Daniel Heath

Improved carbon dioxide stripping by membrane contactors using hydrophobic electrospun poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoro propylene) (PVDF-HFP) membranes

S Kim, DE Heath, SE Kentish

Journal article  |  2022  |  Chemical Engineering Journal

Electrospun poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoro propylene) (PVDF-HFP) nanofibre membranes are developed for CO2 stripping withi..

Advances in biofabrication techniques towards functional bioprinted heterogeneous engineered tissues: A comprehensive review

WS Harley, CC Li, J Toombs, CD O'Connell, HK Taylor, DE Heath, DJ Collins

Journal article  |  2021  |  Bioprinting

Biofabrication is a fast-evolving and multi-disciplinary field, harnessing the benefits and capabilities of additive manufacturing..

Amphiphilic Core Cross-Linked Star Polymers for the Delivery of Hydrophilic Drugs from Hydrophobic Matrices

Katarzyna Somszor, Stephanie Allison-Logan, Fatemeh Karimi, Thomas McKenzie, Qiang Fu, Andrea O'Connor, Greg Qiao, Daniel Heath

Journal article  |  2021  |  BIOMACROMOLECULES

The delivery of hydrophilic drugs from hydrophobic polymers is a long-standing challenge in the biomaterials field due to the limi..

Gas-liquid membrane contactors for carbon dioxide separation: A review

Seungju Kim, Colin A Scholes, Daniel E Heath, Sandra E Kentish

Journal article  |  2021  |  CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Membrane gas–liquid contactors have been developed to reduce the capital cost and energy consumption of conventional CO2 absorptio..

Biomaterials functionalized with nanoclusters of integrin- and syndecan-binding ligands improve cell adhesion and mechanosensing under shear flow conditions

Fatemeh Karimi, Varsha Jagannath Thombare, Craig A Hutton, Andrea J O'Connor, Greg G Qiao, Daniel E Heath

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A

We have engineered biomaterials that display nanoclusters of ligands that bind both integrin and syndecan‐4 cell receptors. These ..

Multifunctional Antimicrobial Polypeptide-Selenium Nanoparticles Combat Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Tao Huang, James A Holden, Eric C Reynolds, Daniel E Heath, Neil M O'Brien-Simpson, Andrea J O'Connor

Journal article  |  2020  |  ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a severe threat to human health. The World Health Organization's Global Antimicrobial Surveillan..

Personalized, Mechanically Strong, and Biodegradable Coronary Artery Stents via Melt Electrowriting

Katarzyna Somszor, Onur Bas, Fatemeh Karimi, Tara Shabab, Navid T Saidy, Andrea J O'Connor, Amanda Ellis, Dietmar Hutmacher, Daniel E Heath

Journal article  |  2020  |  ACS MACRO LETTERS

Biodegradable coronary artery stents are sought-after alternatives to permanent stents. These devices are designed to degrade afte..

Effects of External Stimulators on Engineered Skeletal Muscle Tissue Maturation

Claudia Mueller, Mairon Trujillo-Miranda, Michael Maier, Daniel E Heath, Andrea J O'Connor, Sahar Salehi

Journal article  |  2020  |  ADVANCED MATERIALS INTERFACES

Engineering functional skeletal muscle tissue is an ongoing challenge because of the complexity of the in vivo microenvironment an..

Antimicrobial nanoparticle coatings for medical implants: Design challenges and prospects

Xin Li, Tao Huang, Daniel E Heath, Neil M O'Brien-Simpson, Andrea J O'Connor

Journal article  |  2020  |  BIOINTERPHASES

Microbial colonization, infection, and biofilm formation are major complications in the use of implants and are the predominant ri..

Composite Membranes with Nanofibrous Cross-Hatched Supports for Reverse Osmosis Desalination

Seungju Kim, Daniel E Heath, Sandra E Kentish

Journal article  |  2020  |  ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES

A novel membrane structure composed of cross-hatched electrospun nanofibers is developed. We illustrate that this novel structure ..