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Patterning the Void: Combining L‐Systems with Archimedean Tessellations as a Perspective for Tissue Engineering Scaffolds

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces a novel multi‐scale scaffold design using L‐fractals arranged in Archimedean tessellations for tissue regeneration. Despite similar porosity, tiles display vastly different tensile responses (1–100 MPa) and deformation modes. In vitro experiments with hMSCs show geometry‐dependent growth and activity. Over 55 000 tile combinations
Maria Kalogeropoulou, Kenny A. van Kampen, Pierpaolo Fucile, Carlos Mota, Lorenzo Moroni   +4 more
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Effects of Rheological Factors on Perceived Ease of Swallowing

Applied Rheology, 2015
This study is a contribution to the understanding of how rheological properties of a fluid influences swallowing, especially people suffering from swallowing disorders (dysphagia). Our hypothesis was that fluid elasticity contributes to safe and pleasant
Nyström Magda, Qazi Waqas Muhammad, Bülow Margareta, Ekberg Olle, Stading Mats   +4 more
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High‐Concentration Mesogen‐Assisted Exfoliation of Low‐Dimensional Nanomaterials for Achieving Ultralow‐Temperature Actuations of Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Most matter is nominally frozen in the polar regions or space, and liquid crystal materials are no exception. Consequently, soft actuators, including liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), are inoperative under such extreme cold in response to stimuli, as their motion relies on mechanical deformation.
Hyeonseong Kim, Yeon Gyeong Ha, Dong‐Gue Kang, Chinedum O. Osuji, Dae Seok Kim, Changyeon Lee   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Substrate Stress Relaxation Regulates Cell‐Mediated Assembly of Extracellular Matrix

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Silicone‐based viscoelastic substrates with tunable stress relaxation reveal how matrix mechanics regulates cellular mechanosensing and cell‐mediated matrix remodelling in the stiff regime. High stress relaxation promotes assembly of fibronectin fibril‐like structures, increased nuclear localization of YAP and formation of β1 integrin‐enriched ...
Jonah L. Voigt, Jens Timmer, Elisabetta Ada Cavalcanti‐Adam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanically Tunable Bone Scaffolds: In Vivo Hardening of 3D‐Printed Calcium Phosphate/Polycaprolactone Inks

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A 3D bone scaffold with osteogenic properties and capable of hardening in vivo is developed. The scaffold is implanted in a ductile state, and a phase transformation of the ceramic induces the stiffening and strengthening of the scaffold in vivo. Abstract Calcium phosphate 3D printing has revolutionized customized bone grafting.
Miguel Mateu‐Sanz, Pablo Varela, Laura del‐Mazo‐Barbara, Irene Lodoso‐Torrecilla, Emilio Jiménez‐Piqué, Jordi Franch, Miguel Alaminos, Maria‐Pau Ginebra   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Isostrophy invariant $\alpha -$elastic property

Proyecciones (Antofagasta)
The queried ``if there any finite universal elastic property loop that is not a middle Bol loop" is still open in the theoretical study of loops. The solution of the above open problem is found at the neighbourhood of the study of universal elastic law and its generalization termed $\alpha-$elastic law.
Benard, Osoba, Tunde, Oyebo Yakub
openaire   +2 more sources

Ionic Control of Microstructure and Lubrication in Charged, Physically Cross‐Linked Hydrogels

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Here, charged, physically cross‐linked poly(methacrylamide‐co‐methacrylic acid) hydrogels stabilized by a short‐range attractive, long‐range repulsive potential is investigated. This work uncovers how salt addition alters not only swelling, but also the microstructure and dynamics, near‐surface stiffness and charge, and ultimately, its lubricity. Salts
Alexander Deptula, Rosa M. Espinosa‐Marzal   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

DFT Insights into the Physical Properties of Layered LiMnSe₂ and LiMnTe₂ Compounds

Metals
Using state-of-the-art first-principles electronic-band-structure calculations alongside density functional theory, we investigated the structural, elastic, electronic, and magnetic properties of LiMnZ2 (Z = Se, Te) compounds with a trigonal structure ...
Abdennour Benmakhlouf, Fares Faid, Nedjmeddine Ghermoul, Kemal Özdoğan, Taoufik Helaimia, Abdelmadjid Bouhemadou, Iosif Galanakis   +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
wiley   +1 more source

Anisotropic Shear Properties of Organic Interfaces in Bio‐composite Materials

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A novel cantilever design enables direct probing of shear properties at single organic interfaces within biocomposite prismatic ultrastructures. By decoupling lateral and torsional shear responses, the method reveals isotropic behavior in Atrina vexillum and pronounced anisotropy in Unio pictorum.
Kian Tadayon, Benny Bar‐On, Igor Zlotnikov   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source