Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 38
Universal cures for idiosyncratic illnesses: a genealogy of therapeutic reasoning in the mental health field
(SAGE Publications, 2014-08)
Over the past decades, there has been a significant increase in prescriptions of psychotropic drugs for mental disorders. So far, most of the explanations of the phenomenon have focused on the process of medicalization, ...
Lubrication and wear protection of micro-structured hydrogels using bioinspired fluids
(American Chemical Society, 2018-11-21)
We report the fabrication and the use of a bioinspired synovial fluid acting as a lubricant fluid
and anti-wear agent at soft and porous chitosan hydrogel tribopairs. This synthetic synovial
fluid is composed of sodium ...
Unified scaling of the structure and loading of nanoparticles formed via diffusion-limited coalescence
(American Chemical Society, 2018-04-30)
The present study establishes the scaling laws describing the structure of spherical nanoparticles formed by diffusion-limited coalescence. We produced drug-loaded nanoparticles from a poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(d,l-lactic ...
Biomimetic bottle-brush polymer coatings for fabrication of ultra-low fouling surfaces
(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 ...
Bile acid-based drug delivery systems for enhanced doxorubicin encapsulation: Comparing hydrophobic and ionic interactions in drug loading and release
(American Chemical Society, 2018-01-29)
Doxorubicin (Dox) is a drug of choice in the design of drug delivery systems directed towards breast cancers, but is often limited by loading and control over its release from polymer micelles. Bile acid-based block ...
Non-covalent formulation of active principles with dendrimers: current state-of-the-art and prospects for further development
(Elsevier, 2017-09-06)
During the last three decades, dendrimers, nano-sized highly-branched fractal-like symmetrical macromolecules, have been intensively studied as promising candidates for application as drug-delivery carriers. Among other ...
Interaction forces between pegylated star-shaped polymers at mica surfaces
(American Chemical Society, 2017-08-03)
We present a study focused on characterizing the interaction forces between mica surfaces across solutions containing star-shaped polymers with cationic ends. Using the Surface Forces Apparatus, we show that the interaction ...
Effect of surface chemistry of polymeric nanoparticles on cutaneous penetration of cholecalciferol
(Elsevier, 2018-10-11)
We investigated the influence of nanoparticle (NP) surface composition on different aspects of skin delivery of a lipophilic drug: chemical stability, release and skin penetration. Cholecalciferol was chosen as a labile ...
Quantification of peptides in human synovial fluid using liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry
(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 ...
Hydration forces at solid and fluid biointerfaces
(American Vacuum Society, 2016-01)
We review the different molecular mechanisms giving rise to the repulsive hydration force between biologically relevant surfaces such as lipid bilayers and bio-ceramics. As we will show, the hydration force manifests ...