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Exploring an Alternative to mRNA Vaccine Cold Chain Storage: MRNA‐Lipid Nanoparticle Stability When Dried in a Polymer Matrix

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The nanostructure, size, and function of mRNA‐loaded lipid nanoparticles are evaluated before drying, within polymer microneedles, and after rehydration. The results reveal the polymer and LNP loadings required to recover nanostructure and preserve the delivery performance in dry‐state formulations.
Brendan P. Dyett, Shahad K. Alsaiari, John L. Daristotle, Timothy A. Forster, Alicia Lau, Dhruv Varshney, Rania Afaneh, Andrew R. Hanna, Charles Sloane, David Mankus, Haitao Yu, Jiali Zhai, DongSoo Yun, Lisa H. Tostanoski, Abigail Lytton‐Jean, Dan H. Barouch, Charlotte E. Conn, Robert Langer, Ana Jaklenec, Calum J. Drummond   +19 more
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
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Bio‐Inspired Synthesis of Macroporous Single Crystal Particles as Scattering Agents

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A general strategy is presented that delivers unique, single‐crystal microparticles that combine submicron macroporosity and uniform particle shapes. A bioinspired approach is used to occlude three distinct types of additives – polystyrene microspheres, polymer vesicles and amino acids – within calcite single crystals, and subsequent thermal annealing ...
Stephanie E. Foster, Gianni Jacucci, Ouassef Nahi, Thomas Kress, Zabeada Aslam, Stuart Micklethwaite, Alexander N. Kulak, Rik Drummond‐Brydson, Melinda J. Duer, Yi‐Yeoun Kim, Silvia Vignolini, Fiona C. Meldrum   +11 more
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Electrostatically‐Stabilized PEG‐Free Lipid Nanoparticles for Systemic Nucleic Acid Delivery

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work describes non‐PEGylated layered lipid nanoparticles (nonPEG LLNPs), a gene delivery platform that improves upon standard PEGylated LNPs via electrostatic adsorption of charged polymers. nonPEG LLNPs maintain colloidal stability under biological stresses, enhance circulation time, and mitigate accelerated blood clearance and hepatic ...
Namita Nabar, Deeksha Kumaresh, Eduardo Nombera Bueno, Mae Pryor, Paula T. Hammond   +4 more
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Effects of co-present mineral colloids on the transport of microplastics in porous media: The key role of hydrochemical and hydrodynamic conditions

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Co-present mineral colloids affect the transport and distribution of microplastics (MPs) in porous media, however, the transport mechanism remains unclear.
Fachao Li, Jiale Zhang, Bingyu Duan, Jiaxin Shi, Xiaotong Wang, Fanlong Kong, Shuo Li   +6 more
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A Material‐Agnostic Strategy for Uniform Patterning of Conjugated Polymers Unveils the True Role of Porosity in Organic Electrochemical Transistors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A generalizable strategy for fabricating regular porous, chemically intact conjugated polymer channels reveals how porosity benefits organic electrochemical transistors. Composition‐dependent performance enhancement is linked to charge carrier mobility, volumetric capacitance, and effective doped volume.
Geon Gug Yang, Camille E. Cunin, Rebecca F. Meacham, Sang Ouk Kim, Aristide Gumyusenge   +4 more
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Chemically Fueled Systems Chemistry Across Length Scales

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Chemically fueled reaction cycles regulate processes through single and multiple catalytic sites on the molecular and assembly scale. This gives rise to unique kinetically controlled properties/functions like spatio‐temporal catalysis, oscillations, optical properties, and perform work.
Brigitte A. K. Kriebisch, Job Boekhoven
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Mechanically Mutable Matrices: A Hierarchical Investigation of Decellularized Sea Cucumber Collagen as an Adaptable Scaffold Material

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Sea cucumber mutable collagenous tissue (MCT) is a remarkable collagen‐based material which can rapidly undergo large changes in stiffness through transiently bound effector proteins. Here, we investigate the hierarchical structure and mechanical response of MCT from Cucumaria frondosa across length scales with a wide range of methods, also exploring ...
Nathalie R. H. Singh, Amy K. Lin, Sabra Rostami, Cameron Hastie, Paul W. Wiseman, Patrick Flammang, Christopher Moraes, Matthew J. Harrington   +7 more
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Multivalent display of minimal Clostridium difficile glycan epitopes mimics antigenic properties of larger glycans

Nature Communications, 2016
Immunologically-active glycans are promising vaccine candidates but can be difficult to synthesize. Here, the authors show that pentavalent display of a minimal disaccharde epitope on a chemical scaffold can mimic a native C.
Felix Broecker, Jonas Hanske, Christopher E. Martin, Ju Yuel Baek, Annette Wahlbrink, Felix Wojcik, Laura Hartmann, Christoph Rademacher, Chakkumkal Anish, Peter H. Seeberger   +9 more
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Si‐Doped Nanocrystalline Diamond as Highly Sensitive Luminescence Thermometer for the Physiological Temperature Range

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
In this work, diamonds with negative charged silicon‐vacancy (SiV−) centers have been designed for use as thermometers in biomedical applications. Multiparametric analysis of the emission characteristics of the SiV− centers provides extraordinary sensitivity for temperature detection in the physiological temperature range.
María Gragera, Iván Carrillo‐Berdugo, Josue Millán, Paulius Pobedinskas, Antonio Freire, Ken Haenen, Javier Navas   +6 more
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