Publications:  Dr Julien Gautrot

Zhang X, Megone W, Peijs T, Gautrot JE(2020). Functionalization of electrospun PLA fibers using amphiphilic block copolymers for use in carboxy-methyl-cellulose hydrogel composites. Nanocomposites

Di Cio S, Iskratsch T, Connelly JT, Gautrot JE(2019). Contractile myosin rings and cofilin-mediated actin disassembly orchestrate ECM nanotopography sensing. Biomaterials vol. 232,

Cozens EJ, Kong D, Roohpour N, Gautrot JE(2019). The physico-chemistry of adhesions of protein resistant and weak polyelectrolyte brushes to cells and tissues. Soft Matter vol. 16, (2) 505-522.

Li D, Wu L, Qu F, Ribadeneyra MC, Tu G, Gautrot J(2019). Core-independent approach for polymer brush-functionalised nanomaterials with a fluorescent tag for RNA delivery. Chemical Communications vol. 55, (94) 14166-14169.

Crespo M, Santagiuliana G, Picot O, Portale G, Bilotti E, Gautrot JE(2019). A Photoaddressable Liquid Crystalline Phase Transition in Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites. Advanced Functional Materials vol. 29, (24)

Qu F, Li D, Ma X, Chen F, Gautrot JE(2019). A Kinetic Model of Oligonucleotide-Brush Interactions for the Rational Design of Gene Delivery Vectors. Biomacromolecules vol. 20, (6) 2218-2229.

Ahmad N, Colak B, Gibbs MJ, Zhang D-W, Gautrot JE, Watkinson M, Becer CR, Krause S(2019). Peptide Cross-Linked Poly(2-oxazoline) as a Sensor Material for the Detection of Proteases with a Quartz Crystal Microbalance. Biomacromolecules vol. 20, (7) 2506-2514.

Ahmad N, Colak B, Zhang DW, Gibbs MJ, Watkinson M, Remzi Becer C, Gautrot JE, Krause S(2019). Peptide cross-linked poly (Ethylene glycol) hydrogel films as biosensor coatings for the detection of collagenase. Sensors (Switzerland) vol. 19, (7)

GAUTROT JEE(2019). Conformational Dynamics and Responsiveness of Weak and Strong Polyelectrolyte Brushes: Atomistic Simulations of PDMAEMA and PMETAC. Langmuir

GAUTROT JEE(2019). Modes of adsorption of polyelectrolytes to model substrates of hydroxyapatite. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science vol. 543, 237-237.

Zhang F, An Y, Roohpour N, Barber AH, Gautrot JE(2018). Hydration dependent mechanical performance of denture adhesive hydrogels. Dent Mater vol. 34, (10) 1440-1448.

Kong D, Peng L, Di Cio S, Novak P, Gautrot JE(2018). Stem Cell Expansion and Fate Decision on Liquid Substrates Are Regulated by Self-Assembled Nanosheets. ACS Nano vol. 12, (9) 9206-9213.

Tang P, di Cio S, Wang W, E Gautrot J(2018). Surface-Initiated Poly(oligo(2-alkyl-2-oxazoline)methacrylate) Brushes. Langmuir vol. 34, (34) 10019-10027.

Pandey P, Hawkes W, Hu J, Megone WV, Gautrot J, Anilkumar N, Zhang M, Hirvonen L et al.(2018). Erratum: Cardiomyocytes Sense Matrix Rigidity through a Combination of Muscle and Non-muscle Myosin Contractions (Developmental cell (2018) 44 3 (326-336.e3) PII: S1534-5807(18)30409-X). Developmental cell vol. 45, (5)

Megone W, Roohpour N, Gautrot JE(2018). Impact of surface adhesion and sample heterogeneity on the multiscale mechanical characterisation of soft biomaterials. Sci Rep vol. 8, (1) 6780-6780.

Kong D, Megone W, Nguyen KDQ, Di Cio S, Ramstedt M, Gautrot JE(2018). Protein Nanosheet Mechanics Controls Cell Adhesion and Expansion on Low-Viscosity Liquids. Nano Lett

Li D, Sharili AS, Connelly J, Gautrot JE(2018). Highly Stable RNA Capture by Dense Cationic Polymer Brushes for the Design of Cytocompatible, Serum-Stable SiRNA Delivery Vectors. Biomacromolecules

PANDEY P, Hawkes W, Hu J, MEGONE WV, GAUTROT J, Anilkumar N, Zhang M, Hirvonen L et al.(2018). Cardiomyocytes sense matrix rigidity through a combination of muscle and non-muscle myosin contractions. Developmental Cell

Colak B, Di Cio S, Gautrot JE(2018). Biofunctionalised Patterned Polymer Brushes via Thiol-Ene Coupling for the Control of Cell Adhesion and the Formation of Cell Arrays. Biomacromolecules

Zhang X, Geven MA, Wang X, Qin L, Grijpma DW, Peijs T, Eglin D, Guillaume O et al.(2018). A drug eluting poly(Trimethylene carbonate)/ poly(lactic acid)-reinforced nanocomposite for the functional delivery of osteogenic molecules. International Journal of Nanomedicine vol. 13, 5701-5718.

