Alexander Bittner

Ikerbasque Research Professor, CIC nagoGUNE

Self Assembly Group Leader at CIC nanoGUNE, Donostia.

Research line:

Electrochemistry, solid/liquid interfaces, plant viruses, electrospinning.

Previous research experience at the Fritz-Haber-Institute in Berlin, postdocs at LURE in France and at ETH Lausanne, Nanoscale Science at MPI Solid State Research in Stuttgart.

Doctor rer. nat. (Chemie) from Free University, Berlin, Germany (1996).

2024

Article / DNA data storage in electrospun and melt-electrowritten composite nucleic acid-polymer fibers

Materials Today Bio

Soukarie, D.; Nocete, L.; Bittner, A.M.; Santiago, I.

Article / Smart Electrospun Nanofibers from Short Peptidomimetics Based on Pyrrolo-pyrazole Scaffold

Biomacromolecules

Chiesa, E.; Clerici, F.; Bucci, R.; Anastasi, F.; Bottiglieri, M.; Patrini, M.; Genta, I.; Bittner, A.M.; Gelmi, M.L.

2023

Article / Electron microscopy approach to the wetting dynamics of single organosilanized mesopores

iScience

Rodriguez, C.; Torres-Costa, V.; Bittner, A.M.; Morin, S.; Cascajo Castresana, M.; Chiriaev, S.; Modin, E.; Chuvilin, A.; Manso Silván, M.

Article / Pseudoheterodyne interferometry for multicolor near-field imaging

Optics Express

Vicentini, E.; Nuansing, W.; Niehues, I.; Amenabar, I.; Bittner, A.M.; Hillenbrand, R.; Schnell, M.

2022

Article / Percolating Superconductivity in Air-Stable Organic-Ion Intercalated MoS2

Advanced Functional Materials

Pereira, J.M.; Tezze, D.; Niehues, I.; Asensio, Y.; Yang, H.; Mester, L.; Chen, S.; Casanova, F.; Bittner, A.M.; Ormaza, M.; Schiller, F.; Martín-García, B.; Hillenbrand, R.; Hueso, L.E.; Gobbi, M.

Article / Electron microscopy and calorimetry of proteins in supercooled water

Scientific Reports

Melillo, J.H.; Nikulina, E.; Iriarte-Alonso, M.A.; Cerveny, S.; Bittner, A.M.

Article / Tuning the magnetic properties of NiPS3through organic-ion intercalation

Nanoscale

Tezze, D.; Pereira, J.M.; Asensio, Y.; Ipatov, M.; Calavalle, F.; Casanova, F.; Bittner, A.M.; Ormaza, M.; Martín-García, B.; Hueso, L.E.; Gobbi, M.

Article / Influenza A virus hemagglutinin prevents extensive membrane damage upon dehydration

BBA Advances

Iriarte-Alonso, M.A.; Bittner, A.M.; Chiantia, S.

2021

Article / The ice-vapour interface during growth and sublimation

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Cascajo-Castresana, M.; Morin, S.; Bittner, A.M.

Article / Nanoscale wetting of single viruses

Molecules

Calò, A.; Eleta-Lopez, A.; Ondarçuhu, T.; Verdaguer, A.; Bittner, A.M.

Review / Peptide-based electrospun fibers: Current status and emerging developments

Nanomaterials

Bucci, R.; Georgilis, E.; Bittner, A.M.; Gelmi, M.L.; Clerici, F.

2020

Article / Protein aggregates nucleate ice: The example of apoferritin

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Cascajo-Castresana, M.; David, R.O.; Iriarte-Alonso, M.A.; Bittner, A.M.; Marcolli, C.

2019

Article / A Probabilistic Model for Crystal Growth Applied to Protein Deposition at the Microscale

MDPI materials

Vicente J. Bolos, Rafael Benitez, Aitziber Eleta-Lopez and Jose L. Toca-Herrera

Article / Nanoscale wetting of viruses by ionic liquids

Journal of Molecular Liquids

Alonso, J.M.; Ondarçuhu, T.; Parrens, C.; Górzny, M.; Bittner, A.M.

Article / Electrospinning of pyrazole-isothiazole derivatives: Nanofibers from small molecules

RSC Advances

Locarno, S.; Eleta-Lopez, A.; Lupo, M.G.; Gelmi, M.L.; Clerici, F.; Bittner, A.M.

2018

Chapter / Methods in Molecular Biology: Virus-Derived Nanoparticles for Advanced Technologies

C. Wege, G.P. Lomonossoff

A.M. Bittner

Article / Simple electroless synthesis of cobalt nanoparticle chains, oriented by externally applied magnetic fields

Zeitschrift fur Physikalische Chemie

Wen, X.; Gu, L.; Bittner, A.M.

