Katharina Brassat博士

 

Katharina joined Maucher Jenkins in 2021 and qualified as German patent attorney in 2024. She is also working towards qualification as  European patent attorney. She holds a PhD in physics and a M.Sc. in Chemistry. Her technical fields of expertise are nanotechnology, chemistry, physics, life sciences and biotechnology.

 

At Maucher Jenkins, Katharina is, among other things, the contact person for partnerships with various start-up centres and accelerator programs, where she offers advice and regularly gives workshops and lectures on start-up-relevant topics relating to IP.

 

Currently, Katharina is a member of Women in IP which seeks to support women in intellectual property through networking events and informative seminars.

 

Prior to this, Katharina worked as materials scientist at Paderborn University, where she was responsible for several research projects in the areas of nanotechnology, polymer chemistry and analytical surface science. Katharina cooperated with national and international partners on interdisciplinary applied research in bionanotechnology (protein coatings, DNA origamis), semiconductor physics ( nanolithography), opto-electronics (structured electrodes, quantum dots) and mechanical engineering (additive manufacturing).

 

Katharina actively contributed to the international research community by taking part in and organizing conferences and publishing articles in peer-reviewed journals. She led an international group of bachelor and master students and gave higher education lectures, tutorials and was distinguished for training sessions she gave on communication. She was a board member in various academic administrative units and was engaged in promoting diversity in the STEM fields. 

 

Interests outside work:

 

Katharina spends her free time with her cocker spaniel. She also enjoys visiting art museums and going to the theatre.

 

Publications:

 

• Student acceptance and perception of relevance of a discipline specific workshop on ‘Scientific oral presentations in physics’, A. B. Bauer, M. D. Sacher, K. Brassat, die hochschullehre 6, 139 ( 2020) (corresponding author)
• Characterisation of the PS-PMMA interfaces in microphase-separated block copolymer thin films by analytical (S)TEM, J. Bürger, V. Kunnathully, D. Kool, J. K. N. Lindner, K. Brassat, nanomaterials 10, 141 (19 pp) (2020) (corresponding author)
• INVITED REVIEW: Nanoscale block copolymer self-assembly and microscale polymer film dewetting: Progress in understanding the role of interfacial energies in the formation of hierarchical nanostructures, K. Brassat, J. K. N. Lindner, Special Issue: Bottom-up micro/nanostructures, Adv. mat. interfaces, 1901565 (2019) (co-corresponding author)
• Understanding film thickness-dependent block copolymer self-assembly by controlled polymer dewetting on pre-patterned surfaces, K. Brassat, D. Kool, C. G. A. Nallet, J. K. N. Lindner, Adv. Mater. Interf., in press (2019) (co-corresponding author)
• Modification of block copolymer lithography mask by O₂/Ar plasma treatment: Insights from lift off experiments, nanopore etching and free membranes, K. Brassat, D. Kool, J. K. N. Lindner, Nanotechnology 30, 225302 (2019) (co-corresponding author)
• PhD thesis: Surface nanopatterning by self-assembly techniques: Nanosphere- and block copolymer lithography, K. Brassat, Paderborn University 2018
• Hierarchical nanopores by block copolymer lithography on surfaces of different materials pre-patterned by nanosphere lithography, K. Brassat, D. Kool, J. Bürger, J. K. N. Lindner, Nanoscale 10, 10005 - 10017 (2018) (co-corresponding author)
• On the adsorption of DNA origami nanostructures in nanohole arrays, K. Brassat*, S. Ramakrishnan*, J. Bürger, M. Hanke, M. Doostdar, J. K. N. Lindner, G. Grundmeier, A. Keller, Langmuir 34, 14757-14765 (2018)
• Easily accessible protein nanostructures via enzyme mediated addressing, A. A. Rüdiger, K. Brassat, J. K. N. Lindner, W. Bremser, O. I. Strube, Langmuir 34, 4264 (2018)
• A Novel Lubricant Based on Covalent Functionalized Graphene Oxide Quantum Dots, A. Wolk, M. Rosenthal, S. Neuhaus, K. Huber, K. Brassat, J. K. N. Lindner, R. Grothe, G. Grundmeier, W. Bremser, R. Wilhelm, Scientific reports 8, 5843 (2018)
• 2D switchable blue phase gratings manufactured by nanosphere lithography, M. Wahle, K. Brassat, J. Ebel, J. Bürger, J. K. N. Lindner, H.-S. Kitzerow, Optics Express 25(19), 22608 (2017)
• Low-voltage DNTT-based thin-film transistors and inverters for flexible electronics, T. Meyers, F. F. Vidor, K. Brassat, J. K. N. Lindner, U. Hilleringmann, Microelectronic Engineering 174, 35 (2017) 
• A template-assisted self-organization process for the formation of a linear arrangement of pairs of metallic tips, K. Brassat, J. K. N. Lindner, MRS Proceedings 1663, mrsf13-1663-ww04-09 (2014)
• COVER ARTICLE: Self-organization of nanospheres in trenches on silicon surfaces, K. Brassat, F. Assion, U. Hilleringmann, J. K. N. Lindner, Physica Status Solidi A 210 ( 8), 1485-1489 (2013)