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 \huge{\textbf{Molecular Simulation Studies of Peptide Aggregation in Small Finite Sized Systems and Near Surfaces}}\\
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\LARGE{\textbf{Dissertation}}\\
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\large{\sffamily{zur Erlangung des Grades eines\\
Doktor der Naturwissenschaften\\
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Fachbereich Chemie der Technische Universit\"{a}t Dortmund\\
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\large{\sffamily{\textbf{MS (Med. Chem.) Gurpreet Singh}\\
New Delhi, India\\
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Dortmund, 2008
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First Referee: & Prof. Dr. R. Winter \\
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Second Referee: & Prof. Dr. A. Geiger \\
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Date of Examination:& 05--02--2009\\
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The work described in this thesis was carried out in the lab of Prof. Dr. Roland Winter, under his direct supervision. I am thankful to him for providing me with an opportunity and resources to work on this project. This thesis wouldn't have taken its present form without the inputs of Dr. Ivan Brovchenko and Dr. Alla Oleinikova, I am greatful to both of them for their guidance. Dr. Dietmar Paschek helped me with the purchase and setup of the Linux cluster, and performing simulations with RPMD and Gromacs packages. Replica exchange simulations were carried out on LiDO cluster maintained by the University. I am greatful to Maximilian Andrews and Dr. Roland Krivanek  for helping me with the maintenance of computers, and Dr. Karsten Vogtt, Michael Sulc, Dr. Claus Czeslik and Diana Radovan for enlightening discussions. I thank Dr. Nagarajan Periasamy, Dr. Nadeem Javid and Dr. Mahesh Kulharia for their help and support. I am thankful to Diana Radovan for proof reading the thesis and to Christian Reichhart for translating the summary of this thesis to German.

I am also thankful to all the members of the group for providing a pleasent working environment. Finally, the financial support from International Max Planck Research School in Chemical Biology is duly acknowledged.
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