Browsing by Subject "nanomaterial"

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Amphiphilic single and double networks: a small-angle X-ray scattering investigation

Zhang, X. K.; Kyriakos, K.; Rikkou-Kalourkoti, Maria D.; Kitiri, E. N.; Patrickios, Costas S.; Papadakis, Christine M. (2016)

We investigated the microphase-separated morphologies of water-swollen amphiphilic single and double polymer networks using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The networks consist of (i) a first conetwork containing ...

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Carbon dioxide storage in olivine basalts: Effect of ball milling process

Rigopoulos, Ioannis; Petallidou, Klito C.; Vasiliades, Michalis A.; Delimitis, Andréas; Ioannou, Ioannis; Efstathiou, Angelos M.; Kyratsi, Theodora (2015)

The goal of this study is to propose a cost-effective method for the optimization of the ex situ carbonation of basaltic rocks. The ball milling process was applied to a sample of olivine basalt from the Troodos ophiolite ...

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Combination of theoretical and experimental approaches for the design and study of fibril-forming peptides

Tamamis, Phanourios; Kasotakis, E.; Archontis, Georgios Z.; Mitraki, A. (2014)

Self-assembling peptides that can form supramolecular structures such as fibrils, ribbons, and nanotubes are of particular interest to modern bionanotechnology and materials science. Their ability to form biocompatible ...

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Delivery of molecular and nanoscale medicine to tumors: Transport barriers and strategies

Chauhan, V. P.; Stylianopoulos, T.; Boucher, Y.; Jain, R. K. (2011)

Tumors are similar to organs, with unique physiology giving rise to an unusual set of transport barriers to drug delivery. Cancer therapy is limited by nonuniform drug delivery via blood vessels, inhomogeneous drug transport ...

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Enantioseparations in open-tubular capillary electrochromatography: Recent advances and applications

Kapnissi‐Christodoulou, Constantina P.; Nicolaou, Athina G.; Stavrou, Ioannis J. (2016)

This review highlights recent advances and applications in open-tubular capillary electrochromatography (OT-CEC) for enantioseparations during the last decade. Although extensive research has been conducted in the area of ...

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Self-assembly of an aspartate-rich sequence from the adenovirus fiber shaft: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations and experiments

Tamamis, Phanourios; Terzaki, K.; Kassinopoulos, Marios; Mastrogiannis, L.; Mossou, E.; Forsyth, V. T.; Mitchell, E. P.; Mitraki, A.; Archontis, Georgios Z. (2014)

The self-assembly of short peptides into fibrous nanostructures (such as fibrils and tubes) has recently become the subject of intense theoretical and experimental scrutiny, as such assemblies are promising candidates for ...

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Self-assembly of phenylalanine oligopeptides: Insights from experiments and simulations

Tamamis, Phanourios; Adler-Abramovich, L.; Reches, M.; Marshall, K.; Sikorski, P.; Serpell, L.; Gazit, E.; Archontis, Georgios Z. (2009)

Studies of peptide-based nanostructures provide general insights into biomolecular self-assembly and can lead material engineering toward technological applications. The diphenylalanine peptide (FF) self-assembles into ...

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Supramolecular structures in nanocomposite multilayered films

Stefanescu, E. A.; Dundigalla, A.; Ferreiro, V.; Loizou, Elena; Porcar, L.; Negulescu, I.; Garno, J.; Schmidt, G. (2006)

We investigate the multilayered structures of poly(ethylene)oxide/ montmorillonite nanocomposite films made from solution. The shear orientation of a polymer-clay network in solution combined with simultaneous solvent ...

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Trace detection of endogenous human volatile organic compounds for search, rescue and emergency applications

Agapiou, Agapios; Amann, Anton; Mochalski, Paweł; Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Thomas, Charles Lawrence Paul (2015)

Since Pauling's paper in the 1970s, interest has increased in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released from different bio-fluids, such as blood and urine. A number of VOCs reflect internal biochemical pathways occurring ...