Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly is a versatile platform for applying coatings and studying the properties of promising compounds antifouling applications. Here, alginate-based LbL were fabricated by alternating deposition alginic acid chitosan or polyethylenimine to form multilayer coatings. Films prepared with either odd even bilayer numbers investigate if termination affects physicochemical pro...

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1 1 2 Short Communication: 3 Confocal microscopy-based goniometry of barnacle cyprid permanent adhesive 4 5 Nick Aldred, Neeraj V. Gohad, Luigi Petrone, Beatriz Orihuela, Bo Liedberg, Thomas Ederth, 6 Andrew Mount, Dan Rittschof and Anthony S. Clare. 7 8 School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University, NE1 7RU, UK. 9 Okeanos Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, 132 L...

Texture analysis with X-ray diffraction data is the analysis of the orientation distribution by volume and asks for a measure of the volume portion ∆V/V of a polycrystalline specimen of total volume V carrying crystal grains with orientations within a range (volume element) ∆G ⊂ G of the subgroup G of all feasible orientations G ⊂ SO(3). Assuming that the measure possesses a probability density...

The purpose of this study was to examine the intra- and interrater reliability of measuring shoulder range of motion (ROM) and strength among patients diagnosed with subacromial impingement syndrome (SAIS). Twenty-five patients (14 female patients; mean age, 60.4± 7.84 years) diagnosed with SAIS were assessed to determine the intrarater reliability for glenohumeral ROM. Twenty-five patients (16...

This paper reports the disassembly of layer-by-layer (LbL) films of plasmid DNA and a reducible cationic polypeptide. To utilize a reducing microenvironment of cellular plasma membrane as a potential trigger, LbL films are assembled to contain both DNA and the TAT-based polypeptide (PTAT) with reducible disulfide bonds in the backbone. The assembly and disassembly processes are monitored by gon...

Hyaluronic acid (HA), in linear or cross-linked form, is a common component of cosmetics, personal care products, combination medical products, and medical devices. In all cases, the ability of the HA solution or gel to wet surfaces and/or disrupt and lubricate interfaces is a limiting feature of its mechanism of action. We synthesized ferric ion-cross-linked networks of HA based on an adhesion...

A series of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on gold were generated by the adsorption of n-alkyl xanthic acids (NAXAs) having the general formula CH3(CH2)nOCS2H (n = 12-15). The structural features of these SAMs were characterized by optical ellipsometry, contact angle goniometry, polarization modulation infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (PM-IRRAS), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscop...