A Spider Leg‐Inspired mm‐Scale Soft Exoskeleton Enabled by Liquid via Hydration and Charge Transport
Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 34, Issue 28, July 10, 2024.Natural organisms feature an unrivaled intertwining between structure and function via the bodily integration of multiple phases, multifunctional materials and architected elements. Learning from this, this study unveils a spider‐leg‐inspired artificial embodiment where the internal electrolyte simultaneously enables compliance conditioning via ...
Kadri‐Ann Valdur +6 more
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To squeeze or not: Regulation of cell size by mechanical forces in development and human diseases
Biology of the Cell, Volume 116, Issue 2, February 2024.Mechanical forces, such as stretching/tension, compression, growth‐induced pressure and shear stress (blue) can be sensed and translated into cellular and physiological responses. These pathways include mechanosensitive channels (TRPV2, TRPV4), Piezo, mTOR, Hippo/YAP and autophagy (pink).
Aurore Claude‐Taupin, Nicolas Dupont
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Understanding the dynamics of ion migration andvolume change is crucial to studying the functionality and long-term stability of soft polymeric materials operating at liquidinterfaces, but the subsurface characterization of swelling processesin these ...
Chaoqun Dong +4 more
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Biomimetic giant vesicles electroformation: biophysical evidences
, 2016 Giant Unilamellar Vesicles (GUV) are liposomes of 10-100 μm of diameter formed by a single phospholipid bilayer encompassing an aqueous core. Their cell-like size motivates the wide use of GUV as model membrane system, with the advantage to be visible ...
Simona Sennato +5 more
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Double shell giant vesicles mimicking Gram-negative cell wall behaviour during dehydration
, 2009 A biomimetic system modeling the behavior of Gram-negative bacteria under hyperosmotic stress was developed. To this end, we introduced a two-step electroswelling procedure for encapsulation of giant unilamellar vesicles by an additional membrane.
Hoffmann, B., Csiszar, A., Merkel, R.
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Organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors for bioelectronic interfaces [PDF]
Using electrical signals to interact with biological systems has shed light on different signaling principles of living organisms, leading to the development of various healthcare devices.
Bonafè, Filippo <1996>
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Determining the Functional Oligomeric State of Membrane-Associated Protein Oligomers Forming Membrane Pores on Giant Lipid Vesicles. [PDF]
Anal Chem, 2023 Singh V +8 more
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Systèmes membranaires modèles pour étudier l'adhésion médiée par les intégrines
, 2023 Dans l'adhésion cellule-cellule ou l'adhésion à la matrice extracellulaire (ECM), les cellules s'accrochent les unes aux autres ou à la ECM qui relie les cellules voisines.
Souissi, Mariem
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Wrapping Pathways of Anisotropic Dumbbell Particles by Giant Unilamellar Vesicles. [PDF]
Nano Lett, 2023 Azadbakht A +4 more
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The membrane transporter lactose permease increases lipid bilayer bending rigidity. [PDF]
Biophys J, 2021 Lopez Mora N +5 more
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