Direct patterning of probe proteins on an antifouling PLL-g-dextran coating for reducing the background signal of fluorescent immunoassays.

abstract：:Unmodified gelatin (uG) is widely used as a coating material in cell culture for improving surface properties. In this study, the authors investigated if gelatin methacrylamide (GM) with a medium degree of methacrylamide modification (GM1.5) and a high degree of methacrylamide modification (GM4) are equally suitable f...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Egger M,Tovar GE,Hoch E,Southan A

更新日期：2016-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present surface engineering modifications through chemistry of poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) that have dramatic effects on the result of surface-bound fluorescence immunoassays, both for specific and nonspecific signals. The authors deduce the most important effect to be clustering of antibodies on the s...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Akers PW,Hoai Le NC,Nelson ARJ,McKenna M,O'Mahony C,McGillivray DJ,Gubala V,Williams DE

更新日期：2017-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological membranes and their related molecular mechanisms are essential for all living organisms. Membranes host numerous proteins and are responsible for the exchange of molecules and ions, cell signaling, and cell compartmentation. Indeed, the plasma membrane delimits the intracellular compartment from the extrace...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Veneziano R,Rossi C,Chenal A,Brenner C,Ladant D,Chopineau J

更新日期：2017-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In this systematic review, the authors explored the surface aspects of various titanium (Ti) or Ti alloy medical implants, examining the interface formed between the implant and surrounding nonkeratinized soft tissues (periosteum, muscles, tendons, fat, cicatrix, or dura mater). A comprehensive search undertaken in Ju...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Zigterman BGR,Van den Borre C,Braem A,Mommaerts MY

更新日期：2019-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Simulations of water at hydrophilic self-assembled monolayer (SAM) surfaces are especially relevant for biological interfaces. Well-defined, atomically smooth surfaces that can be continuously varied are possible with SAMs. These characteristics enable more accurate measurements than many other surfaces with the added...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Stevens MJ,Grest GS

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dodecin from Halobacterium salinarum is a dodecameric, hollow-spherical protein, which unspecifically adopts flavin molecules. Reduction of flavin dodecin holocomplexes induces dissociation into apododecin and free flavin. Unspecific binding and dissociation upon reduction were used as key properties to construct an e...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Grininger M,Nöll G,Trawöger S,Sinner EK,Oesterhelt D

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photocorrosion of semiconductors is strongly sensitive to the presence of surface states, and it could be influenced by electrically charged molecules immobilized near the semiconductor/electrolyte interface. The underlying mechanism is related to band bending of the semiconductor structure near the surface and the as...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Aziziyan MR,Hassen WM,Morris D,Frost EH,Dubowski JJ

更新日期：2016-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Supported phospholipid bilayers are interesting model systems for biologists and present fascinating physical properties. The authors present an extensive experimental study of the dynamic properties of supported bilayers. The structure and the equilibrium properties of single and double supported bilayers were invest...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Charitat T,Lecuyer S,Fragneto G

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is well known that the textural properties of scaffolds play an important role in the process of tissue regeneration, the investigation of such effects remain difficult especially at the micro/nano level. Texture confers the material the additional ability to entrap/concentrate molecules circulating in the...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Espanol M,Casals I,Lamtahri S,Valderas MT,Ginebra MP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding and controlling the performance of engineered nanoparticle (NP) systems is greatly assisted by quantitative characterization of their coatings. Useful measurements methods have been described for NPs in liquid environment, but NP aggregation often represents a limiting factor which impairs the accuracy o...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Minelli C,Shard AG

更新日期：2016-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The growing interest in artificial bioorganic interfaces as a platform for applications in emerging areas as personalized medicine, clinical diagnostics, biosensing, biofilms, prevention of biofouling, and other fields of bioengineering is the origin of a need for in detail multitechnique characterizations of such lay...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Dietrich PM,Nietzold C,Weise M,Unger WE,Alnabulsi S,Moulder J

更新日期：2016-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein adsorption to biomaterial surfaces is important for the function of such materials with anchorage-dependent cell adhesion requiring the presence of adsorbed proteins. The current study evaluated five solid surfaces with poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) grafted from the surface of a poly(tetrafluoroethylene) membrane w...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Mohd Hidzir N,A A,Kępa K,Hill DJT,Jorgensen L,Grøndahl L

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure, orientation, and formation of amphiphilic alpha-helix model peptide films on fluorocarbon surfaces has been monitored with sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy, near-edge x-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy, and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The alpha-helix...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Weidner T,Samuel NT,McCrea K,Gamble LJ,Ward RS,Castner DG

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peculiar Cuvierian tubules of sea cucumbers function as a defense mechanism. They thwart attacks by creating a sticky network composed of elongated tubules within which the potential predator is entangled in a matter of seconds and thus immobilized. Cuvierian tubules are typical instantaneous adhesive organs in wh...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Demeuldre M,Chinh Ngo T,Hennebert E,Wattiez R,Leclère P,Flammang P

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inspired by the composition of the native extracellular matrix, biomimetic polyelectrolyte multilayers were assembled from polypeptides and the glycosaminoglycan chondroitin sulfate (CS). To investigate whether peptide conformation imposes an effect on the cell biological functions of osteoblasts, the secondary struct...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Grohmann S,Rothe H,Liefeith K

