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Biomimetic Bioactive Polymers
Color
Changing Block Copolymer Films for Chemical Sensing of Simple Sugars
O.B.
Ayyub, J.W. Sekowski, T-I Yang, X. Zhang, R. Briber, and P. Kofinas. Biosensors and
Bioelectronics, 28 (2011) 349– 354, 2011.
FVII
Dependent Coagulation Activation in Citrated Plasma by Polymer Hydrogels
B.J.
Casey,
A.M.
Behrens,
J.
Hess,
Z.
J.
Wu,
B.
Griffith,
and
P. Kofinas. Biomacromolecules,
11,
3248–3255,
2010.
Small
angle neutron scattering study of deuterated sodium dodecylsulfate
micellization in dilute poly((2–dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate)
solutions W.
Lee, P. Kofinas, and R.M. Briber. Polymer, 51,
2872-2878, 2010.
Imprinted
Polymer Hydrogels for the Separation of Viruses L.
D. Bolisay, and Peter Kofinas, Macromolecular
Symposia, 291–292, 302–306, 2010.
Effects
of Charge Density on the Recognition Properties of Molecularly
Imprinted
Polyampholyte Hydrogels D.S. Janiak, O.B.
Ayyub,
and
P.
Kofinas.
Polymer, 51, 665–670, 2010.
The
Effects of Charge Density on the Recognition Properties of Molecularly
Imprinted Polymeric Hydrogels D.S. Janiak, O.B. Ayyub, and P.
Kofinas. Macromolecules, 42
(5), 1703–1709, 2009.
Block
Copolymer Nanotemplating of Tobacco Mosaic and Tobacco Necrosis Viruses
A.V. Cresce, J.N. Culver, W.E. Bentley, and P. Kofinas. Acta Biomaterialia,
5(3), 893–902, 2009.
Effect of complexation
conditions on xanthan-chitosan polyelectrolyte complex gels S.
Argin-Soysal, P. Kofinas, and Y.Martin Lo. Food Hydrocolloids, 23, 202–209,
2009.
Selective binding of
carcinoembryonic antigen using imprinted polymeric hydrogels
B. J. Casey, and P. Kofinas. Journal
of
Biomedical
Materials
Research
Part
A , 87A(2), 359-363, 2008.
Optimization
of Virus Imprinting Methods To Improve Selectivity and Reduce
Nonspecific Binding L. D. Bolisay, J. N. Culver, and P.
Kofinas. Biomacromolecules,
8(12),
3893–3899,
2007.
Molecular
Imprinting of Peptides and Proteins in Aqueous Media D. S. Janiak,
and P. Kofinas. Analytical
and
Bioanalytical
Chemistry, 389(2), 399-404, 2007.
Nanopatterning of
Recombinant Proteins Using Block Copolymer Templates A. V.
Cresce, J. S. Silverstein, W. E. Bentley, and P.
Kofinas. Macromolecules,
39(17),
5826-5829, 2006.
Molecularly
Imprinted Polymers for Tobacco Mosaic Virus
Recognition L. D. Bolisay, J. N. Culver, and Peter Kofinas. Biomaterials, 27(22),
4165-4168,
2006.
Biomimetic
Glucose Recognition Using Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Hydrogels
P. Parmpi, and P. Kofinas. Biomaterials,
25(10),
1969-1973,
2004.
Molecularly
Imprinted Polymeric
Hydrogels
Displaying Isomerically Resolved Glucose Binding W. J.
Wizeman, and P. Kofinas. Biomaterials, 22 (12),
1485-1491, 2001.
Development
of Methods for
Quantitative Characterization of Network Morphology in Pharmaceutical
Hydrogels
P.
Kofinas and R. E. Cohen. Biomaterials , 18 (1361) 1997.
Hydrogels
Prepared by Electron
Irradiation of Poly (Ethylene Oxide ) in Water Solution: Unexpected
Dependence of Cross - Link Density and of Protein Diffusion
Coefficients on Initial PEO Molecular Weight P. Kofinas, V.
