Ken Welch
Professor at Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Nanotechnology and Functional Materials
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 79 44
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 167 93 19
- E-mail:
- ken.welch@angstrom.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ångströmlaboratoriet, Regementsvägen 10
- Postal address:
- Box 35
751 03 UPPSALA
- Academic merits:
- Docent in Engineering Science with Specialisation in Nanotechnology and Functional Materials

Publications
Recent publications
Part of Polymer testing, 2025
- DOI for Influence of printing configuration on the resulting topology and antibacterial effectiveness of PVDF-graphene composites
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Kvantpricksjakten: Forskarhjälpen 2024
Nobel Prize Museum, 2024
Part of European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics, 2024
- DOI for Development of a simple paste for 3D printing of drug formulations containing a mesoporous material loaded with a poorly water-soluble drug
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Combinatorial 3D printed dosage forms for a two-step and controlled drug release
Part of European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023
- DOI for Combinatorial 3D printed dosage forms for a two-step and controlled drug release
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Part of International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2023
- DOI for Processability of mesoporous materials in fused deposition modeling for drug delivery of a model thermolabile drug
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All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Polymer testing, 2025
- DOI for Influence of printing configuration on the resulting topology and antibacterial effectiveness of PVDF-graphene composites
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Part of European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics, 2024
- DOI for Development of a simple paste for 3D printing of drug formulations containing a mesoporous material loaded with a poorly water-soluble drug
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Combinatorial 3D printed dosage forms for a two-step and controlled drug release
Part of European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023
- DOI for Combinatorial 3D printed dosage forms for a two-step and controlled drug release
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Part of International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2023
- DOI for Processability of mesoporous materials in fused deposition modeling for drug delivery of a model thermolabile drug
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Bioactive Silicon Nitride Implant Surfaces with Maintained Antibacterial Properties
Part of Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 2022
- DOI for Bioactive Silicon Nitride Implant Surfaces with Maintained Antibacterial Properties
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3D-Printed Mesoporous Carrier System for Delivery of Poorly Soluble Drugs
Part of Pharmaceutics, 2021
- DOI for 3D-Printed Mesoporous Carrier System for Delivery of Poorly Soluble Drugs
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Part of Journal of polymer research, p. 281, 2021
Part of ACS Nano, p. 17004-17017, 2020
Electrochemically Active, Compressible, and Conducting Silk Fibroin Hydrogels
Part of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, p. 9310-9317, 2020
- DOI for Electrochemically Active, Compressible, and Conducting Silk Fibroin Hydrogels
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Multifunctional Polymer-Free Mineral Plastic Adhesives Formed by Multiple Noncovalent Bonds
Part of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, p. 7403-7410, 2020
Evaluation of an alkali-treated and hydroxyapatite-coated orthopedic implant loaded with tobramycin
Part of Journal of biomaterials applications, p. 699-720, 2019
Thromboinflammation as bioactivity assessment of H2O2-alkali modified titanium surfaces
Part of Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine, 2019
- DOI for Thromboinflammation as bioactivity assessment of H2O2-alkali modified titanium surfaces
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Synthesis and Characterization of Amorphous Magnesium Carbonate Nanoparticles
Part of Materials Chemistry and Physics, p. 301-307, 2019
Part of Materials science & engineering. C, biomimetic materials, sensors and systems, p. 272-279, 2019
Part of International Journal of Pharmaceutics, p. 515-521, 2018
Part of Materials Chemistry and Physics, p. 332-338, 2018
Part of Carbohydrate Polymers, p. 345-350, 2018
Debridement of Bacterial Biofilms with TiO2/H2O2 Solutions and Visible Light Irradiation
Part of International Journal of Biomaterials, 2018
- DOI for Debridement of Bacterial Biofilms with TiO2/H2O2 Solutions and Visible Light Irradiation
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Effect of irradiated TiO2/H2O2 suspensions on Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm
Part of European Cells & Materials, 2017
Part of International Journal of Pharmaceutics, p. 183-190, 2017
Organic degradation potential of a TiO2/H2O2/UV-Vis system for dental applications
Part of Journal of Dentistry, p. 53-57, 2017
Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry C, p. 11111-11120, 2017
Part of Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine, 2016
Investigation of the Antibacterial Effect of Mesoporous Magnesium Carbonate
Part of ACS Omega, p. 907-914, 2016
- DOI for Investigation of the Antibacterial Effect of Mesoporous Magnesium Carbonate
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Part of Applied Catalysis B, p. 9-15, 2016
Dynamics of water confined in mesoporous magnesium carbonate
Part of Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016
