Molecular interactions between Wells-Dawson type polyoxometalates and human serum albumin.

abstract：:Amphiphilic ABC triblock copolymers composed of monomethoxy-capped poly(ethylene glycol) (MPEG), poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (DMA), and poly(2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (DEA) have been synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). These copolymers dissolve molecularly in acidic aque...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tang Y,Liu SY,Armes SP,Billingham NC

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis and polymerization of six AB(3) tapered self-assembling methacrylate monomers (5a, 5b, 5c,5d, 17a, and 17b) based on first generation alkyl substituted benzyl ether monodendrons (i.e., minidendrons) containing oligooxyethylene units at their focal point and the polymerizable group on their periphery are ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Percec V,Bera TK

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlling self-assembly is critical to the advancement of nanotechnology. A rugged or crenated assembly energy surface can redirect assembly off path. By using a defined starting point and an energy surface made rough by a strong association energy, we can impose entirely new assembly paths and products. Normally, t...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Burns K,Mukherjee S,Keef T,Johnson JM,Zlotnick A

更新日期：2010-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Nature shows excellent control over the mechanics of fibrous hydrogels by assembling protein fibers into bundles of well-defined dimensions. Yet, obtaining artificial materials displaying controlled bundling remains a challenge. Here, we developed genetically engineered protein-based polymers functionalized with hepar...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Włodarczyk-Biegun MK,Slingerland CJ,Werten MW,van Hees IA,de Wolf FA,de Vries R,Stuart MA,Kamperman M

更新日期：2016-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A systematic study is carried out to understand how physical and covalent crosslinks affect the mechanical properties of an eight-arm poly(ethyleneglycol)-based hydrogel. Heparin and heparin-binding peptide are used as a physical crosslinker, and an enzymatically cleavable peptide with a cysteine on each end serves as...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Jeong KJ,Panitch A

更新日期：2009-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Elastin-like peptides (ELPs) have been used widely to confer thermoresponsive characteristics onto various materials, but to this point mostly linear ELPs have been studied. A class of linear and dendritic (branched) ELPs based on the GLPGL pentamer repeat unit was synthesized using an on-resin divergent strategy. The...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Navon Y,Zhou M,Matson JB,Bitton R

更新日期：2016-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of polymers that are both bactericidal and biocompatible would have many applications and are currently of research interest. Following the development of strongly bactericidal copolymers of 4-vinylpyridine and poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate, biocompatibility assays have been completed...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Stratton TR,Howarter JA,Allison BC,Applegate BM,Youngblood JP

更新日期：2010-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of large quantities of artificial spider silk fibers that match the mechanical properties of the native material has turned out to be challenging. Recent advancements in the field make biomimetic spinning approaches an attractive way forward since they allow the spider silk proteins to assemble into the...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gonska N,López PA,Lozano-Picazo P,Thorpe M,Guinea GV,Johansson J,Barth A,Pérez-Rigueiro J,Rising A

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel polymer composites reinforced with an oriented cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) assembly were prepared from suspensions of CNC in aqueous 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) via magnetic field application to the suspensions followed by polymerization treatment. The starting suspensions used at ∼6 wt % CNC separated in...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tatsumi M,Kimura F,Kimura T,Teramoto Y,Nishio Y

更新日期：2014-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) foot protein 5 (Mefp-5) is an adhesive protein that is mainly composed of glycine, l-lysine, and 3,4-dihydroxy-l-phenylalanine (DOPA). Thousands of adhesive pads have been analyzed in previous studies, whereby it has been found that adhesion is largely achieved by the redox-chemistry o...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Numata K,Baker PJ

更新日期：2014-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Spider aciniform (or wrapping) silk is the toughest of the seven types of spider silks/glue due to a combination of high elasticity and strength. Like most spider silk proteins (spidroins), aciniform spidroin (AcSp1) has a large core repetitive domain flanked by relatively short N- and C-terminal nonrepetitive domains...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Xu L,Lefèvre T,Orrell KE,Meng Q,Auger M,Liu XQ,Rainey JK

更新日期：2017-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Biocompatible photoresponsive materials are of interest for targeted drug delivery, tissue engineering, 2D and 3D protein patterning, and other biomedical applications. We prepared light degradable hydrogels using a natural alginate polysaccharide cross-linked with iron(III) cations. The "hard" iron(III) cations used ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Narayanan RP,Melman G,Letourneau NJ,Mendelson NL,Melman A

更新日期：2012-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we describe the preparation and characterization of Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) monolayers of the enzyme organophosphorus acid anhydrolase (OPAA). Langmuir films of OPAA were characterized on different subphases, such as phosphate, ammonium carbonate, and bis-tris-propane buffers. Monolayers at ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Mello SV,Mabrouki M,Cao X,Leblanc RM,Cheng TC,DeFrank JJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphiphilic polymer conetworks (APCNs) are materials with a very large interface between their hydrophilic and hydrophobic phases due to their nanophase-separated morphologies. Proteins were found to enrich in APCNs by up to 2 orders of magnitude when incubated in aqueous protein solutions, raising the question of the...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Dech S,Cramer T,Ladisch R,Bruns N,Tiller JC

更新日期：2011-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogels are attracting increasing attention due to their potential use in various fields. However, most of the existing hydrogels have limitations in either dissipating mechanical energy or maintaining high stretchability under deformation, thus do not possess high mechanical properties. Herein, poly(vinyl alcohol) ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chen W,Li N,Ma Y,Minus ML,Benson K,Lu X,Wang X,Ling X,Zhu H

