8 results match your criteria: "Institute for the Engineering and Design of Materials[Affiliation]"
Carbohydr Polym
May 2017
Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria; Institute for the Engineering and Design of Materials, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia; Institute for Paper, Pulp and Fiber Technology, Inffeldgasse 23(A), 8010 Graz, Austria. Electronic address:
The synthesis and characterization of bismuth sulfide-cellulose nanocomposite thin films was explored. The films were prepared using organosoluble precursors, namely bismuth xanthates for BiS and trimethylsilyl cellulose (TMSC) for cellulose. Solutions of these precursors were spin coated onto solid substrates yielding homogeneous precursor films.
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November 2015
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Mixtures of natural and biodegradable surfactants and ionic polysaccharides have attracted considerable research interest in recent years because they prosper as antimicrobial materials for medical applications. In the present work, interactions between the lysine-derived biocompatible cationic surfactant N(ε)-myristoyl-lysine methyl ester, abbreviated as MKM, and the sodium salt of hyaluronic acid (NaHA) are investigated in aqueous media by potentiometric titrations using the surfactant-sensitive electrode and pyrene-based fluorescence spectroscopy. The critical micelle concentration in pure surfactant solutions and the critical association concentration in the presence of NaHA are determined based on their dependence on the added electrolyte (NaCl) concentration.
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March 2015
Institute for Chemistry, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Simultaneous antibacterial and anticoagulant surfaces have been prepared by immobilization of engineered gold nanoparticles onto different kinds of surfaces. The gold nanoparticle core is surrounded by a hemocompatible, anticoagulant polysaccharide, 6-O chitosan sulfate, which serves as reduction and stabilizing agent for the generation of gold nanoparticles in a microwave mediated reaction. The particle suspension shows anticoagulant activity, which is investigated by aPTT and PT testing on citrated blood samples of three patients suffering from congenital or acquired bleeding disorders.
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February 2015
Graz University of Technology, Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria; University of Maribor, Institute for the Engineering and Design of Materials, Smetanova Ulica 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia. Electronic address:
A simple and highly reproducible synthesis of amorphous bismuth nanoparticles incorporated into a polysaccharide matrix using a photoreduction process is presented. As precursor for the generation of the Bi nanoparticles, organosoluble triphenylbismuth is used. The precursor is dissolved in toluene and mixed with a hydrophobic organosoluble polysaccharide, namely trimethylsilyl cellulose (TMSC) with high DSSi.
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February 2015
Institute of Chemistry, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Heinrichstraße 28, 8010 Graz, Austria.
In this investigation, partially deacetylated cellulose acetate (DCA) thin films were prepared and modified with hydrophilic polysaccharides with the layer-by-layer (LbL) technique. As polysaccharides, chitosan (CHI) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) were used. DCA thin films were manufactured by exposing spin coated cellulose acetate to potassium hydroxide solutions for various times.
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November 2014
Institute for Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, 8010 Graz, Austria.
In this study, the interaction of fluorescein isothiocyanate functionalized bovine serum albumin (FITC-BSA) with cellulose surfaces decorated with trimethyl chitosan (TMC) is investigated. Two types of TMC, one exhibiting a lower and one with a higher degree of cationization are used for protein adsorption. The adsorption is carried out at different pH values and concentrations of the protein solution.
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October 2014
Institute for the Engineering and Design of Materials, University of Maribor, Smetanova Ulica 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.
Microstructured thin films based on cellulose, the most abundant biopolymer on Earth, have been obtained by UV-irradiation of acid-labile trimethylsilyl cellulose thin films in the presence of N-hydroxynaphtalimide triflate as photoacid generator. We demonstrate that this photoregeneration process can be exploited for the manufacture of cellulose patterns having feature sizes down to 1 μm, with potential applications in life sciences.
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December 2013
University of Maribor, Institute for the Engineering and Design of Materials, Smetanova Ulica 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.
The use of cationic biopolymer surfaces for high protein binding affinity matrices is described. As model proteins, fluorescently labeled bovine serum albumins (FITC-BSA, TRITC-BSA) have been employed. The amount of proteins on such cationically rendered surfaces was quantified by QCM-D.
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