Search Results - "Holland, Nolan B"
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Size and Shape Characterization of Thermoreversible Micelles of Three-Armed Star Elastin-Like Polypeptides
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. B (25-07-2013)“…Three-armed star elastin-like polypeptides are shown to have the capability of self-assembling into micellar constructs at certain environmental conditions…”
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Thermoreversible Micelle Formation Using a Three-Armed Star Elastin-like Polypeptide
Published in Macromolecules (11-05-2010)“…We have designed, synthesized, and purified a novel three-armed star polymer consisting of an elastin-like polypeptide (ELP) followed by a negatively charged…”
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Thermoswitchable Nanoparticles Based on Elastin-like Polypeptides
Published in Macromolecules (25-08-2015)“…The design of biocompatible particles with defined size on the nanometer scale has proven to be a challenging task in current biomedical research. Here we…”
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Solvent Properties of Water in Aqueous Solutions of Elastin-Like Polypeptide
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (12-06-2015)“…The phase-transition temperatures of an elastin-like polypeptide (ELP) with the (GVGVP)40 sequence and solvent dipolarity/polarizability, hydrogen-bond donor…”
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Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy of Azobenzene Polymers: Switching Elasticity of Single Photochromic Macromolecules
Published in Macromolecules (25-03-2003)“…The reversible, optical switching of individual polymer molecules was observed using molecular force spectroscopy. We synthesized a polypeptide with multiple…”
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Biomimetic engineering of non-adhesive glycocalyx-like surfaces using oligosaccharide surfactant polymers
Published in Nature (London) (23-04-1998)“…The external region of a cell membrane, known as the glycocalyx, is dominated by glycosylated molecules which direct specific interactions such as cell-cell…”
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Multifunctional nanoparticles for use in theranostic applications
Published in Drug delivery and translational research (01-06-2015)“…Theranostics is a promising field that combines therapeutics and diagnostics into single multifunctional formulations. This field is driven by advancements in…”
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Self-Assembled Active Plasmonic Waveguide with a Peptide-Based Thermomechanical Switch
Published in ACS nano (27-12-2016)“…Nanoscale plasmonic waveguides composed of metallic nanoparticles are capable of guiding electromagnetic energy below the optical diffraction limit. Signal…”
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Periodic Operation of a Dynamic DNA Origami Structure Utilizing the Hydrophilic–Hydrophobic Phase‐Transition of Stimulus‐Sensitive Polypeptides
Published in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (01-11-2019)“…Dynamic DNA nanodevices are designed to perform structure‐encoded motion actuated by a variety of different physicochemical stimuli. In this context, hybrid…”
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Molecular Architecture Influences the Thermally Induced Aggregation Behavior of Elastin-like Polypeptides
Published in Biomacromolecules (14-11-2011)“…Elastin-like polypeptides are thermally responsive polymers that exhibit phase separation above a transition temperature. The effect of molecular architecture…”
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Utilizing Avidity To Improve Antifreeze Protein Activity: A Type III Antifreeze Protein Trimer Exhibits Increased Thermal Hysteresis Activity
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (03-12-2013)“…Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) are ice growth inhibitors that allow the survival of several species living at temperatures colder than the freezing point of their…”
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Conformations of Short-Chain Poly(ethylene oxide) Lipopolymers at the Air−Water Interface: A Combined Film Balance and Surface Tension Study
Published in Langmuir (23-01-2001)“…The interfacial behavior of a short-chain poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) lipopolymer, PEO (molecular weight 2000) grafted distearoylphosphatidylethanolamine…”
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Single-Molecule Optomechanical Cycle
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (10-05-2002)“…Light-powered molecular machines are conjectured to be essential constituents of future nanoscale devices. As a model for such systems, we have synthesized a…”
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Structure of Poly(ethylene oxide) Surfactant Polymers at Air−Water and Solid−Water Interfaces
Published in Macromolecules (28-08-2001)“…The surface active properties of novel poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) containing surfactant polymers were investigated at the air−water and graphite−water…”
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Conjugation of Type I Antifreeze Protein to Polyallylamine Increases Thermal Hysteresis Activity
Published in Bioconjugate chemistry (19-10-2011)“…Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) are ice binding proteins found in some plants, insects, and Antarctic fish allowing them to survive at subzero temperatures by…”
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Alkyl Group Dependence of the Surface-Induced Assembly of Nonionic Disaccharide Surfactants
Published in Langmuir (12-05-1998)“…N-Alkylmaltonamide nonionic diblock surfactants of varying hydrophobic segment lengths were synthesized, and their surface active properties on highly oriented…”
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Modified Langmuir isotherm for a two-domain adsorbate: Derivation and application to antifreeze proteins
Published in Journal of colloid and interface science (2009)“…Many organisms are exposed to subzero temperatures in nature and can survive these temperatures by the effect of antifreeze proteins (AFPs), which inhibit ice…”
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Two Domains of RD3 Antifreeze Protein Diffuse Independently
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (03-06-2008)“…Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) make up a class of structurally diverse proteins that help to protect many organisms from freezing temperatures by inhibiting ice…”
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Activity of a Two-Domain Antifreeze Protein Is Not Dependent on Linker Sequence
Published in Biophysical journal (01-01-2007)“…The reported NMR structure of RD3, a naturally occurring two-domain antifreeze protein, suggests that the two nearly identical domains are oriented to allow…”
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Individual plasma proteins detected on rough biomaterials by phase imaging AFM
Published in Journal of biomedical materials research (05-09-2000)“…In the past several years, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has provided topographic images of adsorbed plasma proteins in situ at unprecedented resolution…”
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