Viscoelastic behavior of cellulose acetate in a mixed solvent system.

abstract：:In this work we describe the application of amphiphilic N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA)-based copolymers as polymeric surfactants in miniemulsion techniques. HPMA-based copolymers with different ratios of HPMA (hydrophilic) to laurylmethacrylate (LMA; hydrophobic) units were synthesized by RAFT polymerization...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kelsch A,Tomcin S,Rausch K,Barz M,Mailänder V,Schmidt M,Landfester K,Zentel R

更新日期：2012-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomimetic mineralization of collagen is an advantageous method to obtain resorbable collagen/hydroxy-apatite composites for application in bone regeneration. In this report, established procedures for mineralization of bovine collagen were adapted to a new promising source of collagen from salmon skin challenged by t...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Hoyer B,Bernhardt A,Heinemann S,Stachel I,Meyer M,Gelinsky M

更新日期：2012-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacryloxysuccinimide-graft-poly(ethylene glycol)) (PMMA-co-PMASI-g-PEG) via living free radical polymerization provides a convenient route to well-defined amphiphilic graft copolymers having a controllable number of reactive functional groups, variable length PEG grafts,...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Pressly ED,Rossin R,Hagooly A,Fukukawa K,Messmore BW,Welch MJ,Wooley KL,Lamm MS,Hule RA,Pochan DJ,Hawker CJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For developing broader application of biobased polymers, graft copolymers and comb polymers having poly(lactic acid) (PLA) side chains have been synthesized by using a macromonomer technique. PLA macromonomers (MMm) having a methacryloyl polymerizable group with different PLA chain length with an average length m = 4,...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ishimoto K,Arimoto M,Okuda T,Yamaguchi S,Aso Y,Ohara H,Kobayashi S,Ishii M,Morita K,Yamashita H,Yabuuchi N

更新日期：2012-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This work demonstrates that hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is generated in weak polyacrylamide hydrogels due to mechanochemical reactions to osmotic swelling. Hydrogels are important tools and materials for many biomedical applications, particularly for growth of stem cells. However, swollen gels are under constant tension,...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Parameswar AV,Fitch KR,Bull DS,Duke VR,Goodwin AP

更新日期：2018-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:As an aim toward developing biologically mimetic and functional nanofiber-based tissue engineering scaffolds, we demonstrated the encapsulation of a model protein, fluorescein isothiocyanate-conjugated bovine serum albumin (fitcBSA), along with a water-soluble polymer, poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), within the biodegrad...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhang YZ,Wang X,Feng Y,Li J,Lim CT,Ramakrishna S

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetosomes are natural magnetic nanoparticles with exceptional properties that are synthesized in magnetotactic bacteria by a highly regulated biomineralization process. Their usability in many applications could be further improved by encapsulation in biocompatible polymers. In this study, we explored the productio...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Mickoleit F,Borkner CB,Toro-Nahuelpan M,Herold HM,Maier DS,Plitzko JM,Scheibel T,Schüler D

更新日期：2018-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study reports the folic acid (FA) functionalized insulin loaded stable liposomes with improved bioavailability following oral administration. Liposomes were stabilized by alternating coating of negatively charged poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) and positively charged poly(allyl amine) hydrochloride (PAH) over lip...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Agrawal AK,Harde H,Thanki K,Jain S

更新日期：2014-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Safe delivery systems that can not only encapsulate hydrophobic drug molecules, but also release them in response to specific triggers are important in several therapeutic and biomedical applications. In this paper, we have designed a nanogel based on molecules that are generally recognized as safe (GRAS). We have sho...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Prasad P,Molla MR,Cui W,Canakci M,Osborne B,Mager J,Thayumanavan S

更新日期：2015-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumorigenic cell behaviors can be suppressed or enhanced by their physicochemical environment. As a first step toward developing materials that allow tumorigenic behaviors to be observed and manipulated, we cultured related MCF10 breast cell lines on fibers composed of the Drosophila protein Ultrabithorax (Ubx). These...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Hsiao HC,Santos A,Howell DW,Patterson JL,Fuchs-Young RS,Bondos SE