Supersaturation of poorly soluble drugs induced by mesoporous magnesium carbonate
Part of European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, p. 468-474, 2016
Effects on organic degradation in the TiO2/H2O2/UV-Vis system
Part of European Cells & Materials, p. 20, 2015
Part of Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part B - Applied biomaterials, p. 179-187, 2015
Part of Acta Biomaterialia, p. 503-510, 2015
Part of Journal of Biomaterials and Nanobiotechnology, p. 20-35, 2015
Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 15680-15688, 2015
Photocatalytic inactivation of biofilms on bioactive dental adhesives
Part of Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part B - Applied biomaterials, p. 62-67, 2014
Bacteria viability assessment after photocatalytic treatment
Part of 3 Biotech, p. 149-157, 2014
- DOI for Bacteria viability assessment after photocatalytic treatment
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Photocatalysis induces bioactivity of an organic polymer based material
Part of RSC Advances, p. 57715-57723, 2014
Part of Journal of Biomaterials and Nanobiotechnology, p. 200-209, 2014
- DOI for Disinfection Kinetics and Contribution ofReactive Oxygen Species When EliminatingBacteria with TiO2 Induced Photocatalysis
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Gold Nanowire Based Electrical DNA Detection Using Rolling Circle Amplification
Part of ACS Nano, p. 1147-1153, 2014
Part of Biomatter, 2013
- DOI for Synergetic inactivation of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Streptococcus mutans in a TiO2/H 2O2/UV system
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2013
- DOI for Photocatalytic Antibacterial Effects Are Maintained on Resin-Based TiO2 Nanocomposites after Cessation of UV Irradiation
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Stability and prospect of UV/H2O2 activated titania films for biomedical use
Part of Applied Surface Science, p. 317-323, 2013
- DOI for Stability and prospect of UV/H2O2 activated titania films for biomedical use
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Growth of Nitrogen-Incorporated Diamond Films Using Hot-Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition Technique
Part of Advanced Science Letters, p. 291-295, 2013
Antibacterial properties of contemporary dental luting agents
Part of European Cells & Materials, p. 64-64, 2012
Part of International Journal of Dentistry, p. 529495, 2012
- DOI for Antibacterial Properties of Dental Luting Agents: Potential to Hinder the Development of Secondary Caries
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Photocatalytic and bioactive TiO2 thin films deposited by vacuum arc
Part of European Cells & Materials, p. 48, 2012
Part of European Cells & Materials, p. 36, 2012
Analyzing the viability of bacteria after TiO2 induced photocatalysis
Part of European Cells & Materials, p. 31, 2012
A Method for Quantitative Determination of Biofilm Viability
Part of Journal of Functional Biomaterials, p. 418-431, 2012
Part of Biotechnology letters, p. 740-746, 2012
Photocatalytic activity of low temperature oxidized Ti-6Al-4V
Part of Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine, p. 1173-1180, 2012
- DOI for Photocatalytic activity of low temperature oxidized Ti-6Al-4V
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Part of Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part B - Applied biomaterials, p. 1078-1085, 2012
Photocatalytic Activity of Low Temperature Oxidized Ti-6Al-4V
Part of European Cells & Materials, p. 20-20, 2011
Biofilm susceptibility to photocatalytic dental mateirals
Part of European Cells & Materials, p. 55, 2011
Control of junction resistances in molecular electronic devices fabricated by FIB
Part of Microelectronic Engineering, p. 2629-2631, 2011
Enabling measurements of low-conductance single molecules using gold nanoelectrodes
Part of Nanotechnology, p. 125707, 2011
Assessment of a nanoparticle bridge platform for molecular electronics measurements
Part of Nanotechnology, p. 435204, 2010
Dental adhesives with bioactive and on-demand bactericidal properties
Part of Dental Materials, p. 491-499, 2010
Part of Journal of Physical Chemistry B, p. 426-433, 2009
Part of Particle & particle systems characterization, p. 397-405, 2009
Part of Powder Technology, p. 424-435, 2008
Part of Journal of Physical Chemistry B, p. 11573-11579, 2008
- DOI for Environment-Induced Surface Dynamics of a Biomimetic Ionomer Studied Using in Situ Second Harmonic Generation
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Effect of surface energy on powder compactibility
Part of Pharmaceutical research, p. 2750-9, 2008
On the role of granule yield strength for the compactibility of granular solids
Part of Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, p. 4807-4814, 2008
Determining the static dielectric permittivity of ion conducting materials
Part of Applied Physics Letters, 2008
Part of Langmuir, p. 10209-10215, 2007
Part of Nanotechnology, p. 285301, 2007
Part of International Journal of Impact Engineering, p. 1036-1046, 2007
Bacteria counting with impedance spectroscopy in a micro probe station
Part of Journal of physical chemistry B, p. 10165-10169, 2006
Part of The European Physical Journal E Soft matter, p. 105-112, 2005
Part of International Journal of Impact Engineering, p. 1133-1151, 2005
Simultaneous Measurement of Drug Release and Liquid Uptake in Pharmaceutical Tablets
Part of Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, p. 1242-1249, 2003
Books
Kvantpricksjakten: Forskarhjälpen 2024
Nobel Prize Museum, 2024
Chapters in book
Nanoparticle Bridges for Studying Electrical Properties of Organic Molecules
Part of Nanoparticles in Biology and Medicine, p. 535-546, Springer Publishing Company, 2012
Conference papers
Semi-solid extrusion of a suppository with mesoporous material loaded with a poorly-soluble drug.
