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  1. The limit of detection of advanced immunoassays, biochips and micro/nano biodetection devices is impacted by the non-specific adsorption of target molecules at the sample surface. In this paper, we present a s...

    Authors: Amandine MC Egea, Emmanuelle Trévisiol and Christophe Vieu
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:37
  2. Polyethylenglycol (PEG) hydrogels are widely used as tuneable substrates for biological and technical applications due to their good biocompatibility and their high hydrophilicity. Here we compare the mesh siz...

    Authors: Valentin Hagel, Tamás Haraszti and Heike Boehm
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:36
  3. Topographical modifications of the surface influence several cell functions and can be exploited to modulate cellular activities such as adhesion, migration and proliferation. These complex interactions are ce...

    Authors: Davide Franco, Mirko Klingauf, Marco Cecchini, Volkmar Falk, Christoph Starck, Dimos Poulikakos and Aldo Ferrari
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:34
  4. The collective migration of cells is fundamental to epithelial biology. One of the hallmarks of collective behavior in migrating cohesive epithelial cell sheets is the emergence of so called leader cells. Thes...

    Authors: Sebastian Rausch, Tamal Das, Jérôme RD Soiné, Tobias W Hofmann, Christian HJ Boehm, Ulrich S Schwarz, Heike Boehm and Joachim P Spatz
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:32
  5. The determination of the spatially resolved calcium distribution and concentration in bone is essential for the assessment of bone quality. It enables the diagnosis and elucidation of bone diseases, the course...

    Authors: Anja Henss, Marcus Rohnke, Sven Knaack, Matthias Kleine-Boymann, Thomas Leichtweiss, Peter Schmitz, Thaqif El Khassawna, Michael Gelinsky, Christian Heiss and Jürgen Janek
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:31
  6. Surface-anchored, crystalline and oriented metal organic frameworks (SURMOFs) have huge potential for biological applications due to their well-defined and highly-porous structure. In this work we describe a M...

    Authors: Maria Pilar Arpa Sancet, Maximilian Hanke, Zhengbang Wang, Stella Bauer, Carlos Azucena, Hasan K Arslan, Marita Heinle, Hartmut Gliemann, Christof Wöll and Axel Rosenhahn
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:29
  7. Reflection interference contrast microscopy (RICM) allows the visualization of the cell’s adhesion topology on substrates. Here it is applied as a new label-free method to measure adhesion forces between tumor...

    Authors: Katharina Klein, Christina E Rommel, Vera C Hirschfeld-Warneken and Joachim P Spatz
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:28
  8. The response of fibroblast cells to periodically poled LiTaO3 ferroelectric crystals has been studied. While fibroblast cells do not show morphological differences on the two polarization directions, they show a ...

    Authors: Christof Christophis, Elisabetta Ada Cavalcanti-Adam, Maximilian Hanke, Kenji Kitamura, Alexei Gruverman, Michael Grunze, Peter A Dowben and Axel Rosenhahn
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:27
  9. The bone therapeutic drug zoledronate (ZOL) was loaded at and released by polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) particle films composed of either pure poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI) or maltose-modified poly(ethyleneimine) ...

    Authors: Bernhard Torger, David Vehlow, Birgit Urban, Samaa Salem, Dietmar Appelhans and Martin Müller
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:25
  10. An unmet need exists for the development of next-generation multifunctional nanocomposite materials for biomedical applications, particularly in the field of cardiovascular regenerative biology. Herein, we des...

    Authors: Aaron Tan, Yasmin Farhatnia, Debbie Goh, Natasha G, Achala de Mel, Jing Lim, Swee-Hin Teoh, Andrey V Malkovskiy, Reema Chawla, Jayakumar Rajadas, Brian G Cousins, Michael R Hamblin, Mohammad S Alavijeh and Alexander M Seifalian
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:23
  11. Bacterial adhesion and biofilm growth can cause severe biomaterial-related infections and failure of medical implants. To assess the antifouling properties of engineered coatings, advanced approaches are neede...

    Authors: Ima Avalos Vizcarra, Philippe Emge, Philipp Miermeister, Mamta Chabria, Rupert Konradi, Viola Vogel and Jens Möller
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:22
  12. Titanium is the most widely preferred metal material for bone reconstruction in orthopedics and dentistry. To improve its biological performance, various coatings can be applied. In this investigation, a biomi...