更新日期：2016-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellulose is the most familiar and most abundant strong biopolymer, but the reasons for its outstanding mechanical performance are not well understood. Each glucose unit in a cellulose chain is joined to the next by a covalent C-O-C linkage flanked by two hydrogen bonds. This geometry suggests some form of cooperativi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Altaner CM,Thomas LH,Fernandes AN,Jarvis MC

更新日期：2014-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of novel reagents and antibiotics for combating multidrug resistance bacteria has received significant attention in recent years. In this study, new antimicrobial star polymers (14-26 nm in diameter) that consist of mixtures of polylysine and glycopolymer arms were developed and were shown to possess a...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wong EH,Khin MM,Ravikumar V,Si Z,Rice SA,Chan-Park MB

更新日期：2016-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of copolymers of trimethylene carbonate (TMC) and L-lactide (LLA) were synthesized and evaluated as scaffolds for the production of artificial blood vessels. The polymers were end-functionalized with acrylate, cast into films, and cross-linked using UV light. The mechanical, degradation, and biocompatibility ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Dargaville BL,Vaquette C,Peng H,Rasoul F,Chau YQ,Cooper-White JJ,Campbell JH,Whittaker AK

更新日期：2011-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work, a novel synthetic methodology for the preparation of scaffold of biopolymeric nature is described. In particular, a porous gelatin scaffold was prepared by foam templating. The gas phase, nitrogen, was generated by means of the reaction between sulfamic acid and sodium nitrite in situ a concentrat...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Barbetta A,Gumiero A,Pecci R,Bedini R,Dentini M

更新日期：2009-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitosan is a linear cationic biopolymer composed of glucosamine and N-acetyl-glucosamine that is only soluble in acidic aqueous solutions and precipitates when neutralized. However, it was recently discovered that chitosan dissolved in solutions containing glycerol phosphate was soluble at near neutral pH and produce...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Filion D,Lavertu M,Buschmann MD

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanically fibrillated cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) have attracted special attention as building blocks for the development of advanced materials and composites. A correlation exists between CNF morphology and the properties of the materials they form. However, this correlation is often evaluated indirectly by proce...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Mattos BD,Tardy BL,Rojas OJ

更新日期：2019-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:n-Heptyl α-d-mannose (HM) is a nanomolar antagonist of FimH, a virulence factor of E. coli. Herein we report on the construction of multivalent HM-based glycopolymers as potent antiadhesives of type 1 piliated E. coli. We investigate glycopolymer/FimH and glycopolymer/bacteria interactions and show that HM-based glyco...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yan X,Sivignon A,Yamakawa N,Crepet A,Travelet C,Borsali R,Dumych T,Li Z,Bilyy R,Deniaud D,Fleury E,Barnich N,Darfeuille-Michaud A,Gouin SG,Bouckaert J,Bernard J

更新日期：2015-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A one-pot synthetic methodology for fabricating stimuli-responsive hemicellulose-based hydrogels was developed that consists of the in situ formation of magnetic iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticles during the covalent cross-linking of O-acetyl-galactoglucomannan (AcGGM). The Fe3O4 nanoparticle content controlled the ther...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhao W,Odelius K,Edlund U,Zhao C,Albertsson AC

更新日期：2015-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone fractures constitute a major cause of morbidity and mortality especially in the elderly. Complications associated with osteoporosis drugs and the age of the patient slow bone turnover and render such fractures difficult to heal. Increasing the speed of fracture repair by administration of a fracture-targeted bone...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Low SA,Galliford CV,Yang J,Low PS,Kopeček J

