Investigation into the Use of Microfluidics in the Manufacture of Metallic Gold-Coated Iron Oxide Hybrid Nanoparticles (2021)
Journal Article
Curtis. (2021). Investigation into the Use of Microfluidics in the Manufacture of Metallic Gold-Coated Iron Oxide Hybrid Nanoparticles. Nanomaterials, 2976 - 2976. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11112976

Hybrid iron oxide-gold nanoparticles are of increasing interest for applications in nanomedicine, photonics, energy storage, etc. However, they are often difficult to synthesise without experience or 'know-how'. Additionally, standard protocols do no... Read More about Investigation into the Use of Microfluidics in the Manufacture of Metallic Gold-Coated Iron Oxide Hybrid Nanoparticles.

Thermally reactive N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA) amphiphiles for drug solubilisation (2021)
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Curtis, A., Alsuraifi, A., Mathew, E., Lamprou, D. A., & Hoskins, C. (2021). Thermally reactive N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA) amphiphiles for drug solubilisation. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 601, Article ARTN 120570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120570

Thermally active polymers, can respond structurally to temperature changes, making them interesting as potential drug delivery vehicles. Polymers of N-(3-aminopropyl) methacrylamide hydrochloride (APMA) are cationic with primary amine groups in their... Read More about Thermally reactive N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA) amphiphiles for drug solubilisation.

Silver Nanoparticle-Mediated Therapies in the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer (2019)
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Foulkes, R., Ali Asgari, M., Curtis, A., & Hoskins, C. (2019). Silver Nanoparticle-Mediated Therapies in the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer. ACS Applied Nano Material, 1758-1772. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.9b00439

Pancreatic cancer is an extremely aggressive disease for which patient prognosis is poor and survival is extremely unlikely. It is an extremely under-represented cancer in the research field, due to the dense tumors formed and complexities surroundin... Read More about Silver Nanoparticle-Mediated Therapies in the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer.

Stimuli Responsive Polymeric Systems for Cancer Therapy. (2018)
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Curtis, A., Lamprou, D., Hoskins, C., & Alsuraifi, A. (2018). Stimuli Responsive Polymeric Systems for Cancer Therapy. Pharmaceutics, https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics10030136

Nanoscale polymers systems have dominated the revolution of drug delivery advancement. Their potential in the fight against cancer is unrivalled with other technologies. Their functionality increase, targeting ability and stimuli responsive nature ha... Read More about Stimuli Responsive Polymeric Systems for Cancer Therapy..

Application of Nanoparticle Technologies in the Combat against Anti-Microbial Resistance (2018)
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Curtis, A., Kumar, M., & Hoskins, C. (2018). Application of Nanoparticle Technologies in the Combat against Anti-Microbial Resistance. Pharmaceutics, https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics10010011

Anti-microbial resistance is a growing problem that has impacted the world and brought about the beginning of the end for the old generation of antibiotics. Increasingly, more antibiotics are being prescribed unnecessarily and this reckless practice... Read More about Application of Nanoparticle Technologies in the Combat against Anti-Microbial Resistance.