Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly of chitosan-graft-phenyl (CHI-g-Ph) and poly(aspartic-graft-octadecyl) chain (PASP-g-OD) with multiple interactions, i.e. electrostatic interaction and hydrophobic interaction, was studied and the growth rate of multilayered films was found to be strongly dependent on the concentration of NaCl in the aqueous solution. LbL assembly of phenyl chitosan-graft-cyclodext...

This study describes the fabrication of two types of multilayered films onto titanium by layer-by-layer (LBL) self-assembly, using poly-L-lysine (PLL) as the cationic polyelectrolyte and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) as the anionic polyelectrolyte. The assembling process of each component was studied using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and quartz crystal balance (QCM). Zeta potential of the LBL-c...

This work addresses the need for a fully-retarded theoretical model for surface plasmons on metal nanoparticle chains and arrays embedded in a multilayered medium. The proposed method uses dyadic layered medium Green's functions not only to obtain the electric field created by an oscillating electric dipole but also to modify the polarizability of nanoparticles in a multilayered medium appropri...

Ferroelectric BaTiO3/SrTiO3 with optimized c-axis-oriented multilayered thin films were epitaxially fabricated on (001) MgO substrates. The microstructural studies indicate that the in-plane interface relationships between the films as well as the substrate are determined to be (001)SrTiO3//(001)BaTiO3//(001)MgO and [100]SrTiO3//[100]BaTiO3//[100]MgO. The microwave (5 to 18 GHz) dielectric meas...

A multilayered epithelium is made up of individual cells that are stratified in an orderly fashion, layer by layer. In such tissues, individual cells can adopt a wide range of shapes ranging from columnar to squamous. From histological images, we observe that, in flat epithelia such as the skin, the cells in the top layer are squamous while those in the middle and bottom layers are columnar, wh...

Gas Phase Deposition In article number 2300448, Heiko O. Jacobs and co-workers propose gas phase route towards localised deposition of Pt/Al reactive layers. Nanoparticulate multilayers when ignited, undergoes self-propagating exothermic reaction forming bimetallic alloys with cubic structure as demonstrated in the cover image. Heat release locally melts multilayered nanomaterial to form surfac...

Multilayered approach is a significant trend in the field of mobility management. At the same time, home networking receives a growing interest in both research and industrial circles. This papers investigates the possible roles and advantages of applying the proposals of multilayered mobility management to home networking environments.

Bacterial spores are encased in a multilayered proteinaceous shell known as the coat. In Bacillus subtilis, over 50 proteins are involved in spore coat assembly but the locations of these proteins in the spore coat are poorly understood. Here, we describe methods to estimate the positions of protein fusions to fluorescent proteins in the spore coat by using fluorescence microscopy. Our investig...

The present paper reports a detailed study on heat and moisture vapour transmission characteristics of different types of multilayered fabric ensembles. Two sets of multilayered fabrics have been prepared. In first set, two types of carded web produced from acrylic and polyester fibres with five different areal densities in each fibre type have been used as middle layer. In second set, differen...

There are still many challenges to acquire the optimal integration of biomedical materials with the surrounding tissues. Gene coatings on the surface of biomaterials may offer an effective approach to solve the problem. In order to investigate the gene multilayers mediated differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), gene functionalized films of hyaluronic acid (HA) and lipid-DNA complex (...