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using infrared and Raman microspectroscopy, the authors examined the interaction of cold atmospheric plasma with the skin's built-in protective cushion, the outermost skin layer stratum corneum. Following a spectroscopic analysis, the authors could identify four prominent chemical alterations caused by plasma treatmen...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Kartaschew K,Mischo M,Baldus S,Bründermann E,Awakowicz P,Havenith M

更新日期：2015-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:With the advent of novel fabrication technologies, free-standing poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA) nanosheets have been shown to have enhanced performance over their micro- or macroscale equivalents as tissue engineering and drug delivery constructs. In the present research, the authors investigated the surface degradation b...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Marchany MD,Gardella JA Jr,Kuchera TJ

更新日期：2015-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common bulk acoustic wave device used in biosensing applications is the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM), in which a resonant pure shear acoustic wave is excited via electrodes on both major faces of a thin AT-cut quartz plate. For biosensing, the QCM is used to detect the capture of a target by a target-cap...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Hartz JSR,Emanetoglu NW,Howell C,Vetelino JF

更新日期：2020-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the authors report that sodium citrate can aggregate hexadecyl-trimethyl-ammonium ion(+)-coated gold nanorods (AuNRs), and nucleic acids of different charge and structure properties, i.e., single-stranded DNA (ssDNA), double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), single-stranded peptide nucleic acid (PNA), and PNA-DNA c...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Kanjanawarut R,Su X

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Titanium dental implants are commonly used for the replacement of lost teeth, but they present a considerable number of failures due to the infection on surrounding tissues. The aim of this paper is the development of a polyethylene glycol-like (PEG-like) coating on the titanium surface by plasma polymerization to obt...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Buxadera-Palomero J,Canal C,Torrent-Camarero S,Garrido B,Javier Gil F,Rodríguez D

更新日期：2015-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Diamond has outstanding bulk properties such as super hardness, chemical inertness, biocompatibility, luminescence, to name just a few. In the nanoworld, in order to exploit these outstanding bulk properties, the surfaces of nanodiamond (ND) particles must be accordingly engineered for specific applications. Modificat...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Shenderova OA,McGuire GE

更新日期：2015-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A drug-eluting coating applied onto biomedical devices and implants is an appropriate way to ensure that an inhibitory concentration of antimicrobial drugs is present at the device surface, thus preventing surface colonization and subsequent biofilm formation. In this study, a thin polymer coating was applied to mater...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Naderi J,Giles C,Saboohi S,Griesser HJ,Coad BR

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanodiamond (ND) particles are popular platforms for the immobilization of molecular species. In the present research, enzyme Escherichia coli inorganic pyrophosphatase (PPase) was immobilized on detonation ND through covalent or noncovalent bonding and its enzymatic activity was characterized. Factors affecting adsor...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Rodina EV,Valueva AV,Yakovlev RY,Vorobyeva NN,Kulakova II,Lisichkin GV,Leonidov NB

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The modeling, fabrication, cell loading, and mechanical and in vitro biological testing of biomimetic, interlockable, laser-made, concentric 3D scaffolds are presented. The scaffolds are made by multiphoton polymerization of an organic-inorganic zirconium silicate. Their mechanical properties are theoretically modeled...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Danilevicius P,Rezende RA,Pereira FD,Selimis A,Kasyanov V,Noritomi PY,da Silva JV,Chatzinikolaidou M,Farsari M,Mironov V

更新日期：2015-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the rare presence of studies concerning platelet function as risk factor in atherosclerotic patients, processes underlying thromboembolic events are reviewed in this paper. The morphology and the structural organization-membrane receptors, the open canalicular and dense tubular systems, the cytoskeleton, mi...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Reinthaler M,Braune S,Lendlein A,Landmesser U,Jung F

更新日期：2016-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Force spectroscopy has been used to measure the adhesion of Saos-2 cells to a glass surface at different phases of the cell cycle. The cells were synchronized in three phases of the cell cycle: G(1), S, and G(2)M. Cells in these phases were compared with unsynchronized and native mitotic cells. Individual cells were a...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Weder G,Vörös J,Giazzon M,Matthey N,Heinzelmann H,Liley M

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Not only bacteria but also fungal pathogens, particularly Candida species, can lead to biofilm infections on biomedical devices. By covalent grafting of the antifungal drug caspofungin, which targets the fungal cell wall, onto solid biomaterials, a surface layer can be created that might be able to provide long-term p...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Griesser SS,Jasieniak M,Coad BR,Griesser HJ

更新日期：2015-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnesium alloys are potential biodegradable implants for biomedical applications, and calcium (Ca) is one kind of ideal element being examined for magnesium alloys and biodegradable ceramic coatings owing to its biocompatibility and mechanical suitability. In this study, microarc oxidation (MAO) coatings were prepare...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Pan Y,Chen C,Feng R,Cui H,Gong B,Zheng T,Ji Y

更新日期：2018-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, the authors report and review polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) nanoparticles (NPs) loaded with zoledronate (ZOL) and simvastatin and their effects on bone cells. PEC NPs are intended for modification of bone substitute materials. For characterization, they can be solution casted on germanium (Ge) substrates servi...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Müller M,Torger B,Wehrum D,Vehlow D,Urban B,Woltmann B,Hempel U

更新日期：2015-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial colonies that reside on a surface, known as biofilms, are intrinsically impenetrable to traditional antibiotics, ultimately driving research toward an alternative therapeutic approach. Nitric oxide (NO) has gained attention for its biologically beneficial properties, particularly centered around its antibact...

journal_title：Biointerphases

authors： Neufeld BH,Reynolds MM

更新日期：2016-09-07 00:00:00