Surface design for antibacterial materials: from fundamentals to advanced strategies

W Li, ES Thian, M Wang, Z Wang, L Ren - Advanced Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Healthcare‐acquired infections as well as increasing antimicrobial resistance have become
an urgent global challenge, thus smart alternative solutions are needed to tackle bacterial …

Nanoparticle toxicology

W Yang, L Wang, EM Mettenbrink… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Nanoparticles from natural and anthropogenic sources are abundant in the environment,
thus human exposure to nanoparticles is inevitable. Due to this constant exposure, it is …

Antifouling coatings: recent developments in the design of surfaces that prevent fouling by proteins, bacteria, and marine organisms

I Banerjee, RC Pangule, RS Kane - Advanced materials, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The major strategies for designing surfaces that prevent fouling due to proteins, bacteria,
and marine organisms are reviewed. Biofouling is of great concern in numerous applications …

'Stealth'corona-core nanoparticles surface modified by polyethylene glycol (PEG): influences of the corona (PEG chain length and surface density) and of the core …

R Gref, M Lück, P Quellec, M Marchand… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2000 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles possessing poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) chains on their surface have been
described as blood persistent drug delivery system with potential applications for …

Polymer surface modification for the attachment of bioactive compounds

JM Goddard, JH Hotchkiss - Progress in polymer science, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper reviews recent advances in the covalent attachment of bioactive compounds to
functionalized polymer surfaces including relevant techniques in polymer surface …

Controlling the stealth effect of nanocarriers through understanding the protein corona

S Schöttler, K Landfester… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The past decade has seen a significant increase in interest in the use of polymeric
nanocarriers in medical applications. In particular, when used as drug vectors in targeted …

Poly (ethylenimine) and its role in gene delivery

WT Godbey, KK Wu, AG Mikos - Journal of controlled release, 1999 - Elsevier
Since the first published examination of poly (ethylenimine)(PEI) as a gene delivery vehicle,
there has been a flurry of research aimed at this polycation and its role in gene therapy …

Why do phospholipid polymers reduce protein adsorption?

K Ishihara, H Nomura, T Mihara, K Kurita… - … Research: An Official …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
The amount of plasma protein adsorbed on a phospholipid polymer having a 2‐
methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC) moiety was reduced compared to the …

Superlow fouling sulfobetaine and carboxybetaine polymers on glass slides

Z Zhang, T Chao, S Chen, S Jiang - Langmuir, 2006 - ACS Publications
This work describes the superlow fouling properties of glass slides grafted with zwitterionic
polymers to highly resist the adsorption of proteins and the adhesion of mammalian cells …

Blood compatibility of polyethylene oxide surfaces

JH Lee, HB Lee, JD Andrade - Progress in polymer science, 1995 - Elsevier
General features Solubility and molecular structure of PEO in water Solubility vs temperature
mobility Heat and entropy of dilution Comparison with some other polymers 2.6. 1 …