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Erika Eiser's research in Highlights in Chemical Science NewsFloating colloid carpets
Colloids coated with long DNA strands spontaneously form a crystalline two-dimensional carpet that hangs several micrometers above a surface, say UK scientists. Erika Eiser and Nienke Geerts, at the University of Cambridge, were attempting to build a 3D photonic crystal, and were extremely surprised to discover the colloids floating above the surface. This had not been seen before, and only been suggested in theory, she explains. 
Floating colloid carpets, Soft Matter, 2010 PhD defense Nienke GeertsNienke Geerts succesfully defended her PhD thesis called:
on Friday November 17th 2009 in the Aula of the University of Amsterdam.
Erika Eiser in Chemical Science News from across RSC PublishingA good eggUK and Dutch scientists have mimicked an ancient Chinese culinary technique of preserving eggs to study how proteins cause disease. Erika Eiser from the University of Cambridge and colleagues looked at how proteins in egg whites altered during this preservation process. The Chinese method involves wrapping raw eggs in an alkaline paste of lime, clay, salt, ash and tea and storing these so-called century eggs for several months. Eiser modified the method by incubating a boiled egg in a strong alkaline sodium hydroxide-salt solution for up to 26 days.
Molecular cooking: physical transformations in Chinese century eggs, Soft Matter, 2009. Inside front cover art in Soft Matter
Stable ‘soap and water’ sponges doped with metal, Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 1950 Erika Eiser to CambridgeErika Eiser works at the Cavendish Laboratory of the University of Cambridge starting 1 februari 2008. Erika is going to study Polymers at Surfaces and Interfaces at the Biological and Soft Systems department, but remains connected to University of Amsterdam. In onderzoek uitgelicht: scheikundige Erika Eiser
Grenoble: ESRFPhoto gallery of our experimental work at the ESRF BM26 - DUBBLE - Dutch-Belgian beamline
2de prijs Science Park Amsterdam Nieuwe Ideeën voor dr. Erika Eiser en dr. Gadi RothenbergIn een "elevator pitch" afgelopen 20 juni wist presentator Gadi Rothenberger (UvA - FNWI - van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences) de deskundige jury te overtuigen van de uitvoerbaarheid van hun idee "Metal nanowires by self-assembly: A bottom-up approach to nanoelectronics".
PhD defense Nicholas de SouzaNicholas de Souza succesfully defended his PhD thesis
on Friday June 16th 2006 in the Aula of the University of Amsterdam.
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Study of Poly(Styrene) Films by Neutron and X-Ray Reflectometry 
