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Multifunctional Alginate‐Based Films Reinforced With Ag‐ZnO/AgO/TiO2 Nanocomposites for Advanced Packaging and Biomedical Applications

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Biodegradable polymeric films incorporated with a synergistic blend of metallic nanocomposites are developed and characterized. The films exhibit enhanced antibacterial activity against foodborne pathogens, demonstrating their potential as active materials for food packaging.
Adriana Dos Santos Silva, Davi Porfírio Da Silva, Alysson Nogueira Magalhães, Marcos Vinícius Dias Vermelho, Ângelo Márcio Leite Denadai, Anielle Christine Almeida Silva   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhanced Infection Resistance and Regenerative Healing of Titanium Implants via Peptide‐Loaded Biodegradable Coatings

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This study presents a new biodegradable coating for titanium implants using a natural antimicrobial peptide, caerin 1.9. Applied via solvent casting, the coating offers sustained antibacterial protection and promotes healing. Tested on 3D‐printed porous titanium scaffolds, it effectively prevented infection—including against resistant bacteria—while ...
Hejie Li, Tianfang Wang, Nicolas Soro, Guoying Ni, Meg Allom, D. İpek Kurtböke, Xiaosong Liu, Damon Kent   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Host-selected mutations converging on a global regulator drive an adaptive leap towards symbiosis in bacteria [PDF]

, 2017
Host immune and physical barriers protect against pathogens but also impede the establishment of essential symbiotic partnerships. To reveal mechanisms by which beneficial organisms adapt to circumvent host defenses, we experimentally evolved ...
Cooper, Vaughn S., Coyle, Matthew, Donner, Rachel A., Foxall, Randi L., Pankey, Molly Sabrina, Perry, Lauren A., Schuster, Brian M., Ster, Ian M., Whistler, Cheryl A.   +8 more
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Smart Closed‐Loop Systems in Personalized Healthcare: Advances and Outlook

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A smart closed‐loop e‐textile integrates multimodal sensing, onboard processing, wireless communication, and wearable power to enable real‐time physiological/biochemical monitoring and feedback‐controlled therapy. ABSTRACT Smart textiles represent a revolutionary frontier in healthcare, seamlessly blending fabric and advanced technologies to create ...
Safoora Khosravi, Sang Won Lee, Mohammad Abrar Uddin, Sina Hassanpoor, Neha Suvindran, Katherine Le, Harun Arkaz, Harishkumar Narayana, Saeid Soltanian, Danial Khorsandi, Negar Hosseinzadeh Kouchehbaghi, Taeil Kim, Yangzhi Zhu   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Wet-End Additives on the Results of Alkyl Ketene Dimer Sizing after Adding Bacterial Cellulose

BioResources, 2016
Bacterial cellulose is a common research additive in the paper industry because it has unique and favorable characteristics. In this study, the effect of adding bacterial cellulose to an alkyl ketene dimer (AKD) sizing agent was investigated to optimize ...
Jinxia Yuan, Ting Wang, Xiannan Huang, Wei Wei   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Magnetic Textiles: A Review of Materials, Fabrication, Properties, and Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Magnetic textiles (M‐textiles) are emerging as a programmable materials platform that merges magnetic matter with hierarchical textile structures. This article consolidates magnetic material classes, textile architectures, and fabrication and magnetization strategies, revealing structure–property–function relationships that govern magneto‐mechanical ...
Li Ke, Moses Kumi, Xiaoming Tao, Junhong Pu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bamboo Medical Application: A State‐of‐the‐Art Review

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review presents a structured classification of bamboo's current use in healthcare. It organizes applications into medical textiles and medical devices, with further divisions based on function and level of invasiveness. It also examines material utilization based on bamboo's structural role, highlighting how it supports both protective and ...
Haymanot Beza Lamesgin, Koosje van der Stoel, Vera Popovich, Paul Breedveld   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Domestication and fermentation process optimization of cellulose-degrading hydrogen-producing microflora [PDF]

Zhongguo niangzao
In order to improve the efficiency of hydrogen production from cellulose by fermentation, using microcrystalline cellulose as the limiting substrate, and cow manure compost as the bacterial source, the thermophilic hydrogen-producing flora that could ...
LIU Qianjin, LI Tiantian, WAN Shuai, CHEN Biao, ZHANG Jie, CAI Lili, LI Yaoguang, ZHANG Yuanhao, GONG Xiaonan, ZHANG Jingnan, ZANG Xiangyu
doaj   +1 more source

Bioengineering options and strategies for the optimization of anaerobic digestion processes [PDF]

, 2014
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a complex biological process, and the microbial diversity and dynamics within the reactor needs to be understood and considered when process optimization is sought after.
Coulon, Frederic, Ferguson, Robert Michael William, Villa, Raffaella   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Modulus‐Switchable Miniature Robots for Biomedical Applications: A Review

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Materials, robot designs, proof‐of‐concept functions, and biomedical applications of modulus‐switchable miniature robots. Miniature soft robots have shown great potential in biomedical applications due to their excellent controllability and suitable mechanical properties in biological environments.
Chunyun Wei, Yibin Wang, Jiangfan Yu
wiley   +1 more source