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Electroactive Metal–Organic Frameworks for Electrocatalysis

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Electrocatalysis is crucial in sustainable energy conversion as it enables efficient chemical transformations. The review discusses how metal–organic frameworks can revolutionize this field by offering tailorable structures and active site tunability, enabling efficient and selective electrocatalytic processes.
Irena Senkovska, Yutong Luo, Ruyan Zhao, Jianjun Zhang, Mingchao Wang, Xinliang Feng, Eike Brunner, Stefan Kaskel   +7 more
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Nanodiamond Quantum Sensors for Probing Free Radical Biology

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Free radicals play key roles in cellular signaling and disease but remain difficult to measure in living systems. Nanodiamonds (NDs) with nitrogen‐vacancy (NV) centers enable quantum sensing of local magnetic noise via T₁ relaxometry, providing nondestructive radical detection in living cells.
Qi Lu, Yingke Wu, Tanja Weil
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Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy in Patients with Healthcare-Associated, Hospital-Acquired, or Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Septic Shock: Does Antimicrobial Reuse Influence Outcomes? [PDF]

, 2017
Appropriate empiric antimicrobial selection is crucial to the survival of septic shock patients. It is suspected that the use of inadequate empiric therapy occurs commonly in practice.
Stagge, Nicole
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Biocompatible but Antibacterial Mechanism of Graphene Oxide for Sustainable Antibiotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Graphene oxide (GO) exhibits selective antibacterial activity through specific interactions between its oxygen functional groups and bacterial membrane phospholipid POPG, causing membrane destabilization while maintaining biocompatibility. Model membrane studies and infected wound models in mice and pigs demonstrate effective bacterial suppression and ...
Sujin Cha, Ju Yeon Chung, Seungju Yang, Seung Cheol Lee, Chan Woo Lee, Colin Wing‐Lok Cheng, Jun Beom Kim, Nam Jun Kim, Ayoung Park, Heewon Choi, Junpyo Sinn, Ralph Weissleder, Nicholas A. Kotov, Myungeun Seo, Hyun Jung Chung, Sang Ouk Kim   +15 more
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Highly Conductive and Stretchable Photothermal CuSe Fiber for Wearable Electronics and Implantable Drug Release Systems

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The conductive and stretchable photothermal CuSe fiber is fabricated for versatile biomedical applications. This CuSe fiber functions as a reliable wearable strain sensor and heater due to its high conductivity, stretchability and photothermal efficiency.
Kukro Yoon, Yukye Lee, Sang Ki Rhee, Hyeonjoo Park, Kyowon Kang, Mingyu Sang, Byeonggwan Kim, Jung Seung Lee, Jaehong Lee, Taeyoon Lee   +9 more
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Cyclic Olefin Copolymers as Versatile Materials for Advanced Engineering Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Cyclic olefin copolymers (COCs) are presented as highly versatile materials combining tunable synthesis, excellent optical properties, and mechanical robustness. Their potential spans microfluidics, bioengineering, and advanced electronics, while emerging self‐healing and sustainable solutions highlight future opportunities.
Giulia Fredi, Norma Mallegni, Andrea Dorigato, Mario Milazzo   +3 more
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Improving institutional memory on challenges and methods for estimation of pig herd antimicrobial exposure based on data from the Danish Veterinary Medicines Statistics Program (VetStat) [PDF]

, 2017
With the increasing occurrence of antimicrobial resistance, more attention has been directed towards surveillance of both human and veterinary antimicrobial use.
Andersen, Vibe Dalhoff, Birkegaard, Anna Camilla, de Knegt, Leonardo Victor, Dupont, Nana, Fertner, Mette, Kruse, Amanda Brinch, Nielsen, Gitte Blach   +6 more
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Coating Artificial Spider Silk Fiber with Magnetic FeCo: An Effective Strategy for Creating a Flexible Magneto‐Responsive Material

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An original method is presented for producing artificial spider silk fibers with magnetic and magnetomechanical responsiveness, which consists in coating them with a nanometer‐thick layer of FeCo alloy by sputtering deposition. The challenge of combining organic materials and inorganic magnetic nanostructures is addressed, thus taking a step forward ...
Filippo Lanaro, Federico Spizzo, Gabriele Greco, Benjamin Schmuck, Anna Rising, Lucia Del Bianco   +5 more
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Genomic insights into the rapid emergence and evolution of MDR in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius. [PDF]

, 2014
OBJECTIVES: MDR methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) strains have emerged rapidly as major canine pathogens and present serious treatment issues and concerns to public health due to their, albeit low, zoonotic potential. A further
A. J. McCarthy, A. Loeffler, A. Waller, B. Leggett, Bannoehr, Besier, Black, Bond, Croucher, D. H. Lloyd, Darling, De Lucia, E. M. Harrison, Feil, Feng, Geoghegan, Gortel, J. A. Lindsay, K. Stanczak-Mrozek, Kadlec, Koser, Loeffler, Loeffler, M. A. Holmes, Magiorakos, Noguchi, Prescott, Quail, Roberts, Ruscher, Rutherford, Soedarmanto   +31 more
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Co‐Electrospinning Extracellular Matrix with Polycaprolactone Enables a Modular Approach to Balance Bioactivity and Mechanics of a Multifunctional Bone Wrap

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The incorporation of nondigested ECM and synthetic polymers into a co‐electrospinning system enables the decoupling of bioactivity and mechanical properties within a single wrap. This technique is used to develop a multifunctional bone wrap that achieves augmented membrane durability, sustained infection control, and enhanced vascularity for use in ...
Sarah Jones, Madeline Laude, Zeenat Oyebanji, Ruchi Birur, Andres Luengo Martinez, Isabelle Gilbert, Phillip Baek, Nichole Longbottom, Nicole McCullough, Staci J. Horn, Chien‐Yu Lin, Matthew J. Lohr, Fred Clubb, Manuel K. Rausch, Elizabeth Cosgriff‐Hernandez   +14 more
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