• Biomimetic bottle-brush polymer coatings for fabrication of ultra-low fouling surfaces 

    Xia, Yinqiang; Adibnia, Vahid; Huang, Renliang; Murschel, Frederic; Faivre, Jimmy; Xie, Guojun; Olszewski, Mateusz; De Crescenzo, Gregory; Qi, Wei; He, Zhimin; Su, Rongxin; Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof; Banquy, Xavier (Wiley, 2018-11-13)
    The increasing demand for long lasting antifouling surfaces has steered the development of accessible, novel, biocompatible and environmentally-friendly materials. Inspired by lubricin (LUB), a component of mammalian synovial fluid with excellent ...
  • A multi-modal miniature surface forces apparatus (µSFA) for interfacial science measurements 

    Kristiansen, Kai; Donaldson, Stephen; Berkson, Zachariah J.; Scott, Jeffrey; Su, Rongxin; Banquy, Xavier; Dong Woog, Lee; de Aguiar, Hilton B.; McGraw, Joshua; Degen, George D.; Israelachvili, Jacob N. (American Chemical Society, 2019-07-30)
    Advances in the research of intermolecular and surface interactions result from the development of new and improved measurement techniques and combinations of existing techniques. Here, we present a new miniature version of the Surface Force Apparatus ...
  • Short-sequence superadhesive peptides with topologically en-hanced cation-π interactions 

    Chang, Heng; Adibnia, Vahid; Li, Chuanxi; Su, Rongxin; Qi, Wei; Banquy, Xavier (American Chemical Society, 2021-06-03)
    In this study, using the surface force apparatus, we report engineered peptides with short sequences of phenylalanine (F) and lysine (K) amino acids capable of forming the most efficient cation−π interactions reported for underwater adhesive systems ...
  • Synergy between zwitterionic polymers and hyaluronic acid enhances antifouling performance 

    Xia, Yinqiang; Adibnia, Vahid; Shan, Cancan; Huang, Renliang; Qi, Wei; He, Zhimin; Xie, Guojun; Olszewski, Mateusz; De Crescenzo, Gregory; Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof; Banquy, Xavier; Su, Rongxin (American Chemical Society, 2019-09-03)
    Challenges associated with nonspecific adsorption of proteins on sensor surfaces have steered the development of novel antifouling materials and strategies. Inspired by human synovial fluid composition and structure, we designed synergistic antifouling ...