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Non-fibril form but not fibril form of human islet amyloid polypeptide 8-20 changes brain functions in mice.

PLoS ONE
Whether fibril formation increases or decreases cytotoxicity remains unclear. Aggregation of human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP), a pivotal regulator of glucose homeostasis, impairs the function and viability of pancreatic β cells.
Hinaho Suginoma, Ryuji Owada, Akiko Katano-Toki, Ayaka Mori, Jun Fujioka, Kazuhiro Nakamura   +5 more
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Viscoelasticity‐Induced Controllable Periodic Meso‐Textures of Liquid Crystal Polymers in Additive Manufacturing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Viscoelasticity‐driven instabilities are harnessed to create tunable, periodic textures in 3D‐printed liquid crystalline polymers. This study illustrates how processing parameters control these spontaneous meso‐scale patterns. These unique structural architectures unlock new possibilities for functional devices, ranging from photonic components to ...
Miaomiao Zou, Jiongyi Yan, Dick F. Firdaus, Amy Jin, Jiaxuan Li, Shushan Wang, Ran Chen, Xudong Tao, Zehao Ji, Yi Liu, Zichen Wang, Christos Margadji, Mark Kotter, J. Axel Zeitler, George G. Malliaras, Ronan Daly, Andrew Gleadall, Sebastian W. Pattinson   +17 more
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Block Copolymers: Emerging Building Blocks for Additive Manufacturing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review addresses how block copolymer (BCP) physics and rheology have led to the widespread use of BCPs in advanced additive manufacturing techniques, with particular emphasis on the untapped potential of these nanostructured materials toward achieving multi‐scale architected materials with unique, programmable material properties.
Alice S. Fergerson, Hemish B. Thakkar, Jiaen Wu, Emily C. Davidson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Encoding Magnetic Anisotropies in Digital Light Processing 3D Printing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A hybrid magnetic device—combining a coaxial coil within a nested Halbach array—is presented, integrated into a DLP 3D printer to enable spatially resolved magnetic field control. This system enables complex, multimodal responses by programming liquid crystal elastomer resins for magnetic and thermal actuation, and by inducing electrically conductive ...
Eléonore Aïdonidis, Andrea Cosola, Pierre Bourdon, Hichem Dammak, Marco Sangermano, Frédéric Demoly, Marco Faustini, Amélie Pérot, Didier Lairez, Rakine Mouhoubi, Sébastien Blanquer, Giancarlo Rizza   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hairpin trimer transition state of amyloid fibril

Nature Communications
Protein fibril self-assembly is a universal transition implicated in neurodegenerative diseases. Although fibril structure/growth are well characterized, fibril nucleation is poorly understood.
Levent Sari, Sofia Bali, Lukasz A. Joachimiak, Milo M. Lin   +3 more
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Controlling 3D Contractility via Engineered Fibrous Hydrogel Composites

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A tunable composite contractile assembly (CCA) is developed that can permit or resist contraction without changing cell‐adhesion and density, unlike collagen whose inherent coupling of these ECM cues limits its use as a platform in contractility studies.
Karen L. Xu, Yuqi Zhang, Alysse DeFoe, Georgios Kotsaris, Brendan Stoeckl, Matthew D. Davidson, Jason A. Burdick, Robert L. Mauck   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Infrared Nanocrystals for Space Application: Hardness to Irradiations

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This article investigates infrared HgTe nanocrystals under X‐ray and ion irradiation, revealing remarkable radiation hardness. It uncovers distinct degradation mechanisms and shows that the nanomaterial outperforms integrated electronics. The results position colloidal nanocrystals as promising candidates for resilient space and harsh‐environment ...
Alexandre Neyret, Dario Mastrippolito, Bingbing Xia, Adrien Khalili, Maxime Lebreton, Giorgia Strobbia, Albin Colle, Marco Paye, Mariarosa Cavallo, Erwan Bossavit, Claire Abadie, Yoann Prado, Debora Pierucci, Victor Parahyba, Francois Coursaget, David Darson, Emrick Briand, Ian Vickridge, Stephane Demiguel, Sebastien Massenot, Jean‐Marc Belloir, Vincent Goiffon, Emmanuel Lhuillier   +22 more
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All‐Aqueous Pullulan Fibers Enabling Visible‐to‐Near‐Infrared Waveguiding with Mechanical and Thermal Resilience

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Pullulan, a biomass‐derived polysaccharide, is transformed into transparent optical fibers using a solvent‐free borax hydrogel‐spinning method. The fibers outperform PMMA with ≈200 MPa tensile strength and 200 °C stability, while uniquely guiding visible‐to‐NIR light and enabling additive‐free humidity sensing.
Yuya Fukata, Aayush Kumar Jaiswal, Ari Hokkanen, Hannes Orelma, Tadahisa Iwata   +4 more
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Cardiac‐Derived ECM Microspheres for Enhanced hiPSC‐CMs Maturation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Cardiac extracellular matrix microspheres derived from decellularized porcine heart provide a biomimetic 3D microenvironment for human induced pluripotent stem cell–derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC‐CMs). This platform supports short‐ and long‐term culture, enhances structural organization, and promotes electrophysiological and functional maturation of ...
Jiazhu Xu, Joel Aboagye, Marcella Edwards, Nick Rogozinski, Yufeng Wen, Angello Huerta Gomez, Zui Pan, Ge Zhang, Huaxiao Yang, Yi Hong   +9 more
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Physicochemical mechanisms of aggregation and fibril formation of α-synuclein and apolipoprotein A-I

Biophysics and Physicobiology
Deposition and accumulation of amyloid fibrils is a hallmark of a group of diseases called amyloidosis and neurodegenerative disorders. Although polypeptides potentially have a fibril-forming propensity, native proteins have evolved into proper ...
Takashi Ohgita, Hiroki Kono, Norihiro Namba, Hiroyuki Saito   +3 more
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