Former Group Members

Postdoctoral researcher

February 2022 to April 2023

Doctoral student, working on bioactive borosilicate glasses

April 2015 to August 2018 (including maternity leave)

Thesis Defence on 19^th February 2020

(January 2014 to March 2015: research practical & MSc thesis on dental composites, supervised jointly with Dr. A. Rzanny and Dr. R. Göbel, Department of Dental Prosthetics and Materials, University of Jena)

Postdoctoral researcher

January 2018 to December 2020

Postdoctoral researcher, maternity leave cover for Juliane Brandt-Slowik

March to May 2018

Doctoral student, working on the structure and properties of phosphate-containing aluminosilicate glasses

April 2016 to August 2019

Thesis Defence on 19^th February 2020

Publications:

A Nizamutdinova, T Uesbeck, T Grammes, DS Brauer, L van Wüllen
The structural role of phosphate in metaluminous sodium aluminosilicate glasses as studied by solid state NMR spectroscopy
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, in press (2020) (doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b11403External link)

T Grammes, R Limbach, S Bruns, L van Wüllen, D de Ligny, EI Kamitsos, K Durst, L Wondraczek, DS Brauer
Tailoring the mechanical properties of metaluminous aluminosilicate glasses by phosphate incorporation
Frontiers in Materials, in press (2020) (Open Access!)

Postdoc

October 2021 to December 2024

Postdoc

February 2024 to January 2025

Postdoctoral researcher

May 2018 to October 2022

Postdoctoral researcher, working on glasses and glass-ceramics

August to December 2018

Doctoral student, working on glass ionomer bone cements

December 2015 to September 2019

(March to October 2015: research practical & MSc thesis on aluminium-free glass ionomer cements)

Publications:

R Wetzel, O Eckardt, P Biehl, DS Brauer, FH Schacher
Effect of poly(acrylic acid) architecture on setting and mechanical properties of glass ionomer cements
Dental Materials 36(3) (2020) 377-386 (doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2020.01.001External link)

R Wetzel, DS Brauer
Apatite formation of substituted Bioglass 45S5: SBF vs. Tris
Materials Letters 257 (2019) 126760 (doi: 10.1016/j.matlet.2019.126760External link)

R Wetzel, O Bartzok, L Hupa, DS Brauer
Low Mg or Zn substitution for improved thermal properties of Bioglass 45S5
Materials Letters 256 (2019) 126599 (doi: 10.1016/j.matlet.2019.126599External link)

R Wetzel, L Hupa, DS Brauer
Glass ionomer bone cements based on magnesium-containing bioactive glasses
Biomedical Glasses 5 (2019) 1-12 (doi: 10.1515/bglass-2019-0001External link) (Open Access!)

BSc student (Materials Science), BSc thesis on apatite formation on diopside glass ceramics

April to September 2013

MSc student (Materials Science), MSc thesis on zinc and magnesium-containing bioactive glasses

October 2017 to June 2018

(December 2016 to September 2017: Research practical jointly with Wolfram Hartramph: Dissolution of phosphate glasses)

MSc student (Materials Science),

April 2013 to March 2014, MSc thesis:
Fluorapatite glass-ceramics

Publication:

L Bingel, D Groh, N Karpukhina, DS Brauer
Influence of dissolution medium pH on ion release and apatite formation of Bioglass® 45S5
Materials Letters 143 (2015) 279-282 (doi: 10.1016/j.matlet.2014.12.124External link)

MSc student (Materials Science), research practical & MSc thesis on improving the sintering of bioactive glasses

June 2014 to July 2015

Publication:

C Blaeß, R Müller, G Poologasundarampillai, DS Brauer
Sintering and concomitant crystallization of bioactive glasses
International Journal of Applied Glass Science 10(4) (2019) 449-462 (doi: 10.1111/ijag.13477External link) (Open Access!)

MSc student (Materials Science), Research practical & MSc thesis on intermediate oxide containing bioactive glasses

July 2014 to April 2015

(September to December 2013, Research practical jointly with Kenny Rottenbacher)

Publications:

M Blochberger, L Hupa, DS Brauer
Influence of zinc and magnesium substitution on ion release from Bioglass® 45S5 at physiological and acidic pH
Biomedical Glasses 1 (2015) 93-107 (doi: 10.1515/bglass-2015-0009External link) (Open Access!)

