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Wireless bioelectronic nanosystems for intracellular communication (2018)
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Sanjuán-Alberte, P., Abayzeed, S. A., Fuentes-Domínguez, R., Alea-Reyesd, M. E., Clark, M., Hague, R., …Rawson, F. (2018). Wireless bioelectronic nanosystems for intracellular communication

In order for the field of bioelectronics to make an impact on healthcare, there is an urgent requirement for the development of “wireless” electronic systems to both sense and actuate cell behaviour. Herein we report the first example of an innovativ... Read More about Wireless bioelectronic nanosystems for intracellular communication.

Extrusion 3D printing of paracetamol tablets from a single formulation with tunable release profiles through control of tablet geometry (2018)
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Khaled, S. A., Alexander, M. R., Irvine, D. J., Wildman, R. D., Wallace, M. J., Sharpe, S., …Roberts, C. J. (2018). Extrusion 3D printing of paracetamol tablets from a single formulation with tunable release profiles through control of tablet geometry. AAPS PharmSciTech, 19(8), 3403–3413. https://doi.org/10.1208/s12249-018-1107-z

An extrusion based 3D printer was used to fabricate paracetamol tablets with different geometries (mesh, ring, and solid) from a single paste-based formulation formed from standard pharmaceutical ingredients. The tablets demonstrate that tunable drug... Read More about Extrusion 3D printing of paracetamol tablets from a single formulation with tunable release profiles through control of tablet geometry.

High-Throughput Miniaturized Screening of Nanoparticle Formation via Inkjet Printing (2018)
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Styliari, I. D., Conte, C., Pearce, A. K., Hüsler, A., Cavanagh, R. J., Limo, M. J., …Taresco, V. (2018). High-Throughput Miniaturized Screening of Nanoparticle Formation via Inkjet Printing. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 303(8), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.201800146

The self‐assembly of specific polymers into well‐defined nanoparticles (NPs) is of great interest to the pharmaceutical industry as the resultant materials can act as drug delivery vehicles. In this work, a high‐throughput method to screen the abilit... Read More about High-Throughput Miniaturized Screening of Nanoparticle Formation via Inkjet Printing.

Improved extraction repeatability and spectral reproducibility for liquid extraction surface analysis–mass spectrometry using superhydrophobic–superhydrophilic patterning (2018)
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Meurs, J., Alexander, M. R., Levkin, P. A., Widmaier, S., Bunch, J., Barrett, D. A., & Kim, D. (in press). Improved extraction repeatability and spectral reproducibility for liquid extraction surface analysis–mass spectrometry using superhydrophobic–superhydrophilic patterning. Analytical Chemistry, 90(10), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.8b00973

A major problem limiting reproducible use of liquid extraction surface analysis (LESA) array sampling of dried surface-deposited liquid samples is the unwanted spread of extraction solvent beyond the dried sample limits, resulting in unreliable data.... Read More about Improved extraction repeatability and spectral reproducibility for liquid extraction surface analysis–mass spectrometry using superhydrophobic–superhydrophilic patterning.

Effect of surfactant on Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization of polymer microparticles and flat films (2018)
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Hüsler, A., Haas, S., Parry, L., Romero, M., Nisisako, T., Williams, P., …Alexander, M. R. (2018). Effect of surfactant on Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization of polymer microparticles and flat films. RSC Advances, 8(28), https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ra01491d

Micro- and nanoparticles are of great interest because of their potential for trafficking into the body for applications such as low-fouling coatings on medical devices, drug delivery in pharmaceutics and cell carriers in regenerative medicine strate... Read More about Effect of surfactant on Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization of polymer microparticles and flat films.

Electrochemically stimulating developments in bioelectronic medicine (2018)
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Sanjuan-Alberte, P., Alexander, M. R., Hague, R. J., & Rawson, F. J. (2018). Electrochemically stimulating developments in bioelectronic medicine. Bioelectronic Medicine, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s42234-018-0001-z

Cellular homeostasis is in part controlled by biological generated electrical activity. By interfacing biology with electronic devices this electrical activity can be modulated to actuate cellular behaviour. There are current limitations in merging e... Read More about Electrochemically stimulating developments in bioelectronic medicine.

3D extrusion printing of high drug loading immediate release paracetamol tablets (2018)
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Khaled, S. A., Alexander, M. R., Wildman, R. D., Wallace, M. J., Sharpe, S., Yoo, J., & Roberts, C. J. (2018). 3D extrusion printing of high drug loading immediate release paracetamol tablets. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 538(1-2), 223-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.01.024

The manufacture of immediate release high drug loading paracetamol oral tablets was achieved using an extrusion based 3D printer from a premixed water based paste formulation. The 3D printed tablets demonstrate that a very high drug (paracetamol) loa... Read More about 3D extrusion printing of high drug loading immediate release paracetamol tablets.

Identification of novel ‘inks’ for 3D printing using high throughput screening: bioresorbable photocurable polymers for controlled drug delivery (2018)
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Louzao, I., Koch, B., Taresco, V., Ruiz Cantu, L., Irvine, D. J., Roberts, C. J., …Alexander, M. R. (in press). Identification of novel ‘inks’ for 3D printing using high throughput screening: bioresorbable photocurable polymers for controlled drug delivery. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10(8), https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b15677

A robust discovery methodology is presented to identify novel biomaterials suitable for 3D printing. Currently the application of Additive Manufacturing is limited by the availability of functional inks, especially in the area of biomaterials-this me... Read More about Identification of novel ‘inks’ for 3D printing using high throughput screening: bioresorbable photocurable polymers for controlled drug delivery.

Prediction of Broad-Spectrum Pathogen Attachment to Coating Materials for Biomedical Devices (2018)
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Dundas, A. A., Mikulskis, P., Hook, A., Dundas, A., Irvine, D., Sanni, O., …Winkler, D. A. (2018). Prediction of Broad-Spectrum Pathogen Attachment to Coating Materials for Biomedical Devices. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10(1), 139-149. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b14197

© 2017 American Chemical Society. Bacterial infections in healthcare settings are a frequent accompaniment to both routine procedures such as catheterization and surgical site interventions. Their impact is becoming even more marked as the numbers of... Read More about Prediction of Broad-Spectrum Pathogen Attachment to Coating Materials for Biomedical Devices.