Poly(ethylene glycol) based hydrogel nanomembranes (PHMs) are demonstrated to be able to host protein-specific receptors, providing, at the same time, stable, protein-repelling matrices with a characteristic mesh size up to 7-8 nm. The membranes were prepared by crosslinking of amino- and epoxy-terminated STAR-PEG precursors and maintained their hydrogel and protein-repelling properties even at...

Abstract This paper highlights an innovative, low-cost rapid-prototyping method for generating microfluidic chips with extraordinary short fabrication times of only a few minutes. Microchannels and inlet/outlet ports are created by controlled deposition aqueous microdroplets on cooled surface resulting in printed ice microstructures, which turn coated UV-curable acrylic cover layer. Thawing lea...

Cancer is one of the leading causes death worldwide. In last few decades, cancer treatment has come a long way, but multidrug resistance (MDR) in still low survival rates. It means that much research required for an accurate diagnosis and effective therapy. The new era could include theranostic approaches targeted delivery chemotherapeutic agents utilizing nanoparticulate system. Recently, ther...