The lubricated matter in body

H Yuan, W Cui - Progress in Materials Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Lubrication is everywhere in the body and essential for the correct operation of biological
systems when subjected to contact stress and wear. The body is like a continuously …

Reagentless protein-based electrochemical biosensors

SM Silva, M Li, AX Mendes, SE Moulton - Analyst, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The creation of reagentless protein-based biosensors that are capable of monitoring
molecular analytes directly in bodily fluids could revolutionize our understanding of biology …

Lubricin (PRG-4) anti-fouling coating for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy biosensing: towards a hierarchical separation system for analysis of biofluids

M Han, SM Silva, MJ Russo, PE Desroches, W Lei… - Analyst, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) is a powerful optical sensing technique
that amplifies the signal generated by Raman scattering by many orders of magnitude …

A versatile “3M” methodology to obtain superhydrophobic PDMS-based materials for antifouling applications

Z He, X Yang, L Mu, N Wang, X Lan - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Fouling, including inorganic, organic, bio-, and composite fouling seriously affects our daily
life. To reduce these effects, antifouling strategies including fouling resistance, release, and …

A simple electrochemical swab assay for the rapid quantification of clonazepam in unprocessed saliva enabled by lubricin antifouling coatings

MJ Russo, AF Quigley, RMI Kapsa… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical sensing of clonazepam in samples of unprocessed saliva is reported,
using commercially available reduced graphene oxide (rGO) screen printed electrodes …

A surface-tethered dopant method to achieve 3D control over the growth of a nanometers-thin and intrinsically transparent polypyrrole film

PE Desroches, KS Fraysse, SM Silva, K Firipis… - Electrochimica …, 2023 - Elsevier
The electrochemical growth of conductive polymer films is a convenient synthesis route but
challenging to control due to local variability in the reaction kinetics. Here we report a new …

Rapid point-of-care electrochemical sensor for the detection of cancer Tn antigen carbohydrate in whole unprocessed blood

S M. Silva, DP Langley, LR Cossins, AN Samudra… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Improving outcomes for cancer patients during treatment and monitoring for cancer
recurrence requires personalized care which can only be achieved through regular …

Unfolding of von Willebrand Factor Type D Like Domains Promotes Mucin Adhesion

R Schlatterer, M Marczynski, B Hermann, O Lieleg… - Nano Letters, 2025 - ACS Publications
Mucins are the macromolecular key components of mucus. On wet epithelia of mammals,
mucin solutions and gels act as powerful biolubricants and reduce friction and wear by …

Understanding the adsorption and potential tear film stability properties of recombinant human lubricin and bovine submaxillary mucins in an in vitro tear film model

NI Rabiah, Y Sato, A Kannan, W Kress… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2020 - Elsevier
The wetting and adsorption properties for two glycoproteins, recombinant human lubricin
and bovine submaxillary mucins (BSM) were evaluated on hydrophilic and hydrophobic …

Lubricin (PRG4) reduces fouling susceptibility and improves sensitivity of carbon-based electrodes

MJ Russo, M Han, AF Quigley, RMI Kapsa… - Electrochimica …, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to overcome the problems of reliability and accuracy often associated with
electrochemical sensing in bioassays due to electrode surface fouling, we present an …