Research Description
The Velev group has been a leader in the area of constructing biomimetic circuits and solar cells from hydrogels.
Previous Projects
Convectively Assembled Photosynthetic Biocomposites – Cellular Artificial Leaves Adam Wallace
Multifunctional Living Paints: Composite Blends of Latex Polymer Particles and Live Cells Deposited by Convective Assembly Jessica Jenkins
Controlled Deposition of Live Cell Coatings Lindsey Jerrim
Controlled Dielectrophoretic Assembly of Biomaterials from Live Cells and Colloidal Particles Shalini Gupta
Representative Publications
Jenkins, J. S.; Flickinger, M. C.; Velev, O. D. Engineering Cellular Photocomposite Materials Using Convective Assembly. Materials 2013, 6(5), 1803-1825.
Jenkins, J. S.; Flickinger, M. C.; Velev, O. D. Deposition of Composite Coatings from Particle-Particle and Particle-Yeast Blends by Convective-Sedimentation Assembly. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2012, 380, 192-200.
Gupta, S.; Alargova, R. G.; Kilpatrick, P. K.; Velev, O. D. On-chip dielectrophoretic coassembly of live cells and particles into responsive biomaterials. Langmuir 2010, 26, 3441–3452.
Jerrim, L. B.; Velev, O. D. Deposition of coatings from live yeast cells and large particles by “convective-sedimentation” assembly. Langmuir 2009, 25, 5692–5702.
Gupta, S.; Alargova, R. G.; Kilpatrick, P. K.; Velev, O. D. On-chip electric field driven assembly of biocomposites from live cells and functionalized particles. Soft Matter 2008, 4, 726–730.
