Photodegradable polymers for biotechnological applications

G Pasparakis, T Manouras, P Argitis… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Photodegradable polymers constitute an emerging class of materials that finds numerous
applications in biotechnology, biomedicine, and nanoscience. This article highlights some of …

Selective aggregation of PAMAM dendrimer nanocarriers and PAMAM/ZnPc nanodrugs on human atheromatous carotid tissues: a photodynamic therapy for …

N Spyropoulos-Antonakakis, E Sarantopoulou… - Nanoscale Research …, 2015 - Springer
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) involves the action of photons on photosensitive molecules,
where atomic oxygen or OH− molecular species are locally released on pathogenic human …

Selective protein adsorption on polymer patterns formed by self-organization and soft lithography

J Zemła, M Lekka, J Raczkowska, A Bernasik… - …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Thin films, with both isotropic and ordered patterns of polymer domains, are used as
substrates to study selective adsorption of two proteins (concanavalin A and lentil lectin) and …

Orientation and biorecognition of immunoglobulin adsorbed on spin-cast poly (3-alkylthiophenes): Impact of polymer film crystallinity

K Awsiuk, A Budkowski, P Petrou, MM Marzec… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2016 - Elsevier
Many of bioelectronic and biosensor applications are based on poly (3-alkylthiophenes),
conducting and solution-processable polymers. The most facile approach for the fabrication …

Surface nano/micro functionalization of PMMA thin films by 157 nm irradiation for sensing applications

E Sarantopoulou, Z Kollia, AC Cefalas, K Manoli… - Applied Surface …, 2008 - Elsevier
Laser irradiation at 157nm of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) thin films induces major
variations of polymer film thicknesses from sorption (absorption/desorption) of methanol and …

Integral geometry analysis of fluorescence micrographs for quantitative relative comparison of protein adsorption onto polymer surfaces

J Zemła, M Lekka, J Wiltowska-Zuber, A Budkowski… - Langmuir, 2008 - ACS Publications
Most methods developed to study protein binding to distinct surfaces can only determine the
average amount of adsorbed protein or merely provide (qualitative) information on its spatial …

Surface modification of polymeric thin films with vacuum ultraviolet light

E Sarantopoulou, J Kovač, Z Kollia… - … Journal devoted to …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Spin‐coated poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) thin films on SiO2 substrate were chemically
modified with laser light at 157 nm in nitrogen. Film changes involve bond breaking of …

Tuning cell adhesion on PTFE surfaces by laser induced microstructures

J Reichert, S Brückner, H Bartelt… - Advanced Engineering …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is one of the most commonly used polymers in medicine.[1] It
has a high thermal and chemical stability, is non-toxic and because of its very low surface …

Interplanetary survival probability of Aspergillus terreus spores under simulated solar vacuum ultraviolet irradiation

E Sarantopoulou, I Gomoiu, Z Kollia… - Planetary and Space …, 2011 - Elsevier
This work is a part of ESA/EU SURE project aiming to quantify the survival probability of
fungal spores in space under solar irradiation in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV)(110–180nm) …

Polymer self-assembled nano-structures and surface relief gratings induced with laser at 157 nm

E Sarantopoulou, Z Kollia, AC Cefalas, AM Douvas… - Applied surface …, 2007 - Elsevier
Surface relief gratings (SRG) and self-organized nano-structures induced by laser light at
157nm on the fluoropolymer poly (2, 2, 2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate)(PTFEMA), films were …