Dendritic Elastin-like Peptides: The Effect of Branching on Thermoresponsiveness.

abstract：:Nanoconfined self-assemblies within aerosol nanoparticles and control of the secondary structures are shown here upon ionically complexing poly(L-lysine) (PLL) with dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (DBSA) surfactant and using solvents chloroform, 1-propanol, or dimethylformamide. Different solvent volatilities and drying t...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Rahikkala A,Junnila S,Vartiainen V,Ruokolainen J,Ikkala O,Kauppinen E,Raula J

更新日期：2014-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study demonstrates the controlled synthesis and biological potential of poly( N-acryloyl-l-methionine methyl sulfonium salt)s (poly(A-Met(S+)-OH)s), which mimic dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), a compound produced by marine algae to protect their proteins. The novel sulfonium-containing zwitterionic poly...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Imamura R,Mori H

更新日期：2019-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies (mAb) are a major focus of the pharmaceutical industry, and polyclonal immunoglobulin G (IgG) therapy is used to treat a wide variety of health conditions. As some individuals require mAb/IgG therapy their entire life, there is currently a great desire to formulate antibodies for bolus injection ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gong Y,Soleymani Abyaneh H,Drossis N,Niederquell A,Kuentz M,Leroux JC,de Haan HW,Gauthier MA

更新日期：2019-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper introduces a chitosan microneedle patch for efficient and sustained transdermal delivery of hydrophilic macromolecules. Chitosan microneedles have sufficient mechanical strength to be inserted in vitro into porcine skin at approximately 250 μm in depth and in vivo into rat skin at approximately 200 μm in de...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chen MC,Ling MH,Lai KY,Pramudityo E

更新日期：2012-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Biobased omega-carboxy fatty acid monomers 1,18-cis-9-octadecenedioic, 1,22-cis-9-docosenedioic, and 1,18-cis-9,10-epoxy-octadecanedioic acids were synthesized in high conversion yields from oleic, erucic and epoxy stearic acids by whole-cell biotransformations catalyzed by C. tropicalis ATCC20962. Maximum volumetric ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yang Y,Lu W,Zhang X,Xie W,Cai M,Gross RA

更新日期：2010-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Micellar peroxidase-catalyzed synthesis of chiral polyaniline (PANI) in the presence of dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (DBSA) was developed. The effect of DBSA concentration on the catalytic efficiency of horseradish and palm tree peroxidases was examined. Favorable conditions for the enzymatic synthesis of chiral PANI, ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Caramyshev AV,Lobachov VM,Selivanov DV,Sheval EV,Vorobiev AKh,Katasova ON,Polyakov VY,Makarov AA,Sakharov IY

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural melanins are biocompatible conductors with versatile functionalities. Here, we report fabrication of multifunctional poly(vinyl alcohol)/melanin nanocomposites by layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly using melanin nanoparticles (MNPs) directly extracted from sepia officinalis inks. The LBL assembly offers facile mani...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Eom T,Woo K,Cho W,Heo JE,Jang D,Shin JI,Martin DC,Wie JJ,Shim BS

更新日期：2017-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Alginate-based amphiphilic graft copolymers were synthesized by single electron transfer living radical polymerization (SET-LRP), forming stable micelles during polymerization induced self-assembly (PISA). First, alginate macroinitiator was prepared by partial depolymerization of native alginate, solubility modificati...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kapishon V,Whitney RA,Champagne P,Cunningham MF,Neufeld RJ

更新日期：2015-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Celluloses from different origins were dissolved stepwise in N,N-dimethylacetamide/lithium chloride (9% v/w; DMAc/LiCl) with the aim to study the time course of the dissolution process, completeness of dissolution in the dissolved fractions, possible discrimination effects, and differences between the celluloses. Cell...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Henniges U,Kostic M,Borgards A,Rosenau T,Potthast A

更新日期：2011-04-11 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：:Insulin was loaded into hydrogel microparticles after two hours with loading efficiencies greater than 70% for both poly(methacrylic acid-grafted-ethylene glycol) (P(MAA-g-EG)) and poly(methacrylic acid-grafted-ethylene glycol) functionalized with wheat germ agglutinin (P(MAA-g-EG) WGA). The pH-responsive release resu...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wood KM,Stone GM,Peppas NA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel biodegradable poly(carbonate ester)s with photolabile protecting groups were synthesized by ring-opening copolymerization of L-lactide (LA) with 5-methyl-5-(2-nitro-benzoxycarbonyl)-1,3-dioxan-2-one (MNC) with diethyl zinc (Et2Zn) as catalyst. The poly(L-lactide-co-5-methyl-5-carboxyl-1,3-dioxan-2-one) (P(LA-co-...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Xie Z,Hu X,Chen X,Sun J,Shi Q,Jing X

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive understanding of the mechanism by which type I collagen (Col) interacts with hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (Hap NPs) in aqueous solutions is a pivotal step for guiding the design of biologically relevant nanocomposites with controlled hierarchical structure. In this paper we use a variety of Hap NPs dif...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Colaço E,Brouri D,Aissaoui N,Cornette P,Dupres V,Domingos RF,Lambert JF,Maisonhaute E,Kirat KE,Landoulsi J

