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Nature CommunicationsThe overall structural integrity plays a vital role in the unique performance of living organisms, but the integral synchronous preparation of different multiscale architectures remains challenging.
Huai-Bin Yang +7 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2018 Non-invasive, multi-parameter methods to estimate core body temperature offer several advantages for monitoring thermal strain, although further work is required to identify the most relevant predictor measures.
Patrick Eggenberger +7 more
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Changes in Optical Properties upon Dye–Clay Interaction: Experimental Evaluation and Applications
Nanomaterials, 2021 The development of hybrid materials with unique optical properties has been a challenge for the creation of high-performance composites. The improved photophysical and photochemical properties observed when fluorophores interact with clay minerals, as ...
Giorgia Giovannini +2 more
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Sensitive and specific detection of E. coli using biomimetic receptors in combination with a modified heat-transfer method [PDF]
, 2019 We report on a novel biomimetic sensor that allows sensitive and specific detection of Escherichia colt (E. coli) bacteria in a broad concentration range from 10(2) up to 10(6) CFU/mL in both buffer fluids and relevant food samples (i.e.
Bartic, Carmen +12 more
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Preparation, Rheological Behavior, and Redispersibility of Bamboo‐Derived Holocellulose Nanofibers
SmartMatWith the demand for sustainable preparation of nanocellulose, the extraction of holocellulose nanofibers with surface‐coated hemicellulose from various biomass is drawing more and more attention.
Chong‐Han Yin +7 more
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Current, emerging and future technologies for sensing the environment [PDF]
, 2009 This paper reviews current technologies that are used for environmental monitoring, and presents emerging technologies that will dramatically improve our ability to obtain spatially distributed, real-time data about key indicators of environmental ...
Diamond, Dermot
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Synovial joint lubrication – does nature teach more effective engineering lubrication strategies? [PDF]
, 2007 Nature shows numerous examples of systems which show energy efficiency, elegance in their design and optimum use of materials. Biomimetics is an emerging field of research in engineering and successes have been documented in the diverse fields of ...
Liskiewicz, T. +3 more
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Learning from Crickets: Artificial Hair-Sensor Array Developments [PDF]
, 2010 We have successfully developed biomimetic flowsensitive hair-sensor arrays taking inspiration from mechanosensory hairs of crickets. Our current generation of sensors achieves sub mm/s threshold air-flow sensitivity for single hairs operating in a ...
Krijnen, Gijs J.M. +2 more
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Ecosystem‐Centered Robot Design: Toward Ecoresorbable Sustainability Robots (ESRs)
Advanced ScienceThe deployment of robots and sensors across diverse ecosystems supports ecological monitoring, nature conservation, and exploration. However, retrieving these machines is often impractical or economically infeasible, posing risks to ecosystems through ...
Tülin Yılmaz Nayır +4 more
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Nanotechnology Formulations for Antibacterial Free Fatty Acids and Monoglycerides
Molecules, 2016 Free fatty acids and monoglycerides have long been known to possess broad-spectrum antibacterial activity that is based on lytic behavior against bacterial cell membranes. Considering the growing challenges of drug-resistant bacteria and the need for new
Joshua A. Jackman +3 more
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