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Stephen J Picken

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Bahgat N, Wilfert P, Picken S, Sorin L, Lin Y, Korving L, et al.
Water Res . 2025 Jan; 274:123019. PMID: 39787840
Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) are ubiquitous in biological wastewater treatment (WWT) technologies like activated sludge systems, biofilm reactors, and granular sludge systems. EPS recovery from sludge potentially offers a high-value...
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Raja A, Wilfert P, Picken S
Polymers (Basel) . 2024 Oct; 16(20). PMID: 39458722
A theoretical approach is presented to quantify the effect of ionic strength on the swelling and shrinkage of the hydrodynamic coil size of a generic biopolymer. This was conducted in...
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Raja A, Wilfert P, Picken S
Polymers (Basel) . 2024 Oct; 16(19). PMID: 39408533
The use of the consistency index, as determined from fitting rheological data to the Herschel-Bulkley model, is described such that it may yield systematic trends that allow a very convenient...
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Tavaststjerna M, Picken S, Garcia S
Langmuir . 2024 Jun; 40(25):12888-12898. PMID: 38872416
In this work, we study the relationship between the molecular water layer (MWL) and frost freezing onset and propagation. The progression of frost has been reported to be governed by...
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Espindola S, Norder B, Jansen K, Zlopasa J, Picken S
Macromolecules . 2023 Dec; 56(23):9839-9852. PMID: 38105930
Tailoring the order in hierarchical structures is a key goal of bioinspired nanocomposite design. Recently, nacre-like materials have been developed by solvent evaporation methods that are scalable and attain advanced...
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Espindola S, Zlopasa J, Picken S
Macromolecules . 2023 Oct; 56(18):7579-7586. PMID: 37781216
High-performance bioinspired materials have shown rapid development over the last decade. Examples are brick-and-mortar hierarchical structures, which are often achieved via solvent evaporation. Although good properties are claimed, most systems...
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Ghanbari E, Picken S, van Esch J
Langmuir . 2023 Aug; 39(34):12182-12195. PMID: 37578393
This study intends to develop design rules for binary mixture of gelators that govern their assembly behavior and subsequently explore the impact of their supramolecular assembly patterns on the gels'...
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Ghanbari E, Chen Z, Padmanabhan P, Picken S, van Esch J
Langmuir . 2023 Jul; 39(31):10913-10924. PMID: 37492983
We report a systematic study of the gelation behavior of BA gelators in xylene, with odd and even -methylene spacers between the amide groups ( = 5-10) and 17 carbons...
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Espindola S, Norder B, Koper G, Picken S
Biomacromolecules . 2023 Mar; 24(4):1627-1637. PMID: 36889305
Biopolymers are abundant, renewable, and biodegradable resources. However, bio-based materials often require toughening additives, like (co)polymers or small plasticizing molecules. Plasticization is monitored via the glass transition temperature versus diluent...
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Kiriinya L, Kwakernaak M, Van den Akker S, Verbist G, Picken S, Kelder E
Polymers (Basel) . 2023 Feb; 15(3). PMID: 36771941
We present a sustainable, inherently safe battery chemistry that is based on widely available and cheap materials, that is, iron and manganese hosted in alginate bio-material known from the food...