# overview
My research focuses on stimuli-responsive all-polymer and polymer nanocomposite assemblies for sensing, separation and biomedical applications; structure and dynamics of polyelectrolyte assemblies; materials with controllable optical, swelling and drug-release responses; remote manipulation of material shape; smart antibacterial materials;  and surface modification for controlling wettability, adhesion and adsorption.

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

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Index-guiding Liquid-core Photonic Crystal Fiber

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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0303 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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0303 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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0303 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

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0303 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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0303 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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Moscow State University - (Moscow, Russia)

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Moscow State University - (Moscow, Russia)

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Hydrogen-bonded multilayers of a neutral polymer and a polyphenol

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Temperature-induced swelling and small molecule release with hydrogen-bonded multilayers of block copolymer micelles.

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Photonic crystal fiber for layer-by-layer assembly and measurements of polyelectrolyte thin films.

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A family of linear phenolic polymers with controlled hydrophobicity, adsorption and antioxidant properties

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Diffusional Response of Layer-by-Layer Assembled Polyelectrolyte Chains to Salt Annealing

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Stabilization of calcareous subgrade soils with polyelectrolytes: mechanisms and mechanical properties

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Surface diffusion of poly(ethylene glycol)

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Effect of oxidation on surface-enhanced Raman scattering activity of silver nanoparticles: a quantitative correlation.

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Thermodynamics and Stereochemistry of Diels-Alder Polymer Networks: Role of Crosslinker Flexibility and Crosslinking Density

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Orientation and order of aqueous organic ions adsorbed to a solid surface

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Ionization and pH stability of multilayers formed by self-assembly of weak polyelectrolytes

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Static and dynamic forces between adsorbed polyelectrolyte layers (quaternized poly-4-vinylpyridine)

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Mechanical Properties of Palygorskite Clay Stabilized with Polyelectrolytes

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Poly(methacrylic acid) hydrogel films and capsules: Response to pH and ionic strength, and encapsulation of macromolecules

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Tunable pH and temperature response of weak polyelectrolyte brushes: role of hydrogen bonding and monomer hydrophobicity

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THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ARTIFICIAL ANTIGENS BASED ON SYNTHETIC POLY-ELECTROLYTES WITH IMMUNE-SYSTEM CELL - PHYSICOCHEMICAL ASPECTS

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Spatial ordering of colloids in a drying aqueous polymer droplet.

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All-Aqueous Nanoprecipitation: Spontaneous Formation of Hydrogen-Bonded Nanoparticles and Nanocapsules Mediated by Phase Separation of Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide).

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Hydrophobic Antioxidant Polymers for Corrosion Protection of an Aluminum Alloy

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Layer-by-Layer Hydrogen-Bonded Polymer Films: From Fundamentals to Applications

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Solvation and diffusion of poly(vinyl alcohol) chains in a hydrated inorganic ionic liquid.

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Amphoteric hydrogel capsules: Multiple encapsulation and release routes

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Cinematic reflectometry using QIKR, the quite intense kinetics reflectometer.

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Hydrogen-bonded polymer multilayers probed by neutron reflectivity.

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Strengthening and toughening of polybenzoxazine by incorporation of polyrotaxane molecules

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Synthesis of positively charged silver nanoparticles via photoreduction of AgNO3 in branched polyethyleneimine/HEPES solutions.

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SERS not to be taken for granted in the presence of oxygen.

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Interaction of polyions with cell-mimetic species: Physico-chemical and biomedical aspects

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Competition of hydrogen-bonding and electrostatic interactions within hybrid polymer multilayers.

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Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy studies of diffusion of a weak polyelectrolyte in aqueous solutions.

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Rheological behavior and self-healing of hydrogen-bonded complexes of a triblock Pluronic copolymer with a weak polyacid

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New Family of Water-Soluble Sulfo-Fluoro Polyphosphazenes and Their Assembly within Hemocompatible Nanocoatings.

