Bryan Gencianeo Alamani

University of the Philippines | UPD · Department of Chemical Engineering

The synthesis of biocompatible polymers for coating applications has been gaining more attention in recent years due to increasing spread of infectious diseases via contaminated surfaces. One strategy to combat this problem is to apply antimicrobial coatings to surfaces prone to microbial contamination. This study presents a series of biomimetic po...

Purpose of review: This review discusses the role of molecular modifiers as inhibitors of kidney stone formation, drawing largely from in-vitro evidence while also citing relevant in-vivo studies. An emphasis is placed on physical observations of crystal growth inhibition, including mechanisms of action that focus predominantly on the literature o...

The use of growth modifiers in natural, biological, and synthetic crystallization is a ubiquitous strategy for controlling growth and achieving desired physicochemical properties. For crystals that grow classically (i.e., monomer-by-monomer addition), theories of crystallization are well established and the field of growth modification is rather ma...

We show that alkali metals function as effective modifiers of calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM) crystallization wherein alkali-oxalate ion parings reduce the rate of crystal growth by as much as 60%. Our findings reveal a distinct trend in alkali metal efficacy that cannot be explained by colloidal theories or simple descriptors, such as ion size,...

Layered silicate clays are natural crystallites and are well recognized for their structures and industrial applications, but there are very few reports on their structural confinement properties and on the mechanisms that underlie their polymer interactions. In this review, we summarize the recent progress on clay modification via conventional ion...

In this work, a facilely fabricated enzymatic biosensor composed of reduced graphene oxide (rGO), chitosan (Chi), and tyrosinase (Tyr) is developed for bisphenol A (BPA) determination. rGO with varying properties is obtained by different GO reduction routes. A trend correlating the sensing efficiency toward BPA with the population and distribution...