Superwetting cotton textiles for separation of oil/water mixtures

MH Abu Elella, NY Abu-Thabit, OJ Uwaezuoke… - Cellulose, 2023 - Springer
The industrial revolution has led to a frequent leakage of crude oil into marine waters and
the contamination of wastewater with various oils and organic liquids. Therefore, the …

Biofunctionalized 3D printed structures for biomedical applications: A critical review of recent advances and future prospects

O Lotz, DR McKenzie, MM Bilek, B Akhavan - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
One of the greatest trends currently revolutionizing healthcare is the introduction of
advanced additive manufacturing techniques, also known as 3D printing, for personalized …

New insights in polydopamine formation via surface adsorption

H Hemmatpour, O De Luca, D Crestani… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Polydopamine is a biomimetic self-adherent polymer, which can be easily deposited on a
wide variety of materials. Despite the rapidly increasing interest in polydopamine-based …

A multifunctional MXene-porous polydopamine interface for stable and dendrite-free zinc metal batteries

J Yu, C Chen, F Shi, R Li, F Chen, JJ Tang… - Energy Storage …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aqueous zinc ion batteries are regarded one of the most promising next generation battery
technologies for safe and low-cost energy storage applications. However, the inevitable …

Integrating antioxidant functionality into polymer materials: fundamentals, strategies, and applications

J Brito, H Hlushko, A Abbott, A Aliakseyeu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
While antioxidants are widely known as natural components of healthy food and drinks or as
additives to commercial polymer materials to prevent their degradation, recent years have …

Recent advances in a polydopamine-mediated antimicrobial adhesion system

I Singh, G Dhawan, S Gupta, P Kumar - Frontiers in microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The drug resistance developed by bacteria during antibiotic treatment has been a call to
action for researchers and scientists across the globe, as bacteria and fungi develop ever …

Polydopamine biomaterials for skin regeneration

MK Yazdi, M Zare, A Khodadadi, F Seidi… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Designing biomaterials capable of biomimicking wound healing and skin regeneration has
been receiving increasing attention recently. Some biopolymers behave similarly to the …

Chemical Reactivities of ortho-Quinones Produced in Living Organisms: Fate of Quinonoid Products Formed by Tyrosinase and Phenoloxidase Action on Phenols …

S Ito, M Sugumaran, K Wakamatsu - International Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tyrosinase catalyzes the oxidation of phenols and catechols (o-diphenols) to o-quinones.
The reactivities of o-quinones thus generated are responsible for oxidative browning of plant …

Oxidative stress: a suitable therapeutic target for optic nerve diseases?

F Buonfiglio, EW Böhm, N Pfeiffer, A Gericke - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Optic nerve disorders encompass a wide spectrum of conditions characterized by the loss of
retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and subsequent degeneration of the optic nerve. The etiology …

pH-responsive electrospun nanofibers and their applications

J Schoeller, F Itel, K Wuertz-Kozak, G Fortunato… - Polymer …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Electrospun nanofibrous membranes offer superior properties over other polymeric
membranes not only due to their high membrane porosity but also due to their high surface …