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Enhancing the molecular orientation of the regenerated silk fibroin (RF) up to a level comparable to the native silk is highly challenging. Our novel and promising strategy for the poststretching process is (1) creating at first an α-helix-HFIP complex with a hexagonal packing as an intermediate state and then (2) str...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yoshioka T,Tashiro K,Ohta N

更新日期：2016-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A drying environment is always a proposition faced by dynamic living organisms using water, which are driven by biopolymer-based micro- and macrostructures. Here, we introduce a drying process for aqueous liquid crystalline (LC) solutions composed of biopolymer with extremely high molecular weight components such as p...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Okeyoshi K,Okajima MK,Kaneko T

更新日期：2016-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The mucilaginous viscin tissue within mistletoe berries possesses an extraordinary ability to be rapidly processed under ambient conditions into stiff cellulosic fibers (>14 GPa) through simple mechanical drawing. This rapid and extreme transformation process is hydration-dependent and involves an astonishing >200-fol...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Horbelt N,Eder M,Bertinetti L,Fratzl P,Harrington MJ

更新日期：2019-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Human serum albumin (HSA) is known to exist as N (pH approximately 7), B (pH approximately 9), and F (pH approximately 3.5) isomeric forms and an equilibrium intermediate state (I) accumulate in the urea induced unfolding pathway of HSA around 4.8-5.2 M urea concentrations. These states displayed characteristic struct...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ahmad B,Parveen S,Khan RH

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new route for the design of renewable hydrogels is presented. The soluble waste from masonite production was isolated, fractionized, and upgraded. The resulting hemicellulose rich fraction was alkenyl-functionalized and used in the preparation of covalently cross-linked hydrogels capable of sustained release of inco...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Albertsson AC,Voepel J,Edlund U,Dahlman O,Söderqvist-Lindblad M

更新日期：2010-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Although doxorubicin (Dox) has been widely used in the treatment of different types of cancer, its insufficient cellular uptake and intracellular release is still a limitation. Herein, we report an easy process for the preparation of redox-sensitive nanogels that were shown to be highly efficient in the intracellular ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Maciel D,Figueira P,Xiao S,Hu D,Shi X,Rodrigues J,Tomás H,Li Y

更新日期：2013-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular matrix is an environment rich with structural, mechanical, and molecular signals that can impact cell biology. Traditional approaches in hydrogel biomaterial design often rely on modifying the concentration of cross-linking groups to adjust mechanical properties. However, this strategy provides limit...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Pedron S,Pritchard AM,Vincil GA,Andrade B,Zimmerman SC,Harley BA

更新日期：2017-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein we present a unique method of using dynamic cross-links, which are dynamic covalent bonding and ionic interaction, for the construction of injectable double-network (DN) hydrogels, with the objective of cell delivery for cartilage repair. Glycol chitosan and dibenzaldhyde capped poly(ethylene oxide) formed the ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yan Y,Li M,Yang D,Wang Q,Liang F,Qu X,Qiu D,Yang Z

更新日期：2017-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Although research on nanopaper structures from cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) is well established, the mechanical behavior is not well understood, especially not when CNF is combined with hard nanoparticles. Cationic CNF (Q-CNF) was prepared and successfully decorated by anionic nanodiamond (ND) nanoparticles in hydroco...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Morimune-Moriya S,Salajkova M,Zhou Q,Nishino T,Berglund LA

更新日期：2018-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Water-soluble T-antigen containing glycopolymers [Gal beta(1,3)-GalNAc alpha) having a high degree of lipophilicity were synthesized from poly[N-(acryloxy)succinimide] (6-10) by amidation with an amine-ending T-antigen derivative (3) and various amines of increasing alkyl chain length (ammonia and methyl-, ethyl-, and...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Baek MG,Roy R

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:Anionic copolymer systems containing sulfated monomers have great potential for delivery of cationic therapeutics, but N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAm) 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid (AMPS) copolymer nanoparticles have seen limited characterization to date with regard to physical properties relevant to load...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Bartlett RL 2nd,Medow MR,Panitch A,Seal B

更新日期：2012-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, sequential approach for creation of hydrolytically degradable poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogels has been developed and characterized. The chemistry involves an initial step growth polymerization reaction between PEG-diacrylate and dithiothreitol (DTT) to form acrylate-terminated (-PEG-DTT-)n PEG chains, ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Hudalla GA,Eng TS,Murphy WL

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine serum albumin (BSA) and poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDADMAC) spontaneously form, over a range of ionic strength I and pH, dense fluids rich in both macroions. To study their nanostructure, these coacervates were prepared at low I and high pH (strong interaction) or at high I and lower pH (weaker int...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Bohidar H,Dubin PL,Majhi PR,Tribet C,Jaeger W

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:To continue expanding the use of Single Electron Transfer-Living Radical Polymerization (SET-LRP) in applications at the interface between macromolecular science, biomacromolecules, biology and medicine, it is essential to develop novel initiators that do not compromise the structural stability of synthesized polymers...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lligadas G,Enayati M,Grama S,Smail R,Sherman SE,Percec V

更新日期：2017-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Tiopronin (N-(2-mercaptopropionyl)glycine)-protected gold nanoparticles (TPAu) were cross-linked to collagen via EDC (1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethyl aminopropyl) carbodiimide) coupling. On average, each TPAu forms eight amide bonds with collagen lysine moieties. The resulting gels were studied with environmental SEM, TEM, micr...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Castaneda L,Valle J,Yang N,Pluskat S,Slowinska K

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00