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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong, You Zhou, Qingxiu Li, Wenyu Zhao, Sunyingyue Geng, Hangfei Li, Yan‐Bing Leng, Shirui Zhu, Guanglong Ding, Yongbiao Zhai, Ziyu Lv, Ye Zhou, Su‐Ting Han   +12 more
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Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen, Boris Rivkin, David Castellanos‐Robles, Ivan Soldatov, Lukas Beyer, Mariana Medina‐Sánchez   +5 more
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Tunable Alginate-Polyvinyl Alcohol Bioinks for 3D Printing in Cartilage Tissue Engineering

Gels
This study investigates 3D extrusion bioinks for cartilage tissue engineering by characterizing the physical properties of 3D-printed scaffolds containing varying alginate and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) concentrations.
Alexandra Hunter Aitchison, Nicholas B. Allen, Kishen Mitra, Bijan Abar, Conor N. O’Neill, Kian Bagheri, Albert T. Anastasio, Samuel B. Adams   +7 more
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Marine Biomaterial-Based Bioinks for Generating 3D Printed Tissue Constructs

Marine Drugs, 2018
Biologically active materials from marine sources have been receiving increasing attention as they are free from the transmissible diseases and religious restrictions associated with the use of mammalian resources.
Xiaowei Zhang, Gyeong Jin Kim, Min Gyeong Kang, Jung Ki Lee, Jeong Wook Seo, Jeong Tae Do, Kwonho Hong, Jae Min Cha, Su Ryon Shin, Hojae Bae   +9 more
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Bacteria‐Responsive Nanostructured Drug Delivery Systems for Targeted Antimicrobial Therapy

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Bacteria‐responsive nanocarriers are designed to release antimicrobials only in the presence of infection‐specific cues. This selective activation ensures drug release precisely at the site of infection, avoiding premature or indiscriminate release, and enhancing efficacy.
Guillermo Landa, Gracia Mendoza, Silvia Irusta, Manuel Arruebo   +3 more
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Functional Characterization of Carbohydrate-Binding Modules in a New Alginate Lyase, TsAly7B, from Thalassomonas sp. LD5

Marine Drugs, 2019
Alginate lyases degrade alginate into oligosaccharides, of which the biological activities have vital roles in various fields. Some alginate lyases contain one or more carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs), which assist the function of the catalytic ...
Zhelun Zhang, Luyao Tang, Mengmeng Bao, Zhigang Liu, Wengong Yu, Feng Han   +5 more
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Eutectozymes as Soft Hybrid Materials for Advanced Biocatalysis

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Eutectozymes are sustainable hybrid materials that embed a GOx–HRP cascade within hydrophobic eutectogels featuring a dual supramolecular–covalent network. This architecture preserves native enzyme structure and stability, enables efficient heterogeneous biocatalysis in aqueous media, and positions eutectogels as robust platforms for next‐generation ...
Manuel Eduardo Martinez Cartagena, Lucia Suarez, Aitor Ontoria, Francisca J. Benitez, Elixabete Rezabal, María Soledad Orellano, Marcelo Calderón, Cristián Huck‐Iriart, Agustin S. Picco, Matias L. Picchio, Ana Beloqui   +10 more
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Degradação fotocatalítica de tartrazina com TiO2 imobilizado em esferas de alginato

Química Nova
The potential of heterogeneous photocatalysis using TiO2 immobilized in alginate beads was evaluated for the degradation of tartrazine yellow azo dye.
Ithiara Dalponte, Alvaro Luiz Mathias, Regina Maria Matos Jorge, Regina Weinschutz   +3 more
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Characterization of a Long-Lived Alginate Lyase Derived from Shewanella Species YH1

Marine Drugs, 2017
Polysaccharides from seaweeds are widely used in various fields, including the food, biomedical material, cosmetic, and biofuel industries. Alginate, which is a major polysaccharide in brown algae, and the products of its degradation (oligosaccharides ...
Hisashi Yagi, Natsuki Isobe, Narumi Itabashi, Asako Fujise, Takashi Ohshiro   +4 more
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Hydrogel‐Based Airway‐on‐Tube With Perfusable Endothelial Lumen and Outward Epithelialization

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A hydrogel‐based airway‐on‐tube platform featuring a perfusable endothelial lumen and outward epithelialization is presented. The system supports primary human bronchial epithelial and lung microvascular endothelial coculture under air‐liquid interface conditions.
Ali Doryab, Jack F. Murphy, Michael Bartolf‐Kopp, Jenny C‐C Hsin, Alice Chernaik, Frank McCaughan, Yan Yan Shery Huang, Tomasz Jungst, Jürgen Groll   +8 more
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