Li D, Gautrot JE(2017). Design of Polymer Brushes for Cell Culture and Cellular Delivery. Polymer and Biopolymer Brushes: For Materials Science and Biotechnology,

Darshan GH, Kong D, Gautrot J, Vootla S(2017). Physico-chemical characterization of Antheraea mylitta silk mats for wound healing applications. Scientific Reports vol. 7, (1)

Krishnamoorthy M, Li D, Sharili AS, Gulin-Sarfraz T, Rosenholm JM, Gautrot JE(2017). The Solution Conformation of Polymer Brushes Determines their Interactions with DNA and Transfection Efficiency. Biomacromolecules

Zhang X, Geven MA, Grijpma D, Peijs T, Gautrot JE(2017). Tunable and processable shape memory composites based on degradable polymers. Polymer

Kong D, Nguyen KDQ, Megone W, Peng L, Gautrot JE(2017). The culture of HaCaT cells on liquid substrates is mediated by a mechanically strong liquid–liquid interface. Faraday Discuss. vol. 204, 367-381.

Di Cio S, Bøggild TML, Connelly J, Sutherland DS, Gautrot JE(2017). Differential integrin expression regulates cell sensing of the matrix nanoscale geometry. Acta Biomaterialia vol. 50, 280-292.

Gh D, Kong D, Gautrot J, Vootla SK(2017). Fabrication and Characterization of Conductive Conjugated Polymer-Coated Antheraea mylitta Silk Fibroin Fibers for Biomedical Applications. Macromol Biosci vol. 17, (7)

Attwood SJ, Cortes E, Haining AW, Robinson B, Li D, Gautrot J, Del Río Hernández A(2016). Adhesive ligand tether length affects the size and length of focal adhesions and influences cell spreading and attachment. Sci Rep vol. 6, 34334-34334.

Colak B, Da Silva JCS, Soares TA, Gautrot JE(2016). Impact of the Molecular Environment on Thiol-Ene Coupling For Biofunctionalization and Conjugation. Bioconjugate Chemistry vol. 27, (9) 2111-2123.

Nguyen KDQ, Megone WV, Kong D, Gautrot JE(2016). Ultrafast diffusion-controlled thiol-ene based crosslinking of silicone elastomers with tailored mechanical properties for biomedical applications. Polymer Chemistry vol. 7, (33) 5281-5293.

Zhang X, Geven MA, Grijpma DW, Gautrot JE, Peijs T(2016). “Polymer-polymer composites for the design of strong and tough degradable biomaterials”. Materials Today Communications vol. 8, Article C, 53-63.

An Y, Li D, Roohpour N, Gautrot JE, Barber AH(2016). Failure mechanisms in denture adhesives. Dental Materials vol. 32, (5) 615-623.

Tan KY, Ramstedt M, Colak B, Huck WTS, Gautrot JE(2016). Study of thiol-ene chemistry on polymer brushes and application to surface patterning and protein adsorption. Polymer Chemistry vol. 7, (4) 979-990.

Di Cio S, Gautrot JE(2016). Cell sensing of physical properties at the nanoscale: Mechanisms and control of cell adhesion and phenotype. Acta Biomaterialia vol. 30, 26-48.

Di Cio S, Gautrot JE(2015). Cell sensing of physical properties at the nanoscale: Mechanisms and control of cell adhesion and phenotype. Acta Biomaterialia

Eglin D, Alini M, de Bruijn J, Gautrot J, Grijpma DW, Kamer L, Lai Y, Lu S et al.(2015). The RAPIDOS project-European and Chinese collaborative research on biomaterials. J Orthop Translat vol. 3, (2) 78-84.

Hackett AJ, Malmström J, Molino PJ, Gautrot JE, Zhang H, Higgins MJ, Wallace GG, Williams DE et al.(2015). Conductive surfaces with dynamic switching in response to temperature and salt. Journal of Materials Chemistry B vol. 3, (48) 9285-9294.