    Authors: Maksym Golub, Dieter Lott, Erik B Watkins, Vasyl Garamus, Berengere Luthringer, Michael Stoermer, Andreas Schreyer and Regine Willumeit
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:21
  13. By taking advantage of the electron pathway through the heme group in cytochrome c (CytoC) electrochemists have built sensors based upon CytoC immobilized onto metal electrodes. Previous studies have shown tha...

    Authors: Joe E Baio, Tobias Weidner, Dennis Ramey, Leah Pruzinsky and David G Castner
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:18
  14. Commonly used implants for therapeutic approaches of non-systemically impaired bone do not sufficiently support the healing process of osteoporotic bone. Since strontium (II) has been proven as an effective an...

    Authors: Julia Kokesch-Himmelreich, Matthias Schumacher, Marcus Rohnke, Michael Gelinsky and Jürgen Janek
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:17
  15. The ability to present signalling molecules within a low fouling 3D environment that mimics the extracellular matrix is an important goal for a range of biomedical applications, both in vitro and in vivo. Cell re...

    Authors: Thomas Ameringer, Francesca Ercole, Kelly M Tsang, Bryan R Coad, Xueliang Hou, Andrew Rodda, David R Nisbet, Helmut Thissen, Richard A Evans, Laurence Meagher and John S Forsythe
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:16
  16. The inhibition of unspecific adhesion of human white blood cells is a prerequisite for applications requiring the control of defined surface interactions. In this study, a passivation agent based on polyethyle...

    Authors: Alexander Sauter, Gunther Richter, Alexandre Micoulet, Aurora Martinez, Joachim P Spatz and Silke Appel
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:14
  17. Using density functional theory we look at the quantum mechanics of charge transport along water wires both with free ends and donor/acceptor terminated. With the intermediate geometries in the DFT iterations ...

    Authors: Markus Leopold Karahka and Hans Jürgen Kreuzer
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:13
  18. The present study reports the fabrication and characterization of a novel nanostructured phyto-bioactive coated rayon/polyester wound dressing (WD) surface refractory to Candida albicans adhesion, colonization an...

    Authors: Ion Anghel, Alina Maria Holban, Ecaterina Andronescu, Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu and Mariana Carmen Chifiriuc
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:12
  19. Different aspects of biominerals formed by apatite and DNA have been investigated using computer modeling tools. Firstly, the structure and stability of biominerals in which DNA molecules are embedded into hyd...

    Authors: Guillermo Revilla-López, Jordi Casanovas, Oscar Bertran, Pau Turon, Jordi Puiggalí and Carlos Alemán
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:10
  20. We have developed a technique for the high-resolution, self-aligning, and high-throughput patterning of antibody binding functionality on surfaces by selectively changing the reactivity of protein-coated surfa...

    Authors: Eliedonna Cacao, Tim Sherlock, Azeem Nasrullah, Steven Kemper, Jennifer Knoop, Katerina Kourentzi, Paul Ruchhoeft, Gila E Stein, Robert L Atmar and Richard C Willson
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:9
  21. Hydrotalcite (HT) and other layered double metal hydroxides are of great interest as gene delivery and timed release drug delivery systems and as enteric vehicles for biologically active molecules that are sen...

    Authors: Brian A Sanderson, Drew S Sowersby, Sergio Crosby, Marcus Goss, L Kevin Lewis and Gary W Beall
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:8
  22. Biosensors allowing for the rapid and sensitive detection of viral pathogens in environmental or clinical samples are urgently needed to prevent disease outbreaks and spreading. We present a bioanalytical assa...

    Authors: Marta Bally, Moritz Graule, Francisco Parra, Göran Larson and Fredrik Höök
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:4
  23. The extracellular matrix (ECM) environment plays a critical role in organism development and disease. Surface sensitive microscopy techniques for studying the structural and chemical properties of ECMs are oft...

    Authors: Christopher R Anderton, Frank W DelRio, Kiran Bhadriraju and Anne L Plant
    Citation: Biointerphases 2013 8:2
  24. A simple electrochemical procedure was used for the synthesis of a polythiophene containingpara-benzenesulfonyl chloride groups. The obtained polymer was shown to be very reactive and directly able to covalently ...

