A collection of articles emphasizing understanding, characterizing and controlling the chemistry and structure of biointerfaces, as well as the interactions of materials with the biological environment.
Editorial
Happy 70th birthday to Buddy Ratner!!
Allan S. Hoffman
Letter
Water contact angle is not a good predictor of biological responses to materials
Morgan R. Alexander, and Paul Williams
Review
Biomedical surface analysis: Evolution and future directions (Review)
David G. Castner
Articles
Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide)-coated surfaces: Investigation of the mechanism of cell detachment
Marta A. Cooperstein, Phuong A. H. Nguyen, and Heather E. Canavan
Spatially selective binding of green fluorescent protein on designed organosilane nanopatterns prepared with particle lithography
Zachary L. Highland and Jayne C. Garno
Skin irritation testing of antimicrobial conjugated electrolytes
Kristin N. Wilde, Phuong A. H. Nguyen, David G. Whitten, and Heather E. Canavan
Removing biofilms from stainless steel without changing surface properties relevant for bacterial attachment
Katharina Huttenlochner, Christine Müller-Renno, Christiane Ziegler, Rolf Merz, Birgit Merz, Michael Kopnarski, Jonas Chodorski, Christin Schlegel, and Roland Ulber
Retention of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) on 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane
Abdullah Alghunaim, Eric T. Brink, Eli Y. Newby, and Bi-min Zhang Newby
Binary agonist surface patterns prime platelets for downstream adhesion in flowing whole blood
Colin D. Eichinger, and Vladimir Hlady
Mg-corrosion, hydroxyapatite, and bone healing
Håkan Nygren, Narmin Bigdeli, Lars Ilver, and Per Malmberg
Imaging XPS and photoemission electron microscopy; surface chemical mapping and blood cell visualization
Andreas Skallberg, Caroline Brommesson, and Kajsa Uvdal
Dynamic mechanical response of polyvinyl alcohol-gelatin theta-gels for nucleus pulposus tissue replacement
Patrick N. Charron, Sarah E. Blatt, Canaan McKenzie, and Rachael A. Oldinski
“Living” dynamics of filamentous bacteria on an adherent surface under hydrodynamic exposure
Justin P. Jahnke, Austin M. Smith, Nicole E. Zander, Victoria Wiedorn, Kenneth E. Strawhecker, Jessica L. Terrell, Dimitra N. Stratis-Cullum, and Xuanhong Cheng
Sterilization, hydration-dehydration and tube fabrication of zwitterionic hydrogels
Xia Han, Hsiang-Chieh Hung, Priyesh Jain, Fang Sun, Xuewei Xu, Wei Yang, Tao Bai, and Shaoyi Jiang
Development and characterization of a stable adhesive bond between a poly(dimethylsiloxane) catheter material and a bacterial biofilm resistant acrylate polymer coating
Bonnie J. Tyler, Andrew Hook, Andreas Pelster, Paul Williams, Morgan Alexander, and Heinrich F. Arlinghaus
In vitro mineralization of dual grafted polytetrafluoroethylene membranes
Katarzyna Kępa, David J. T. Hill, and Lisbeth Grøndahl
Poly(ethylene) glycol hydrogel based on oxa-Michael reaction: Precursor synthesis and hydrogel formation
Hanqi Wang, Fang Cheng, Wei He, Jiaohui Zhu, Gang Cheng, and Jingping Qu
Surface engineering of poly(methylmethacrylate): Effects on fluorescence immunoassay
Peter W. Akers, Nam Cao Hoai Le, Andrew R. J. Nelson, Milena McKenna, Christy O'Mahony, Duncan J. McGillivray, Vladimir Gubala, and David E. Williams
pH-dependent lipid vesicle interactions with plasma polymerized thin films
Hannah J. Askew, Mirren Charnley, Karyn L. Jarvis, and Sally L. McArthur
Optimization of electrospun poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) mats for the rapid reversible adhesion of mammalian cells
Kirsten N. Cicotte, Jamie A. Reed, Phuong Anh H. Nguyen, Jacqueline A. De Lora, Elizabeth L. Hedberg-Dirk, and Heather E. Canavan
Grafting of architecture controlled poly(styrene sodium sulfonate) onto titanium surfaces using bio-adhesive molecules: Surface characterization and biological properties
Hamza Chouirfa, Margaret D. M. Evans, David G. Castner, Penny Bean, Dimitri Mercier, Anouk Galtayries, Céline Falentin-Daudré, and Véronique Migonney
Collagen affinity coating for surface binding of decorin and other biomolecules: Surface characterization
Marisa L. Sylvester and Buddy D. Ratner
