Molecular interactions driving the layer-by-layer assembly of multilayers

J Borges, JF Mano - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Over the last few decades there has been a huge interest in nanostructured functional
materials and assembly techniques for preparing functional molecular assemblies with …

Bioapplications for molecularly imprinted polymers

R Schirhagl - Analytical chemistry, 2014 - ACS Publications
Molecules or coatings with high selectivities, as antibodies or enzymes, are of great
importance in chemistry, diagnostics, 1, 2 and biology. 3 However, these natural receptors …

Multiple functionalities of polyelectrolyte multilayer films: new biomedical applications

T Boudou, T Crouzier, K Ren, G Blin… - Advanced …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The design of advanced functional materials with nanometer‐and micrometer‐scale control
over their properties is of considerable interest for both fundamental and applied studies …

Studying soft interfaces with shear waves: Principles and applications of the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM)

D Johannsmann, A Langhoff, C Leppin - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The response of the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM, also: QCM-D for “QCM with
Dissipation monitoring”) to loading with a diverse set of samples is reviewed in a consistent …

Chitosan in nanostructured thin films

FJ Pavinatto, L Caseli, ON Oliveira Jr - Biomacromolecules, 2010 - ACS Publications
This review paper brings an overview of the use of chitosans in nanostructured films
produced with the Langmuir− Blodgett (LB) or the electrostatic layer-by-layer (LbL) …

Salt-induced changes in the growth of polyelectrolyte layers of poly (diallyl-dimethylammonium chloride) and poly (4-styrene sulfonate of sodium)

E Guzmán, H Ritacco, JEF Rubio, RG Rubio, F Ortega - Soft Matter, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Multilayers formed by the sodium salt of poly (4-styrene sulfonate), PSS, and poly (
diallyldimethylammonium) chloride, PDADMAC, have been built by electrostatic self …

Polysaccharide-based polyelectrolyte multilayers

T Crouzier, T Boudou, C Picart - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface …, 2010 - Elsevier
In recent years, the layer-by-layer technique has grown in various fields. One of the
emerging trends of bio-applications is the use of polysaccharides as main film components …

Sauerbrey and anti-Sauerbrey behavioral studies in QCM sensors—Detection of bioanalytes

U Latif, S Can, O Hayden, P Grillberger… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2013 - Elsevier
Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensors have been designed for a number of analytes ie
from proteins to cells and pollen by combining these gravimetric detectors with different …

pH-induced changes in the fabrication of multilayers of poly (acrylic acid) and chitosan: fabrication, properties, and tests as a drug storage and delivery system

E Guzmán, JA Cavallo, R Chuliá-Jordán, C Gómez… - Langmuir, 2011 - ACS Publications
Multilayers of poly (acrylic acid), PAA, and chitosan, CHI, have been built by the layer-by-
layer (LbL) method from aqueous solutions at different pH values and analyzed by the …

Specific anion effect in swelling of polyelectrolyte multilayers

M Salomäki, J Kankare - Macromolecules, 2008 - ACS Publications
The well-known strong polyelectrolytes poly (diallyldimethylammonium) cation (PDADMA)
and poly (4-styrenesulfonate) anion (PSS) form multilayers (PEMs) where formally the small …