S. Scott Saavedra
University of Arizona
145 Papers
2.7K Citations
S. Scott Saavedra is an academic researcher from University of Arizona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lipid bilayer & Thin film. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 141 publications. Previous affiliations of S. Scott Saavedra include PerkinElmer & Duke University.
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Papers
Effect of the conformation and orientation of adsorbed fibronectin on endothelial cell spreading and the strength of adhesion.
TL;DR: The results indicate that changes in the conformation of the Fn cell binding domain affect Fn affinity for its cell surface receptor.
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Chemical Sensing Using Sol-Gel Derived Planar Waveguides and Indicator Phases
Lin Yang,S. Scott Saavedra +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a planar integrated optical waveguide (IOW) is used to detect the formation of a complex between the analyte and indicator via attenuated total reflection (ATR) of light guided in the IOW.
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Air plasma treatment of submicron thick PDMS polymer films: effect of oxidation time and storage conditions
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of oxidation time and storage conditions on the surface wettability of thin films of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) spun cast onto glass slides was studied.
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Molecular orientation distributions in protein films. 1. Cytochrome c adsorbed to substrates of variable surface chemistry
TL;DR: In this paper, the orientation distribution of the heme groups in the protein films was determined using a combination of two techniques: absorption linear dichroism, measured in a planar integrated optical waveguide-attenuated total reflection geometry, and emission anisotropy measured in total internal reflection fluorescence geometry.
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Fabrication and characterization of low-loss, sol-gel planar waveguides.
TL;DR: The results show that the catalyst used to accelerate the sol-gel reaction strongly influenced the optical quality of the IOW, and the use of SiCl4 is thought to retard formation of a microheterogeneous network containing Si-rich and Ti-rich domains, which is favored with HCl catalysis and contributes to the higher observed losses.
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