O. Chem. Phys. Lipids 75, 145-154.
• S. S. Funari, M.C. Holmes and G.J.T. Tiddy. 1994. Intermediate lyotropic liquid crystal phases in the C₁₆EO₆/water system. J. Phys. Chem.98, 3015-3023.
• S. S. Funari, M.C. Holmes and G.J.T. Tiddy. 1992. Microscopy, x-ray difraction, and nmr studies of lyotropic liquid crystal phases in the C₂₂EO₆/water system. A new intermediate phase. J. Phys. Chem. 96, 11029-11038.

Contributions to books

• G. Rapp, S. S. Funari, F. Richter  and D. Woo (2000) X-ray diffraction studies on the effect of additives on the phase behaviour of lipids. In: Lipid Bilayers. Structure and Interactions. Eds. J. Katsaras & T. Gutberlet. Springer Heidelberg, pp. 165 - 188.

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last update: 29 August 2005.