Building reconfigurable devices using complex liquid–fluid interfaces

J Forth, PY Kim, G Xie, X Liu, BA Helms… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid–fluid interfaces provide a platform both for structuring liquids into complex shapes
and assembling dimensionally confined, functional nanomaterials. Historically, attention in …

Designing peptide nanoparticles for efficient brain delivery

A Duro-Castano, DM Leite, J Forth, Y Deng… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
The targeted delivery of therapeutic compounds to the brain is arguably the most significant
open problem in drug delivery today. Nanoparticles (NPs) based on peptides and designed …

pH-and thermo-responsive Pickering emulsion stabilized by silica nanoparticles and conventional nonionic copolymer surfactants

L Zhang, G Zhang, J Ge, P Jiang, L Ding - Journal of colloid and interface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Poly (ethylene oxide)-poly (propylene oxide)-poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO-PPO-
PEO) could be adsorbed on the silica surface via the hydrogen bonding between PEO and …

Mechanical properties of solidifying assemblies of nanoparticle surfactants at the oil–water interface

A Toor, J Forth, S Bochner de Araujo, MC Merola… - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
The effect of polymer surfactant structure and concentration on the self-assembly,
mechanical properties, and solidification of nanoparticle surfactants (NPSs) at the oil–water …

Stabilizing liquids using interfacial supramolecular polymerization

PY Gu, Y Chai, H Hou, G Xie, Y Jiang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The strong electrostatic interactions at the oil–water interface between a small molecule, 5,
10, 15, 20‐tetrakis (4‐sulfonatophenyl) porphyrin, H6TPPS, dissolved in water, and an …

Ferromagnetic liquid droplets with adjustable magnetic properties

X Wu, R Streubel, X Liu, PY Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The assembly and jamming of magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) at liquid–liquid interfaces is a
versatile platform to endow structured liquid droplets with a magnetization, ie, producing …

Mesenchymal stem cells sense the toughness of nanomaterials and interfaces

L Peng, C Matellan, M Bosch‐Fortea… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Stem cells are known to sense and respond to the mechanical properties of biomaterials. In
turn, cells exert forces on their environment that can lead to striking changes in shape, size …

[HTML][HTML] Structuring liquids through solvent-assisted interfacial association of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes and amphiphiles

M Bak, J Mihály, G Gyulai, I Szalai, I Varga… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Sculpting liquids into different shapes is usually based on the interfacial
interactions of functionalized nanoparticles or polymers with specific ligands, leading to …

Recyclable functional magnetic nanoparticles for fast demulsification of waste metalworking emulsions driven by electrostatic interactions

K Peng, Y Xiong, L Lu, J Liu… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Complex multiphase waste metalworking emulsions, which contain large amounts of
surfactants and mineral oil, are difficult to treat efficiently by traditional molecular …

Microfluidic particle reactors: from interface characteristics to cells and drugs related biomedical applications

X Hao, T Du, H He, F Yang, Y Wang… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Functional microfluidic particle reactors (MPRs), prepared with microfluidic emulsions with
biomaterials as the templates, can directly encapsulate bioactive substances to achieve …