Photosensitized and Photothermal Stimulation of Cellular Membranes by Organic Thin Films and Nanoparticles

Autor: Paul L. C. Feyen, Bruno F. E. Matarèse, Laura Urbano, Thais F. Abelha, Hassan Rahmoune, Mark Green, Lea A. Dailey, John C. de Mello, Fabio Benfenati

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Vol 10 (2022)

Conjugated polymers are increasingly exploited for biomedical applications. In this work, we explored the optical characteristics of conjugated polymers of variable chemical structures at multiple levels relevant to biological interfacing, from fluor

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Drug reformulation for a neglected disease. The NANOHAT project to develop a safer more effective sleeping sickness drug.

Autor: Lisa Sanderson, Marcelo da Silva, Gayathri N Sekhar, Rachel C Brown, Hollie Burrell-Saward, Mehmet Fidanboylu, Bo Liu, Lea Ann Dailey, Cécile A Dreiss, Chris Lorenz, Mark Christie, Shanta J Persaud, Vanessa Yardley, Simon L Croft, Margarita Valero, Sarah A Thomas

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 4, p e0009276 (2021)

BackgroundHuman African trypanosomiasis (HAT or sleeping sickness) is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei sspp. The disease has two stages, a haemolymphatic stage after the bite of an infected tsetse fly, followed by a central nervous system st

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A novel online method for the detection, analysis, and classification of airborne microplastics

Autor: Nicholas Beres, Julia Burkart, Elias Graf, Yanick Zeder, Erny Niederberger, Lea Ann Dailey, Bernadett Weinzierl

The continued increase in global plastic production and poor waste management ensures that plastic pollution is a serious environmental concern for years to come. Because of their size, shape, and relatively low density, primary or secondary plastic

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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-12884

Small Polystyrene Microplastics Interfere with the Breakdown of Milk Proteins During Static in Vitro Simulated Human Gastric Digestion

Autor: Maria Krishna de Guzman, Dragana Stanic-Vucinic, Nikola Gligorijevic, Lukas Wimmer, Manvel Gasparyan, Tamara Lujic, Tamara Vasovic, Lea Ann Dailey, Sam Van Haute, Tanja Cirkovic Velickovic

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https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4455296

Biocompatible magnetic conjugated polymer nanoparticles for optical and lifetime imaging applications in the first biological window

Autor: Struan Bourke, Federico Donà, Yurema Teijeiro Gonzalez, Basma Qazi Chaudhry, Maryna Panamarova, Eirinn Mackay, Peter S. Zammit, Lea Ann Dailey, Ulrike S. Eggert, Klaus Suhling, Mark A. Green

Publikováno v: Bourke, S, Dona, F, Teijeiro Gonzalez, Y, Qazi Chaudhry, B, Panamarova, M, Mackay, E, Zammit, P S, Dailey, L A, Eggert, U S, Suhling, K & Green, M A 2022, ' Biocompatible magnetic conjugated polymer nanoparticles for optical and lifetime imaging applications in the first biological window ', ACS Applied Polymer Materials, vol. 4, no. 11, pp. 8193–8202 . https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.2c01153

Conjugated polymers are organic semiconductors that can be used for fluorescence microscopy of living specimens. Here, we report the encapsulation of the bright-red-emitting conjugated polymer, poly[{9,9-dihexyl-2,7-bis(1-cyanovinylene)fluorenylene}-

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https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/files/188038183/Biocompatible_Magnetic_Conjugated_Polymer_BOURKE_Publishedonline12October2022_GOLD_VoR_CC_BY_.pdf