• Intermolecular interactions between Bottlebrush Polymers boost the protection of surfaces against frictional wear 

    Faivre, Jimmy; Shrestha, Buddha R.; Xie, Guojun; Olszewski, Mateusz; Adibnia, Vahid; Moldovan, Florina; Montembault, Alexandra; Sudre, Guillaume; Delair, Thierry; David, Laurent; Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof; Banquy, Xavier (ACS Publications, 2018-05-30)
    Polymers exhibiting the bottlebrush (BB) architecture have excellent lubricating properties. However, to motivate their use in real life systems, they must also protect surfaces against frictional damage. In this article, we synthesized a library of ...
  • Quantification of peptides in human synovial fluid using liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry 

    García Ac, Araceli; Duy, Sung Vo; Sauvé, Sébastien; Moldovan, Florina; Roullin, Valérie Gaëlle (Elsevier, 2018-04-06)
    A method to explore the stability of two anti-inflammatory peptides in human synovial fluid (HSF) has been developed and validated using liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The two peptides are BQ123 Cyclo(-D-Trp-D-A ...
  • Wear protection without surface modification using a synergistic mixture of molecular brushes and linear polymers 

    Faivre, Jimmy; Shrestha, Buddha R.; Burdynska, Joanna; Xie, Guojun; Moldovan, Florina; Delair, Thierry; Benayoun, Stéphane; David, Laurent; Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof; Banquy, Xavier (American Chemical Society, 2017-01-10)
    We describe the design of lubricating and wear protecting fluids based on mixtures of bottlebrushes (BB) and linear polymers solutions. To illustrate this concept we used hyaluronic acid (HA) - a naturally occurring linear polyelectrolyte, and a water ...