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Biodegradable and Biocompatible Functional Polymers for Biomedical Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Biodegradable and biocompatible functional polymers integrate electrical, mechanical, and stimuli‐responsive functionalities while enabling programmed degradation under physiological conditions. This review introduces recent advances in conductive, shape‐memory, self‐healing, photocurable, and adhesive polymer systems, emphasizing material design ...
Won Bae Han, Shuvra Mondal, Sungkeun Han, Chan‐Hwi Eom, Venkata Ramesh Naganaboina, Suk‐Won Hwang   +5 more
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Advancements in Hypersaline Wastewater Treatment: The Promise of Quasi‐Liquid Surfaces to Reduce Salt Scaling

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Durable quasi‐liquid polymer brush surfaces provide an anti‐scaling strategy for hypersaline brine evaporation and zero‐liquid‐discharge desalination. The smooth, liquid‐like QLS interface suppresses substrate‐side salt nucleation, promotes compact crystallization and dewetting, reduces crystal–surface contact area, and enables low‐adhesion salt ...
Mohammed Imran Khan, Bei Fan
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Semiconducting Polymers Post‐Functionalized With Ureido‐Pyrimidinone for Robust Stretchable Transistors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The design of intrinsically robust stretchable semiconducting polymers was achieved through OTBS‐mediated post‐functionalization of PDPP2T side chains with UPy units, generating dual hydrogen‐bonding motifs comprising weaker urethane linkages and strong quadruple UPy interactions along the long alkyl side chain, which is crucial for achieving desirable
Dinda Bazliah, Livy Laysandra, Kosuke Terayama, Xingyu Yang, Atsushi Isobe, Tai‐Chin Chiang, Tsuyoshi Michinobu, Yu‐Cheng Chiu   +7 more
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Silicone Phase Behavior Resolves the Softness–Surface Functionality Trade‐Off in Emerging Stretchable Electronics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Ultrasoft silicone elastomers often sacrifice surface functionality for mechanical compliance. In Mold Star, low‐molecular‐weight species form a dispersed phase that weakens the network and passivates the surface. Solvent extraction removes this phase, unexpectedly improving both extensibility and metallization performance, enabling conductive ...
Gloria M. D'Amaral, Rahaf Nafez Hussein, Tiago Carneiro Gomes, Jordan E. Nicholson, Lauren J. Renaud, Emily J. Addison, Simon Rondeau‐Gagné, Tricia Breen Carmichael   +7 more
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Hyper-viscoelastic characterization of the urethra

Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
Hyper-viscoelastic models have been used to characterize large strains coupled with viscosity. In this study, we aimed to model the urethral in-vivo biomechanics through a hyper-viscoelastic implementation.
Bhave Ashish, Joshi Jash, Yache Vaishnavi, Rupitsch Stefan J., Moeller Knut   +4 more
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3D printing of polybutadiene rubber cured by photo-induced thiol-ene chemistry: A proof of concept

eXPRESS Polymer Letters, 2020
Mechanical performance of 3D printed ‘Rubber-like’ commercial resins are not comparable to typical vulcanized diene rubbers since they show lower strain at break.
M. Bragaglia, F. R. Lamastra, V. Cherubini, F. Nanni   +3 more
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Tannic Acid‐Modified Cellulose Nanofiber Reinforced Polymerizable Eutectogels for High‐Performance Stretchable Strain Sensors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A polymerizable deep eutectic solvent is reinforced with tannic acid‐modified cellulose nanofibers to construct a hierarchical dynamic eutectogel network. Synergistic covalent and reversible interactions impart ultrahigh stretchability, high ionic conductivity, broad temperature tolerance, self‐healing, and strong adhesion, enabling robust wearable ...
Huang Wu, Yang Hu, Youmin Tuo, Weide Zhang, Nanzhu Bao, Haitao Wu, Zhuangzhuang Chu, Yunhua Chen, Tao Wang, Teng Yuan, Hongbo Zeng, Zhuohong Yang   +11 more
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Polymer Substrates for Flexible Sensors: Advances and Contributions to Smart Agriculture

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes recent advances in polymer‐based flexible sensors for smart agriculture, focusing on polymer substrate design, interface engineering, and applications in soil, plant, animal, aquaculture, and post‐harvest monitoring.
Yihui Li, Zhangzheng Xiao, Zheng Yan, Adnan Raza Altaf, Qun Song, Dingding Yao, Afshan Sohail, Yixin Wang, Wenxiu Ma, Shanjun Li, Yaohui Chen, Peiwen Liu, Kai Zhang   +12 more
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Snap‐Through–Driven Liquid Crystal Elastomers for High‐Power Remote Microneedle Actuation Toward Smart Livestock Systems

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A magnetically assisted snap‐through liquid crystal elastomer transforms photochemical deformation into a high‐power mechanical impulse, enabling remote microneedle actuation and highlighting its potential for future smart livestock intervention systems.
Chae Won Lee, Nankyung Kim, SeungHyun Park, Dae Seok Kim   +3 more
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Stability of meropenem in portable elastomeric infusion devices: which protocol should be implemented in clinical practice?

Microbiology Spectrum
Meropenem has an excellent activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, including multi-resistant microorganisms. Even though meropenem is a great candidate for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT), its physicochemical ...
Beatriz Esteban-Cartelle, Dolores R. Serrano, Covadonga Pérez Menéndez-Conde, Noelia Vicente-Oliveros, Ana Álvarez-Díaz, Jesús Fortún Abete, Pilar Martín-Dávila   +6 more
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