The formation of strong intermolecular interactions in immiscible blends of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and lignin.

abstract：:We prepared statistical copolymers composed of 2-methyl-2-oxazoline (MeOx) in combination with 2-butenyl-2-oxazoline (BuOx) or 2-decenyl-2-oxazoline (DecOx) as a basis for polymer analogous introduction of 1,2-aminothiol moieties at the side chain. MeOx provides hydrophilicity as well as cyto- and hemocompatibility, w...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Schmitz M,Kuhlmann M,Reimann O,Hackenberger CP,Groll J

更新日期：2015-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of polysaccharides with water has a critical impact on their biological function as well as their technological applications. We performed ellipsometry experiments at different relative humidities (RH) to measure the equilibrium swelling of ultrathin films of different polysaccharides: native and modif...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Grossutti M,Dutcher JR

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzymatically cross-linked polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based hydrogel was engineered to promote and align nerve cells in a three-dimensional manner. To render the injectable, otherwise bioinert, PEG-based material supportive for cell growth, its mechanical and biochemical properties were optimized. A recombinant fibr...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Licht C,Rose JC,Anarkoli AO,Blondel D,Roccio M,Haraszti T,Gehlen DB,Hubbell JA,Lutolf MP,De Laporte L

更新日期：2019-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:An appropriate modification technique for silk materials is needed to effectively improve their physical properties for specific applications. A telechelic-type polyalanine (T-polyA) was synthesized by papain-catalyzed polymerization as a novel reinforcing agent for silk materials. A silk fibroin obtained from Bombyx ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tsuchiya K,Masunaga H,Numata K

更新日期：2017-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The copolymer of methyl methacrylate (MMA) and 2-[2',3',5'-triiodobenzoyl]oxoethyl methacrylate (1), ratio 3:1 (mass:mass), was prepared via a free-radical polymerization in bulk. The copolymer (M(w) = 97.8 kD and M(n) = 41.5 kD) was dissolved in chloroform and subsequently transformed into beads with a diameter in th...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Saralidze K,Aldenhoff YB,Knetsch ML,Koole LH

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The currently used hemostatic agents are highly effective in stopping hemorrhages but have a limited role in the modulation of the wound-healing environment. Herein, we propose an intrinsically bioactive hemostatic cryogel based on platelet lysate (PL) and aldehyde-functionalized cellulose nanocrystals (a-CNCs). PL ha...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Mendes BB,Gómez-Florit M,Araújo AC,Prada J,Babo PS,Domingues RMA,Reis RL,Gomes ME

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The grafting of thermosensitive amine-terminated statistical polymers onto the surface of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) was achieved by a peptidic coupling reaction, leading to unusual properties like colloidal stability at high ionic strength, surface activity, and thermoreversible aggregation. We have used a large v...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Azzam F,Heux L,Putaux JL,Jean B

更新日期：2010-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Oscillatory shear rheometry has been used to study the gelation of beta-lactoglobulin at ambient in 50% v/v trifluoroethanol (TFE)/pH 7 aqueous buffer and in 50% v/v ethanol (EtOH)/water at pH 2. In contrast to what was found on heating aqueous solutions at pH 2 (Part 2 of this series), a more expected "chemical gelat...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gosal WS,Clark AH,Ross-Murphy SB

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate the formation of polyethylene glycol (PEG) based hydrogels via oxime ligation and the photoinitiated thiol-ene 3D patterning of peptides within the hydrogel matrix postgelation. The gelation process and final mechanical strength of the hydrogels can be tuned using pH and the catalyst concentration. The ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lin F,Yu J,Tang W,Zheng J,Defante A,Guo K,Wesdemiotis C,Becker ML

更新日期：2013-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Disulfide bonds stabilize the tertiary- and quaternary structure of proteins. In addition, they can be used to engineer redox-sensitive (bio)materials and drug-delivery systems. Many of these applications require control of the stability of the disulfide bond. It has recently been shown that the charged microenvironme...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wu C,Wang S,Brülisauer L,Leroux JC,Gauthier MA

更新日期：2013-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor targeting has revolutionized cancer research, especially active cellular targeting of nanoparticles, where they are specifically homed to the pathological site to deliver the therapeutics. This strategy, which involves the utilization of affinity ligands on the surface of the nanocarriers, minimizes the nonspeci...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Raveendran R,Chen F,Kent B,Stenzel MH

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and glycoproteins are vital components of the extracellular matrix, directing cell proliferation, differentiation, and migration and tissue homeostasis. Here, we demonstrate supramolecular GAG-like glycopeptide nanofibers mimicking bioactive functions of natural hyaluronic acid molecules. Sel...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ustun Yaylaci S,Sardan Ekiz M,Arslan E,Can N,Kilic E,Ozkan H,Orujalipoor I,Ide S,Tekinay AB,Guler MO

更新日期：2016-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface modification is often needed in tissue engineering to enhance the interaction between cells and synthetic materials and improve the cytocompatibility and cellular functions. In this study, block copolymers of poly(L-lactic acid) and poly(ethyl ethylene phosphate) (PLLA-b-PEEP) were synthesized and used to modi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yang XZ,Sun TM,Dou S,Wu J,Wang YC,Wang J

更新日期：2009-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, cell-responsive polysaccharide hydrogels were prepared by a simple procedure based on the sequential bioconjugation and cross-linking of the polysaccharide backbone with bioactive peptides and poly(ethylene glycol)-bis(thiol) (PEG-(SH)2), respectively. Using thiol-ene reactions, we successfully functiona...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Jing J,Fournier A,Szarpak-Jankowska A,Block MR,Auzély-Velty R