Wang J, Zhou Y, Watkinson M, Gautrot J, Krause S(2014). High-sensitivity light-addressable potentiometric sensors using silicon on sapphire functionalized with self-assembled organic monolayers. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical vol. 209, Article C, 230-236.

Krishnamoorthy M, Hakobyan S, Ramstedt M, GAUTROT JEE(2014). Surface initiated polymer brushes in the biomedical field: Applications in membrane science, biosensing, cell culture, regenerative medicine and antibacterial coatings. Chemical Reviews vol. 114, (21) 10976-11026.

Deo DI, Gautrot JE, Sukhorukov GB, Wang W(2014). Biofunctionalization of PEGylated microcapsules for exclusive binding to protein substrates. Biomacromolecules vol. 15, (7) 2555-2562.

Gautrot JE, Malmström J, Sundh M, Margadant C, Sonnenberg A, Sutherland DS(2014). The nanoscale geometrical maturation of focal adhesions controls stem cell differentiation and mechanotransduction. Nano Letters vol. 14, (7) 3945-3952.

Costa P, Gautrot JE, Connelly JT(2014). Directing cell migration using micropatterned and dynamically adhesive polymer brushes. Acta Biomater vol. 10, (6) 2415-2422.

Tan KY, Lin H, Ramstedt M, Watt FM, Huck WTS, Gautrot JE(2013). Decoupling geometrical and chemical cues directing epidermal stem cell fate on polymer brush-based cell micro-patterns. Integr Biol (Camb) vol. 5, (6) 899-910.

GAUTROT JEE, Rzhepishevska O, Hakobyan S, Ruhal R, Barbero D, Ramstedt M(2013). The surface charge of anti-bacterial coatings alters motility and biofilm architecture. Journal of Biomaterials Science: Polymer Edition vol. 1, (6) 589-602.

Gautrot JE, Wang C, Liu X, Goldie SJ, Trappmann B, Huck WTS, Watt FM(2012). Mimicking normal tissue architecture and perturbation in cancer with engineered micro-epidermis. Biomaterials vol. 33, (21) 5221-5229.

Trappmann B, Gautrot JE, Connelly JT, Strange DGT, Li Y, Oyen ML, Cohen Stuart MA, Boehm H et al.(2012). Extracellular-matrix tethering regulates stem-cell fate. Nature Materials

Rodriguez-Emmenegger C, Brynda E, Riedel T, Houska M, Šubr V, Alles AB, Hasan E, Gautrot JE et al.(2011). Polymer brushes showing non-fouling in blood plasma challenge the currently accepted design of protein resistant surfaces. Macromol Rapid Commun vol. 32, (13) 952-957.

Tan KY, Gautrot JE, Huck WTS(2011). Formation of pickering emulsions using ion-specific responsive colloids. Langmuir vol. 27, (4) 1251-1259.

Tan KY, Gautrot JE, Huck WTS(2011). Island brushes to control adhesion of water in oil droplets on planar surfaces. SOFT MATTER vol. 7, (15) 7013-7020.

Strandman S, Gautrot JE, Zhu XX(2011). Recent advances in entropy-driven ring-opening polymerizations. POLYMER CHEMISTRY vol. 2, (4) 791-799.

Connelly JT, Mishra A, Gautrot JE, Watt FM(2011). Shape-induced terminal differentiation of human epidermal stem cells requires p38 and is regulated by histone acetylation. PLoS One vol. 6, (11)

Connelly JT, Gautrot JE, Trappmann B, Tan DWM, Donati G, Huck WTS, Watt FM(2010). Actin and serum response factor transduce physical cues from the microenvironment to regulate epidermal stem cell fate decisions. Nature Cell Biology vol. 12, (7) 711-718.

Gautrot JE, Trappmann B, Oceguera-Yanez F, Connelly J, He X, Watt FM, Huck WTS(2010). Exploiting the superior protein resistance of polymer brushes to control single cell adhesion and polarisation at the micron scale. Biomaterials vol. 31, (18) 5030-5041.

Therien-Aubin H, Gautrot JE, Shao Y, Zhang J, Zhu XX(2010). Shape memory properties of main chain bile acids polymers. POLYMER vol. 51, (1) 22-25.

Gautrot JE, Huck WTS, Welch M, Ramstedt M(2010). Protein-resistant NTA-functionalized polymer brushes for selective and stable immobilization of histidine-tagged proteins. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces vol. 2, (1) 193-202.

Gautrot JE, Zhu XX(2009). Shape memory polymers based on naturally-occurring bile acids. Macromolecules vol. 42, (19) 7324-7331.

