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Composites of Shellac and Silver Nanowires as Flexible, Biobased, and Corrosion‐Resistant Transparent Conductive Electrodes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Shellac, a centuries‐old natural resin, is reimagined as a green material for flexible electronics. When combined with silver nanowires, shellac films deliver transparency, conductivity, and stability against humidity. These results position shellac as a sustainable alternative to synthetic polymers for transparent conductors in next‐generation ...
Rahaf Nafez Hussein, Tiago Carneiro Gomes, Eliza Ng, Simon Rondeau‐Gagné, Tricia Breen Carmichael   +4 more
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Biopolymer-based flocculants: a review of recent technologies

Environmental science and pollution research international, 2021
Biopolymer-based flocculants have become a potential substitute for inorganic coagulants and synthetic organic flocculants due to their wide natural reserves, environmental friendliness, easy natural degradation, and high material safety. In recent years,
Xincheng Jiang, Yisen Li, Xiaohui Tang, Junyi Jiang, Qiang He, Zikang Xiong, Huaili Zheng   +6 more
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Biomimetic Iridescent Skin: Robust Prototissues Spontaneously Assembled from Photonic Protocells

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Uniform nanoparticles are induced to form arrays (photonic crystals) in the cores of biopolymer capsules, endowing these ‘protocells’ with structural color. These protocells are then assembled into large self‐standing objects, i.e., prototissues, with robust mechanical properties as well as iridescent optical properties.
Medha Rath, Briahnah Streeter, Satyam Srivastava, Jemma Wood, William E. Bentley, Taylor J. Woehl, Srinivasa R. Raghavan   +6 more
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Recent advances in biopolymer-based hemostatic materials

Regenerative Biomaterials, 2022
Hemorrhage is the leading cause of trauma-related deaths, in hospital and prehospital settings. Hemostasis is a complex mechanism that involves a cascade of clotting factors and proteins that result in the formation of a strong clot.
Marvin Mecwan, Jinghang Li, Natashya Falcone, M. Ermis, Emily Torres, Ramon Morales, Alireza Hassani, R. Haghniaz, K. Mandal, Saurabh Sharma, Surjendu Maity, Fatemeh Zehtabi, B. Zamanian, R. Herculano, M. Akbari, Johnson V John, A. Khademhosseini   +16 more
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Functional Materials for Environmental Energy Harvesting in Smart Agriculture via Triboelectric Nanogenerators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores functional and responsive materials for triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) in sustainable smart agriculture. It examines how particulate contamination and dirt affect charge transfer and efficiency. Environmental challenges and strategies to enhance durability and responsiveness are outlined, including active functional layers ...
Rafael R. A. Silva, Giulio Fatti, Emanuel Carlos, Guilherme Ferreira, Sumita Goswami, Suman Nandy, Luiz H. C. Mattoso, Elvira Fortunato, Caio G. Otoni, Rodrigo Martins   +9 more
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Cooperation of N- and C-terminal substrate transmembrane domain segments in intramembrane proteolysis by γ-secretase

Communications Biology, 2023
Deuterium/hydrogen exchange shows that conformational flexibility of the hybrid transmembrane domains (TMD) of amyloid precursor proteins plays a role in TMD cleavability by γ-secretase in vitro and in cellulo.
Nadine T. Werner, Philipp Högel, Gökhan Güner, Walter Stelzer, Manfred Wozny, Marlene Aßfalg, Stefan F. Lichtenthaler, Harald Steiner, Dieter Langosch   +8 more
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Durability against Wetting-Drying Cycles of Sustainable Biopolymer-Treated Soil

Polymers, 2022
The world today is more oriented towards sustainable and environmental-friendly solutions in every field of science, technology, and engineering. Therefore, novel sustainable and eco-friendly approaches for soil improvement have also emerged.
A. Soldo, M. Miletić
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Upconversion Nanoparticles Embedded Photonic Contact Lens for Transepithelial Corneal Crosslinking Using Hyaluronate – Riboflavin Conjugate

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A minimally invasive, transepithelial corneal cross‐linking (TE‐CXL) approach is presented using upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs)‐loaded contact lenses (UCLs), after topical delivery of hyaluronate–riboflavin conjugates. The NIR‐to‐UV/blue light conversion by UCNPs in a UCL can activate riboflavin for TE‐CXL, resulting in the biomechanical strength ...
Gibum Lee, Inhoo Choi, Anara Molkenova, Yengwoo Son, Seungmin Yang, Mina Kwon, Tae‐Im Kim, Ki Su Kim, Sei Kwang Hahn   +8 more
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Mutation in a PHD-finger protein MS4 causes male sterility in soybean

BMC Plant Biology, 2019
Background Male sterility has tremendous scientific and economic importance in hybrid seed production. Identification and characterization of a stable male sterility gene will be highly beneficial for making hybrid seed production economically feasible ...
Sandi Win Thu, Krishan Mohan Rai, Devinder Sandhu, Alex Rajangam, Vimal Kumar Balasubramanian, Reid G. Palmer, Venugopal Mendu   +6 more
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Robust Bio‐Textiles Via Mycelium‐Cellulose Interface Engineering

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces a new class of sustainable textiles by growing mycelium, the root‐like structure of fungi, into cellulose‐based fabrics. This semi‐interpenetrating mycelium‐cellulose fiber network combines the strength and breathability of natural fibers with the water‐resistant and adhesive properties of mycelium, resulting in a robust, scalable,
Wenhui Xu, Qilong Cheng, Waqas Alam, Yanpei Tian, Pengfei Deng, Zhenyuan Niu, David Warsinger, Tian Li   +7 more
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