更新日期：2015-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Well-defined linear poly(acryloyl glucosamine) (PAGA) exhibiting molar masses ranging from 3 to 120 K and low polydispersities have been prepared via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT) in aqueous solution without recourse to protecting group chemistry. The livingness of the process ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Bernard J,Hao X,Davis TP,Barner-Kowollik C,Stenzel MH

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant Escherichia coli strains harboring a plasmid containing a novel artificial polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) operon consisting of the Aeromonas PHA biosynthesis related genes and Ralstonia eutropha reductase gene were developed for the production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyhexanoate) [P(3HB-co-3HHx)] fro...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Park SJ,Ahn WS,Green PR,Lee SY

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lipid bilayer was deposited on a 3 μm diameter polystyrene (PS) bead via hydrophobic anchoring of bicelles containing oxyamine-bearing cholesteric moieties reacting with the aldehyde functionalized bead surface. Discoidal bicelles were formed by mixing dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC), dihexanoylphosphatidylcho...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Saleem Q,Zhang Z,Petretic A,Gradinaru CC,Macdonald PM

更新日期：2015-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of poly(vinyl alcohol) amphiphilic derivatives have been prepared to obtain polymeric aggregates in aqueous phase holding thermodynamic instability. The aim was to evaluate their ability to interact with tumor cells eliciting selective cytotoxicity. The poly(vinyl alcohol) derivatives were prepared by partial...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Orienti I,Zuccari G,Carosio R,Montaldo PG

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Horseradish peroxidase-catalyzed polymerization of cardanol in aqueous organic solvent was investigated in the presence of a redox mediator. Cardanol is a phenol derivative from a renewable resource mainly having a C15 unsaturated hydrocarbon chain with mostly 1-3 double bonds at a meta position. Unlike soybean peroxi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Won K,Kim YH,An ES,Lee YS,Song BK

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New applications in regenerative biotechnology require the ability to understand and control protein-surface interactions on micrometer and submicrometer length scales. Evidence presented here shows that micropatterned amphiphilic comb polymer films exhibit a pretreatment-dependent behavior with respect to protein ads...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhang Z,Ma H,Hausner DB,Chilkoti A,Beebe TP Jr

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multicomponent poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) brushes (i.e., ≥ 2 adjacent PEG brushes) can be used to engineer culture substrates with microscale, nonfouling regions decorated with covalently immobilized ligands that mediate biospecific interactions. However, synthesizing such brushes with orthogonal immobilization chemi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Sha J,Lippmann ES,McNulty J,Ma Y,Ashton RS

更新日期：2013-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to direct neurite growth into a close proximity of stimulating elements of a neural prosthesis, such as a retinal or cochlear implant (CI), may enhance device performance and overcome current spatial signal resolution barriers. In this work, spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs), which are the target neurons to b...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tuft BW,Zhang L,Xu L,Hangartner A,Leigh B,Hansen MR,Guymon CA

更新日期：2014-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents the formation of a novel biomimetic interface consisting of an electrolessly deposited gold film overlaid with a tethered bilayer lipid membrane (tBLM). Self-assembly of colloidal gold particles was used to create an electrolessly deposited gold film on a glass slide. The properties of the film wer...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kohli N,Hassler BL,Parthasarathy L,Richardson RJ,Ofoli RY,Worden RM,Lee I

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed protein-based hydrogels have been prepared by blending gelatin (G) with amorphous Bombyx mori silk fibroin (SF) and promoting beta-crystallization of SF via subsequent exposure to methanol or methanol/water solutions. The introduction of beta crystals in SF serves to stabilize the hydrogel network and extend the...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gil ES,Frankowski DJ,Spontak RJ,Hudson SM

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of guluronate oligomers on the barrier properties of mucous matrices was investigated in terms of the mobility of nanoparticles in mucous matrices by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), cellular uptake of nanoparticles in mucus secreting cells (HT29-MTX), and mucin matrix architecture by scan...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Nordgård CT,Nonstad U,Olderøy MØ,Espevik T,Draget KI

更新日期：2014-06-09 00:00:00