2017

Book / Emerging Nanotechnologies in Rechargable Energy Storage Systems

L. Rodriguez, N. Omar

A.M. Bittner, V. Koroteev

Article / Catalysis of a 1,3-dipolar reaction by distorted DNA incorporating a heterobimetallic platinum(II) and copper(II) complex

Chemical Science

Rivilla, I.; De Cózar, A.; Schäfer, T.; Hernandez, F.J.; Bittner, A.M.; Eleta-Lopez, A.; Aboudzadeh, A.; Santos, J.I.; Miranda, J.I.; Cossío, F.P.

2016

Article / Virus-Templated Near-Amorphous Iron Oxide Nanotubes

Langmuir

Shah, S.N.; Khan, A.A.; Espinosa, A.; Garcia, M.A.; Nuansing, W.; Ungureanu, M.; Heddle, J.G.; Chuvilin, A.L.; Wege, C.; Bittner, A.M.

Article / Multifrequency Force Microscopy of Helical Protein Assembly on a Virus

Scientific Reports

Calò, A.; Eleta-Lopez, A.; Stoliar, P.; De Sancho, D.; Santos, S.; Verdaguer, A.; Bittner, A.M.

Review / Novel roles for well-known players: From tobacco mosaic virus pests to enzymatically active assemblies

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

Koch, C.; Eber, F.J.; Azucena, C.; Förste, A.; Walheim, S.; Schimmel, T.; Bittner, A.M.; Jeske, H.; Gliemann, H.; Eiben, S.; Geiger, F.C.; Wege, C.

2015

Article / Zwitterionic ring-opening polymerization for the facile, efficient and versatile grafting of functional polyethers onto graphene sheets

European Polymer Journal

Asenjo-Sanz, I.; Santos, J.I.; Bittner, A.M.; Pomposo, J.A.; Barroso-Bujans, F.

Article / Hollow iron oxide nanoparticles in polymer nanobeads as MRI contrast agents

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Bigall, N.C.; Dilena, E.; Dorfs, D.; Beoutis, M.L.; Pugliese, G.; Wilhelm, C.; Gazeau, F.; Khan, A.A.; Bittner, A.M.; Garcia, M.A.; Garcia-Hernandez, M.; Manna, L.; Pellegrino, T.

Article / Mixed self-assembled monolayer gate dielectrics for low-voltage solution-processed polymer field-effect transistors

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

De Oliveira, T.V.A.G.; Eleta, A.; Hueso, L.E.; Bittner, A.M.

2014

Chapter / NanoConstruction n°39

N. Brefuel

A.M. Bittner

Article / Electrospinning of tetraphenylporphyrin compounds into wires

Particle and Particle Systems Characterization

Nuansing, W.; Georgilis, E.; De Oliveira, T.V.A.G.; Charalambidis, G.; Eleta, A.; Coutsolelos, A.G.; Mitraki, A.; Bittner, A.M.

2013

Chapter / Structure and Physics of Viruses

M.G. Mateu

A.M. Bittner, J.M. Alonso, M.L. Gorzny, C. Wege

Chapter / Advances in Nanotechnology - Physics, Chemistry, and Biology of Functional Nanostructures

Schriftenreihe der Baden-Württemberg-Stiftung GmbH

C. Wege; F.J. Eber; C. Azucena; Sven Degenhard; F. Geiger; Alexander Bittner; S. Walheim; A. Förste; C. Huang; T. Schimmel; H. Jeske; H. Gliemann.

Article / Structural analysis and mapping of individual protein complexes by infrared nanospectroscopy

Nature Communications

Amenabar, I.; Poly, S.; Nuansing, W.; Hubrich, E.H.; Govyadinov, A.A.; Huth, F.; Krutokhvostov, R.; Zhang, L.; Knez, M.; Heberle, J.; Bittner, A.M.; Hillenbrand, R.

Article / Charge and spin transport in PEDOT:PSS nanoscale lateral devices

Nanotechnology

De Oliveira, T.V.A.G.; Gobbi, M.; Porro, J.M.; Hueso, L.E.; Bittner, A.M.

Article / The condensation of water on adsorbed viruses

Langmuir

Alonso, J.M.; Tatti, F.; Chuvilin, A.; Mam, K.; Ondarçuhu, T.; Bittner, A.M.

Article / Nanoscale science and technology with plant viruses and bacteriophages

Subcellular Biochemistry

Bittner, A.M.; Alonso, J.M.; Górzny, M.; Wege, C.

Article / Colloidal ordered assemblies in a polymer shell - A novel type of magnetic nanobeads for theranostic applications

Chemistry of Materials

Bigall, N.C.; Wilhelm, C.; Beoutis, M.L.; García-Hernandez, M.; Khan, A.A.; Giannini, C.; Sánchez-Ferrer, A.; Mezzenga, R.; Materia, M.E.; Garcia, M.A.; Gazeau, F.; Bittner, A.M.; Manna, L.; Pellegrino, T.