Athanassiou and
E. W. Merrill.
Biomaterials , 17
(1547), 1996.
Batteries
Dry
Polymer Electrolytes With Sulfur Based Ionic Liquid for Lithium
Batteries A.S.
Fisher, M.B. Khalid, M. Widstrom, and P.
Kofinas. J. of Power Sources,
196,
9767– 9773, 2011.
Block
Copolymer Solid Battery Electrolyte with High Li-ion Transference Number
A.
Ghosh, C. Wang, and P. Kofinas. J.
Electrochemical
Society, 157(7), A846-A849, 2010.
Nanostructured Block
Copolymer Dry Electrolyte A. Ghosh, and P. Kofinas. J. Electrochemical Society, 155(6)
A428-A431, 2008.
Self-Assembly
of Virus-Structured High Surface Area Nanomaterials and Their
Application as Battery Electrodes E. Royston, A. Ghosh,
P. Kofinas, M. Harris, and J. N. Culver, Langmuir, 24(3); 906-912, 2008.
PEO based Block Copolymer
as Solid State Lithium Battery Electrolyte A. Ghosh, and P.
Kofinas. Electrochemical Society
Transactions, 11(29), 131-137, 2008.
Synthesis
of an A/B/C Triblock Copolymer for Battery Materials Applications
S. E. Bullock, and P. Kofinas. Macromolecules,
37(5),
1783-1786,
2004.
Nanoscale
Battery
Materials Based on the Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers S. E.
Bullock, and P. Kofinas. Journal
of
Power Sources, 132, 256-260, 2004.
Nanoparticles Templated by Block Copolymers
Controlled
synthesis of core–shell iron–silica nanoparticles and their
magneto-dielectric
properties in polymer composites T-I Yang,
R.N.C. Brown, L. C. Kempel, and P. Kofinas. Nanotechnology,
22,
105601,
2011.
Surfactant-modified
Nickel Zinc Iron Oxide / Polymer Nanocomposites for Radio Frequency
Applications T-I Yang, L. Kempel, and P. Kofinas.
Journal of
Nanoparticle Research, 12(8), 2967, 2010.
Oxidation Effect on
Templating of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles within Block Copolymers P.
Akcora, R.M. Briber, and P. Kofinas.
Polymer, 50(5), 1223-1227, 2009.
Magneto-dielectric Properties
of Polymer-Fe3O4 Nanocomposites
T-I Yang, R. N.C Brown, L. C. Kempel, and P. Kofinas.
Journal of Magnetism and
Magnetic Materials, 320, 2714–2720, 2008.
Dielectric
Properties of Polymer Nanoparticle Composites T-I Yang, and P.
Kofinas. Polymer, 48,
791-798, 2007.
TEM
Characterization of Diblock Copolymer Templated Iron Oxide
Nanoparticles: Bulk Solution and Thin Film Surface Doping Approach
P.
Akcora,
R.
M.
Briber,
and
P.
Kofinas.
Polymer,
47(6),
2018-2022,
2006.
Structural and
magnetic characterization of norbornene-deuterated norbornene
dicarboxylic acid diblock copolymers doped with iron oxide
Nanoparticles P. Akcora, X. Zhang, B. Varughese, R.
Briber, and P. Kofinas. Polymer,
46(14),
5194-5201,
2005.
Magnetic properties
and morphology of diblock copolymer templated ferrimagnetic cobalt
oxide nanoparticles, S. R. Ahmed, and P. Kofinas. Journal of
Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 228C, 219-223, 2005.
Polydispersity
Control
in
Ring
Opening
Metathesis
Polymerization
of
Amphiphilic
Norbornene
Diblock
Copolymers, S. R. Ahmed, S. E. Bullock,
A. V. Cresce, and P. Kofinas. Polymer,
44(16)
,
4943-4948,
2003.
