Author Archives: Jarek Drelich
SI Volume 5 Issue 1
The first issue of 2017 of Surface Innovations is available online. We open this first issue with two important contributions prepared by members of the External Advisory Board. In the first paper entitled “Contact Angles and Wettability: Towards Common and … Continue reading
Point of Pride
One of our publications remains as the top cited paper for Surface Innovations in the last 3 years. The paper is entitled Guidelines to Measurements of Reproducible Contact Angles Using a Sessile-Drop Technique and was published at the end of … Continue reading
Publication on Zn-Li Alloys
Graduate student Shan Zhao led the project on formulation of new Zn-Li alloys for biomedical applications. In her first paper on Zn-Li alloys she reports a preparation of new Zn-xLi alloys (with x=2, 4, 6 at%). Structures of the formulated … Continue reading
New Scholar from China
The SURFI Team welcomes a new addition to our team, Dr. Xubo Liu. Dr. Xubo Liu has arrived from the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at Nanchang University in P.R. China a few days before Christmas. Dr. Liu will … Continue reading
Season’s Greetings
I and Surface Innovations team would like to wish everyone happy holiday season and very successful 2017! Hope you will have chance to visit or interact with us next year.
SI Volume 4 Issue 4
The fourth issue of 2016 of Surface Innovations is available online. It contains four papers, starting with a review entitled “Superwettability integration: concepts, design and applications” by Moyuan Cao and Lei Jiang. This contribution offers a new and unique perspective … Continue reading
Successful Ph.D. Dissertation
Shan successfully defended her Ph.D. Dissertation entitled Structural characteristics and corrosion behavior of biodegradable Zn-Li alloys in stent application on December 19, 2016. She is scheduled to complete her entire Ph.D. program some time during the Spring 2017 semester.
Successful M.S. Defense
Avishan successfully defended her M.S. Thesis entitled Formulation and testing of biodegradable polymeric coating on zinc wires in cardiovascular stent application on December 14, 2016. She is scheduled to complete her entire M.S. program some time during the Spring 2017 … Continue reading
Zinc and Inflammatory Cells
Although zinc and its alloys have many potential advantages, the inflammatory response has not been carefully examined in our research until recently. Using a modified wire implantation model, our close collaborators from Biomedical Engineering program led by Roger Guillory and … Continue reading
SI Volume 4 Issue 3
We are glad to share with you the content of the 3rd issue of 2016 of Surface Innovations, with six papers on bio-nano interfaces, which were selected and assembled by Prof. Candan Tamerler from the University of Kansas.