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Linear versus Exponential Growth of Weak Polyelectrolyte Multilayers: Correlation with Polyelectrolyte Complexes

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Identification of Vertical and Horizontal Configurations for BPE Adsorption on Silver Surfaces

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Hydrogen-bonded layer-by-layer films of block copolymer micelles with pH-responsive cores.

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Ionically Paired Layer-by-Layer Hydrogels: Water and Polyelectrolyte Uptake Controlled by Deposition Time.

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How polyelectrolyte adsorption depends on history: A combined Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in attenuated total reflection and surface forces study

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Differential SERS activity of gold and silver nanostructures enabled by adsorbed poly(vinylpyrrolidone).

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Liquid-core photonic crystal fiber platform for Raman scattering measurements of microliter analyte solutions

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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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Polymer assemblies for controlled delivery of bioactive molecules from surfaces.

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BioScape: A Modeling and Simulation Language for Bacteria-Materials Interactions

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Recognition of target colloid species by conjugates of a linear polyelectrolyte with a vector protein.

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Cationic Fluoropolyphosphazenes: Synthesis and Assembly with Heparin as a Pathway to Hemocompatible Nanocoatings.

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Adsorption of poly-N-ethyl-4-vinylpyridinium bromide on the surface of carboxylated latex particles: Composition and structure of interfacial complex

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Forum: Pathways toward Critical Advances in the Chemistry of Materials for Thermal Energy Storage

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Selective water uptake within micelle-containing layer-by-layer films of various architectures: a neutron reflectometry study

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A Tailorable Family of Elastomeric-to-Rigid, 3D Printable, Interbonding Polymer Networks

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Anisotropic Diffusion of Polyelectrolyte Chains within Multilayer Films.

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 Reactivity ratio and composition control

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Copolymerization of N-vinylcaprolactam and glycidyl methacrylate

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Biocompatible Nanocoatings of Fluorinated Polyphosphazenes through Aqueous Assembly.

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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering at a planar dielectric interface beyond critical angle.

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Photonic Crystal Fiber as a Lab-in-Fiber Optofluidic Platform

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Single-component layer-by-layer weak polyelectrolyte films and capsules: Loading and release of functional molecules

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Electrostatic layer-by-layer self-assembly of poly(carboxybetaine)s: Role of zwitterions in film growth

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Dynamics and Self-Healing of Layer-by-Layer Hydrogen-Bonded Films of Linear Synthetic Polyphenols

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Enzymatically degradable star polypeptides with tunable UCST transitions in solution and within layer-by-layer films

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Effect of a Competitive Solvent on Binding Enthalpy and Chain Intermixing in Hydrogen-Bonded Layer-by-Layer Films

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Layer-by-layer self-assembly of ceramic particles for coating complex shape substrates

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Upper Critical Solution Temperature Layer-by-Layer Films of Polyamino acid-Based Micelles with Rapid, On-Demand Release Capability

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Mid-Infrared Serial Microring Resonator Array for Real-Time Detection of Vapor-Phase Volatile Organic Compounds.

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Control of specific attachment of proteins by adsorption of polymer layers.

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Polyelectrolyte multilayers of weak polyacid and cationic copolymer: Competition of hydrogen-bonding and electrostatic interactions

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Micelle-Coated, Hierarchically Structured Nanofibers with Dual-Release Capability for Accelerated Wound Healing and Infection Control.

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HYDROGEN-BONDED LAYER-BY-LAYER POLYMER FILMS AND CAPSULES

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Surface-immobilized polyampholytic silver nanoparticles for SERS detection of cations and anions in aqueous solutions

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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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Effect of Block Copolymer Architecture on the Thermally Induced Swelling of Micelle-Containing Multilayer Thin Films

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Large-amplitude, reversible, pH-triggered wetting transitions enabled by layer-by-layer films.

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Impact of Star Polyacid Branching on Polymer Diffusion within Multilayer Films

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Layered, erasable polymer multilayers formed by hydrogen-bonded sequential self-assembly

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Polymer multilayers with pH-triggered release of antibacterial agents.

