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1. Nanocomposite Hydrogels

   Animations | 21 Aug 2022 | Contributor(s):: Francisco Padron, Rice University

   What are Nanocomposite Hydrogels? Sodium alginate (SA) is a natural hydrophilic biopolymer, typically obtained from marine brown macroalgae, and suitable for making hydrogels for biomedical applications due to its biocompatibility, chelating ability, water solubility, and low-cost. The...

2. [Illinois] ECE 416 Avidin-Biotin and Surface Functionalization I

   Online Presentations | 08 May 2013 | Contributor(s):: Brian Cunningham

              In this lecture, we start off by taking a look at X-Ray Crystallography and how it is used to understand how biomolecules binding works. The x-ray data is processed by computer algorithms to determine coordinates of all atoms in...