MSc student (Materials Science) and research assistant, MSc thesis on bioactive borosilicate glasses

November 2016 to February 2017

MSc student (Materials Science) and research assistant, working on the dissolution behaviour of bioactive glasses

July 2013 to August 2015

Publications:

DS Brauer, R Brückner, M Tylkowski, L Hupa
Sodium-free mixed alkali bioactive glasses
Biomedical Glasses 2 (2016) 99-110 (doi: 10.1515/bglass-2016-0012External link) (Open Access!)

R Brückner, M Tylkowski, L Hupa, DS Brauer
Controlling the ion release from mixed alkali bioactive glasses by varying modifier ionic radii and molar volume
Journal of Materials Chemistry B 4 (2016) 3121-3134 (doi: 10.1039/C5TB02426AExternal link) (Open Access!)

MSc student (Materials Science), MSc thesis on the structural effects upon dissolution of phosphate glasses

April 2013 to February 2014

(November 2012 to March 2013: Research practical jointly with Daniel Groh on bioactive glass fibres)

Publications:

F Döhler, D Groh, S Chiba, J Bierlich, J Kobelke, DS Brauer
Bioactive glasses with improved processing. Part 2. Viscosity and fibre drawing
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 432 (2016) 130-136 (doi: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2015.03.009External link)

F Döhler, A Mandlule, L van Wüllen, M Friedrich, DS Brauer
³¹P NMR characterisation of phosphate fragments during dissolution of calcium sodium phosphate glasses
Journal of Materials Chemistry B 3 (2015) 1125-1134 (doi: 10.1039/C4TB01757AExternal link) (Open Access!)

D Groh, F Döhler, DS Brauer
Bioactive glasses with improved processing. Part 1. Thermal properties, ion release and apatite formation
Acta Biomaterialia 10 (2014) 4465-4473 (doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.05.019External link)

A Mandlule, F Döhler, L van Wüllen, T Kasuga, DS Brauer
Changes in structure and thermal properties with phosphate content of ternary calcium sodium phosphate glasses
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 292-293 (2014) 31-38 (doi: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2014.04.002External link)

Diplom student (Chemistry), Diploma thesis on the synthesis of core-shell hybrid materials (supervised jointly with Felix Schacher, IOMC, University of Jena)

October 2013 to June 2014

(October to December 2012, Organic chemistry research practical, supervised jointly with Felix Schacher, IOMC: Degradable PEG-modified silica nanoparticles by sol-gel processing)

Publications:

O Eckardt, C Pietsch, O Zumann, M von der Lühe, DS Brauer, FH Schacher
Well-defined SiO₂@P(EtOx-stat-EI) core-shell hybrid nanoparticles via sol-gel processes
Macromolecular Rapid Communications 37(4) (2016) 337-342 (doi: 10.1002/marc.201500467External link)

R Wetzel, O Eckardt, P Biehl, DS Brauer, FH Schacher
Effect of poly(acrylic acid) architecture on setting and mechanical properties of glass ionomer cements
Dental Materials 36(3) (2020) 377-386 (doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2020.01.001External link)

MSc student (Materials Science) and research assistant, MSc thesis on fresnoite glass-ceramics

September 2018 to April 2020

MSc student (Materials Science), MSc thesis on glass ionomer bone cements

April to December 2013

Publication:

M Fuchs, E Gentleman, S Shahid, RG Hill, DS Brauer
Therapeutic ion-releasing bioactive glass ionomer bone cements with improved mechanical strength and radiopacity
Frontiers in Materials 2 (2015) 63 (doi: 10.3389/fmats.2015.00063External link) (Open Access!)

MSc student (Materials Science), MSc thesis on bioactive glass fibres

April to December 2013

(November 2012 to March 2013: Research practical jointly with Franziska Döhler on bioactive glass fibres)

Publications:

F Döhler, D Groh, S Chiba, J Bierlich, J Kobelke, DS Brauer
Bioactive glasses with improved processing. Part 2. Viscosity and fibre drawing
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 432 (2016) 130-136 (doi: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2015.03.009External link)

L Bingel, D Groh, N Karpukhina, DS Brauer
Influence of dissolution medium pH on ion release and apatite formation of Bioglass® 45S5
Materials Letters 143 (2015) 279-282 (doi: 10.1016/j.matlet.2014.12.124External link)

D Groh, F Döhler, DS Brauer
Bioactive glasses with improved processing. Part 1. Thermal properties, ion release and apatite formation
Acta Biomaterialia 10 (2014) 4465-4473 (doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.05.019External link)

