Below are the highlights of key publications that describe the research topics being conducted in my research group |
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| Self-Assembly Systems for Drug and Gene Delivery | Biomemitic and templating systems |
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Dai, S., Ravi, P., Tam, K.C.*, pH-Responsive Polymers: Synthesis, Properties and Applications, Soft Matter (Review article) (2008), 4, 435-449. |
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Tjandra, W., Ravi, P., Yao, J., Tam, K.C.*, Synthesis of hollow spherical calcium phosphate nano-particles using polymeric nanotemplates, Nanotechnology (2006), 17, 5988-5994. |
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Liu, J.H., Sondjaja, R., Tam, K.C.*, Alpha-Cyclodextrin Induced Self-assembly of a Double-hydrophilic Block Copolymer in Aqueous Solution, Langmuir (2007), 23 (9), 5106-5109. |
Polymer-Surfactant Interactions |
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Wang, C., Wyn-Jones E., Sidhu, J., Tam, K.C.*, Supramolecular Complex Induced by the Binding of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate to PAMAM Dendrimers, Langmuir (2007), 23, 1635-1639. |
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Tian, Y., Bromberg, L., S.N. Lin, Hatton, T.A., Tam, K.C.*, Complexation and Release of a Cancer Drug (Doxorubicin) from its Complexes with Pluronic P85-b-poly(acrylic acid) Tri-block Copolymers, Journal of Controlled Release (2007), 121 (3), 137-145. |  |
Wang C., Ravi, P., Tam, K.C.*, Morphological Transformation of [60]Fullerene Containing Poly(acrylic acid) Induced by Binding of Surfactant, Langmuir (2006), 22, 2927-2930. |
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Tan, J.F., Too, H.P., Hatton, T.A.*, Tam, K.C.*, Aggregation Behavior and Thermodynamics of binding between Polyethylene Oxide-block-Poly(2-(Diethylamino)Ethyl Methacrylate) and plasmid DNA, Langmuir (2006), 22, 3744-3750. |
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Tam, K.C.*, Wyn-Jones, E.*, A Tutorial Review Providing Insights on Polymer Surfactant Complex Structures During the Binding of Surfactants to Polymers as Measured by Equilibrium and Structural Techniques, Chemical Society Reviews (2006), 35 (8), 693-709, 2006. |
Water-soluble Stimuli-responsive Fullerene Systems |
Responsive and Smart Microgel/Nanogel Systems |
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Wang, C., Ravi, P., Dai, S., Tam, K.C.*, Self-assembly of Well-defined Mono and Dual end-capped C60 Containing Polyacrylic Acids in Aqueous Solution, Langmuir (2006), 22 (17), 7167-7174 |
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Tan, B.H., Ravi, P., Tan, L.N., Tam, K.C.*, Synthesis and Aqueous Solution Properties of Sterically Stabilized pH-Responsive Polyampholyte Microgels, Journal of Colloid & Interfacial Science (2007), 309 (2), 453-463. |
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Ravi, P., Dai, S., Tan, C.H., Tam, K.C.*, Self-assembly of Alkali-soluble [60Fullerene Containing Poly(methacrylic acid) in Aqueous Solution, Macromolecules (2005), 38, 933-939. |
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Tan, B.H., Tam, K.C.*, Review on the Dynamics and Microstructure of pH-Responsive Nano-Colloidal System, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, (2008), 136, 25-44. |
| Associative Polymers for Environmentally Friendly Coating |  |
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Liao, D.S., Dai, S., Tam, K.C.*, Interaction between Fluorocarbon End-Capped Polyethylene-oxide and Cyclodextrins, Macromolecules (2007), 40, 2936-2945. |
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Tripathi, A.*, Tam, K.C., McKinley, G.H; Rheology and Dynamics of Associative Polymers in Shear and Extension: Theory and Experiments, Macromolecules (2006), 39,1981-1999. |
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Wang, C., Tam, K.C.*, Jenkins, R.D., Dissolution Behavior of HASE Polymers in the presence of Salt: Potentiometric Titration, Isothermal Titration Calorimetry and Light Scattering Studies, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, (2002), 106, 1195-1204. |
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