Trmcic-Cvitas J, Hasan E, Ramstedt M, Li X, Cooper MA, Abell C, Huck WTS, Gautrot JE(2009). Biofunctionalized protein resistant oligo(ethylene glycol)-derived polymer brushes as selective immobilization and sensing platforms. Biomacromolecules vol. 10, (10) 2885-2894.

Gautrot JE, Zhang J, Shao Y, Zhu XX(2009). New degradable polymers made from natural compounds bile acids by ROMP. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY vol. 237,

Huck WTS, Gautrot J, Watt F(2009). The effects of surface chemistry on epidermal stem cell differentiation. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY vol. 237,

Hodge P, Gautrot JE(2009). Polymers containing in-chain quinone moieties: synthesis and properties. POLYMER INTERNATIONAL vol. 58, (3) 261-266.

Gautrot JE, Zhu XX(2009). Macrocyclic bile acids: from molecular recognition to degradable biomaterial building blocks. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY vol. 19, (32) 5705-5716.

Gautrot JE, Hodge P, Helliwell M, Raftery J, Cupertino D(2009). Synthesis of electron-accepting polymers containing phenanthra-9,10-quinone units. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY vol. 19, (24) 4148-4156.

Gautrot JE, Zhu XX(2008). High molecular weight bile acid and ricinoleic acid-based copolyesters via entropy-driven ring-opening metathesis polymerisation. Chem Commun (Camb) (14) 1674-1676.

Gautrot JE, Hodge P(2007). Poly(dibenzo[a,c]phenazine-2,7-diyl)s - Synthesis and characterisation of a new family of electron-accepting conjugated polymers. POLYMER vol. 48, (24) 7065-7077.

Nguyen BT, Gautrot JE, Nguyen MT, Zhu XX(2007). Silver nanoparticles stabilized by nitrocellulose as low conversion temperature precursors for inkjet-printed electronic circuits. 2007 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show - NSTI Nanotech 2007, Technical Proceedings vol. 2, 68-71.

Charbonneau C, Gautrot JE, Hébert M-J, Zhu XX, Lerouge S(2007). Chondroitin-4-sulfate: a bioactive macromolecule to foster vascular healing around stent-grafts after endovascular aneurysm repair. Macromol Biosci vol. 7, (5) 746-752.

Chen Y, Gautrot JE, Zhu XX(2007). Synthesis and characterization of core-shell microspheres with double thermosensitivity. LANGMUIR vol. 23, (3) 1047-1051.

Chen Y, Gautrot JE, Zhu XX(2007). Synthesis and characterization of core-shell microspheres with double thermosensitivity. Langmuir vol. 23, (3) 1047-1051.

Gautrot JE, Zhu XX(2007). Molar mass of main-chain bile acid-based oligo-esters measured by SEC, MALDI-TOF spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy: a comparative study. Anal Chim Acta vol. 581, (2) 281-286.

Gautrot JE, Hodge P, Cupertino D, Helliwell M(2007). 2,6-Diaryl-9,10-anthraquinones as models for electron-accepting polymers. NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY vol. 31, (9) 1585-1593.

Nguyen BT, Gautrot JE, Nguyen MT, Zhu XX(2007). Nitrocellulose-stabilized silver nanoparticles as low conversion temperature precursors useful for inkjet printed electronics. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY vol. 17, (17) 1725-1730.

Chen Y, Gautrot JE, Li Z, Zhu XX(2007). Preparation and thermo-responsive light diffraction behaviors of soft polymerized crystalline colloidal arrays. SOFT MATTER vol. 3, (5) 571-579.

Gautrot JE, Hodge P, Cupertino D, Helliwell M(2006). Experimental evidence for carbonyl-pi electron cloud interactions. NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY vol. 30, (12) 1801-1807.

Gautrot JE, Zhu XX(2006). Main-chain bile acid based degradable elastomers synthesized by entropy-driven ring-opening metathesis polymerization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl vol. 45, (41) 6872-6874.

Nguyen BT, Gautrot JE, Ji C, Brunner P-L, Nguyen MT, Zhu XX(2006). Enhancing the photoluminescence intensity of conjugated polycationic polymers by using quantum dots as antiaggregation reagents. Langmuir vol. 22, (10) 4799-4803.

Gautrot JE, Zhu XX(2006). Biodegradable polymers based on bile acids and potential biomedical applications. JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE-POLYMER EDITION vol. 17, (10) 1123-1139.

Schroeder R, Majewski LA, Grell M, Maunoury J, Gautrot J, Hodge P, Turner M(2005). Electrode specific electropolymerization of ethylenedioxythiophene: Injection enhancement in organic transistors. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS vol. 87, (11) Article ARTN 113501,