MSc student (Materials Science), MSc thesis on cobalt-containing phosphate glasses

November 2017 to June 2018

(December 2016 to September 2017: Research practical jointly with Oliver Bartzok on the dissolution of phosphate glasses)

MSc student (Materials Science) and research assistant, MSc thesis and research project on bioactive borate glasses

November 2017 to August 2019

MSc student (Materials Science) and research assistant working on the dissolution and crystallisation of bioactive glasses

October 2016 to September 2018

(April to September 2016: BSc thesis on apatite formation on bioactive glasses)

Publication:

G Kirste, J Brandt-Slowik, C. Bocker, M. Steinert, R. Geiss, DS Brauer
Effect of chloride ions in Tris buffer solution on bioactive glass apatite mineralisation
International Journal of Applied Glass Science 8(4) (2017) 438-449 (doi: 10.1111/ijag.12288External link)
(Cover image: doi: 10.1111/ijag.12238External link)

BSc student (University of Applied Sciences JenaExternal link), BSc thesis on the dissolution and pH effects in phosphate glasses

May to October 2012

Publications:

F Döhler, A Mandlule, L van Wüllen, M Friedrich, DS Brauer
³¹P NMR characterisation of phosphate fragments during dissolution of calcium sodium phosphate glasses
Journal of Materials Chemistry B 3 (2015) 1125-1134 (doi: 10.1039/C4TB01757AExternal link) (Open Access!)

A Mandlule, F Döhler, L van Wüllen, T Kasuga, DS Brauer
Changes in structure and thermal properties with phosphate content of ternary calcium sodium phosphate glasses
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 292-293 (2014) 31-38 (doi: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2014.04.002External link)

Diploma student (Materials Science), Diploma thesis on the mechanical properties of bioactive glasses

January to August 2013

(August to December 2012: Research project on the influence of melting and preparation procedure on the hardness of Bioglass® 45S5)

Publication:

I Farooq, M Tylkowski, S Müller, T Janicki, DS Brauer, RG Hill
Influence of sodium content on the properties of bioactive glasses for use in air abrasion
Biomedical Materials 8 (2013) 065008 (doi: 10.1088/1748-6041/8/6/065008External link)

MSc student (Materials Science) research practical & MSc thesis on bioactive glass/PLGA hybrids (supervised jointly with Felix Schacher, IOMC)

January 2014 to March 2015

(September to December 2013, Researach practical ointly with Max Blochberger)

MSc student (Materials Science, University of Ilmenau), MSc thesis on sulfophosphate glasses (supervised jointly with Lothar Wondraczek)

September 2015 to March 2016

Doctoral student, working on the dissolution of phosphate glasses

September 2016 to August 2020

Research assistant

February 2020 to March 2021

Research Assistant, working on the dissolution of phosphate glasses

January to December 2015

Research assistant (MSc student, Photonics), working on aluminosilicate glasses

May to December 2017

Research assistant

May 2018 to September 2019

(January to August 2013: Diploma thesis on the mechanical properties of bioactive glasses; August to December 2012: Research project on the influence of melting and preparation procedure on the hardness of Bioglass® 45S5)

Publication:

I Farooq, M Tylkowski, S Müller, T Janicki, DS Brauer, RG Hill
Influence of sodium content on the properties of bioactive glasses for use in air abrasion
Biomedical Materials 8 (2013) 065008 (doi: 10.1088/1748-6041/8/6/065008External link)

Research assistant (BSc student, Chemistry), working on the dissolution of bioactive glasses and phosphate glasses

September 2017 and July 2018:

Research assistant (MSc student, Photonics), working on the mechanical properties of aluminosilicate glasses

August 2017 to March 2018

Doctoral student, working on phase separation and crystallisation effects in
bioactive phospho-silicate glasses

May 2012 to August 2015

Publications:

DS Brauer, R Brückner, M Tylkowski, L Hupa
Sodium-free mixed alkali bioactive glasses
Biomedical Glasses 2 (2016) 99-110 (doi: 10.1515/bglass-2016-0012External link) (Open Access!)

I Farooq, M Tylkowski, S Müller, T Janicki, DS Brauer, RG Hill
Influence of sodium content on the properties of bioactive glasses for use in air abrasion
Biomedical Materials 8 (2013) 065008 (doi: 10.1088/1748-6041/8/6/065008External link)

M Tylkowski, DS Brauer
Mixed alkali effects in Bioglass^® 45S5
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 376 (2013) 175-181 (doi: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2013.05.039External link)