Prof Dr. Dr. h.c. Peter Fratzl
Peter Fratzl is Director at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany, heading the Department of Biomaterials. He received an engineering degree from École Polytechnique in Paris, France, and a doctorate in Physics from the University of Vienna, Austria. He is honorary professor at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and at the University of Potsdam.
Peter Fratzl’s lab studies the relation between (hierarchical) structure and mechanical behaviour of biological and bio-inspired composite materials, and conducts research on osteoporosis and bone regeneration. His research interests include biomaterials systems for mechanosensing and actuation, as well as interdisciplinary research together with Cultural Sciences and Design.
Peter Fratzl is recipient of the Leibniz Research Award (2010) and holds a honorary doctorate of the University of Montpellier, France. He has published more than 600 papers in journals and books and is member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science and Humanities, the Academy of Science and Literature Mainz, as well as the German National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech).
As Deputy Director Peter Fratzl leads the Cluster »Matters of Activity« together with Horst Bredekamp, Claudia Mareis and Director Wolfgang Schäffner.
Weaving (Principal Investigator)
Filtering (Principal Investigator)
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Department of Biomaterials
Research Campus Golm
14424 Potsdam
Zou, Z., W. J. E. M. Habraken, G. Matveeva, A. C. S. Jensen, L. Bertinetti, M. A. Hood, C. Y. Sun, P. U. P. A. Gilbert, I. Polishchuk, B. Pokroy, J. Mahamid, Y. Politi, S. Weiner, P. Werner, S. Bette, R. Dinnebier, U. Kolb, E. Zolotoyabko, and P. Fratzl. »A hydrated crystalline calcium carbonate phase: Calcium carbonate hemihydrate.« Science 363 (2019):396–400.
Eder, M., S. Amini, and P. Fratzl. »Biological composites – complex structures for functional diversity.« Science 362 (2018): 543–7.
Kollmannsberger, P., C. M. Bidan, J. W. C. Dunlop, P. Fratzl, and V. Vogel. »Tensile forces drive a reversible fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition during tissue growth in engineered clefts.« Science Advances 4 (2018): eaao4881.
He, F., A. E. Chiou, H. C. Loh, M. Lynch, B. R. Seo, Y. H. Song, M. J. Lee, R. Hoerth, E. L. Bortel, B. M. Willie, G. N. Duda, L. A. Estroff, A. Masic, W. Wagermaier, P. Fratzl, and C. Fischbach. »Multiscale Characterization of the Mineral Phase at Skeletal Sites of Breast Cancer Metastasis.« Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114 (2017): 10542–7.
Zlotnikov, I., E. Zolotoyabko, and P. Fratzl. »Nanoscale modulus mapping of biological composite materials: theory and practice.« Progress in Materials Science 87: 292–320.
Reznikov, N., J. A. M. Steele, P. Fratzl, and M. M. Stevens. »A materials science vision of extracellular matrix mineralization.« Nature Reviews Materials 1 (2016): 16041.
Gal. A., R. Wirth, J. Kopka, P. Fratzl, D. Faivre, and A. Scheffel. »Macromolecular recognition directs calcium ions to coccolith mineralization sites.« Science 353 (2016): 590–3.
Fratzl, P., O. Kolednik, F. D. Fischer, and M. N. Dean. »The mechanics of tessellations – bioinspired strategies for fracture resistance.« Chemical Society Reviews 45 (2016): 252–67.
Masic, A., L. Bertinetti, R. Schuetz, S.-W. Chang, T. H. Metzger, M. J. Buehler, and P. Fratzl. »Osmotic pressure induced tensile forces in tendon collagen.« Nature Communications 6 (2015): 5942.
Degtyar, E., M. J. Harrington, Y. Politi, and P. Fratzl. »The Mechanical Role of Metal Ions in Biogenic Protein-Based Materials.« Angewandte Chemie – Int. Ed. 53 (2014): 12026–44.