Browsing by Author "Maione, Silvana"

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    • Antimicrobial electrospun fibers of polyester loaded with engineered cyclic gramicidin analogues 

      Maione, Silvana; Valle Mendoza, Luis Javier del; Pérez Madrigal, Mª del Mar; Cativiela, Carlos; Puiggalí Bellalta, Jordi; Alemán Llansó, Carlos (2017)
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      Biodegradable 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 ...

    • Biodegradable nanofibrous scaffolds as smart delivery vehicles for amino acids 

      Maione, Silvana; Pérez Madrigal, Maria del Mar; Valle Mendoza, Luis Javier del; Díaz Andrade, Angélica María; Catiavela, Carlos; Franco García, María Lourdes; Puiggalí Bellalta, Jordi; Alemán Llansó, Carlos (2017)
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      The 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 ...

    • Effect of the graft ratio on the properties of polythiophene-g-poly(ethylene glycol) 

      Maione, Silvana; Fabregat Jové, Georgina; Valle Mendoza, Luis Javier del; Bendrea, Anca Dana; Cianga, Luminita; Cianga, Ioan; Estrany Coda, Francesc; Alemán Llansó, Carlos (2015-02-15)
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      Graft copolymers formed by anchoring poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) chains to conjugated polythiophene have been prepared by copolymerizing two compounds: unsubstituted -terthiophene (Th-3) and a thiophene-derived macromonomer ...

    • Electro-biocompatibility of conjugates designed by chemical similarity 

      Maione, Silvana; Fabregat Jové, Georgina; Valle Mendoza, Luis Javier del; Ballano Ballano, María Gema; Cativiela, Carlos; Alemán Llansó, Carlos (2014-07-01)
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      The roughness and thickness of films formed by hybrid conjugates prepared by coupling poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) and synthetic amino acids bearing a 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene group in the side chain have been ...

    • Electroactive polymer-peptide conjugates for adhesive biointerfaces 

      Maione, Silvana; Gil, Ana M.; Fabregat Jové, Georgina; Valle Mendoza, Luis Javier del; Triguero Enguídanos, Jordi; Laurent, A.; Jacquemin, Denis; Estrany Coda, Francesc; Jimenez Sanz, Ana Isabel; Zanuy Gomara, David; Cativiela, Carlos; Alemán Llansó, Carlos (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015-01-01)
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      Electroactive polymer-peptide conjugates have been synthesized by combining poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), a polythiophene derivative with outstanding properties, and an Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD)-based peptide in which Gly has ...

    • Electrospray loading and release of hydrophobic gramicidin in polyester microparticles 

      Maione, Silvana; Valle Mendoza, Luis Javier del; Pérez Madrigal, Mª del Mar; Cativiela, Carlos; Puiggalí Bellalta, Jordi; Alemán Llansó, Carlos (2016)
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      Gramicidin (GA), a very hydrophobic pentadecapeptide with important biological activities (i.e. in addition to its well-known antimicrobial and antibiotic activities, GA has been recently identified as a potent therapeutic ...

    • Polymers and peptide-polymer conjugates as bioactive platforms and carriers for the encapsulation of biomolecules 

      Maione, Silvana (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-09-14)
      Doctoral thesis
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      In the last decade, conductive polymers have received great interest in both scientific and technological levels due to the electroactive properties exhibited by these materials. For this reason, the main aim of this ...

    • Polythiophene-g-Poly(ethylene glycol) graft copolymers for electroactive scaffolds 

      Maione, Silvana (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-06)
      Master thesis
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      Graft copolymers made of all-conjugated polythiophene (PTh) backbone and well-defined poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) side chains have been prepared using different macromonomers, which differ in the number of thiophene (Th) ...

    • Polythiophene-g-poly(ethylene glycol) graft copolymers for electroactive scaffolds 

      Bendrea, Anca Dana; Fabregat Jové, Georgina; Torras Costa, Juan; Maione, Silvana; Cianga, Ioan; Valle Mendoza, Luis Javier del; Cianga, Luminita; Alemán Llansó, Carlos (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013)
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      The properties, microscopic organization and behavior as the cellular matrix of an all-conjugated polythiophene backbone (PTh) and well-de fi ned poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) grafted chains have been investigated using ...