Article / Integration of plant viruses in electron beam lithography nanostructures

Nanotechnology

Alonso, J.M.; Ondarçuhu, T.; Bittner, A.M.

Article / PH control of the electrostatic binding of gold and iron oxide nanoparticles to tobacco mosaic virus

Langmuir

Khan, A.A.; Fox, E.K.; Górzny, M.L.; Nikulina, E.; Brougham, D.F.; Wege, C.; Bittner, A.M.

Review / Electrospinning of peptide and protein fibres: Approaching the molecular scale

Faraday Discussions

Nuansing, W.; Frauchiger, D.; Huth, F.; Rebollo, A.; Hillenbrand, R.; Bittner, A.M.

Review / The physics of tobacco mosaic virus and virus-based devices in biotechnology

Trends in Biotechnology

Alonso, J.M.; Górzny, M.L.; Bittner, A.M.

2012

Chapter / Nanotechnology – Fundamentals and Applications of Functional Nanostructures

C. Wege, F.J. Eber, C. Azucena, S. Degenhard, F. Geiger, A.M. Bittner, S. Walheim, A. Förste, C. Huang, T. Schimmel, H. Jeske, H. Gliemann

Article / 3 nm Wide Cobalt-Iron(-Nickel) Wires Inside Tobacco Mosaic Virus

Nanotechnology

S. Balci, K. Hahn, P. Kopold, A. Kadri, C. Wege, K. Kern, A.M. Bittner

Article / Ageing of electrochemical double layer capacitors

Journal of Power Sources

Bittner, A.M.; Zhu, M.; Yang, Y.; Waibel, H.F.; Konuma, M.; Starke, U.; Weber, C.J.

Article / Electroless synthesis of 3nm wide alloy nanowires inside Tobacco mosaic virus

Nanotechnology

Balci, S.; Hahn, K.; Kopold, P.; Kadri, A.; Wege, C.; Kern, K.; Bittner, A.M.

Article / Vibrational spectroscopy of self-assembling aromatic peptide derivates

Journal of Raman Spectroscopy

Nuansing, W.; Rebollo, A.; Mercero, J.M.; Zuñiga, J.; Bittner, A.M.

2011

Chapter / Nanotechnology Fundamentals and Applications of Functional Nanostructures

T. Schimmel, H. v. LÃ¶hneysen, and M. Barcewski

C. Wege, H. Jeske, A. MÃ¼ller, A. Kadri, S. Balci; G. Baralia, N. Amsharov, A. Petershans, C. Azucena, H. Gliemann, K. Thonke, M. Schirra, Z. Wu, C. Krill III, A.M. Bittner

Article / Inducible site-selective bottom-up assembly of virus-derived nanotube arrays on RNA-equipped wafers

ACS Nano

Mueller, A.; Eber, F.J.; Azucena, C.; Petershans, A.; Bittner, A.M.; Gliemann, H.; Jeske, H.; Wege, C.

2010

Article / Preparation and magnetoviscosity of nanotube ferrofluids by viral scaffolding and ALD on porous templates

Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research

Wu, Z.; Zierold, R.; Mueller, A.; Ruff, S.E.; Ma, C.; Khan, A.A.; Geiger, F.; Sommer, B.A.; Knez, M.; Nielsch, K.; Bittner, A.M.; Wege, C.; Krill, C.E.

Article / Enhancing the magnetoviscosity of ferrofluids by the addition of biological nanotubes

ACS Nano

Wu, Z.; Mueller, A.; Degenhard, S.; Ruff, S.E.; Geiger, F.; Bittner, A.M.; Wege, C.; Krill, C.E.

2009

Book / Handbook of Biomineralization: Biomimetic and Bioinspired Chemistry

P. Behrens, E. BÃ¤uerlein, S. Mann

A.M. Bittner

Book / Nanotechnology: Development and Influence on the Society

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

A.M. Bittner, D.K.R. Robinson

Chapter / Advanced Nanoscale ULSI Interconnects: Fundamentals and Applications

Shacham-Diamand, Y.; Osaka, T.; Datta, M.; Ohba, T.

