Fibers for hearts: A critical review on electrospinning for cardiac tissue engineering

M Kitsara, O Agbulut, D Kontziampasis, Y Chen… - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Cardiac cell therapy holds a real promise for improving heart function and especially of the
chronically failing myocardium. Embedding cells into 3D biodegradable scaffolds may better …

Heart on a chip: micro-nanofabrication and microfluidics steering the future of cardiac tissue engineering

M Kitsara, D Kontziampasis, O Agbulut… - Microelectronic …, 2019 - Elsevier
The evolution of micro and nanofabrication approaches significantly spurred the
advancements of cardiac tissue engineering over the last decades. Engineering in the micro …

Covalent and non-covalent in-flow biofunctionalization for capture assays on silicon chips: white light reflectance spectroscopy immunosensor combined with TOF …

K Gajos, A Orzech, K Sanocka, P Petrou, A Budkowski - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Immunosensors that combine planar transducers with microfluidics to achieve in-flow
biofunctionalization and assay were analyzed here regarding surface binding capacity …

Biomimetic, antireflective, superhydrophobic and oleophobic PMMA and PMMA-coated glass surfaces fabricated by plasma processing

D Kontziampasis, G Boulousis, A Smyrnakis… - Microelectronic …, 2014 - Elsevier
Plasma nanotexturing, ie plasma etching with simultaneous roughening in the nano to
micron scale, is used to create roughness on PMMA plates or glass slides coated with …

Enhanced and stabilized mesenchymal stem cell growth inside plasma pre-treated and collagen-coated PDMS-based microfluidic chambers

D Kefallinou, M Grigoriou, V Constantoudis… - Surface and Coatings …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS)–based microfluidic devices, let them be lab-on-a-
chip or organ-on-a-chip platforms, have been extensively utilized in biomedical research …

Recent developments in the field of optical immunosensors focusing on a label-free, White Light Reflectance Spectroscopy-based immunosensing platform

CE Karachaliou, G Koukouvinos, D Goustouridis… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Optical immunosensors represent a research field of continuously increasing interest due to
their unique features, which can mainly be attributed to the high-affinity and specific …

Simultaneous determination of CRP and D-dimer in human blood plasma samples with White Light Reflectance Spectroscopy

G Koukouvinos, P Petrou, K Misiakos… - Biosensors and …, 2016 - Elsevier
A dual-analyte assay for the simultaneous determination of C-reactive protein (CRP) and D-
dimer in human blood plasma based on a white light interference spectroscopy sensing …

Protein adsorption and covalent bonding to silicon nitride surfaces modified with organo-silanes: Comparison using AFM, angle-resolved XPS and multivariate ToF …

K Awsiuk, A Budkowski, A Psarouli, P Petrou… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2013 - Elsevier
Organo-silanes provide a suitable interface between the silicon-based transducers of
various biosensing devices and the sensing proteins, immobilized through physical …

Spectroscopic and microscopic characterization of biosensor surfaces with protein/amino-organosilane/silicon structure

K Awsiuk, A Bernasik, M Kitsara, A Budkowski… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2012 - Elsevier
Composition and structure of biorecognition protein layers created on silicon substrates
modified with amino-organosilanes determine the sensitivity and specificity of silicon based …

Thickness Determination and Control in Protein-Based Biomaterial Thin Films

L Almonte, M Fernandez, JD Cortés-Ossa… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Controlling the thickness and uniformity of biomaterial films is crucial for their application in
various fields including sensing and bioelectronics. In this work, we investigated film …