Research Summary
Micro- and nanoengineered soft materials for medicine and the environment; microfluidic-enabled biomaterials for tissue engineering and regeneration; living materials; next-generation bioadhesives, tissue sealants, and hemostatic agents; hydrogels for minimally invasive medical technologies; self-healing and adaptable soft materials; smart coatings; hairy nanocelluloses as an emerging family of advanced materials
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Relaxation dynamics of water in the vicinity of cellulose nanocrystals
Chae, I., Paniagua-Guerra, L. E., Pitcher, M. L., Koshani, R., Yuan, M., Lin, Y. T., Lee, J., Perini, S. E., Sheikhi, A., Ramos-Alvarado, B., Lanagan, M. T. & Kim, S. H., Sep 2023, In: Cellulose. 30, 13, p. 8051-8061 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Injectable, Antibacterial, and Hemostatic Tissue Sealant Hydrogels
Haghniaz, R., Montazerian, H., Rabbani, A., Baidya, A., Usui, B., Zhu, Y., Tavafoghi, M., Wahid, F., Kim, H. J., Sheikhi, A. & Khademhosseini, A., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Advanced Healthcare Materials.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Tissue adhesive hemostatic microneedle arrays for rapid hemorrhage treatment
Haghniaz, R., Kim, H. J., Montazerian, H., Baidya, A., Tavafoghi, M., Chen, Y., Zhu, Y., Karamikamkar, S., Sheikhi, A. & Khademhosseini, A., May 2023, In: Bioactive Materials. 23, p. 314-327 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Nanoengineering the Redispersibility of Cellulose Nanocrystals
Huntington, B., Pitcher, M. L. & Sheikhi, A., Jan 9 2023, In: Biomacromolecules. 24, 1, p. 43-56 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Dynein-Powered Cell Locomotion Guides Metastasis of Breast Cancer
Tagay, Y., Kheirabadi, S., Ataie, Z., Singh, R. K., Prince, O., Nguyen, A., Zhovmer, A. S., Ma, X., Sheikhi, A., Tsygankov, D. & Tabdanov, E. D., Nov 3 2023, In: Advanced Science. 10, 31, 2302229.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Colloidal aspects of calcium carbonate scaling in water-in-oil emulsions: A fundamental study using droplet-based microfluidics
Yeh, S. L., Koshani, R. & Sheikhi, A., Mar 2023, In: Journal of Colloid And Interface Science. 633, p. 536-545 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mussel-Inspired Nanocellulose Coating for Selective Neodymium Recovery
Yeh, S. L., Alexander, D., Narasimhalu, N., Koshani, R. & Sheikhi, A., Sep 20 2023, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 15, 37, p. 44154-44166 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Gelatin Methacryloyl Granular Hydrogel Scaffolds: High-throughput Microgel Fabrication, Lyophilization, Chemical Assembly, and 3D Bioprinting
Ataie, Z., Jaberi, A., Kheirabadi, S., Risbud, A. & Sheikhi, A., Dec 2022, In: Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2022, 190, e64829.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Nanoengineered Granular Hydrogel Bioinks with Preserved Interconnected Microporosity for Extrusion Bioprinting
Ataie, Z., Kheirabadi, S., Zhang, J. W., Kedzierski, A., Petrosky, C., Jiang, R., Vollberg, C. & Sheikhi, A., Sep 15 2022, In: Small. 18, 37, 2202390.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Cohesive Shear-Thinning Biomaterial for Catheter-Based Minimally Invasive Therapeutics
Baidya, A., Haghniaz, R., Tom, G., Edalati, M., Kaneko, N., Alizadeh, P., Tavafoghi, M., Khademhosseini, A. & Sheikhi, A., Sep 28 2022, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 14, 38, p. 42852-42863 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Recent advances and challenges in recycling and reusing biomedical materials
Kheirabadi, S. & Sheikhi, A., Dec 2022, In: Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. 38, 100695.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
A Readily Scalable, Clinically Demonstrated, Antibiofouling Zwitterionic Surface Treatment for Implantable Medical Devices
McVerry, B., Polasko, A., Rao, E., Haghniaz, R., Chen, D., He, N., Ramos, P., Hayashi, J., Curson, P., Wu, C. Y., Bandaru, P., Anderson, M., Bui, B., Sayegh, A., Mahendra, S., Carlo, D. D., Kreydin, E., Khademhosseini, A., Sheikhi, A. & Kaner, R. B., May 19 2022, In: Advanced Materials. 34, 20, 2200254.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Highly functional bio-based micro- and nano-structured materials for neodymium recovery
Pitcher, M. L., Huntington, B., Dominick, J. & Sheikhi, A., Nov 1 2022, In: Chemical Engineering Journal. 447, 137418.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Assessing the aneurysm occlusion efficacy of a shear-thinning biomaterial in a 3D-printed model
Schroeder, G., Edalati, M., Tom, G., Kuntjoro, N., Gutin, M., Gurian, M., Cuniberto, E., Hirth, E., Martiri, A., Sposato, M. T., Aminzadeh, S., Eichenbaum, J., Alizadeh, P., Baidya, A., Haghniaz, R., Nasiri, R., Kaneko, N., Mansouri, A., Khademhosseini, A. & Sheikhi, A., Jun 2022, In: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 130, 105156.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Nanoengineering cellulose for the selective removal of neodymium: Towards sustainable rare earth element recovery
Wamea, P., Pitcher, M. L., Muthami, J. & Sheikhi, A., Jan 15 2022, In: Chemical Engineering Journal. 428, 131086.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review