By Professor Penny Martens

Journal articles

Shin M; Martens PJ; Siegmund T; Kruzic JJ; Gludovatz B, 2024, 'A numerical study of dehydration induced fracture toughness degradation in human cortical bone', Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2024.106468

Shin M; Kim DK; Jain M; Martens PJ; Turner RT; Iwaniec UT; Kruzic JJ; Gludovatz B, 2024, 'Impact of heavy alcohol consumption on cortical bone mechanical properties in male rhesus macaques', Bone, 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2024.117041

Shin M; Pelletier MH; Lovric V; Walsh WR; Martens PJ; Kruzic JJ; Gludovatz B, 2024, 'Effect of gamma irradiation and supercritical carbon dioxide sterilization with Novakill™ or ethanol on the fracture toughness of cortical bone', Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials, 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.35356

Shin M; Zhang M; vom Scheidt A; Pelletier MH; Walsh WR; Martens PJ; Kruzic JJ; Busse B; Gludovatz B, 2022, 'Impact of test environment on the fracture resistance of cortical bone', Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 129, pp. 105155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105155

Prakash A; Lata R; Martens PJ; Rohindra D, 2021, 'Characterization and in-vitro analysis of poly(ε-caprolactone)-“Jackfruit” Mucilage blends for tissue engineering applications', Polymer Engineering and Science, 61, pp. 526 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pen.25597

Amin ML; Mawad D; Dokos S; Koshy P; Martens PJ; Sorrell CC, 2021, 'Fucoidan- and carrageenan-based biosynthetic poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels for controlled permeation', Materials Science and Engineering C, 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2020.111821

Aregueta Robles UA; Martens PJ; Poole-Warren LA, 2021, 'Challenges and solutions for fabrication of three-dimensional cocultures of neural cell-loaded biomimetic constructs', Biointerphases, 16, pp. 011202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/6.0000700

Atienza-Roca P; Kieser DC; Cui X; Bathish B; Ramaswamy Y; Hooper GJ; Clarkson AN; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Martens PJ; Wise LM; Woodfield TBF; Lim KS, 2020, 'Visible light mediated PVA-tyramine hydrogels for covalent incorporation and tailorable release of functional growth factors', Biomaterials Science, 8, pp. 5005 - 5019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0bm00603c

Amin ML; Mawad D; Dokos S; Koshy P; Martens PJ; Sorrell CC, 2020, 'Immunomodulatory properties of photopolymerizable fucoidan and carrageenans', Carbohydrate Polymers, 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.115691

Aregueta-Robles UA; Martens PJ; Poole-Warren LA; Green RA; Aregueta Robles U, 2019, 'Tissue engineered hydrogels supporting 3D neural networks', Acta Biomaterialia, 95, pp. 269 - 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2018.11.044

Van Guyse JFR; Mees MA; Vergaelen M; Baert M; Verbraeken B; Martens PJ; Hoogenboom R, 2019, 'Amidation of methyl ester side chain bearing poly(2-oxazoline)s with tyramine: A quest for a selective and quantitative approach', Polymer Chemistry, 10, pp. 954 - 962, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9py00014c

Aregueta-Robles UA; Martens PJ; Poole-Warren LA; Green RA; Aregueta Robles U, 2018, 'Tailoring 3D hydrogel systems for neuronal encapsulation in living electrodes', Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 56, pp. 273 - 287, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/polb.24558

Blamires SJ; Martens PJ; Kasumovic MM, 2018, 'Fitness consequences of plasticity in an extended phenotype', Journal of Experimental Biology, 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.167288

Blamires SJ; Nobbs M; Martens PJ; Tso IM; Chuang WT; Chang CK; Sheu HS, 2018, 'Multiscale mechanisms of nutritionally induced property variation in spider silks', PLoS ONE, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192005

Faradilla RHF; Lee G; Roberts J; Martens P; Stenzel M; Arcot J, 2018, 'Effect of glycerol, nanoclay and graphene oxide on physicochemical properties of biodegradable nanocellulose plastic sourced from banana pseudo-stem', Cellulose, 25, pp. 399 - 416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10570-017-1537-x

Faradilla RHF; Lee G; Arns JY; Roberts J; Martens P; Stenzel MH; Arcot J, 2017, 'Characteristics of a free-standing film from banana pseudostem nanocellulose generated from TEMPO-mediated oxidation', Carbohydrate Polymers, 174, pp. 1156 - 1163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.07.025

