---
_id: '67605'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: "ABSTRACT\r\n Micropollution
is an ever‐increasing concern to human health and wildlife caused by population
growth, industrialization, and intensive agriculture. An example of such micropollutants
are natural and synthetic estrogen hormones. They are found everywhere in the
aquatic environment at very low but dangerous concentrations. In this article,
we demonstrate a supramolecular design principle for adsorption of such low‐concentrated
estrogens onto tailored superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) enabling
efficient magnetic water cleaning. We facilitate the adsorption by tuning the
SPION surface with a binary self‐assembled monolayer (SAM) composed of two phosphonic
acid derivatives: one serving as hydrophobic interaction site and the other improving
water dispersibility of the system. Next to validating the concept in real river
water, we conclude the demonstration of our nanomaterials by unveiling the estrogen‐SAM
interaction at dilute conditions via synergistic combination of model systems,
characterization techniques, and simulation. We experimentally deduce tight binding
of estrogens combined with simulations that identify different, dynamic adsorption
motifs at molecular space and time scale including a rare intercalation state,
in which the hydrophobic pollutants minimize their contact to water. We believe
that beyond our materials, these insights on the pollutant‐adsorbent interface
underline the importance and potential of rational, molecular‐scale design of
nano‐adsorbents."
article_number: e77321
author:
- first_name: Lukas
full_name: Müller, Lukas
id: '83570'
last_name: Müller
- first_name: Philip
full_name: Maier, Philip
last_name: Maier
- first_name: Dustin
full_name: Vivod, Dustin
last_name: Vivod
- first_name: Wenke
full_name: Müller, Wenke
last_name: Müller
- first_name: Nikolaj
full_name: Lopatik, Nikolaj
last_name: Lopatik
- first_name: Theresa Maria
full_name: Schichtl, Theresa Maria
last_name: Schichtl
- first_name: Julia
full_name: Fröhlich, Julia
last_name: Fröhlich
- first_name: Irene
full_name: Kraus, Irene
last_name: Kraus
- first_name: Marten
full_name: Huck, Marten
last_name: Huck
- first_name: Wieland
full_name: Corts, Wieland
last_name: Corts
- first_name: Clodomiro
full_name: Cafolla, Clodomiro
last_name: Cafolla
- first_name: Lukas
full_name: Ruhm, Lukas
last_name: Ruhm
- first_name: Henrik
full_name: Gaß, Henrik
last_name: Gaß
- first_name: Johannes
full_name: Voß, Johannes
last_name: Voß
- first_name: Jiwon
full_name: Byun, Jiwon
last_name: Byun
- first_name: Linda
full_name: Rockmann, Linda
last_name: Rockmann
- first_name: Guido
full_name: Grundmeier, Guido
id: '194'
last_name: Grundmeier
- first_name: Kislon
full_name: Voïtchovsky, Kislon
last_name: Voïtchovsky
- first_name: Hans-Georg
full_name: Steinrück, Hans-Georg
id: '84268'
last_name: Steinrück
orcid: 0000-0001-6373-0877
- first_name: Erdmann
full_name: Spiecker, Erdmann
last_name: Spiecker
- first_name: Sevim
full_name: Dalabasmaz, Sevim
last_name: Dalabasmaz
- first_name: Monika
full_name: Pischetsrieder, Monika
last_name: Pischetsrieder
- first_name: Eike
full_name: Brunner, Eike
last_name: Brunner
- first_name: Ralf
full_name: Schweins, Ralf
last_name: Schweins
- first_name: Dirk
full_name: Zahn, Dirk
last_name: Zahn
- first_name: Marcus
full_name: Halik, Marcus
last_name: Halik
citation:
ama: Müller L, Maier P, Vivod D, et al. Magnetic Water Cleaning of Estrogens via
Tight yet Dynamic Binding to Nanoparticles. Advanced Science. Published
online 2026. doi:10.1002/advs.77321
apa: Müller, L., Maier, P., Vivod, D., Müller, W., Lopatik, N., Schichtl, T. M.,
Fröhlich, J., Kraus, I., Huck, M., Corts, W., Cafolla, C., Ruhm, L., Gaß, H.,
Voß, J., Byun, J., Rockmann, L., Grundmeier, G., Voïtchovsky, K., Steinrück, H.-G.,
… Halik, M. (2026). Magnetic Water Cleaning of Estrogens via Tight yet Dynamic
Binding to Nanoparticles. Advanced Science, Article e77321. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.77321
bibtex: '@article{Müller_Maier_Vivod_Müller_Lopatik_Schichtl_Fröhlich_Kraus_Huck_Corts_et
al._2026, title={Magnetic Water Cleaning of Estrogens via Tight yet Dynamic Binding
to Nanoparticles}, DOI={10.1002/advs.77321},
number={e77321}, journal={Advanced Science}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Müller,
Lukas and Maier, Philip and Vivod, Dustin and Müller, Wenke and Lopatik, Nikolaj
and Schichtl, Theresa Maria and Fröhlich, Julia and Kraus, Irene and Huck, Marten
and Corts, Wieland and et al.}, year={2026} }'
chicago: Müller, Lukas, Philip Maier, Dustin Vivod, Wenke Müller, Nikolaj Lopatik,
Theresa Maria Schichtl, Julia Fröhlich, et al. “Magnetic Water Cleaning of Estrogens
via Tight yet Dynamic Binding to Nanoparticles.” Advanced Science, 2026.
https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.77321.
ieee: 'L. Müller et al., “Magnetic Water Cleaning of Estrogens via Tight
yet Dynamic Binding to Nanoparticles,” Advanced Science, Art. no. e77321,
2026, doi: 10.1002/advs.77321.'
mla: Müller, Lukas, et al. “Magnetic Water Cleaning of Estrogens via Tight yet Dynamic
Binding to Nanoparticles.” Advanced Science, e77321, Wiley, 2026, doi:10.1002/advs.77321.
short: L. Müller, P. Maier, D. Vivod, W. Müller, N. Lopatik, T.M. Schichtl, J. Fröhlich,
I. Kraus, M. Huck, W. Corts, C. Cafolla, L. Ruhm, H. Gaß, J. Voß, J. Byun, L.
Rockmann, G. Grundmeier, K. Voïtchovsky, H.-G. Steinrück, E. Spiecker, S. Dalabasmaz,
M. Pischetsrieder, E. Brunner, R. Schweins, D. Zahn, M. Halik, Advanced Science
(2026).
date_created: 2026-10-21T07:34:05Z
date_updated: 2026-10-21T07:42:16Z
department:
- _id: '302'
doi: 10.1002/advs.77321
language:
- iso: eng
publication: Advanced Science
publication_identifier:
issn:
- 2198-3844
- 2198-3844
publication_status: published
publisher: Wiley
status: public
title: Magnetic Water Cleaning of Estrogens via Tight yet Dynamic Binding to Nanoparticles
type: journal_article
user_id: '48864'
year: '2026'
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