Massachusetts Institute of Technology

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Khalifa University

Roberta Polak

Robert E Cohen

Michael F Rubner

Elena V Batrakova

Matthew J Haney

Kenan Song

Dayong Chen

Khalid Askar

Natalia L Klyachko

Yuling Zhao

Uniform, functional polymer patches can be attached to a fraction of the surface area of living individual cells. These surface-modified cells can cross the blood-brain barrier while remaining viable after attachment of the functional patch. Functional payloads carried by the patch can include a drug. The patch can include one or more polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs).

Synthetically functionalized living cells for targeted drug delivery

A simple spray coating process can be utilized to create epoxy/HNT nanocomposites with vertically aligned nanotubes. Important mechanical properties such as modulus and hardness values can be optimized and enhanced by controlling the level of nanotube dispersion during processing and the final orientation of the nanotubes. Thus, a technologically relevant processing scheme can be used to fabricate HNT nanocomposites with a high level of control over nanotube alignment and the resulting mechanical properties.

Spray-coating method with particle alignment control

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Boston, MA, United States of America

Roberta Polak