Search Results - "Hickey, Robert"
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Solvent-Responsive and Reversible Structural Coloration in Nanostructured Block Polymer Films
Published in Macromolecules (28-07-2020)“…Structural coloration, the vibrant colors in many biological systems, results from periodically ordered nanostructures, giving rise to a photonic band gap in…”
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Nanostructured block copolymer muscles
Published in Nature nanotechnology (01-07-2022)“…High-performance actuating materials are necessary for advances in robotics, prosthetics and smart clothing. Here we report a class of fibre actuators that…”
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Surface-Initiated Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization: A Method for Synthesizing Polymer-Functionalized Nanoparticles Exhibiting Semicrystalline Properties and Diverse Macromolecular Architectures
Published in Macromolecules (13-10-2020)“…Polymer-grafted nanoparticles are effective for designing hybrid materials with optimal component dispersion and enhanced material properties. The olefin…”
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Controlling the Self-Assembly Structure of Magnetic Nanoparticles and Amphiphilic Block-Copolymers: From Micelles to Vesicles
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (09-02-2011)“…We report how to control the self-assembly of magnetic nanoparticles and a prototypical amphiphilic block-copolymer composed of poly(acrylic acid) and…”
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Conformational Asymmetry and Quasicrystal Approximants in Linear Diblock Copolymers
Published in Physical review letters (16-05-2017)“…Small angle x-ray scattering experiments on three model low molar mass diblock copolymer systems containing minority polylactide and majority hydrocarbon…”
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Artificial water channels enable fast and selective water permeation through water-wire networks
Published in Nature nanotechnology (01-01-2020)“…Artificial water channels are synthetic molecules that aim to mimic the structural and functional features of biological water channels (aquaporins). Here we…”
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Nanoparticle-Induced Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers into Nanoporous Films at the Air–Water Interface
Published in ACS nano (22-09-2020)“…Herein, we report the cooperative self-assembly of nanoparticles and block copolymers at the air–water interface, which can generate highly uniform and readily…”
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Part 12: Pediatric Advanced Life Support: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
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Rapid Stabilization of Immiscible Fluids using Nanostructured Interfaces via Surfactant Association
Published in Physical review letters (03-05-2019)“…Surfactant molecules have been extensively used as emulsifying agents to stabilize immiscible fluids. Droplet stability has been shown to be increased when…”
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History of Somatization Is Associated with Prolonged Recovery from Concussion
Published in The Journal of pediatrics (01-07-2016)“…Objective To determine the association between a history of somatization and prolonged concussion symptoms, including sex differences in recovery. Study design…”
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Achieving high permeability and enhanced selectivity for Angstrom-scale separations using artificial water channel membranes
Published in Nature communications (12-06-2018)“…Synthetic polymer membranes, critical to diverse energy-efficient separations, are subject to permeability-selectivity trade-offs that decrease their overall…”
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Rapid fabrication of precise high-throughput filters from membrane protein nanosheets
Published in Nature materials (01-03-2020)“…Biological membranes are ideal for separations as they provide high permeability while maintaining high solute selectivity due to the presence of specialized…”
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Solvent-non-solvent rapid-injection for preparing nanostructured materials from micelles to hydrogels
Published in Nature communications (26-08-2019)“…Due to their distinctive molecular architecture, ABA triblock copolymers will undergo specific self-assembly processes into various nanostructures upon…”
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Deciphering the Complex Phase Behavior during Polymerization-Induced Nanostructural Transitions of a Block Polymer/Monomer Blend
Published in Macromolecules (11-02-2020)“…The simultaneous use of nonequilibrium reaction processing and complex macromolecular architecture is an exciting way to achieve nanostructures that are not…”
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Size-Controlled Self-Assembly of Superparamagnetic Polymersomes
Published in ACS nano (28-01-2014)“…We report the size-controlled self-assembly of polymersomes through the cooperative self-assembly of nanoparticles and amphiphilic polymers. Polymersomes…”
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Zwitterions Raise the Dielectric Constant of Soft Materials
Published in Physical review letters (24-11-2021)“…Materials exhibiting high dielectric constants (ϵ_{s}) are critical for energy storage and actuators. A successful approach to increase ϵ_{s} is to incorporate…”
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A novel berbamine derivative inhibits cell viability and induces apoptosis in cancer stem-like cells of human glioblastoma, via up-regulation of miRNA-4284 and JNK/AP-1 signaling
Published in PloS one (01-04-2014)“…Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary brain tumor, accounting for approximately 40% of all central nervous system malignancies. Despite standard…”
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Investigating Nanoparticle Organization in Polymer Matrices during Reaction-Induced Phase Transitions and Material Processing
Published in ACS applied materials & interfaces (08-09-2021)“…Controlling nanoparticle organization in polymer matrices has been and is still a long-standing issue and directly impacts the performance of the materials. In…”
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Lithium Salt-Induced Microstructure and Ordering in Diblock Copolymer/Homopolymer Blends
Published in Macromolecules (12-07-2016)“…This work details the phase behavior of a pseudoternary polymer blend system containing poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and polystyrene (PS) homopolymers, a PS–PEO…”
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Structure–Conductivity Relationships in Ordered and Disordered Salt-Doped Diblock Copolymer/Homopolymer Blends
Published in Macromolecules (27-09-2016)“…We examine the relationship between structure and ionic conductivity in salt-containing ternary polymer blends that exhibit various microstructured…”
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