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Polycondensation of silicic acid in the presence of poly(N-ethyl-4-vinylpyridinium bromide) and properties of the reaction products

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Surface Functionalization Utilizing Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Enhanced Evanescent-Field Mid-Infrared Waveguide Gas Sensing

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Responsive polymer films and capsules via layer-by-layer assembly

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MODELING OF SEARCH AND RECOGNITION FOR TARGET-CELLS BY PROTEIN-LINEAR POLYELECTROLYTE CONJUGATES

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Activation Energy for Dissociation of Hydrogen-Bonding Crosslinkers in Phase-Change Salogels: Dynamic Light Scattering versus Rheological Studies

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Effect of polyacid architecture and polycation molecular weight on lateral diffusion within multilayer films.

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Determination of film thickness and refractive index in one measurement of phase-modulated ellipsometry.

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Swelling Transitions in Layer-by-Layer Assemblies of UCST Block Copolymer Micelles

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Forward-propagating surface-enhanced Raman scattering and intensity distribution in photonic crystal fiber with immobilized Ag nanoparticles.

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Structure fits the purpose: photonic crystal fibers for evanescent-field surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

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Materials science. Diffusion of a polymer 'pancake'.

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Salt-Induced Diffusion of Star and Linear Polyelectrolytes within Multilayer Films

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Ionization-controlled stability of polyelectrolyte multilayers in salt solutions

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Temperature-Dependent Capsule Shell Bonding and Destruction Based on Hindered Poly(urea-urethane) Chemistry

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Multilayers of a globular protein and a weak polyacid: role of polyacid ionization in growth and decomposition in salt solutions.

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Silane-Modified Mesoporous Silica Nanocoatings for Selective Mid-Infrared Waveguide-Based Gas Sensing

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In situ SERS study of Rhodamine 6G adsorbed on individually immobilized Ag nanoparticles

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Layer-by-layer films of stimuli-responsive block copolymer micelles

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A temperature-responsive poly(vinyl alcohol) gel for controlling fluidity of an inorganic phase change material

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Tuning swelling pH and permeability of hydrogel multilayer capsules.

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Integrating Antioxidant Functionality into Polymer Materials: Fundamentals, Strategies, and Applications.

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Programmable light-controlled shape changes in layered polymer nanocomposites.

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Polymers in molten inorganic salt hydrate phase change materials: solubility and gelation

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Layered, erasable, ultrathin polymer films

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Two types of block copolymer micelles with ion-containing cores.

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Noble metal nanostructure both as a SERS nanotag and an analyte probe.

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Nonlinear Layer-by-Layer Films: Effects of Chain Diffusivity on Film Structure and Swelling

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Diffusion of Star Polyelectrolytes in Ultrathin Coatings: A Neutron Reflectivity Study

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Spontaneous, One-Pot Assembly of pH-Responsive Hydrogen-Bonded Polymer Capsules.

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Molecular Weight Dependence of Polymer Chain Mobility within Multilayer Films.

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Formation and characterization of covalently bound polyelectrolyte brushes

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Hybrid Polymer Salogels for Reversible Entrapment of Salt-Hydrate-Based Thermal Energy Storage Materials

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Temperature-triggered on-demand drug release enabled by hydrogen-bonded multilayers of block copolymer micelles.

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All-nanoparticle layer-by-layer coatings for Mid-IR on-chip gas sensing.

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Detection of volatile organic compounds using mid-infrared silicon nitride waveguide sensors.

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Smart Layer-by-Layer Assemblies for Drug Delivery

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Responsive LayerbyLayer Assemblies: Dynamics, Structure and Function

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Salt-induced multilayer growth: Correlation with phase separation in solution

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Selective hydrogen bonding controls temperature response of layer-by-layer upper critical solution temperature micellar assemblies.

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Functional Surfaces through Controlled Assemblies of Upper Critical Solution Temperature Block and Star Copolymers.

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Steric Effects in Ionic Pairing and Polyelectrolyte Interdiffusion within Multilayered Films: A Neutron Reflectometry Study

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Surface priming and the self-assembly of hydrogen-bonded multilayer capsules and films

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Ocean Salinity Sensing Using Long-Period Fiber Gratings Functionalized with Layer-by-Layer Hydrogels.

