by sophiachung | Mar 7, 2022 | research
Lipid monolayers at an air/water interface, for example lung surfactant, exhibit rich surface morphology and behavior upon compression that is tunable with temperature and composition. Monolayer collapse is an elastic instability where the film undergoes in-plane or...
by amcooper | Sep 16, 2021 | research
From NIH specific aims Aortic dissection is a devastating clinical problem that leads to death when untreated. For surgeons and interventionalists, the optimal management of aortic dissections remains ill-defined. In the majority of patients currently suffering from...
by amcooper | Sep 14, 2021 | research
From IRB21-0299 Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) and endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) are used to respectively repair thoracic aortic and abdominal aortic diseases. The most important and well-known complication of TEVAR and EVAR is endoleak. From Katz...
by tenisiad | Aug 23, 2021 | research
FromAPS GUP: Depending on the biological situation, cellular adhesion to interfaces is desirable or undesirable. For example, to correct a weakened and bulging section of an artery, called an aneurysm, an endograft, a cylindrical tube made of metal and fabric, is...
by rwake | Sep 6, 2016 | research
From DFISpecific Aims/Letter of Intent Since the advent of modern gastrointestinal (GI) surgery in the late 19thcentury, the problem of ‘leakage’ after surgical connections of adjacent tissue has remained one of the most dreaded complications and the cause of...
