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Katarina Edwards

Katarina Edwards

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Chemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
13314
World Ranking
7414
National Ranking
97

Overview

Katarina Edwards is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Materials Science. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Biomaterials, Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their research topics cover a range of areas with a focus on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery, Surfactants and Colloidal Systems, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, and Covalent Organic Framework Applications.

Frequent collaborators include Lars Gedda, Vı́ctor Agmo Hernández, Philipp Grad, Magnus Bergström, and Aijie Liu.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Panchromatic Ternary Polymer Dots Involving Sub-Picosecond Energy and Charge Transfer for Efficient and Stable Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Influence of Chain Length of Gradient and Block Copoly(2-oxazoline)s on Self-Assembly and Drug Encapsulation, 2022, Small
  • Polymer Dots as Photoactive Membrane Vesicles for [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Self-Assembly and Solar-Driven Hydrogen Evolution, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Structural Characterization Study of a Lipid Nanocapsule Formulation Intended for Drug Delivery Applications Using Small-Angle Scattering Techniques, 2022, Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • Formulation development and upscaling of lipid nanocapsules as a drug delivery system for a novel cyclic GMP analogue intended for retinal drug delivery, 2021, International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Edwards regularly publishes in journals such as the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Small, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, and Soft Matter.

Best Publications

  • Chitosan as a nonviral gene delivery system. Structure-property relationships and characteristics compared with polyethylenimine in vitro and after lung administration in vivo.

    Magnus Köping-Höggård;Ioannis Tubulekas;Holly Guan;Katarina Edwards

  • A New Double-Responsive Block Copolymer Synthesized via RAFT Polymerization: Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-block-poly(acrylic acid)

    Christine M. Schilli;Mingfu Zhang;Ezio Rizzardo;San H. Thang

  • Cryo transmission electron microscopy of liposomes and related structures

    Mats Almgren;Katarina Edwards;Göran Karlsson

  • Influence of poly(ethylene glycol) grafting density and polymer length on liposomes : Relating plasma circulation lifetimes to protein binding

    Nancy Dos Santos;Christine Allen;Anne-Marie Doppen;Malathi Anantha

  • Liposomes, Disks, and Spherical Micelles: Aggregate Structure in Mixtures of Gel Phase Phosphatidylcholines and Poly(Ethylene Glycol)-Phospholipids

    Markus Johnsson;Katarina Edwards

  • Direct observation and characterization of DMPC/DHPC aggregates under conditions relevant for biological solution NMR

    Lorens van Dam;Göran Karlsson;Katarina Edwards

  • Effect of polyethyleneglycol-phospholipids on aggregate structure in preparations of small unilamellar liposomes

    Katarina Edwards;M Johnsson;G Karlsson;M Silvander

  • Aggregation and network formation of aqueous methylcellulose and hydroxypropylmethylcellulose solutions.

    Rasmus Bodvik;Andra Dedinaite;Leif Karlson;Magnus Bergström

  • Therapeutically optimized rates of drug release can be achieved by varying the drug-to-lipid ratio in liposomal vincristine formulations.

    Michael J.W. Johnston;Sean C. Semple;Sandra K. Klimuk;Katarina Edwards

  • Formation of transition metal-doxorubicin complexes inside liposomes.

    Sheela Ann Abraham;Katarina Edwards;Göran Karlsson;Scott MacIntosh

  • Vesicle Solubilization by Alkyl Sulfate Surfactants: A Cryo-TEM Study of the Vesicle to Micelle Transition

    Mats Silvander;Göran Karlsson;Katarina Edwards

  • Characterization of water in bacterial cellulose using dielectric spectroscopy and electron microscopy

    Krisitna Gelin;Aase Katarina Bodin;Paul Gatenholm;Albert Mihranyan

  • Phospholipid membrane permeability of peptide nucleic acid

    Pernilla Wittung;Johan Kajanus;Katarina Edwards;Peter Nielsen

  • Surfactant-induced leakage and structural change of lecithin vesicles: effect of surfactant headgroup size

    Katarina Edwards;Mats Almgren

  • Solubilization of lecithin vesicles by C12E8

    Katarina Edwards;Mats Almgren

  • Physiochemical characterization of the Alzheimer's disease-related peptides Aβ1–42Arctic and Aβ1–42wt

    Ann-Sofi Johansson;Fredrik Berglind-Dehlin;Göran Karlsson;Katarina Edwards

  • Solubilization of lecithin vesicles by C12E8: Structural transitions and temperature effects

    Katarina Edwards;Mats Almgren

  • Encapsulation of doxorubicin into thermosensitive liposomes via complexation with the transition metal manganese.

    Gigi N.C. Chiu;Sheela A. Abraham;Ludger M. Ickenstein;Rebecca Ng

  • Solubilization of Lecithin Vesicles by a Cationic Surfactant: Intermediate Structures in the Vesicle-Micelle Transition Observed by Cryo-Transmission Electron Microscopy

    Katarina Edwards;Jonas Gustafsson;Mats Almgren;Göran Karlsson

  • Panchromatic ternary polymer dots involving sub-picosecond energy and charge transfer for efficient and stable photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

    Aijie Liu;Lars Gedda;Martin Axelsson;Mariia Pavliuk

  • An evaluation of transmembrane ion gradient-mediated encapsulation of topotecan within liposomes.

    Sheela A. Abraham;Katarina Edwards;Göran Karlsson;Norma Hudon

Frequent Co-Authors

Göran Karlsson
Göran Karlsson Uppsala University
Marcel B. Bally
Marcel B. Bally University of British Columbia
Mats Almgren
Mats Almgren Uppsala University
Lawrence D. Mayer
Lawrence D. Mayer University of British Columbia
Mathias Winterhalter
Mathias Winterhalter Jacobs University
Pieter R. Cullis
Pieter R. Cullis University of British Columbia
Michel Lafleur
Michel Lafleur University of Montreal
Sylviane Lesieur
Sylviane Lesieur University of Paris-Saclay
Wyn Brown
Wyn Brown Uppsala University
Anders Hagfeldt
Anders Hagfeldt Uppsala University

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