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Overview

Alberto Saiani is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on materials science, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with notable activity across these interdisciplinary fields.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Materials Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these broader categories, Saiani has contributed significantly to several subfields, such as:

  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Biomaterials
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

The work spans a variety of specialized topics, including:

  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties
  • Polymer composites and self-healing
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research

Their frequent publication venues reflect these research interests and include:

  • Biomacromolecules
  • Polymers
  • Acta Biomaterialia
  • Materials Science and Engineering C
  • Cancers

Saiani has collaborated often with several coauthors, highlighting a network of recurring scientific partnerships. Notable coauthors by publication count are:

  • Aline F. Miller (15 publications)
  • Haneen Zuhair Naji (13 publications)
  • Muayad Albozahid (11 publications)
  • Zoalfokkar Kareem Alobad (10 publications)
  • Jacek K. Wychowaniec (7 publications)

Recent papers illustrate the scope and themes of Saiani's current research efforts:

  • Role of Sheet-Edge Interactions in β-sheet Self-Assembling Peptide Hydrogels, 2020, Biomacromolecules
  • Substrate Stiffness-Driven Membrane Tension Modulates Vesicular Trafficking via Caveolin-1, 2022, ACS Nano
  • Controlling Doxorubicin Release from a Peptide Hydrogel through Fine-Tuning of Drug-Peptide Fiber Interactions, 2022, Biomacromolecules
  • TGF-β3-loaded graphene oxide - self-assembling peptide hybrid hydrogels as functional 3D scaffolds for the regeneration of the nucleus pulposus, 2021, Acta Biomaterialia
  • Functionalised peptide hydrogel for the delivery of cardiac progenitor cells, 2020, Materials Science and Engineering C

Best Publications

  • Nanostructured hydrogels for three-dimensional cell culture through self-assembly of fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl-dipeptides

    Vineetha Jayawarna;Murtza Ali;Thomas A. Jowitt;Aline F. Miller

  • Fmoc-diphenylalanine self assembles to a hydrogel via a novel architecture based on π–π interlocked β-sheets

    Andrew M. Smith;Richard J. Williams;Claire Tang;Paolo Coppo

  • Fmoc-Diphenylalanine Self-Assembly Mechanism Induces Apparent pKa Shifts

    Claire Tang;Andrew M. Smith;Richard F. Collins;Rein V. Ulijn;Rein V. Ulijn

  • Introducing chemical functionality in Fmoc-peptide gels for cell culture.

    Vineetha Jayawarna;Stephen M. Richardson;Andrew R. Hirst;Nigel W. Hodson

  • Origin of Multiple Melting Endotherms in a High Hard Block Content Polyurethane. 1. Thermodynamic Investigation

    A. Saiani;W. A. Daunch;H. Verbeke;J. W. Leenslag

  • Effect of glycine substitution on Fmoc-diphenylalanine self-assembly and gelation properties.

    Claire Tang;Rein V. Ulijn;Alberto Saiani

  • Self-assembly and gelation properties of α-helix versus β-sheet forming peptides

    A. Saiani;A. Mohammed;H. Frielinghaus;R. Collins

  • Origin of Multiple Melting Endotherms in a High Hard Block Content Polyurethane. 2. Structural Investigation

    A. Saiani;C. Rochas;G. Eeckhaut;W. A. Daunch

  • Thermoreversible protein hydrogel as cell scaffold.

    Hui Yan;Alberto Saiani;Julie E Gough;Aline F Miller

  • Degradation kinetics of poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid block copolymer cast films in phosphate buffer solution as revealed by infrared and Raman spectroscopies

    Elisabeth Vey;Caroline Rodger;Jonathan Booth;Mike Claybourn

  • Origin of Multiple Melting Endotherms in a High Hard Block Content Polyurethane: Effect of Annealing Temperature

    A. Saiani;A. Novak;Laurence Rodier;G. Eeckhaut

  • Controlling Self-Assembling Peptide Hydrogel Properties through Network Topology

    Jie Gao;Claire Tang;Mohamed A. Elsawy;Andrew M. Smith

  • Self-assembling peptide hydrogel for intervertebral disc tissue engineering

    Simon Wan;Samantha Borland;Stephen M. Richardson;Catherine L.R. Merry

  • 3D cell bioprinting of self-assembling peptide-based hydrogels

    Bella Raphael;Tony Khalil;Victoria Louise Workman;Andrew Smith

  • Refinement of the Crystal Structures of Forms I and II of Isotactic Polybutene-1 and a Proposal of Phase Transition Mechanism between Them

    Kohji Tashiro;Jian Hu;Hai Wang;Makoto Hanesaka

  • Self-assembled octapeptide scaffolds for in vitro chondrocyte culture

    Ayeesha Mujeeb;Aline F Miller;Alberto Saiani;Julie E Gough

  • Graphene oxide containing self-assembling peptide hybrid hydrogels as a potential 3D injectable cell delivery platform for intervertebral disc repair applications.

    Cosimo Ligorio;Mi Zhou;Jacek K. Wychowaniec;Xinyi Zhu

  • Degradation mechanism of poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid block copolymer cast films in phosphate buffer solution

    Elisabeth Vey;Caroline Roger;Liz Meehan;Jonathan Booth

  • Enzymatic catalyzed synthesis and triggered gelation of ionic peptides.

    Jean-Baptiste Guilbaud;Elisabeth Vey;Stephen Boothroyd;Andrew M. Smith

  • Using small angle scattering (SAS) to structurally characterise peptide and protein self-assembled materials

    Jean Baptiste Guilbaud;Alberto Saiani

Frequent Co-Authors

Rein V. Ulijn
Rein V. Ulijn City University of New York
Judith A. Hoyland
Judith A. Hoyland University of Manchester
Aravind Vijayaraghavan
Aravind Vijayaraghavan University of Manchester
Miguel Angel Rodriguez-Perez
Miguel Angel Rodriguez-Perez University of Valladolid
Richard F. Collins
Richard F. Collins University of Manchester
Cyrille Rochas
Cyrille Rochas Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Nicola Tirelli
Nicola Tirelli Italian Institute of Technology
Cameron Alexander
Cameron Alexander University of Nottingham
Stephen M. Richardson
Stephen M. Richardson University of Manchester
Janne Ruokolainen
Janne Ruokolainen Aalto University

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