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A 3D Biofabricated Disease Model Mimicking the Brain Extracellular Matrix Suitable to Characterize Intrinsic Neuronal Network Alterations in the Presence of a Breast Tumor Disseminated to the Brain

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A 3D disease model is developed using customized hyaluronic‐acid‐based hydrogels supplemented with extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins resembling brain ECM properties. Neurons, astrocytes, and tumor cells are used to mimic the native brain surrounding.
Esra Türker, Mateo S. Andrade Mier, Jessica Faber, Mike Friedrich, Zan Lamberger, Jeannette Weigelt, Christian Stigloher, Nicoletta Murenu, Natascha Schaefer, Jörg Tessmar, Gregor Lang, Silvia Budday, Katrin G. Heinze, Antje Appelt‐Menzel, Pamela L. Strissel, Reiner Strick, Carmen Villmann   +16 more
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Charge‐Induced Morphing Gels for Bioinspired Actuation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces a novel electroactive actuation mechanism that enables the gel material to generate substantial and reversible shape‐changing while preserving topological and isochoric (volumetric) equivalence. The resultant morphing behaviors can mimic the movements of muscle‐driven organelles in nature, including cilia‐like beating and ...
Ciqun Xu, Saba Firouznia, Charl F. J. Faul, Majid Taghavi, Jonathan Rossiter   +4 more
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New Insights into Biosynthesis of Cuticular Wax

The FASEB Journal, 2015
The outer epidermal cell walls of plant shoots are covered with a cuticle, a continuous lipid structure that protects plants from desiccation, UV‐light, pathogens, and insects. The cuticle is composed of cutin polymer matrix embedded and coated with waxes.
openaire   +1 more source

Bioinspired Bromination Enables Extensible, Strain‐Stiffening Resilin Peptide Scaffolds with Tunable Degradation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bioinspired bromination of a resilin‐derived peptide enables the fabrication of electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds that uniquely combine strain‐stiffening elasticity, proteolytic stability, and antioxidant functionality. These brominated peptide–gelatin hybrids mimic the extensibility of natural elastomers, demonstrating tunable mechanical resilience ...
Elisa Marelli, Lorenzo Sori, Chiara Russo, Claudia Pigliacelli, Lorenza Draghi, Monica Soncini, Pierangelo Metrangolo   +6 more
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Description of Meloidoderita salina sp. n. (Nematoda, Sphaeronematidae) from a micro-tidal salt marsh at Mont-Saint-Michel Bay in France [PDF]

, 2012
Meloidoderita salina sp. n. is described and illustrated from the halophytic plant Atriplex portulacoides L. (sea purslane) growing in a micro-tidal salt marsh in the Mont-Saint-Michel Bay in France.
Ashrafi, Samad, Helder, Johannes, Karssen, Gerrit, Mugniéry, Didier, van Aelst, Adriaan C, van Heese, Evelyn YJ   +5 more
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Generating Cell Surface Nucleated Hydrogels with an Artificial Membrane‐Binding Transglutaminase

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Cell‐based therapies require advanced strategies to enhance cell delivery and bioactivity. Cell membrane engineering offers an avenue to impart new functions to delivered cells to boost their viability and function. Here, an artificial membrane‐binding transglutaminase is generated and biophysically characterized.
Rosalia Cuahtecontzi Delint, Tao Li, Kapil D. Patel, Will H. Zhang, Ben M. Carter, Graham J. Day, Adam W. Perriman   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wax Analysis of Stem and Rosette Leaves in Arabidopsis thaliana

Bio-Protocol, 2013
The primary aerial surfaces of all land plants are coated by a lipidic cuticle, which restricts non-stomatal water loss and protects the plant from pathogens, herbivores, and ultraviolet radiation.
Tegan Haslam, Ljerka Kunst
doaj   +1 more source

Fully Bio‐Based Gelatin Organohydrogels via Enzymatic Crosslinking for Sustainable Soft Strain and Temperature Sensing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Enzymatically crosslinked gelatin‐based organohydrogels, fabricated through a fully bio‐based and scalable process, exhibit exceptional strain and temperature sensing capabilities with minimal interference from environmental humidity. These transparent, stretchable, and ionically conductive materials operate without synthetic fillers or dopants.
Pietro Tordi, Adrián Tamayo, Yeonsu Jeong, Bin Han, Tamer Al Kayal, Aida Cavallo, Massimo Bonini, Paolo Samorì   +7 more
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Leaf surface wettability and fatty acid composition of Arbutus unedo and Arbutus andrachne grown under ambient conditions in a natural macchia [PDF]

, 2015
Features of the adaxial and abaxial surface microstructure of Arbutus unedo L. and Arbutus andrachne L. are evaluated as possible consistent parameters contributing to the wetness of leaves. The abaxial leaf surface of A. andrachne and A.
Koukos, Danae, Meletiou-Christou, Maria-Sonia, Rhizopoulou, Sophia   +2 more
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Quantum‐Grade Nanodiamonds from a Single‐Step, Industrial‐Scale Pressure and Temperature Process

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Novel method for creation of nitrogen‐vacancy centers in 50‐nm nanodiamonds based on high‐temperature plastic deformation is demonstrated. Compared to the electron irradiation approach, it yields nitrogen‐vacancy centers with significantly improved charge stability, T1 relaxation time, and optical Rabi contrast.
Yahua Bao, Michal Gulka, Parkarsh Kumar, Jakub Copak, Priyadharshini Balasubramanian, Yuliya Mindarava, Rémi Blinder, Michael Olney‐Fraser, Haotian Wen, Hana Spanielova, Helen Zhi Jie Zeng, Benjamin Whitefield, Igor Aharonovich, Jaroslav Hruby, Fedor Jelezko, J. Daniel Belnap, Shery L. Y. Chang, Petr Cigler   +17 more
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