Polyelectrolytes as building blocks for next-generation membranes with advanced functionalities

EN Durmaz, S Sahin, E Virga, S De Beer… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The global society is in a transition, where dealing with climate change and water scarcity
are important challenges. More efficient separations of chemical species are essential to …

Surface Micro‐and Nanoengineering: Applications of Layer‐by‐Layer Technology as a Versatile Tool to Control Cellular Behavior

MP Sousa, E Arab‐Tehrany, F Cleymand, JF Mano - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular matrix (ECM) cues have been widely investigated for their impact on cellular
behavior. Among mechanics, physics, chemistry, and topography, different ECM properties …

Surface modification of additively fabricated titanium-based implants by means of bioactive micro-arc oxidation coatings for bone replacement

AI Kozelskaya, S Rutkowski, J Frueh… - Journal of Functional …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this work, the micro-arc oxidation method is used to fabricate surface-modified complex-
structured titanium implant coatings to improve biocompatibility. Depending on the utilized …

Polyelectrolyte complex membranes via salinity change induced aqueous phase separation

EN Durmaz, MI Baig, JD Willott… - ACS applied polymer …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Polymeric membranes are used on very large scales for drinking water production and
kidney dialysis, but they are nearly always prepared by using large quantities of …

Precision do** of polyelectrolyte complexes: insight on the role of ions

M Yang, ZA Digby, JB Schlenoff - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
The properties of polyelectrolyte complexes and coacervates, both termed PECs, are
influenced strongly by their ion and water content. Water plasticizes PECs, reducing their …

Patterned drug-eluting coatings for tracheal stents based on pla, plga, and pcl for the granulation formation reduction: In vivo studies

OA Sindeeva, ES Prikhozhdenko, I Schurov, N Sedykh… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Expandable metallic stent placement is often the only way to treat airway obstructions. Such
treatment with an uncoated stent causes granulation proliferation and subsequent …

Polylactic acid nano-and microchamber arrays for encapsulation of small hydrophilic molecules featuring drug release via high intensity focused ultrasound

M Gai, J Frueh, T Tao, AV Petrov, VV Petrov… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Long term encapsulation combined with spatiotemporal release for a precisely defined
quantity of small hydrophilic molecules on demand remains a challenge in various fields …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable Aqueous Phase Separation membranes prepared through mild pH shift induced polyelectrolyte complexation of PSS and PEI

MI Baig, PPI Sari, J Li, JD Willott, WM de Vos - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract pH shift induced Aqueous phase separation (APS) is a novel and more sustainable
water-based approach to create microfiltration, ultrafiltration, and nanofiltration membranes …

Nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide films fabricated via magnetron sputtering for vascular stent biocompatibility improvement

Z Sun, IA Khlusov, KE Evdokimov… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nowadays, vascular stents are commonly used to treat cardiovascular diseases. This article
focuses on the influence of nitrogen do** of titanium dioxide thin films, utilized for coating …

[HTML][HTML] Hot-pressing polyelectrolyte complexes into tunable dense saloplastics

JD Willott, S Lindhoud, WM de Vos - Polymer, 2022 - Elsevier
Salt-plasticized polyelectrolyte complexes of sodium polystrenesulfonate (Na-PSS) and
polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride (PDADMAC) were found to be fully dense (non …