Polyelectrolyte multilayers
Biological applications of weal polyelectrolyte multilayers
... After demonstrating that polyelectrolyte multilayers could be selectively assembled onto patterned superhydrophobic multilayer surfaces, 3.0/3.0 PAA/PAAm multilayers were assembl[r] ...
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Depth-profiling X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis of interlayer diffusion in polyelectrolyte multilayers
... of polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) allows for the precise deposition of ultrathin organic films that can conformally coat features of any shape and ...
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Depth-profiling X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis of interlayer diffusion in polyelectrolyte multilayers
... of polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) allows for the precise deposition of ultrathin organic films that can conformally coat features of any shape and ...
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Controlled release of gentamicin from polyelectrolyte multilayers to treat implant-related infection
... The effectiveness of the controlled release of gentamicin from polyelectrolyte multilayers in the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infection in a rabbit bone model.[r] ...
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Preparation of multifunctional hollow fiber nanofiltration membranes by dynamic assembly of weak polyelectrolyte multilayers
... way, polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) were formed of the weak polyelectrolytes poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) and poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH), on a negatively charged polyethersulfone ultra- filtration ...
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Degradable Polyelectrolyte Multilayers that Promote the Release of siRNA
... degradable polyelectrolyte-based films for the controlled release of siRNA from ...multilayered polyelectrolyte films (or ‘polyelectrolyte multilayers’, PEMs) using siRNA and a hydrolytically ...
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Assembly and post-assembly manipulation of polyelectrolyte multilayers for control of bacterial attachment and viability
... ABSTRACT: Biochemical functionalization of surfaces is an increasingly utilized mechanism to promote or inhibit adhesion of cells. To promote cell-substrata adhesion, one common example of this approach is surface ...
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Characterization of Tunable FGF-2 Releasing Polyelectrolyte Multilayers
... utility. Polyelectrolyte multilayer films represent a novel system for FGF-2 delivery that has promise for local, precisely controlled and sustained release of FGF-2 from surfaces of interest including medical ...
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Preparation of multifunctional hollow fiber nanofiltration membranes by dynamic assembly of weak polyelectrolyte multilayers
... In light of these results, the order of cleaning was adjusted to in- clude backflushing as a first step followed by rinsing, so that the polyelectrolyte on the surface can be lifted off and re-suspended in a ...
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Ion and solvent exchange processes in PGA/PAH polyelectrolyte multilayers containing ferrocyanide.
... We investigated ion exchange processes in Fe(CN) 6 4- containing PGA/PAH multilayers using EC- QCM-D and FTIR spectroscopy. We successfully measured the electrochemical swelling behavior of this system and related ...
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Polyelectrolyte Multilayers: A Versatile Tool for Preparing Antimicrobial Coatings.
... (CHI/HA) multilayers functionalized by an antimicrobial peptide cateslytin (CTL) and its activity toward bacteria and yeasts based on the enzymatic degradation of the film and the normalized growth of (b) ...
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Attachment of polyelectrolyte multilayers to cells and the implications on cell behavior
... * Nanoparticies: There are also numerous cancer therapies in development that use nanoparticles. An existing therapy is Doxil, which is the liposomal form of the ch[r] ...
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Supported lipid bilayers on biocompatible polysaccharide multilayers
... polymer conjugates, and the complex assembly (relative to vesicle fusion methods) are limitations for eventual scale-up and/or multiplexing for biosensing applications. Polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) ...
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Polyelectrolyte multilayer films as substrates for photoreceptor cells.
... The relative viability of photoreceptor cells at days 2 and 7 was determined by MTT tests and OD measurements obtained for (PLL/CSA) 10 /PLL polyelectrolyte multilayers (Figure 9). In accordance with the ...
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X-ray broadband Ni/SiC multilayers: improvement with W barrier layers
... 3.2. Ni/W/SiC/W periodic multilayer mirrors In order to limit the interdiffusion phenomena between the Ni and SiC layers, we decided to add a thin layer of W at both interfaces. It has been previously demonstrated that ...
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Stimuli-induced non-equilibrium phase transitions in polyelectrolyte-surfactant complex coacervates
... a polyelectrolyte-surfactant complex coacervate at two distinct iso-compositional phase boundaries, micelle-vesicle and micelle-fiber, where phase transition is triggered by ...the polyelectrolyte, with no ...
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Phase transformation in SiOx/SiO2 multilayers for optielectronics and microelectronics applications
... 2 multilayers have been prepared by magnetron sputtering and subsequently annealed to induce phase separation and Si clusters ...2 multilayers by atom probe ...
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Dynamic response of viscoelastic multilayers structures using solid-shell finite elements
... In structural problems, a linear hexahedral solid-shell element has been developed, on the basis of a 3D formulation, and it has been shown to accurately account for the through- thickness phenomena while maintaining ...
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Structural control of polyelectrolyte/microemulsion droplet complexes (PEMECs) with different polyacrylates
... surfactant (and therefore that of O/W microemulsion droplets) was kept constant at 100 mM. The molecular weight of the formed complexes obtained from SLS (Fig. 3A) and also the hydrodynamic radii deduced from DLS (Fig. ...
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Design of radiation resistant metallic multilayers for advanced nuclear systems
... investigated by TEM. The He ion distribution for [Nb/Cu] 6 and [Nb/Cu] 25 multilayers was simulated by Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter (SRIM). He ion implantation was performed at the Ion Beam Materials ...
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