• Controlling Self-Assembling Peptide Hydrogel Properties through Network Topology 

  Gao, J.; Tang, C.; Elsawy, M.; Smith, A.; Miller, A.; Saiani, A. (Article)

  Self-assembling peptide-based hydrogels have encountered increasing interest in the recent years as scaffolds for 3D cell culture or for controlled drug delivery. One of the main challenges is the fine control of the ...

• Modification of β-Sheet Forming Peptide Hydrophobic Face: Effect on Self-Assembly and Gelation 

  Elsawy, M.; Smith, A.; Hodson, N.; Squires, A.; Miller, A.; Saiani, A. (Article)

  β-Sheet forming peptides have attracted significant interest for the design of hydrogels for biomedical applications. One of the main challenges is the control and understanding of the correlations between peptide molecular ...

• Anisotropic pH-Responsive Hydrogels Containing Soft or Hard Rod-Like Particles Assembled Using Low Shear 

  Milani, A.; Fielding, L.; Greensmith, P.; Adlam, D.; Freemont, A.; Hoyland, J.; Hidson, N.; Elsawy, M.; Miller, A.; Ratcliffe, L.; Mykhaylyk, O.; Armes, S.; Saunders, B. (Article)

  A simple and versatile low-shear approach for assembling hydrogels containing aligned rod-like particles (RLPs) that are birefringent and exhibit pH-triggered anisotropic swelling is developed. Anisotropic composite hydrogels ...

• Is there a Causal Relationship between Oil Prices and Tourist Arrivals? 

  Hassani, Hossein; Ghodsi, Mansi; Huang, Xu; Silva, Emmanuel (Article)

  This application note investigates the causal relationship between oil price and tourist arrivals to further explain the impact of oil price volatility on tourism related economic activities. The analysis itself considers ...

• Designing Peptide/Graphene Hybrid Hydrogels through Fine-Tuning of Molecular Interactions 

  Wychowaniec, J.; Iliut, M.; Zhou, M.; Moffat, J.; Elsawy, M.; Pinheiro, W.; Hoyland, J.; Miller, A.; Vijayaraghavan, A.; Saiani, A. (Article)

  A recent strategy that has emerged for the design of increasingly functional hydrogels is the incorporation of nanofillers in order to exploit their specific properties to either modify the performance of the hydrogel or ...

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