A.M. Bittner

2008

Book / Nanotechnology - Physics, Chemistry, and Biology of Functional Nanostructures

T. Schimmel, H. v. LÃ¶hneysen, M. Barcewski, and C. Obermair

H. Jeske, C. Wege, K. Kern, A.M. Bittner

Nanoscale wetting of influenza models

EHU, cosupervision with S. Cerveny/CFM

Maiara Iriarte - In preparation

Dynamics and structural features of biomolecules in aqueus environments

EHU, cosupervision with S. Cerveny/CFM

Jorge Melillo - Finished

Morphology and dynamics of ice crystals and the effect of proteins

EHU-UPV

M. Cascajo - Finished

Electrospinning of Self-assembling Peptides

EHU-UPV

W. Nuansing - Finished

Polythiophene-based nanoscale lateral devices

EHU-UPV

T.V.A.G. de Oliveira - Finished

Zur chemischen Funktionalisierung von Tabakmosaikvirus-Derivaten

Uni Stuttgart

Sven DEGENHARD - Finished

Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) as a nanoscaffold for inorganic assemblies

EHU

Abid Ali KHAN - Finished

2020

1. Protein engineering of new nanostructured biomaterials for biomedical applications

EHU

2015

Characterizing and Counteracting Supercapacitor’s Ageing

EHU

2013

Electrospun Nanofiber

Tecnun Universidad de Navarra

2012

Synthesis and characterization of tobacco mosaic virus based nanowires

EHU-UPV, U Cantabria

2009

Electrospinning of Short Peptides

Chalmers, Goeteborg (SE)

2016

Conference Paper | Nanoscale device architectures derived from biological assemblies: The case of tobacco mosaic virus and (apo)ferritin

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics - Conference Paper

Calò, A.; Eiben, S.; Okuda, M.; Bittner, A.M.

Invited talk | Water at the Tobacco Mosaic Virus

ACS Spring Meeting - Invited talk

Bittner

Invited talk | Water and nanoscale structures

THINFACE, Open Day - Invited talk

A.M. Bittner

Invited talk | Protein fibres and liquids - a nanoscale view

Bionano workshop - Invited talk

Bittner

Invited talk | Imaging thin water layers on single viruses

Water at the interfaces - Invited talk

Bittner

Invited talk | Tobacco mosaic virus and water

Red Temática de Física Virológica, I Reunión - Invited talk

Bittner

Oral presentation | Peptides or proteins cannot be spun - or can they?

Conference Electrospin 2016 - Oral presentation

Bittner

Oral presentation | Viruses and water

Conference CMD26 - Oral presentation

Bittner

Poster presentation | Electrospinning and 3D printing

Conference Electrospin 2016 - Poster presentation

A. Bittner, W. Nuansing

Poster presentation | Tobacco mosaic virus nanostructure by AFM

Red Temática de Física Virológica, I Reunión - Poster presentation

A. Eleta, A.M. Bittner

Poster presentation | Force-Assisted Self-Assembly of Proteins by Electrospinning

Red Temática de Física Virológica, I Reunión - Poster presentation

W. Nuansing, A.M. Bittner

2015

Invited talk | Nanoscale wetting of Tobacco mosaic Virus

Gordon Research Conference of Physical Virology - Invited talk

Bittner

Invited talk | Liquids in and on Tobacco Mosaic Virus

biofivinet "Physical Virology: From Structure to Evolution" - Invited talk

Bittner

Invited talk | Porous composites and wetting on the nanoscale

XXIII International Symposium on Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics - Invited talk

Bittner

Invited talk | Nanoscale assembly at the Tobacco Mosaic Virus

E-MRS Fall meeting - Invited talk

Bittner

2014

Invited talk | Electron microscopy of liquids on the nanoscale

Sitges Conference - Invited talk

Bittner

Invited talk | Viruses as templates for solid and liquid nanostructures

OMNT meeting - Invited talk

Bittner

Invited talk | Liquids at biomolecular nanostructures

COST meeting - Invited talk

Bittner

Invited talk | Imaging water on biological nanostructures

Water Europe - Invited talk

Bittner

Invited talk | Liquids on protein nanostructures

COST final conference - Invited talk

Bittner

Invited talk | Nanoscale wetting of plant viruses

International Conference on Small Science - Invited talk

Bittner

Invited talk | Liquids at biomolecular nanostructures

ICSS - Invited talk

A.M. Bittner

2013

Invited talk | Liquids on and in nanoscale fibres

Conference "Active Particles and Microswimmers" - Invited talk

A.M. Bittner

Invited talk | Hydration and wetting of a plant virus

XII Congreso Nacional Virología - Invited talk

A.M. Bittner

Oral presentation | Electrospinning of peptide and protein fibres

Faraday Discussion Conference - Oral presentation

A.M. Bittner

Oral presentation | The Physics of Tobacco Mosaic Virus

Reunión Biofivinet - Oral presentation

A.M. Bittner

Oral presentation | Presentation of CIC nanoGUNE

Workshop IECB/BioGUNE/biomaGUNE/nanoGUNE - Oral presentation

A.M. Bittner

2010

Invited talk | How to coat plant viruses

Nanospain - Invited talk

A.M. Bittner

Invited talk | Self- and 'not so self'-assembly: Plant virus hybrids and peptides

Nanoscience: chemistry and physics behind supramolecular science - Invited talk

A.M. Bittner