Dr. Robert Göstl
Robert Göstl’s overarching research interest is to converge tailor-made responsive small molecules with macromolecules to exploit their intricate functionality on a material level. This, on the one hand, is interesting to gain access to materials with unprecedented properties, but more importantly is mandatory to understand the relationship of the molecular and macroscopic structure of materials in greater detail. The comprehension of how the remarkable properties of matter emerge from complex correlations of their atomic constituents and how they can be controlled is among the grand scientific challenges formulated by leading science institutions around the world. Robert Göstl’s goal is to tackle this endeavor in a multidisciplinary approach, which is reflected in his group’s composition. Originally educated in synthetic organic chemistry, he recognized that knowledge in materials chemistry and physics is also necessary to holistically describe complex material systems.
Curriculum Vitae
Robert Göstl studied chemistry at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and has been involved in photochromism research in the group of Prof. Stefan Hecht since 2009. There, he obtained his diploma degree in 2011 working on sterically crowded cyclopentene-bridged dithienylethenes for enhanced photoswitching performance. In 2014, he finished his doctoral research on furylthienylethenes for photocontrol over the Diels–Alder reaction to work on feedback mechanisms for smart mechanophores in the group of Prof. Rint Sijbesma at the Eindhoven University of Technology until 2016. At DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials he is leading a Junior Group developing molecular tools to understand and harness mechanical stress in (bio)materials.
Selected professional functions, honors and awards
- Since 2021 Member Editorial Advisory Board ACS Polymers Au
- 2021 ADUC Award, German Chemical Society
- 2019 MSE Researcher Award, RWTH Aachen
- 2018–2019 Young Scientists Program, German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development
- 2017–2022 Freigeist-Fellowship, Volkswagen Foundation
Projects
Publications
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Activation of the Catalytic Activity of Thrombin for Fibrin Formation by Ultrasound
P. Zhao, S. Huo, J. Fan, J. Chen, F. Kiessling, A. J. Boersma, R. Göstl and A. Herrmann
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition | 2021 | Zur Publikation |
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Gated Photoreactivity of Pyrene Copolymers in Multiresponsive Cross-Linked starPEG-Hydrogels
D. Rasch and R. Göstl
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ACS Polymers Au | 2021 | Zur Publikation |
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Machen, zerstören, besser machen
R. Göstl
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Nachrichten aus der Chemie | 2021 | Zur Publikation |
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Mechanochemical bond scission for the activation of drugs
S. Huo, P. Zhao, Z. Shi, M. Zou, X. Yang, E. Warszawik, M. Loznik, R. Göstl and A. Herrmann
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Nature Chemistry | 2021 | Zur Publikation |
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Mechanochemical Release of Non-Covalently Bound Guests from a Polymer-Decorated Supramolecular Cage
R. Küng, T. Pausch, D. Rasch, R. Göstl and B. M. Schmidt
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition | 2021 | Zur Publikation |
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Multicolor Mechanofluorophores for the Quantitative Detection of Covalent Bond Scission in Polymers
C. Baumann, M. Stratigaki, S. P. Centeno and R. Göstl
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition | 2021 | Zur Publikation |
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Reversible regulation of metallo-base-pair interactions for DNA dehybridization by ultrasound
S. Huo, Y. Zhou, Z. Liao, P. Zhao, M. Zou, R. Göstl and A. Herrmann
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Chemical Communications | 2021 | Zur Publikation |
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Tailoring the Properties of Optical Force Probes for Polymer Mechanochemistry
S. He, M. Stratigaki, S. P. Centeno, A. Dreuw and R. Göstl
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Chemistry – A European Journal | 2021 | Zur Publikation |
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The Mechanochemical Release of Naphthalimide Fluorophores from Β-Carbonate and Β-Carbamate Disulfide-Centered Polymers
Z. Shi, Q. Song, R. Göstl and A. Herrmann
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CCS Chemistry | 2021 | Zur Publikation |
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Triazole-Extended Anthracenes as Optical Force Probes
C. Baumann and R. Göstl
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Synlett | 2021 | Zur Publikation |
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Ultra-strong bio-glue from genetically engineered polypeptides
Chao Ma, Jing Sun, Bo Li, Yang Feng, Yao Sun, Li Xiang, Baiheng Wu, Lingling Xiao, Baimei Liu, Vladislav S. Petrovskii, Bin Liu, Jinrui Zhang, Zili Wang, Hongyan Li, Lei Zhang, Jingjing Li, Fan Wang, Robert Gӧstl, Igor I. Potemkin, Dong Chen, Hongbo Zeng, Hongjie Zhang, Kai Liu & Andreas Herrmann
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Nature Communications | 2021 | Zur Publikation |
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Controlling Optical and Catalytic Activity of Genetically Engineered Proteins by Ultrasound
Y. Zhou, S. Huo, M. Loznik, R. Göstl, A. J. Boersma and A. Herrmann
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition | 2020 | Zur Publikation |