© Selin Bulut

Overview on Research

The main focus of Selin Bulut's research is to design and investigate bio-based microgels consisting of e.g. Dextran as well as supramacromolecular microgels, where morphology, porosity, mechanical strength, and shape can be modulated by droplet-based microfluidics. The main goal is to cross-link the microgels into cell-compatible 3D networks for the possible application as tissue-engineering scaffolds.

Research focus

• Functionalization of biopolymers e.g. dextran
• Development of an efficient microgel synthesis technique using microfluidics to selectively vary the size/shape/internal morphology of microgels
• Fabrication of cell-compatible 3D scaffolds from microgels

Projects

Artificial Biohybrid Physiologically Relevant Cells

 

Publications

Bulut, S., Jung, S. H., Bissing, T., Schmitt, F., Bund, M., Braun, S., & Pich, A.; Tuning the Porosity of Dextran Microgels with Supramacromolecular Nanogels as Soft Sacrificial Templates. Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), e2303783-e2303783; 2023.

Jung, S. H., Bulut, S., Guerzoni, L. P. B., Günther, D., Braun, S., De Laporte, L., & Pich, A.; Fabrication of pH-degradable Supramacromolecular Microgels with Tunable Size and Shape via Droplet-based Microfluidics; Journal of Colloid and Interface Science; 2022.