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Daniel Aili

Professor, Head of Unit

My research is focused on the design and development of new nanoscale components for fabrication of functional materials by self-assembly.

My research interests involve design and development of molecules, soft materials and hybrid nanoscale components and devices for a wide range of applications in biomedicine and molecular biology; including diagnostics, biosensors, drug delivery and regenerative medicine. I have a large interest in molecular self-assembly. In addition to study fundamental self-assembly processes, I explore self-assembly as a tool for creating bioresponsive and biointeractive materials and devices with different compositions, nanostructures, and functions.

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Publications

2024

Olof Eskilsson, Elisa Zattarin, Jennifer Silander, Tomas Hallberg, Christina Akerlind, Robert Selegård, Kenneth Järrendahl, Daniel Aili (2024) Self-Assembly of Soft and Conformable Broadband Absorbing Nanocellulose-Gold Nanoparticle Composites ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 16, p. 52894-52901 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Alexandra Iversen, Johanna Utterström, Lalit Pramod Khare, Daniel Aili (2024) Influence of lipid vesicle properties on the function of conjugation dependent membrane active peptides Journal of materials chemistry. B (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Changbai Li, Sajjad Naeimipour, Fatemeh Rasti Boroojeni, Tobias Abrahamsson, Xenofon Strakosas, Yangpeiqi Yi, Rebecka Rilemark, Caroline Lindholm, Venkata Perla, Chiara Musumeci, Yuyang Li, Hanne Biesmans, Marios Savvakis, Eva Olsson, Klas Tybrandt, Mary Donahue, Jennifer Gerasimov, Robert Selegård, Magnus Berggren, Daniel Aili, Daniel Simon (2024) Engineering Conductive Hydrogels with Tissue-like Properties: A 3D Bioprinting and Enzymatic Polymerization Approach SMALL SCIENCE (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Thuy Tran, Robert Gustavsson Lindberg, Erik Martinsson, Filip Bergqvist, Andreas Axen, Ingemar Lundström, Carl-Fredrik Mandenius, Daniel Aili (2024) In-line fiber optical sensor for detection of IgG aggregates in affinity chromatography Journal of Chromatography A, Vol. 1730, Article 465129 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Annelie Abrahamsson, Fatemeh Rasti Boroojeni, Sajjad Naeimipour, Nina Reustle, Robert Selegård, Daniel Aili, Charlotta Dabrosin (2024) Increased matrix stiffness enhances pro-tumorigenic traits in a physiologically relevant breast tissue- monocyte 3D model Acta Biomaterialia, Vol. 178, p. 160-169 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

News

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Centrumet CNSx3 har fått 60 miljoner SEK i bidrag för att skapa 3D-modeller av mänskliga organ. LiU-professor Daniel Aili ingår i projektet.
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The wound dressing that can reveal infection

A nanocellulose wound dressing that can reveal early signs of infection without interfering with the healing process has been developed by researchers at Linköping University. Their study is one further step on the road to a new type of wound care.
Grafren and ArgusEye

Two LiU spin off companies "best startups 2022"

The magazine Ny Teknik has listed 33 of this year's best and most promising startups in Sweden, in the yearly "33-listan". Two startups on the list are spin-offs from LiU. The companies are ArgusEye and Grafren.

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Employment

  • 2015 to present Associate Professor, Linköping University, Sweden
  • 2011-2015 Assistant Professor, Linköping University, Sweden
  • 2010-2011 Postdoc, School of Materials Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • 2009-2010 Postdoc, Prof. Molly Stevens' lab, Imperial College London, UK

Education

  • 2008 PhD in Molecular Physics, Linköping University, Sweden
  • 2003 MSc in Engineering Biology, Linköping University, Sweden

Achievements

  • Wallenberg Academy Fellow
  • Enrolled in the Future Research Leader program by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research
  • Received the AkzoNobel Nordic Prize for Surface and Colloid Chemystry (2012)
  • Received the Ingvar Carlsson Award (2012)
  • Received the Arnbergska Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (2013)

Expertise

  • Soft biomaterials
  • Molecular self-assembly
  • Surface and colloid chemistry
  • Biosensors

More about my research

Laboratory of molecular materials

We are a multidisciplinary team with a passion for science. Our research is focused on design and development of molecules, soft materials and hybrid nanoscale components and devices for a wide range of biomedical applications.
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Hydrogels can provide better cell therapy treatment

This video, made by  Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research in their series about future research leaders, tells the story about Daniel Aili and his research group that, among others, create hydrogels.

 Organisation

Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM)

Undergraduate teaching and research in the areas of biology, chemistry, materials and applied physics and theory and modelling are conducted at this department.

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