Browsing by Author "Puiggalí Bellalta, Jordi"
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A Color indicator based on 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) and a biodegradable poly(ester amide) for detecting bacterial contamination
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-06-18)
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Open AccessBacterial contamination is a hazard in many industries, including food, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare. The availability of a rapid and simple method for detecting this type of contamination in sterile areas enables ... -
A multi-step template-assisted approach for the formation of conducting polymer nanotubes onto conducting polymer films
(2016-04-25)
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Open AccessAfter exhibiting the important limitations of the template-assisted approach when electropolymerization on simple stainless steel electrodes and electrospinning of insulating polymeric templates are combined, hollow ... -
A pH-triggered polymer degradation or drug delivery system by light-mediated Cis/Trans isomerization of o-hydroxy cinnamates
(2021-01-01)
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Open AccessA new methodology for the pH-triggered degradation of polymers or for therelease of drugs under visible light irradiation based on the cyclization ofortho-hydroxy-cinnamates (oHC) to coumarins is described. The keyoHCstructural ... -
A simple treatment for the irreversible optimization of the electrical conductivity of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)
(2017-04)
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Open AccessCompact and porous films of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT), which were prepared in aqueous and acetonitrile solutions, have been submitted to a simple thermal treatment that provokes irreversible changes in the ... -
Aliphatic polyamides (nylons): Interplay between hydrogen bonds and crystalline structures, polymorphic transitions and crystallization
(Wiley, 2021-08-13)
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Open AccessAliphatic polyamides (nylons) constitute a family of polymers with outstanding properties and multiple applications. Despite the intensive research studies carried out with nylons, there are still multiple unsolved questions ... -
Aliphatic polyester and Poly(ester amide) Clay nanocomposites by In-situ Polymerization
(Wiley-VCH Verlag ¬ Co. KGaA, 2011)
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Amino acid-based poly(ester amide) nanofibers for tailored enzymatic degradation prepared by miniemulsion-electrospinning
(2015-01-01)
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Open AccessNovel enzyme loaded scaffolds with enzyme-responsive degradable properties for drug delivery are prepared by an original inverse-miniemulsion electrospinning method. Miniemulsions with aqueous nanodroplets containing ... -
Amorphous binary dispersions of chloramphenicol in enantiomeric pure and racemic poly-lactic acid: morphology, molecular relaxations, and controlled drug release
(2019-09-10)
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Open AccessWe study amorphous solid dispersions (ASDs) of the chloramphenicol antibiotic in two biodegradable polylactic acid polymers, namely a commercial sample of enantiomeric pure PLLA and a home-synthesized PDLLA copolymer, to ... -
Amyloid fibrils from organic solutions of an amphiphilic dipeptide
(2019-01-01)
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Open AccessNon-hydrated organic solutions of a diphenylalanine amphiphile blocked at the C-terminus with a fluorenylmethyl ester and stabilized at the N-terminus with a trifluoroacetate have been used to prepare amyloid fibrils. The ... -
Amyloid-like fibrils from a diphenylalanine capped with an aromatic fluorenyl
(2018-11-19)
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Open AccessThe self-assembly behavior of a diphenylalanine amphiphile blocked at the C-terminus with a 9-fluorenylmethyl ester and stabilized at the N-terminus with a trifluoroacetate (TFA) anion, TFA·FF-OFm, has been examined. At ... -
An experimental-computer modeling study of inorganic phosphates surface adsorption on hydroxyapatite particles
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015-01-01)
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Open AccessThe adsorption of orthophosphate, pyrophosphate, triphosphate and a trisphosphonate onto hydroxyapatite has been examined using experiments and quantum mechanical calculations. Adsorption studies with FTIR and X-ray ... -
Analysis of nitrogen fixation by a catalyst capable of transforming N2, CO2 and CH4 into amino acids under mild reactions conditions
(2020-04-25)
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Open AccessThe processes related to the fixation of nitrogen ina catalyst able to produce glycine and alanine from a N2, CO2and CH4gas mixture at mild reaction conditions have been studied by combining experimental and theoretical ... -
Anhydric maleic functionalization and polyethylene glycol grafting of lactide-co-trimethylene carbonate copolymers
(2014-09-01)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyLactide and trimethylene carbonate copolymers were successfully grafted with polyethylene glycol via previous functionalization with maleic anhydride and using N,N'-diisopropylcarbodiimide as condensing agent. Maleinization ... -
Antibacterial hydrogelsderived from poly(¿-glutamic acid) nanofibers
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2022-02-14)
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Open AccessBiocompatible hydrogels with antibacterial properties derived from ¿-polyglutamic acid (¿-PGA) were prepared from bulk and electrospun nanofibers. The antibacterial drugs loaded in these hydrogels were triclosan (TCS), ... -
Antimicrobial activity of poly(ester urea) electrospun fibers loaded with bacteriophages
(2018-06-01)
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Open AccessThe capacity to load bacteriophages into electrospun nanofibers of two representative biocompatible polymers has been evaluated, paying special attention to the possibility of preserving their antibacterial activity. ... -
Antimicrobial electrospun fibers of polyester loaded with engineered cyclic gramicidin analogues
(2017)
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Open AccessBiodegradable polyester fibers have been loaded with two engineered analogues of gramicidin soviet. In these cyclic peptide derivatives, which were designed in a previous work to stabilize the bioactive conformation while ... -
Biocompatibility and drug release behavior of scaffolds prepared by coaxial electrospinning of poly(butylene succinate) and polyethylene glycol
(2015-04-01)
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Open AccessScaffolds constituted by electrospun microfibers of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) were studied. Specifically, coaxial microfibers having different core-shell distributions and compositions ... -
Biodegradability and biocompatibility of copoly(butylene sebacate-co-terephthalate)s
(2017-01-01)
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Open AccessIn the present study poly (butylene sebacate-co-terephthalate)s having different compositions were synthesized with a high yield and a random distribution by thermal transesterification of poly (butylene sebacate) and poly ... -
Biodegradable nanofibrous scaffolds as smart delivery vehicles for amino acids
(2017)
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Open AccessThe encapsulation of amino acids (AAs) and their correct preservation before they are ingested are challenging tasks. Nonpolar (l-alanine and l-phenylalanine), polar (l-cysteine hydrochloride and l-asparagine), and charged ... -
Biodegradable Poly(Ester Amide)s: Synthesis and Applications
(Nova Publishers, 2011)
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