Versatile coating platform for metal oxide nanoparticles: applications to materials and biological science

JF Berret, A Graillot - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this feature article, we provide an overview of our research on statistical copolymers as a
coating material for metal oxide nanoparticles and surfaces. These copolymers contain …

PEDOT: PSS/QCM-based multimodal humidity and pressure sensor

ES Muckley, J Lynch, R Kumar, B Sumpter… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2016 - Elsevier
A room temperature multimodal sensor composed of poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene):
polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT: PSS) deposited on an AT-cut quartz crystal microbalance …

Co-Nonsolvency Transition of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Brushes in a Series of Binary Mixtures

H Yong, E Bittrich, P Uhlmann, A Fery… - Macromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
Co-nonsolvency occurs if a mixture of two good solvents causes the collapse or demixing of
polymers into a polymer-rich phase in a certain range of compositions of these two solvents …

In situ viscoelastic properties and chain conformations of heavily hydrated carboxymethyl dextran layers: a comparative study using OWLS and QCM-I chips coated …

A Saftics, GA Prósz, B Türk, B Peter, S Kurunczi… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Hydration, viscoelastic properties and dominant structure of thin polymer layers on the
surface of waveguide material were evaluated using optical waveguide lightmode …

Adhesion and friction properties of polymer brushes on rough surfaces: A gradient approach

SN Ramakrishna, RM Espinosa-Marzal, VV Naik… - Langmuir, 2013 - ACS Publications
The effect of nanoscale surface roughness on the lubrication properties of a polymer brush
in a good solvent has been investigated. Friction and adhesion forces were measured by …

Hydrophobic effects within the dynamic pH-response of polybasic tertiary amine methacrylate brushes

JD Willott, BA Humphreys, TJ Murdoch… - Physical Chemistry …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The solvation and swelling behaviour of three dialkylaminoethyl methacrylate polymer
brushes, of varying hydrophobicity, have been investigated using a combination of in situ …

Nanomechanics of pH-responsive, drug-loaded, bilayered polymer grafts

PC Nalam, HS Lee, N Bhatt, RW Carpick… - … Applied Materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Stimuli-responsive polymer films play an important role in the development of smart
antibacterial coatings. In this study, we consider complementary architectures of …

Understanding the role of viscous solvent confinement in the tribological behavior of polymer brushes: A bioinspired approach

RM Espinosa-Marzal, RM Bielecki, ND Spencer - Soft Matter, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer brushes consisting of micrometer-long poly (dodecyl methacrylate)(P12MA) chains
can impart very low coefficients of friction to surfaces sliding in oil. Under harsh tribological …

A two-phase model for adsorption from solution using quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation

SA Berlinger, X Chen, M Yutkin, CJ Radke - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
Quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) conveniently monitors mass and
mechanical property changes of thin films on solid substrates with exquisite resolution. QCM …

Serum protein-resistant behavior of multisite-bound poly (ethylene glycol) chains on iron oxide surfaces

N Giamblanco, G Marletta, A Graillot, N Bia… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Recent surveys have shown that the number of nanoparticle-based formulations actually
used at a clinical level is significantly lower than that expected a decade ago. One reason for …