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Piezoelectric Surface Charge and Dynamic Stimulation Synergize to Promote Cardiac Myoblast Alignment and Maturation

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Surface polarization of PVDF films combined with mechanical stimulation generates piezoelectric electrical cues that modulate cardiomyoblast behaviour. Non‐poled and poled PVDF substrates provide distinct electroactive microenvironments influencing cell adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation.
Rafaela M Meira, Sylvie Ribeiro, Senentxu Lanceros‐Mendez, Clarisse Ribeiro   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stochastic processes dominate community assembly in cichlid communities in Lake Tanganyika

, 2016
ABSTRACTThe African Great Lakes are characterized by an extraordinary diversity of endemic cichlid fish species. The cause of this diversity is still largely unknown. Most studies have tried to solve this question by focusing on macro-evolutionary processes, such as speciation.
Janzen, Thijs, Alzate, Adriana, Muschick, Moritz, van der Plas, Fons, Etienne, Rampal S.   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Microengineered Gradient Hydrogels for Mechanobiology

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Gradient hydrogels are used to mimic the mechanical heterogeneity in native tissues, offering powerful in vitro platforms to study cell‐material interactions in diverse pathophysiological contexts. Here, we present a comprehensive review of the design and experimental considerations for stiffness gradient hydrogels, discussing exemplary achievements ...
Shin Wei Chong, Deepu Ashok, Anna Waterhouse, Marcela M. M. Bilek, Daniele Vigolo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging ecological assembly process and community stability upon bacterial invasions

The ISME Journal
Abstract Understanding the link between microbial community stability and assembly processes is crucial in microbial ecology. Here, we investigated whether the impact of biotic disturbances would depend on the processes controlling community assembly.
Liu, Xipeng, Salles, Joana Falcão
openaire   +2 more sources

A Data Driven Review of In Vitro Electrical and Mechanical Stimulation for Post‐Acute Phase Wound Healing

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines how in vitro electrical and mechanical stimulation modulates wound healing in fibroblasts and keratinocytes. Analyzing over 560 experimental data points, we relate stimulation parameters to proliferation and migration outcomes, evaluate platform designs, and highlight the need for multi‐parameter optimization to advance targeted ...
Matthew K. Burgess, Ellen F. Marsh, Veronica M. Lucian, Malavika Nair   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inferring community assembly processes from macroscopic patterns using dynamic eco‐evolutionary models and Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC)

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Statistical techniques exist for inferring community assembly processes from community patterns. Habitat filtering, competition, and biogeographical effects have, for example, been inferred from signals in phenotypic and phylogenetic data. The usefulness
Mikael Pontarp, Å. Brännström, Owen L. Petchey   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Opportunities of Semiconducting Oxide Nanostructures as Advanced Luminescent Materials in Photonics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The review discusses the challenges of wide and ultrawide bandgap semiconducting oxides as a suitable material platform for photonics. They offer great versatility in terms of tuning microstructure, native defects, doping, anisotropy, and micro‐ and nano‐structuring. The review focuses on their light emission, light‐confinement in optical cavities, and
Ana Cremades, Pedro Hidalgo, David Maestre, Ruth Martínez‐Casado, Emilio Nogales, Beatriz Rodríguez, G. Cristian Vásquez, Bianchi Méndez   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self‐Assembled Inorganic Nanomembrane Tubes: Rolled‐Up Piezoelectrics for Microacoustic Wave‐Based Actuators and Sensors

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates a self‐assembly process to generate free‐standing piezoelectric nanomembranes, forming ultracompact microtubular acoustic wave sensors and actuators. The miniaturized 3D piezoelectric platform reported in this work can be applied in telecommunication, energy harvesting, and acoustofluidics. Moreover, the 3D self‐assembly can add
Raphaël C. L‐M. Doineau, Christian N. Saggau, Stefan Baunack, Thomas Gemming, Yara Abdelaal, Robert Weser, Oliver G. Schmidt, Hagen Schmidt, Andreas Winkler, Mariana Medina‐Sánchez   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flexoelectrically Induced Polar Topology in Twisted SrTiO3 Membranes

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Twisted SrTiO3 bilayers host polar vortices of flexoelectric origin, revealed through combined experiment and theory. By reconstructing polarization from the toroidal moment of strain gradients, the work establishes a 3D chiral state with broken inversion and mirror symmetries.
Isabel Tenreiro, Hugo Aramberri, Víctor Rouco, Gabriel Sánchez‐Santolino, Mariona Cabero, Fernando Gallego, David Sánchez‐Manzano, José M. González‐Calbet, Federico Mompeán, Mar García‐Hernández, Alberto Rivera‐Calzada, Jorge Íñiguez‐González, Carlos León, Jacobo Santamaría   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Minority consultative bodies in Kosovo: A quest for effective emancipation or elusive participation? [PDF]

, 2011
This paper examines the extent to which effective political participation can be achieved through minority consultative bodies, and what obstacles and shortcomings can potentially occur in practice.
Beha, Adem, Visoka, Gëzim
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