Fabrication of Polymersomes using Microfluidic Devices [Elektronische Ressource] / Julian Thiele. Betreuer: Stephan Förster

Fabrication of Polymersomes using Microfluidic Devices DOCTORAL THESIS (Dissertation) to be awarded the degree of Doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) at the Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences, University of Bayreuth submitted by Dipl. Chem. Julian Thiele from Hamburg Bayreuth, 2011 Fehler! Kein Text mit angegebener Formatvorlage im Dokument. The work described in this thesis was carried out at the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the University of Hamburg and the University of Bayreuth under the supervision of Prof. Stephan Förster as well as at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences/Department of Physics at Harvard University under the supervision of Prof. David A. Weitz from September 2008 to January 2011. Thesis submitted: 04/15/2011 Date of scientific colloquium: 11/16/2011 Jury: Prof. Stephan Förster (Chief reviewer) Prof. Thomas Pfohl (Second reviewer) Prof. Thomas Scheibel (Third reviewer) Prof. Axel Müller (Chairman) The Road not Taken from "Mountain Interval", Robert L. Frost, 1916.Table of Contents Abbreviations, symbols and chemical structures .................................. 1 Summary ..................................................................... 6 Zusammenfassung ..................................................................................... 8 1 Introduction ........................ 10 1.