Goding J; Gilmour A; Robles UA; Poole-Warren L; Lovell N; Martens P; Green R; Aregueta Robles U, 2017, 'A living electrode construct for incorporation of cells into bionic devices', MRS Communications, 7, pp. 487 - 495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2017.44

Goding J; Gilmour A; Martens P; Poole-Warren L; Green R, 2017, 'Interpenetrating Conducting Hydrogel Materials for Neural Interfacing Electrodes', Advanced Healthcare Materials, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adhm.201601177

Blamires SJ; Hasemore M; Martens PJ; Kasumovic MM, 2017, 'Diet-induced co-variation between architectural and physicochemical plasticity in an extended phenotype', Journal of Experimental Biology, 220, pp. 876 - 884, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.150029

Blamires SJ; Kasumovic MM; Tso IM; Martens PJ; Hook JM; Rawal A, 2016, 'Evidence of decoupling protein structure from spidroin expression in spider dragline silks', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 17, pp. 1294, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms17081294

Roberts JJ; Farrugia BL; Green RA; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Martens PJ, 2016, 'In situ formation of poly(vinyl alcohol)–heparin hydrogels for mild encapsulation and prolonged release of basic fibroblast growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor', Journal of Tissue Engineering, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2041731416677132

Roberts JJ; Naudiyal P; Lim KS; Poole-Warren LA; Martens PJ, 2016, 'A comparative study of enzyme initiators for crosslinking phenol-functionalized hydrogels for cell encapsulation.', Biomaterials Research, 20, pp. 30 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40824-016-0077-z

Roberts JJ; Naudiyal P; Jugé L; Bilston LE; Granville AM; Martens PJ, 2015, 'Tailoring Stimuli Responsiveness using Dynamic Covalent Cross-Linking of Poly(vinyl alcohol)-Heparin Hydrogels for Controlled Cell and Growth Factor Delivery', ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 1, pp. 1267 - 1277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5b00321

Nafea EH; Poole-Warren LA; Martens PJ, 2015, 'Bioactivity of permselective PVA hydrogels with mixed ECM analogues', Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A, 103, pp. 3727 - 3735, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.35510

Lim KS; Ramaswamy Y; Roberts JJ; Alves MH; Poole-Warren LA; Martens PJ, 2015, 'Promoting Cell Survival and Proliferation in Degradable Poly(vinyl alcohol)-Tyramine Hydrogels', Macromolecular Bioscience, 15, pp. 1423 - 1432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201500121

Martens PJ; Ly M; Adams DH; Penzkover KR; Strudwick X; Cowin AJ; Poole-Warren LA, 2015, 'In vivo delivery of functional Flightless i siRNA using layer-by-layer polymer surface modification', Journal of Biomaterials Applications, 30, pp. 257 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0885328215579422

Fan KW; Roberts JJ; Martens PJ; Stenzel MH; Granville AM, 2015, 'Copolymerization of an indazole ligand into the self-polymerization of dopamine for enhanced binding with metal ions', Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3, pp. 7457 - 7465, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5tb01150g

Goding JA; Gilmour AD; Martens PJ; Poole-Warren LA; Green RA, 2015, 'Small bioactive molecules as dual functional co-dopants for conducting polymers', Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3, pp. 5058 - 5069, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5tb00384a

Lim KS; Roberts JJ; Alves MH; Poole-Warren LA; Martens PJ, 2015, 'Understanding and tailoring the degradation of PVA-tyramine hydrogels', Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.42142

De Silva DA; Martens PJ; Gilmore KJ; Panhuis MIH, 2015, 'Degradation behavior of ionic-covalent entanglement hydrogels', Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.41216

Nafea EH; Poole-Warren LA; Martens PJ, 2015, 'Bioactivity of permselective PVA hydrogels with mixed ECM analogues', Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.35510

Lim KS; Ramaswamy Y; Roberts JJ; Alves MH; Poole-Warren LA; Martens PJ, 2015, 'Promoting Cell Survival and Proliferation in Degradable Poly(vinyl alcohol)-Tyramine Hydrogels', Macromolecular Bioscience, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201500121

Nafea EH; Poole-Warren LA; Martens PJ, 2014, 'Structural and permeability characterization of biosynthetic PVA hydrogels designed for cell-based therapy', Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition, 25, pp. 1771 - 1790, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09205063.2014.950033