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Hydrogen-Bonded Complexes of Star Polymers.

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Photonic Crystal Fiber as an Optofluidic Platform for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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pH-induced release of polyanions from multilayer films.

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Temperature-Induced, Reversible Swelling Transitions in Multilayers of a Cationic Triblock Copolymer and a Polyacid

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Effect of Sand Type and PVA Fiber Content on the Properties of Metakaolin Based Engineered Geopolymer Composites

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Polyelectrolyte adsorption onto an initially-bare solid surface of opposite electrical charge

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Multiresponsive Block Copolymer-Modified "Hairy" Gold Nanoparticles for Remote Control of Interfaces

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Hydrogen-bonded polymer complexes and nanocages of weak polyacids templated by a Pluronic block copolymer.

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Hydrogen-bonded polymer capsules formed by layer-by-layer self-assembly

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Self-defensive antibiotic-loaded layer-by-layer coatings: Imaging of localized bacterial acidification and pH-triggering of antibiotic release.

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Release of a dye from hydrogen-bonded and electrostatically assembled polymer films triggered by adsorption of a polyelectrolyte.

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Amphoteric surface hydrogels derived from hydrogen-bonded multilayers: reversible loading of dyes and macromolecules.

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Hydrogen-Bonded, Mechanically Strong Nanofibers with Tunable Antioxidant Activity.

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Chain conformation and dynamics in spin-assisted weak polyelectrolyte multilayers.

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Hydrogen-Bonded Hybrid Multilayers: Film Architecture Controls Release of Macromolecules

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Adsorption of human serum albumin: Dependence on molecular architecture of the oppositely charged surface

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Polyelectrolyte multilayers of diblock copolymer micelles with temperature-responsive cores.

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pH-controlled permeability of layered hydrogen-bonded polymer capsules

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Kinetic regimes of polyelectrolyte exchange between the adsorbed state and free solution

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Strong, thermo-reversible salogels with boronate ester bonds as thermal energy storage materials

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Layer-by-Layer Hydrogen-Bonded Antioxidant Films of Linear Synthetic Polyphenols

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Polymer-metal complexes in polyelectrolyte multilayer films as catalysts for oxidation of toluene.

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Layer-by-layer self-assembly of oppositely charged Ag nanoparticles on silica microspheres for trace analysis of aqueous solutions using surface-enhanced Raman scattering.

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Where polyelectrolyte multilayers and polyelectrolyte complexes meet

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Nonionic star polymers with upper critical solution temperature in aqueous solutions

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DNA affinity to biological membranes is enhanced due to complexation with hydrophobized polycation.

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Thermally annealed Ag nanoparticles on anodized aluminium oxide for SERS sensing

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Simple interpretation of ionization and helix-coil stability shift when a polyelectrolyte adsorbs

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Factors Controlling Degradation of Biologically Relevant Synthetic Polymers in Solution and Solid State.

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Substrates with discretely immobilized silver nanoparticles for ultrasensitive detection of anions in water using surface-enhanced Raman scattering.

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Rapid determination of aminoglycosides in pharmaceutical preparations by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

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Impact of 3D Hierarchical Nanostructures on the Antibacterial Efficacy of a Bacteria-Triggered Self-Defensive Antibiotic Coating.

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Self-Healing Phase Change Salogels with Tunable Gelation Temperature.

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Adsorbed monomer analog of a common polyelectrolyte

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Nonlinear Growth of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers: Chain Dynamics and Film Structure

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Star-Shaped and Linear Polymers in Temperature-Responsive Layer-by-Layer Assemblies

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Materials and Manufacturing Processes for the Army of the Future

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United States Army - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Soft Energy and Power

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Materials Science & Engineering; 3003 TAMU

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Versatile New Material Family Could Build Realistic Prosthetics, Futuristic Army Platforms

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Mats Made From Nanofibers Linked To A Red Wine Chemical Could Help Prevent Oxidation