Browsing by Author "Grunlan, Melissa A."
Now showing items 1-20 of 31
-
Imbesi, Philip (2012-10-19)The overall emphasis of this doctoral dissertation is on the design, synthesis, detailed characterization and application of amphiphilic hyperbranched fluoropolymers (HBFPs) crosslinked with poly(ethylene glycols) (PEGs) ...
-
Kerativitayanan, Punyavee (2015-12-02)Bone is the second most transplanted organ following blood, and significant advances have been made in developing synthetic bone graft substitutes and scaffolds. However, there remains a critical need for osteoinductive ...
-
Yu, Ya-Jen (2014-05-01)The shape memory polymer (SMP) is one type of smart material with shape memory effect. SMP’s recovery can be actuated by external energy, such as heat. However, traditional direct heating limits potential applications of ...
-
Hirshburg, Jason M. (2011-02-22)Skin turbidity limits light based medical applications while increasing the risk of epidermal thermal injury. Collagen fibers are responsible for the majority of light scattering within skin. Chemicals, known as clearing ...
-
Allen, Ainsley Larue (2012-07-16)Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM), a temperature responsive polymer, undergoes a phase change at a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) in aqueous solutions. For PNIPAM this temperature is 32 °C in water. Below ...
-
Lin, Yun (2012-07-16)Nanomedicine, the medical application of nanotechnology, uses nanoscale objects that exist at the interface between small molecule and the macroscopic world for medical diagnosis and treatment. One of the healthcare ...
-
Pang, Ching (2023-05-04)Slide-ring networks are complex topologies comprised of both steady covalent connections and dynamic supramolecular interactions. Due to their mechanically-interlocked polymer topology, slide-ring networks have become an ...
-
Mintzer, Meredith Ann (2011-02-22)The interest in using gene therapy to target a variety of both inherited and acquired diseases has intensified over the last two decades. Because free DNA is easily degraded by serum nucleases in the bloodstream, the ...
-
He, Xun (2017-04-13)The past decade has witnessed significantly increased interest in the development of smart polypeptide based organo- and hydrogel systems with stimuli responsiveness, especially those that exhibit sol–gel phase-transition ...
-
Yu, Ya-Jen (2012-07-16)The effect of moisture absorption on the glass transition temperature (Tg) and stress/strain behavior of network polyurethane shape memory polymer (SMP) foams has been investigated. With our ultimate goal of engineering ...
-
Feng, Fangzhou (2011-10-21)This thesis research investigates the adhesion mechanisms of protein molecules to surfaces of biomaterials. New understanding in such adhesion mechanisms will lead to materials design and surface engineering in order to ...
-
Singh, Saurabh (2011-08-08)Luminescent microspheres encapsulating glucose oxidase and an oxygensensitive lumophore have recently been reported as potential implantable sensors for in vivo glucose monitoring. However, there are two main issues that ...
-
Murthy, Ranjini (2010-01-16)The ultimate goal of this dissertation research is to enhance the protein resistant nature of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) or poly(ethylene glycol) by introduction of a siloxane linker and to subsequently prepare coatings ...
-
Grunlan, Melissa A.; Hahn, Mariah S.; Saunders, William B. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2020-04-21)The present invention is directed to a unique technology for preparing a growth-factor free, cylindrical, hydrogel implant that has multiple (three or more) longitudinal hydrogel zones with varying chemical and physical ...
-
Juriani, Ameet Rajkumar (2011-08-08)This thesis presents a novel method for the preparation of quantum dot-thermoresponsive polymer nanocomposite hydrogels. The quantum dots (QD’s) were synthesized in a microwave reactor using a high temperature organometallic ...
-
Abdelrahman, Mustafa Kamal (2023-07-09)In this work, we develop synthetic aggregates through the collective action of programmable shape changing polymers. We explore the potential use of shape-morphing semicrystalline polymers to behave as building blocks for ...
-
Thavornpradit, Sopida (2023-01-10)Global chemical demand and costs significantly increase every year, particularly solvents. To address this, chemical recycling has become a popular approach among researchers including the Bergbreiter group. We have explored ...
-
N-Heterocyclic Carbene Metal Complexes: Synthesis, Kinetics, Reactivity, and Recycling With Polymers Su, Haw-Lih (2012-10-19)N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are good ligands to most transition metals forming stable complexes. Many of the NHC-metal complexes are now widely used catalysts. However, the usage of these catalysts encounters the ...
-
Roberts, Jason Richard (2014-07-24)The development of fully-implantable therapeutic and diagnostic devices represents a new paradigm in biomedical device design. However, designing materials that can perform as injectable matrices for the delivery of sensing ...
-
Gasson, Shelby Brianne (2020-11-10)Tissue engineering holds much promise for treatment of large bone defects. The objective of the work presented herein describes the manipulation of progenitor cells known as mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) and three-dimensional ...