    Authors: R. P. Kengne-Momo, F. Lagarde, Ph. Daniel, J. F. Pilard, M. J. Durand and G. Thouand
    Citation: Biointerphases 2012 7:67
  25. Depletion of neuroproteins on the inner walls of storage tubes influences the accuracy of tests used for identification of various neurodegenerative disorders. In this paper, a strategy is described for surfac...

    Authors: T. Vrlinic, D. Debarnot, G. Legeay, A. Coudreuse, B. El Moualij, W. Zorzi, A. Perret-Liaudet, I. Quadrio, M. Mozetic and F. Poncin-Epaillard
    Citation: Biointerphases 2012 7:66
  26. Bioactive constructs to guide cellular mobilization and function have been proposed as an approach for a new generation of biomaterials in functional tissue engineering. Adult mesenchymal stem cells have been ...

    Authors: C. A. Custódio, A. M. Frias, A. del Campo, R. L. Reis and J. F. Mano
    Citation: Biointerphases 2012 7:65
  27. The functionalization of chitosan with carboxymethyl groups allows zwitterionic or anionic chitosan derivatives to be obtained as a function of the degree of substitution. Here, we show that polyelectrolyte mu...

    Authors: Maria A. Witt, Francine Valenga, Rebecca Blell, Marta E. R. Dotto, Ivan H. Bechtold, Olivier Felix, Alfredo T. N. Pires and Gero Decher
    Citation: Biointerphases 2012 7:64
  28. Inspired by the composition of the native extracellular matrix, biomimetic polyelectrolyte multilayers were assembled from polypeptides and the glycosaminoglycan chondroitin sulfate (CS). To investigate whethe...

    Authors: Steffi Grohmann, Holger Rothe and Klaus Liefeith
    Citation: Biointerphases 2012 7:62
  29. We introduce a new method to modify films of nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) to produce non-porous, water-resistant substrates for diagnostics. First, water resistant NFC films were prepared from mechanically ...

    Authors: Hannes Orelma, Ilari Filpponen, Leena-Sisko Johansson, Monika Österberg, Orlando J. Rojas and Janne Laine
    Citation: Biointerphases 2012 7:61
  30. Cathodic arc deposition technique was used to deposit zirconia (ZrO2) films and titania (TiO2) films on titanium (Ti) disks respectively. The surface topography was characterized by scanning electron microscopy a...

    Authors: Shailin Zhang, Junying Sun, Ying Xu, Shi Qian, Bing Wang, Fei Liu and Xuanyong Liu
    Citation: Biointerphases 2012 7:60
  31. Polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) films present a versatile surface functionalization method allowing to address many applications. These coatings suffer; however, from weak mechanical properties this problem c...

    Authors: Vincent Ball, Kadir Apaydin, Abdelghani Laachachi, Valérie Toniazzo and David Ruch
    Citation: Biointerphases 2012 7:59
  32. Low impedance at the interface between tissue and conducting electrodes is of utmost importance for the electrical recording or stimulation of heart and brain tissue. A common way to improve the cell–metal int...

    Authors: Christoph Nick, Ravi Joshi, Jörg J. Schneider and Christiane Thielemann
    Citation: Biointerphases 2012 7:58
  33. We synthesized nano-scaled periodic ripple patterns on silicon and titanium dioxide (TiO2) surfaces by xenon ion irradiation, and performed adsorption experiments with human plasma fibrinogen (HPF) on such surfac...

    Authors: Jana Sommerfeld, Jessica Richter, Raphael Niepelt, Stefanie Kosan, Thomas F. Keller, Klaus D. Jandt and Carsten Ronning
    Citation: Biointerphases 2012 7:55
  34. Exposure of films formed by the adsorption of oligo(ethylene glycol) (OEG) functionalized trichlorosilanes on glass to UV light from a frequency-doubled argon ion laser (244 nm) causes photodegradation of the ...

    Authors: Getachew Tizazu, Osama el Zubir, Samson Patole, Anna McLaren, Cvetelin Vasilev, David J. Mothersole, Ali Adawi, C. Neil Hunter, David G. Lidzey, Gabriel P. Lopez and Graham J. Leggett
    Citation: Biointerphases 2012 7:54