X-ray reflectivity is a powerful method allowing to determine a structure of thin layers on solid supports. However, it has a limited application for studying organic films at the solid-liquid interfaces due to the low contrast in the electron density. The mentioned limitation can be effectively overcame by the decoration of the organic layers...
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2015 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: March 27, 2023
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2017 (v1)Publication
In this work, novel chitosan based microparticles were developed by the layer-by-layer deposition of poly(lactic acid) stereocomplex films on their surface in the view of controlling the release of encapsulated hydrophilic drugs. As first step, the quartz crystal microbalance technique was used to monitor the step-by-step deposition of the...
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2016 (v1)Publication
The enantiomers poly(D-lactic acid) (PDLA) and poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) were alternately adsorbed directly on calcium carbonate (CaCO3) templates and on poly(styrene sulfonate) (PSS) and poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) multilayer precursors in order to fabricate a novel layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly. A single layer of poly(L-lysine)...
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2016 (v1)Publication
The delivery and controlled release of drugs in the human body is one of the main research fields of nanotechnology applied to medicine. An ideal drug carrier should be able to deliver drug molecules to the site of action and to interact specifically with target cells. In this perspective, different organic and inorganic nanosystems have been...
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2014 (v1)Publication
ollagens are among the most widely present and important proteins composing the human total body, providing strength and structural stability to various tissues, from skin to bone. In this paper, we report an innovative approach to bioactivate planar surfaces with oriented collagen molecules to promote cells proliferation and alignment. The...
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2015 (v1)Publication
A reactive oxygen species-mediated targeting system has been used to selectively kill cancer cells. Two different cell lines, normal and cancer cells, have been cultured and treated with a peroxide olive oil (K600) in simple solution and in form of nanoemulsion (N-K600). Preliminary results of both treatments have been compared.
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2014 (v1)Publication
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2016 (v1)Publication
Nano-engineered polyelectrolyte capsules (NPCs) were investigated using a multimodal approach based on Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy, scattering-type Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy. Our experiment demonstrates that correlating optical information collected with far-field and near-field techniques to...
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2014 (v1)Publication
Cell-sized polyelectrolyte capsules functionalized with a redox-driven proton pump protein were assembled for the first time. The interaction of polyelectrolyte microcapsules, fabricated by electrostatic layer-by-layer assembly, with cytochrome c oxidase molecules was investigated. We found that the cytochrome c oxidase retained its...
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