更新日期：2015-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Under the right conditions, some biological systems can maintain high viability after being frozen and thawed, but many others (e.g., organs and many mammalian cells) cannot. To increase the rates of post-thaw viability and widen the library of living cells and tissues that can be stored frozen, an improved understand...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Burkey AA,Hillsley A,Harris DT,Baltzegar JR,Zhang DY,Sprague WW,Rosales AM,Lynd NA

更新日期：2020-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are mechanically rigid, toxicologically benign, fiber-like nanoparticles. They can easily be extracted from renewable biosources and have attracted significant interest as reinforcing fillers in polymers. We here report the modification of CNCs with the 2-ureido-4[1H]pyrimidinone (UPy) mo...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Natterodt JC,Sapkota J,Foster EJ,Weder C

更新日期：2017-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, an novel amphiphilic block copolymer P[PEGMA-b-(DEMA-co-APMA)]-FA and its cross-linker uracil-(CH2)6-uracil (U-(CH2)6-U) were synthesized and used as the targeted and pH-responsive nanocarriers for anticancer drug delivery. The hydrophobic block of the copolymer contains adenine (A) and tertiary amine m...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Fan J,Zeng F,Wu S,Wang X

更新日期：2012-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A well-defined N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide-s-N-(3-aminopropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA-s-APMA) copolymer, synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, was utilized for the rational design of multiconjugates containing both a gene therapeutic, small interfering RNA (siRNA), ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： York AW,Huang F,McCormick CL

更新日期：2010-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-assembly of protein-polymer bioconjugates presents an elegant strategy for controlling nanostructure and orientation of globular proteins in functional materials. Recent work has shown that genetic fusion of globular protein mCherry to an elastin-like polypeptide (ELP) yields similar self-assembly behavior to the...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Mills CE,Michaud Z,Olsen BD

更新日期：2018-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular orientation distributions in the crystalline and amorphous regions of a biaxially oriented poly(L-lactic acid) film were analyzed fully by polarized Raman spectroscopy. Raman bands at 926 and 875 cm(-1) were chosen for the determination of the most probable molecular orientation distribution functions for th...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tanaka M,Young RJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Placing a physical barrier between the injured site and the adjacent tissues is a very common and highly effective approach to prevent abdominal adhesions in these days. A biodegradable trilayered barrier was fabricated to prevent formation of abdominal adhesions, in which a poly(lactide-co-glycolide)/poly(lactide)-b-...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Xia Q,Liu Z,Wang C,Zhang Z,Xu S,Han CC

更新日期：2015-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between positively charged poly(amido amine) (PAMAM) dendrimers of generation 4 and DNA has been investigated for two DNA lengths; 2000 basepairs (bp; L = 680 nm) and 4331 bp (L = 1472.5 nm) using a theoretical model by Schiessel for a semiflexible polyelectrolyte and hard spheres. The model was modifi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Qamhieh K,Nylander T,Ainalem ML

更新日期：2009-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of a poly(amido amine) dendrimer with salmon testes DNA in an aqueous solution of 0.01 M NaCl at pH 6.5 has been investigated. It was shown from the physicochemical experiments of static light scattering and ultra-violet and circular dichroism spectroscopy that at a 0.2 mixing ratio of dendrimer/DNA (number ra...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Mitra A,Imae T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fate of intravenously injected nanoparticles (NPs) is significantly affected by nano-protein interaction and corona formation. However, such an interaction between NPs and digestive enzymes occurring in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and its impacts on epithelial cell uptake are little known. We synthesized the ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Peng Q,Liu J,Zhang T,Zhang TX,Zhang CL,Mu H

更新日期：2019-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:This study shows the application of the electrospinning technique as a viable method for the encapsulation and stabilization of bifidobacterial strains. Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVOH) was used as the encapsulating material because it is generally recognized as safe (GRAS), has a high oxygen barrier when dry, and is water ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： López-Rubio A,Sanchez E,Sanz Y,Lagaron JM

更新日期：2009-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A three-dimensional structure consisting of poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) nanofibers covered by periodically spaced PCL crystal lamellae, a self-induced nanohybrid shish-kebab (SINSK) structure, was created using electrospinning followed by a self-induced crystallization. The resulting structure that resembles the nanoto...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wang X,Salick MR,Wang X,Cordie T,Han W,Peng Y,Li Q,Turng LS

更新日期：2013-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Developing green and nontoxic biomaterials, derived from renewable sources and processable through 3D bioprinting technologies, is an emerging challenge of sustainable tissue engineering. Here, pectin from citrus peels was cross-linked for the first time with (3-glycidyloxypropyl)trimethoxysilane (GPTMS) through a one...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lapomarda A,De Acutis A,Chiesa I,Fortunato GM,Montemurro F,De Maria C,Mattioli Belmonte M,Gottardi R,Vozzi G

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitosan-dendrimer hybrids having various functional groups such as carboxyl, ester, and poly(ethylene glycol) groups were prepared successfully using dendrimer acetal by reductive N-alkylation. The synthetic procedure could be accomplished by one-step reaction without organic solvent. The degree of substitution of de...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Sashiwa H,Yajima H,Aiba S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a simple and novel top-down method based on a drop-casting process for the controlled synthesis of all-bone-minerals biomimetic multicomponent bionanocomposites. Integration of micro- and nanoscale binary features into nanofibrous biocompatible polymer scaffold structures is successfully demonstrated. Compos...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Biswas A,Bayer IS,Zhao H,Wang T,Watanabe F,Biris AS

更新日期：2010-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the antibacterial and hemolytic activities in a series of amphiphilic block and random copolymers of poly(vinyl ether) derivatives prepared by base-assisting living cationic polymerization. Block and random amphiphilic copolymers with similar monomer compositions showed the same level of activity against ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Oda Y,Kanaoka S,Sato T,Aoshima S,Kuroda K

更新日期：2011-10-10 00:00:00