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Gervasio Zaldivar

Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago
Verified email at uchicago.edu
Cited by 149

Alterations in dendritic morphology of prefrontal cortical and nucleus accumbens neurons in post-pubertal rats after neonatal excitotoxic lesions of the ventral …

G Flores, G Alquicer, AB Silva-Gomez, G Zaldivar… - Neuroscience, 2005 - Elsevier
Neonatal ventral hippocampal (nVH) lesions in rats result in adult onset of a number of
behavioral and cognitive abnormalities analogous to those seen in schizophrenia, including …

Molecular theory: A tool for predicting the outcome of self-assembly of polymers, nanoparticles, amphiphiles, and other soft materials

G Zaldivar, YA Perez Sirkin, G Debais, M Fiora… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The supramolecular organization of soft materials, such as colloids, polymers, and
amphiphiles, results from a subtle balance of weak intermolecular interactions and entropic …

Self-assembled nanostructures of peptide amphiphiles: charge regulation by size regulation

G Zaldivar, S Vemulapalli, V Udumula… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Self-assembled nanostructures of peptide amphiphiles (PAs) with molecular structures
C16K2 and C16K3 (where C indicates the number of carbon atoms in the alkyl chain and K …

Conformal Electrodeposition of Antimicrobial Hydrogels Formed by Self‐Assembled Peptide Amphiphiles

G Zaldivar, J Feng, L Lizarraga, Y Yu… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The colonization of biomedical surfaces by bacterial biofilms is concerning because these
microorganisms display higher antimicrobial resistance in biofilms than in liquid cultures …

Molecular basis for the morphological transitions of surfactant wormlike micelles triggered by encapsulated nonpolar molecules

G Zaldivar, M Conda-Sheridan, M Tagliazucchi - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
Surfactant wormlike micelles are prone to experience morphological changes, including the
transition to spherical micelles, upon the addition of nonpolar additives. These …

Lithium solvation in dimethyl sulfoxide-acetonitrile mixtures

R Semino, G Zaldívar, EJ Calvo, D Laria - The Journal of chemical …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We present molecular dynamics simulation results pertaining to the solvation of Li+ in
dimethyl sulfoxide-acetonitrile binary mixtures. The results are potentially relevant in the …

Scission energies of surfactant wormlike micelles loaded with nonpolar additives

G Zaldivar, M Conda-Sheridan… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hypothesis The previously observed effects of nonpolar additives on the scission energy
and rheological properties of surfactant wormlike micelles can be explained in terms of the …

Molecular epidemiology of spinocerebellar ataxias in Cuba: insights into SCA2 founder effect in Holguin

LV Pérez, GS Cruz, NS Falcón, LEA Mederos… - Neuroscience …, 2009 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of hereditary ataxias in Cuba,
with a special focus on the clinical and molecular features of SCA2. Clinical assessments …

Control of Peptide Amphiphile Supramolecular Nanostructures by Isosteric Replacements

…, C Huck-Iriart, AS Picco, SR Lee, G Zaldivar… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Supramolecular nanostructures with tunable properties can have applications in medicine,
pharmacy, and biotechnology. In this work, we show that the self-assembly behavior of …

Autopsy on a dead spreading center: the Phoenix Ridge, Drake Passage, Antarctica

R Livermore, JC Balanyá, A Maldonado… - …, 2000 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
New bathymetric and magnetic anomaly data from the Phoenix Ridge, Antarctica, show that
extinction of all three remaining segments occurred at the time of magnetic chron C2A …