Publications by Dusko Paripovic

Osteoconductive surfaces generated from peptide functionalized poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl phosphate) brushes

Modification of bone implant materials with biofunctional surfaces that facilitate osteoblast adhesion and promote matrix mineralization is an attractive strategy to improve osseointegration. This manuscript discusses the preparation and properties of RGD ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2012

Interactive Surfaces Based on Polymer Brushes

Dusko Paripovic

While the bulk structure of a material determines its mechanical properties, its surface plays a key role when interactions with the environment are important. Nowadays materials in bio- and nanotechnology are required to possess very complex functionaliti ...

EPFL2011

Improving the Stability in Aqueous Media of Polymer Brushes Grafted from Silicon Oxide Substrates by Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

Harm-Anton Klok, Dusko Paripovic

Hydrophilic polymer brushes grown via surface-initiated ATRP from silicon oxide surfaces are susceptible to detachment via hydrolytic cleavage of the anchoring siloxane bond. This paper investigates the influence of the structure of the ATRP initiator on t ...

2011

Polymer Brush Guided Formation of Thin Gold and Palladium/Gold Bimetallic Films

Harm-Anton Klok, Dusko Paripovic

This manuscript reports a new strategy to guide the chemical solution deposition of thin, microstructured metal films. The proposed strategy is based on the use of poly(2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl ammonium chloride) (PMETAC) brushes grown via surface-initiate ...

2011

Size-Dependent LCST Transitions of Polymer-Coated Gold Nanoparticles: Cooperative Aggregation and Surface Assembly

Harm-Anton Klok, Dusko Paripovic, Matthew Gibson

Nanoparticles working together. Thermoresponsive polymer-coated nanoparticles are shown to display size dependent, cooperative, lower critical solution temperature behavior. This is exploited to direct the assembly of appropriate nanoparticles onto complem ...

Wiley-Blackwell2010

Polymer Brushes via Surface-Initiated Controlled Radical Polymerization: Synthesis, Characterization, Properties, and Applications

Harm-Anton Klok, Stefano Tugulu, Raphaël Barbey, Caroline Sugnaux, Dusko Paripovic, Nicolas Bertrand Schüwer

American Chemical Society2009