Magnetic
Properties and Morphology of Block Copolymer Templated Ferrrimagnetic
CoFe2O4 Nanoparticles, S. R. Ahmed, and P. Kofinas.
IEEE
Transactions on Magnetics, 39(5), 2198-2200, 2003.
Synthesis
and Characterization of ZnO Nanostructures Templated Using Diblock
Copolymers R. F. Mulligan, A. A. Illiadis, and
P.
Kofinas. Journal of Applied
Polymer Science, 89(4), 1058-1061,
2003.
Controlled
Room
Temperature Synthesis of CoFe 2 04
Nanoparticles Through a Block Copolymer
Nanoreactor Route S. R. Ahmed, and P. Kofinas. Macromolecules
,35(9), 3338-3341 ,2002.
Magnetic
Properties of CoFe
2
04 Nanoparticles Synthesized
Through
a Block Copolymer Nanoreactor Route S. R.
Ahmed, S. B. Ogale, G. C. Papaefthymiou, R. Ramesh, and
P.
Kofinas.
Applied Physics Letters , 80 (9),1616-1618,
2002.
Anion Binding Hydrogels For
Wastewater Remediation
Characterization
of
Network
Morphology
in
Anion
Binding
Hydrogels
Used
for
Wastewater
Remediation Dimitri R. Kioussis, and Peter Kofinas,
Polymer, 46(23),
10167-10172, 2005.
Characterization
of
Anion
Diffusion
in
Polymer
Hydrogels
Used
for
Wastewater
Remediation Dimitri R. Kioussis, and Peter Kofinas, Polymer, 46(22), 9342-9347, 2005.
Reactive phosphorus
removal
from aquaculture and poultry productions systems using polymeric
hydrogels Peter Kofinas, Dimitri R. Kioussis.
Environmental Science and
Technology,
37, 423-427, 2003.
Ammonium
Perchlorate-Binding
Poly(allylamine hydrochloride) Hydrogels for Wastewater
Remediation Dimitri R. Kioussis, Daniel F. Smith, and Peter
Kofinas.
Journal
of
Applied Polymer Science , 80(11),2073-2083,2001.
Reactive
Nitrogen and
Phosphorus Removal from Aquaculture Wastewater Effluents Using Polymer
Hydrogels Dimitri R. Kioussis, F. W. Wheaton, and Peter
Kofinas. Aquacultural
Engineering ,23(4) ,315-332,2000.
Phosphate
Binding Polymeric Hydrogels for Aquaculture Wastewater
Remediation Dimitri
R.
Kioussis,
F.
W.
Wheaton,
and
Peter
Kofinas
.
Aquacultural Engineering , 19(163), 1999.
Highly Textured Semicrystalline
Block Copolymers
Path
Dependent
Microstructure Orientation During Plane Strain Compression of
Semicrystalline Block Copolymers Peter L. Drzal, John D.
Barnes,
and Peter Kofinas. Polymer, 42(13),5633-56342,2001.
Microstructure
Orientation and Nanoporous Gas Transport in Semicrystalline Block
Copolymer Membranes Peter L. Drzal, Adel F. Halasa, and
Peter
Kofinas.
Polymer , 41(12)
,4671-4677, 2000.
Orientation
Texture
and
Gas
Transport
in
Semicrystalline
Block
Copolymer
Blends Peter
Kofinas,
Peter
L.
Drzal. Rubber
Chemistry
and
Technology
, 72
(918) 1999.
Melt
Processing of Semicrystalline E/EP/E Triblock Copolymers Near the
Order-Disorder Transition , Peter Kofinas and Robert E.
Cohen.
Macromolecules ,
28(336), 1995.
Morphology
of Highly Textured Ethylene / Ethylene-Propylene (E / EP)
Semicrystalline Block Copolymers , Peter Kofinas and Robert E.
Cohen.
Macromolecules ,
27(3002), 1994.
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