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Uric Acid Functions as an Endogenous Modulator of Microglial Function and Amyloid Clearance in Alzheimer's Disease Open

De Xie, Qiuyang Zheng, Jiaming Lv, Qian Zhang, Zhengxing Cui , et al. · 2025

Epidemiological studies have linked uric acid (UA), the end product of purine metabolism in humans, with reduced Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk. Decreased serum UA levels are observed in AD patients versus age‐matched controls, while upstre…

Responsive Nanogel Probe for Ratiometric Fluorescent Sensing of pH and Strain in Hydrogels Open

Mingning Zhu, Dongdong Lu, Shanglin Wu, Qing Lian, Wenkai Wang , et al. · 2017

In this study a new pH-responsive nanogel probe containing a complementary nonradiative resonance energy transfer (NRET) fluorophore pair is investigated and its ability to act as a versatile probe of network-related changes in three hydro…

Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by pH-Responsive Microgels and Their Scalable Transformation to Robust Submicrometer Colloidoisomes with Selective Permeability Open

Wenkai Wang, Amir H. Milani, Zhengxing Cui, Mingning Zhu, Brian R. Saunders · 2017

Colloidosomes are micrometer-sized hollow particles that have shells consisting of coagulated or fused colloid particles. While many large colloidosomes with sizes well above 1.0 μm have been prepared, there are fewer examples of submicrom…

How gold nanoparticles can be used to probe the structural changes of a pH-responsive hydrogel Open

Maximilian M. Schmidt, Shanglin Wu, Zhengxing Cui, Nam T. Nguyen, Michael Faulkner , et al. · 2017

Incorporating gold nanoparticles within a pH-responsive hydrogel enables the surface plasmon resonance signal and metal-induced fluorescence quenching to be used to study local network structure and probe gel swelling remotely.

Reducing hole transporter use and increasing perovskite solar cell stability with dual-role polystyrene microgel particles Open

Chen Mu, Muhamad Z. Mokhtar, E. J. W. Whittaker, Qing Lian, Bruce Hamilton , et al. · 2017

Using low-cost sub-micrometer microgel particles in perovskite solar cells reduces expensive conjugated polymer use, increases stability and provides good efficiencies.

Self-assembly of poly(lauryl methacrylate)-b-poly(benzyl methacrylate) nano-objects synthesised by ATRP and their temperature-responsive dispersion properties Open

Melody Obeng, Amir H. Milani, Muhamad Sharan Musa, Zhengxing Cui, Lee A. Fielding , et al. · 2017

Self-assembling poly(lauryl methacrylate)-b-poly(benzyl methacrylate) (PLMA_x-PBzMA_y) diblock copolymers were synthesised for the first time using solution atom transfer radical polymerisation (ATRP). The PLMA degree o…

Hydrogel Composites Containing Sacrificial Collapsed Hollow Particles as Dual Action pH-Responsive Biomaterials Open

Kyriaki S. Pafiti, Zhengxing Cui, Daman J. Adlam, Judith A. Hoyland, Anthony J. Freemont , et al. · 2016

In this study hydrogel composites are investigated that contain sacrificial pH-responsive collapsed hollow particles (CHPs) entrapped within a poly(acrylamide) (PAAm) network. The CHPs were prepared using a scalable (mainly) water-based me…

A study of conductive hydrogel composites of pH-responsive microgels and carbon nanotubes Open

Zhengxing Cui, Mi Zhou, Paula J. Greensmith, Wenkai Wang, Judith A. Hoyland , et al. · 2016

pH-Responsive microgels can disperse carbon nanotubes and act as macro-crosslinkers to give hydrogel composites with ductilities that increase with increasing modulus.

Using intra-microgel crosslinking to control the mechanical properties of doubly crosslinked microgels Open

Zhengxing Cui, Wenkai Wang, Melody Obeng, Mu Chen, Shanglin Wu , et al. · 2016

Microgels (MGs) are crosslinked polymer particles that swell when the pH approaches the pKa of the constituent polymer. Our earlier work showed that concentrated MG dispersions can be covalently interlinked to form macroscopic hydrogels, w…

Composite hydrogels of polyacrylamide and crosslinked pH-responsive micrometer-sized hollow particles Open

Kyriaki S. Pafiti, Zhengxing Cui, Louise Carney, Anthony J. Freemont, Brian R. Saunders · 2015

Polyacrylamide composite hydrogels containing micrometer-sized pH-responsive hollow particles have tuneable mechanical properties that are governed by percolation.

Doubly crosslinked microgel-colloidosomes: a versatile method for pH-responsive capsule assembly using microgels as macro-crosslinkers Open

Wenkai Wang, Amir H. Milani, Louise Carney, Junfeng Yan, Zhengxing Cui , et al. · 2015

Covalent inter-linking of vinyl-functionalised microgels adsorbed to oil droplets gives pH-responsive doubly crosslinked microgel colloidosomes.

Photoactive composite films prepared from mixtures of polystyrene microgel dispersions and poly(3-hexylthiophene) solutions Open

Mu Chen, Zhengxing Cui, Steve Edmondson, Nigel W. Hodson, Mi Zhou , et al. · 2015

Composite polystyrene microgel/P3HT films have been prepared that contain islands of 2D-microgel crystals, are electrically conducting and show tuneable light absorption.

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