2023
2023
Processability of Mesoporous Materials in FDM for drug delivery of a model thermolabile drug
Part of Additive Manufacturing for the Life Sciences Consortium Meeting, Uppsala, Sweden, 5-6 May, 2022, 2022
3D printed tablets for the delivery of a poorly soluble drug through mesoporous carriers
2022
Additive manufacturing for drug delivery and in vivo microsensors
Part of NFM Krusenberg conference 2021, 2021
On the development of ion-crosslinked nanocellulose hydrogels for advanced wound care applications
Part of 6th International Polysaccharadide Conference EPNOE 2019, 2019
Part of 3rd international conference on materials science and nanotechnology, 2018
Synthesis of amorphous magnesium carbonate nanoparticles for biomedical applications
Part of Bioceramics 29 ISCM 2017, 2017
Effect of irradiated TiO2/H2O2 suspensions on Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm
Part of 10th annual meeting for Scandinavian Society for Biomaterials (ScSB) 2017, 2017
Modification of titanium surfaces to enhance bacteriostatic properties
2016
2016
Effects on organic degradation in the TiO2/H2O2/UV-Vis system
Part of 8th Annual meeting of the Scandinavian Society for Biomaterials Proceeding, 2015
The novel micro-mesoporous magnesium carbonate Upsalite as stabiliser for high melting point drugs
Part of Uppsala Biomaterials Conference 2015, 2015
2014
2014
Low temperature oxidation and photocatalytic activity of Ti-6Al-4V
2012
TiO2 surface for biofilm elimination, quantified by a novel method
Part of 9th World Biomaterials Congress, June 1-6, Chengdu, China, 2012
2012
Part of Scandinavian Society of Biomaterials, Uppsala, Sweden, May 2012, 2012
Part of Scandinavian Society for Biomaterials 5th Annual meeting, Uppsala, Sweden, May 8-9, 2012, 2012
Photocatalytic and bioactive TiO2 thin films deposited by vaccum arc
Part of Scandinavian Society of Biomaterials 2012, Uppsala, 2012
Analyzing the viability of bacteria after TiO2 induced photocatalysis
Part of Scandinavian Society for Biomaterials 5th annual meeting, 2012, Uppsala, Sweden, 2012
Bioactive and photocatalytically active surgical implant surfaces
Part of Euro Bio-inspired Materials, International School and Conference on Biological Materials Science, 20-23 March, 2012
Part of Proceedings of the 15th European Microscopy Congress, p. 665-666, 2012
Biofilm elimination and detachment using photocatalytic TiO2 surfaces
Part of Conference, 2011
Biofilm susceptibility to photocatalytic dental mateirals
Part of Conference, 2011
A novel dental adhesive with bioactive and on-demand biofilm eliminating properties
p. 185, 2010
FIB Fabrication and use of high resistance nanogaps for application in molecular electronics
Part of 17th International Microscopy Congress, IMC17, Brazil, 2010
Control of junction resistances in molecular electronic devices fabricated by FIB
Part of 36th International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering, MNE2010, Italy (2010), 2010
Molecular electronics on non-perfect electrode surfaces
Part of International Conference on Molecular Electronics, Emmetten, Switzerland, 2010
Part of International Conference on Molecular Electronics, Emmetten, Switzerland (Jan 2010), 2010
2009
2009
Fabrication and use of high resistance nanogaps for application in molecular electronics
2009
Using a nano-contact platform for evaluating molecular electronics response
2009
Part of presentation European Conference on Molecular Electronics (ECME2009), Copenhagen, Denmark (Sept 2009), 2009
Bioactive and On-demand Bactericidal Properties for Biomaterials
p. 89, 2009
Part of Polymers for Biomedical Applications, p. 250-266, 2008
2008
Part of IVC-17/ICSS-13 and ICN+T 2007, 2007
2007
Nanocontact Fabrication and Characterization
2007
Transport studies of nanowires using focused ion beam
2006
p. 281-282, 2006
Molecular dynamics of biomimetic ionomers studied using second harmonic generation
2006
Molecular Dynamics of Biomimetic Ionomers Studied by Dielectric Spectroscopy and Non-Linear
Part of NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, p. 236-237, 2005
SHPB technique for identification of complex modulus under condition of non-uniform stress
Part of ICTAM04 Abstracts and CD-ROM Proceedings, p. 446, 2004