Fabrication of metal/polymer layer structure composites by demulsification-induced fast solidification

Photo-Induced Demulsification

Demulsification is an aggressive phase-separation phenomenon of stable emulsions. Several studies have examined demulsification by chemical reactions using external stimuli, such as temperature variation, pH variation, and light irradiation. This study focused on the interfacial and emulsification properties of light-responsive surfactants because the use of light as an external stimulus is rel...

Fabrication of monodisperse toroidal particles by polymer solidification in microfluidics.

Microdoughnuts: Polymer toroidal particles such as the one shown in the left picture have been prepared by a capillary microfluidic technique. Droplets of polymer solution undergo non-uniform solidification to form the anisotropic polymer particles. By incorporating functional materials inside the polymer network, functional toroidal particles (center and right images) can be tailor-made for sp...

Spray Fabrication of Layer-by-Layer Antimicrobial N-Halamine Coatings

DEDICATION To my parents, thank you for always encouraging me to explore the world. v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would to thank my advisor, Julie M. Goddard, for her guidance and support throughout my degree. Thanks are also due to the entire Bioengineering group, especially Luis Bastarrachea for his mentorship and advice. I would also like to extend my gratitude to my committee members, Amanda Kinchla...

Template Assisted Layer-by-layer Fabrication of Protein Nanotubes

Fabrication of Poly(ε-Caprolactone), Hydrophilic and β-Tricalcium Phosphate Layer- by -Layer Nanofibrous Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering

In this study, using biodegradable polymers, nanofiberouse scaffolds were fabricated from the layer-by-layer electrospinning method, including two layer that poly (ε-caprolactone), polyvinylpyrrolidone deposited at first layer and poly (ε-caprolactone), polyvinyl alcohol , β-tricalcium phosphate at latter. After prepration of scaffolds, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), swelling, porosity, me...