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Alexander Cook's research focuses on the development and application of novel materials for biomedical purposes, particularly in the field of theranostics and drug delivery. His work involves the creation of "artificial cells" using complex coacervate materials, exploring strategies for controlling their morphology and functionality. Cook investigates how to tune the properties of these synthetic structures, such as membrane fluidity and enzyme activity, for specific therapeutic applications. This includes the design of responsive materials that can harness endogenous stimuli.
His publications also address bottom-up and top-down fabrication methods for polymer-based biomedical materials and reviews on shape-specific microfabricated particles. Cook has explored polymer vesicles and lipid nanoparticles as components of advanced delivery systems. His research interests extend to the development of hydrogel microplates engineered to respond to specific biological cues, such as matrix metalloproteinases, for targeted cell manipulation, including the programmed killing of tumor cells.
Cook has authored over 111 publications, with an h-index of 23 and more than 1,837 citations. He is recognized as a highly cited researcher and maintains an active laboratory website. He has collaborated with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Toluwanimi Ogundipe, Andrew Braham, Tomás R. Nuñez, and Amarjeet Tiwari.
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- h-index: 23
- Publications: 111
- Citations: 1,890
Selected Publications
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Comparative life-cycle cost analysis of flexible and rigid pavement: a case study of four Arkansas roadway sections (2025)
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- Complex Coacervate Materials as Artificial Cells
- Tuning of Cationic Polymer Functionality in Complex Coacervate Artificial Cells for Optimized Enzyme Activity
- Polymer Vesicles and Lipid Nanoparticles
- Control over membrane fluidity and biophysical properties of synthetic terpolymer stabilized complex coacervates
- Light-activated spatiotemporal control over nanoreactor permeability
Showing 5 of 14 shared publications
- Harnessing Endogenous Stimuli for Responsive Materials in Theranostics
- Shape-specific microfabricated particles for biomedical applications: a review
- Matrix metalloproteinase responsive hydrogel microplates for programmed killing of invasive tumour cells
- Size effects of discoidal <scp>PLGA</scp> nanoconstructs in Pickering emulsion stabilization
- Embedding Hydrogels into Microfluidic Chips: Vascular Transport Analyses and Drug Delivery Optimization
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
- Shape-specific microfabricated particles for biomedical applications: a review
- Matrix metalloproteinase responsive hydrogel microplates for programmed killing of invasive tumour cells
- Size effects of discoidal <scp>PLGA</scp> nanoconstructs in Pickering emulsion stabilization
- Correction: Shape-specific microfabricated particles for biomedical applications: a review
- Shape-specific microfabricated particles for biomedical applications: a review
- Matrix metalloproteinase responsive hydrogel microplates for programmed killing of invasive tumour cells
- Embedding Hydrogels into Microfluidic Chips: Vascular Transport Analyses and Drug Delivery Optimization
- Correction: Shape-specific microfabricated particles for biomedical applications: a review
- Shape-specific microfabricated particles for biomedical applications: a review
- Matrix metalloproteinase responsive hydrogel microplates for programmed killing of invasive tumour cells
- Embedding Hydrogels into Microfluidic Chips: Vascular Transport Analyses and Drug Delivery Optimization
- Correction: Shape-specific microfabricated particles for biomedical applications: a review
- Complex Coacervate Materials as Artificial Cells
- Control over membrane fluidity and biophysical properties of synthetic terpolymer stabilized complex coacervates
- Engineering Motile Coacervate Droplets via Nanomotor Stabilization
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- Matrix metalloproteinase responsive hydrogel microplates for programmed killing of invasive tumour cells
- Size effects of discoidal <scp>PLGA</scp> nanoconstructs in Pickering emulsion stabilization
- An overview of current drug delivery strategies for glioblastoma treatment and barriers to progress
- Shape-specific microfabricated particles for biomedical applications: a review
- Size effects of discoidal <scp>PLGA</scp> nanoconstructs in Pickering emulsion stabilization
- Correction: Shape-specific microfabricated particles for biomedical applications: a review
- Shape-specific microfabricated particles for biomedical applications: a review
- Size effects of discoidal <scp>PLGA</scp> nanoconstructs in Pickering emulsion stabilization
- Correction: Shape-specific microfabricated particles for biomedical applications: a review
- Shape-specific microfabricated particles for biomedical applications: a review
- Matrix metalloproteinase responsive hydrogel microplates for programmed killing of invasive tumour cells
- Correction: Shape-specific microfabricated particles for biomedical applications: a review
- Polymer Vesicles and Lipid Nanoparticles
- Targeted Peptide Nanofiber-Loaded Stomatocytes for Combined Photodynamic and Photothermal Therapy
- Engineering Motile Coacervate Droplets via Nanomotor Stabilization
- Engineering Motile Coacervate Droplets via Nanomotor Stabilization
- Photoactivatable Synthetic Exosomes for RNA‐Based Communication Between Artificial Cells and Living Cells
- Photoactivatable Synthetic Exosomes for RNA‐Based Communication Between Artificial Cells and Living Cells
- Engineering Motile Coacervate Droplets via Nanomotor Stabilization
- Photoactivatable Synthetic Exosomes for RNA‐Based Communication Between Artificial Cells and Living Cells
- Photoactivatable Synthetic Exosomes for RNA‐Based Communication Between Artificial Cells and Living Cells
- Design Optimization of Origami-Tunable Frequency Selective Surfaces
- Mapping geometric and electromagnetic feature spaces with machine learning for additively manufactured RF devices
- Design Optimization of Origami-Tunable Frequency Selective Surfaces
- Mapping geometric and electromagnetic feature spaces with machine learning for additively manufactured RF devices
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