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemicellulose-based hydrogels were prepared by radical polymerization of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate or poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate with oligomeric hydrosoluble hemicellulose modified with well-defined amounts of methacrylic functions. The polymerization reaction was carried out in water at 40 degrees C using...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Söderqvist Lindblad M,Albertsson AC,Ranucci E,Laus M,Giani E

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) can direct cellular processes by interacting with proteins of the extracellular matrix (ECM). In this study we characterize the interaction profiles of chemically sulfated hyaluronan (HA) and chondroitin sulfate (CS) derivatives with bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) and investiga...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Hintze V,Samsonov SA,Anselmi M,Moeller S,Becher J,Schnabelrauch M,Scharnweber D,Pisabarro MT

更新日期：2014-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Properties of Aloe vera galacturonate hydrogels formed via Ca(2+) crosslinking have been studied in regard to key parameters influencing gel formation including molecular weight, ionic strength, and molar ratio of Ca(2+) to COO(-) functionality. Dynamic oscillatory rheology and pulsed field gradient NMR (PFG-NMR) stud...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： McConaughy SD,Kirkland SE,Treat NJ,Stroud PA,McCormick CL

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recombinant amylosucrase from Neisseria polysaccharea was used to glucosylate glycogen particles in vitro in the presence of sucrose as the glucosyl donor. The morphology and structure of the resulting insoluble products were shown to strongly depend on the initial sucrose/glycogen weight ratio. For the lower rati...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Putaux JL,Potocki-Véronèse G,Remaud-Simeon M,Buleon A

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycaprolactone (PCL) was reported a long time ago; however, its biomedical applications has not been extensively investigated in comparison with poly(lactide- co-glycolide) (PLGA) due to its too slow degradation profile. Here, we are reporting an oxalate-connected oligocaprolactone multiblock copolymer (PCL-OX) as a...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chang SH,Lee HJ,Park S,Kim Y,Jeong B

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface pressure isotherms and structural and surface dilatational properties of three hydroxypropylmethycelluloses (HPMCs, called E4M, E50LV, and F4M) adsorbed films at the air-water interface were determined. In this work we present evidence that HPMC molecules are able to diffuse and saturate the air-water interfac...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Pérez OE,Sánchez CC,Rodríguez Patino JM,Pilosof AM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomimetic nanoengineering built through integrating the specific cell membrane with artificially synthetic nanomedicines represents one of the most promising directions for the actualization of personalized therapy. For addressing the technical hurdle against the development of this biomimetic technology, the present...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhu J,Zhang M,Zheng D,Hong S,Feng J,Zhang XZ

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Hybrid dendritic-linear block copolymers based on a 4-arm poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) core were synthesized using an accelerated AB2/CD2 dendritic growth approach through orthogonal amine/epoxy and thiol-yne chemistries. The biological activity of these 4-arm and the corresponding 2-arm hybrid dendrimers revealed an e...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Albertazzi L,Mickler FM,Pavan GM,Salomone F,Bardi G,Panniello M,Amir E,Kang T,Killops KL,Bräuchle C,Amir RJ,Hawker CJ

更新日期：2012-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the rheological properties and the penetration of differently sized carboxylated nanoparticles in pig pulmonary mucus, on different distance and time scales. Nanoparticles were either mechanically mixed into the mucus samples or deposited as an aerosol, the latter resembling a more physiologically rele...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Murgia X,Pawelzyk P,Schaefer UF,Wagner C,Willenbacher N,Lehr CM

更新日期：2016-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The design and application of soft nanocomposite injectable hydrogels containing entrapped microgels for small-molecule drug delivery is demonstrated. Copolymer microgels based on N-isopropylacrylamide and acrylic acid were synthesized that exhibited both ionic and hydrophobic affinity for binding to bupivacaine, a ca...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Sivakumaran D,Maitland D,Hoare T

更新日期：2011-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Stability of four dissimilar basic proteins (chymotrypsinogen A, ribonuclease A, cytochrome c, lysozyme) in the complex with four polyanions (heparin, poly(vinylsulfate), poly(4-styrene-sulfonate), Nafion) has been studied by differential scanning calorimetry. The polyanions were chosen because of their different char...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Sedlák E,Fedunová D,Veselá V,Sedláková D,Antalík M

更新日期：2009-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous catechol-containing polymers, including biodegradable polymers, are currently heavily discussed for modern biomaterials. However, there is no report combining poly(phosphoester)s (PPEs) with catechols. Adhesive PPEs have been prepared via acyclic diene metathesis polymerization. A novel acetal-protected catec...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Becker G,Ackermann LM,Schechtel E,Klapper M,Tremel W,Wurm FR

更新日期：2017-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of improved cryopreservative materials is necessary to enable complete recovery of living cells and tissue after frozen storage. Remarkably, poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) displays some of the same cryoprotective properties as many antifreeze proteins found in cold tolerant organisms. In particular, PVA is ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Burkey AA,Riley CL,Wang LK,Hatridge TA,Lynd NA

更新日期：2018-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterization of poly-3-hydroxybutyric acid (PHB) and poly-3-hydroxybutyric-co-valeric acid (PHBV, 13% valerate) in chloroform was performed using size exclusion chromatography coupled to a multi-angle light scattering detector (SEC-MALS). Absolute molar mass averages, molar mass distribution, and the radius of gyr...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zagar E,Krzan A

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the work carried out on guar gum in our first paper of a series, the "pressure cell" solubilization method was applied to two other less highly substituted galactomannans: locust bean gum (LBG) and tara gum. True molecular solution of the polymers was achieved using appropriate temperature, time, and pressur...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Picout DR,Ross-Murphy SB,Jumel K,Harding SE

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00