Wang R; Geven M; Dijkstra PJ; Martens P; Karperien M, 2014, 'Hydrogels by supramolecular crosslinking of terpyridine end group functionalized 8-arm poly(ethylene glycol)', Soft Matter, 10, pp. 7328 - 7336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4sm01162g

Peterson MB; Le-Masurier SP; Lim K; Hook JM; Martens P; Granville AM, 2014, 'Incorporation of 5-hydroxyindazole into the self-polymerization of dopamine for novel polymer synthesis', Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 35, pp. 291 - 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/marc.201300746

Mario Cheong GL; Lim KS; Jakubowicz A; Martens PJ; Poole-Warren LA; Green RA, 2014, 'Conductive hydrogels with tailored bioactivity for implantable electrode coatings', Acta Biomaterialia, 10, pp. 1216 - 1226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2013.12.032

Habib Nafea E; Poole-Warren LA; Martens PJ, 2014, 'Correlation of macromolecular permeability to network characteristics of multivinyl poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels', Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 52, pp. 63 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/polb.23397

Baek S; Green R; Granville A; Martens P; Poole-Warren L, 2013, 'Erratum: Thin film hydrophilic electroactive polymer coatings for bioelectrodes (Journal of Materials Chemistry B (2013) DOI:10.1039/C3TB20152J)', Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 1, pp. 6670, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3tb90147e

De Silva DA; Poole-Warren LA; Martens PJ; In Het Panhuis M, 2013, 'Mechanical characteristics of swollen gellan gum hydrogels', Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 130, pp. 3374 - 3383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.39583

Young C; Rozario K; Poole-Warren L; Martens P; Serra C, 2013, 'Poly(vinyl alcohol)-heparin biosynthetic microspheres produced by microfluidics and ultraviolet photopolymerisation', Biomicrofluidics, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4816714

Baek S; Green R; Granville A; Martens P; Poole-Warren L, 2013, 'Thin film hydrophilic electroactive polymer coatings for bioelectrodes (vol 1, pg 3803, 2013)', JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B, 1, pp. 6670 - 6670, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000327499100013&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Lim KS; Alves M-H; Poole-Warren LA; Martens P, 2013, 'Covalent incorporation of non-chemically modified gelatin into degradable PVA-tyramine hydrogels', Biomaterials, 34, pp. 7097 - 7105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.06.005

Baek S; Green RA; Granville A; Martens P; Poole-Warren LA, 2013, 'Thin film hydrophilic electroactive polymer coatings for bioelectrodes', Journal of materials chemistry. B, Materials for biology and medicine, 1, pp. 3803 - 3810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3tb20152j

O'Brien CC; Finch CH; Barber TJ; Martens P; Simmons A, 2012, 'Analysis of Drug Distribution from a Simulated Drug-Eluting Stent Strut using an In Vitro Framework and Erratum to: Analysis of Drug Distribution from a Simulated Drug-Eluting Stent Strut Using an In Vitro Framework.', Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 40, pp. 2687 - 2697, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10439-012-0604-6

Poole-Warren LA; Goding J; Green RA; Martens P, 2012, 'Challenges of therapeutic delivery using conducting polymers', Therapeutic Delivery, 3, pp. 421 - 427, http://dx.doi.org/10.4155/TDE.12.19

Young C; Poole-Warren LA; Martens P, 2012, 'Combining Submerged Electrospray and UV Photopolymerization for Production of Synthetic Hydrogel Microspheres for Cell Encapsulation', Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 109, pp. 1561 - 1570

Green RA; Hassarati R; Goding J; Baek S; Lovell NH; Martens P; Poole-Warren LA, 2012, 'Conductive Hydrogels: Mechanically Robust Hybrids for Use as Biomaterials', Macromolecular Bioscience, 12, pp. 494 - 501, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201100490

Alves M-H; Young C; Bozzetto K; Poole-Warren LA; Martens P, 2012, 'Degradable, click poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels: Characterization of degradation and cellular compatibility', Biomedical Materials, 7, pp. Article number: 024106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-6041/7/2/024106

Nilasaroya A; Martens P; Whitelock J, 2012, 'Enzymatic degradation of heparin-modified hydrogels and its effect on bioactivity', Biomaterials, 33, pp. 5534 - 5540, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.04.022

O'Brien CC; Finch CH; Barber TJ; Martens P; Simmons A, 2012, 'Erratum to: Analysis of Drug Distribution from a Simulated Drug-Eluting Stent Strut Using an In Vitro Framework', Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 40, pp. 2697 - 2697, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10439-012-0663-8

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