Curtis W. Frank

TL;DR: New PEG-based hydrogel materials have been synthesized by Click chemistry and shown to result in well-defined networks having significantly improved mechanical properties.

TL;DR: A protocol for constructing zwitterionic SLBs supported on silicon oxide and titanium oxide, and a recently developed strategy that uses an amphipathic, α-helical (AH) peptide to form SLBs on gold and Titanium oxide substrates are presented.

TL;DR: Crystallization of PD6S is substantially hindered in ultrathin films, in which a critical thickness of 150 angstroms is needed for crystalline morphology to exist and in which the rate of crystallization is initially slow but increases rapidly as the film approaches 500Angstroms in thickness.

TL;DR: In this article, a photoreactive benzophenone derivative is bound to SiO2 surfaces via a silane anchor, and a polymer film is then covered with a polymeric film that is reacted with the benophenone moieties by illumination with UV light (λ > 340 nm).

TL;DR: This work has built upon pioneering work in this field as well as in responsive IPN systems to develop an IPN system based on end-linked poly-(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and loosely crosslinked poly(acrylic acid) with hydrogen bond-reinforced strain-hardening behavior in water and high initial Young's moduli under physiologic buffer conditions through osmotically induced pre-stress.