Microengineered Gradient Hydrogels for Mechanobiology
Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Gradient hydrogels are used to mimic the mechanical heterogeneity in native tissues, offering powerful in vitro platforms to study cell‐material interactions in diverse pathophysiological contexts. Here, we present a comprehensive review of the design and experimental considerations for stiffness gradient hydrogels, discussing exemplary achievements ...
Shin Wei Chong +4 more
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Micro-mechanical approaches to characterize tip growth: Insights into root hair elasto-viscoplastic properties. [PDF]
Eur Phys J E Soft MatterAlline T +3 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.A human microfluidic blood‐brain barrier (mBBB) model enables spatially resolved comparison of nanoparticle trafficking. Extracellular vesicles (EVs), liposomes, and nanoplastics exhibit distinct transport and disruption behaviors, revealing that membrane composition and uptake pathways govern BBB interaction.
Bryan B. Nguyen +9 more
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Performance, combustion, emission and optimization characteristics of biodiesel-n-butanol blends enriched with Ni<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> nanoparticles in a diesel engine. [PDF]
Sci RepAvcı AS, Yavaşoğlu SF.
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Unveiling the Role of Curvature in Carbon for Improved Energy Release of Ammonium Perchlorate
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.High‐curvature carbon materials identified via machine learning and simulation can enhance the heat release and combustion performance of ammonium perchlorate. ABSTRACT The catalytic role of carbon curvature in the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate (AP) remains largely unexplored. To address this gap, this study employs machine learning and
Dan Liu +8 more
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Influence of Piston Bowl Geometry and Hydrogen-Diesel Mixing Ratios on Dual-Fuel Engine Combustion. [PDF]
ACS OmegaKumar R +5 more
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The CRISTAL engine: ABC's new medium speed diesel engine, developed to comply with IMO III [PDF]
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Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen +5 more
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Design and optimization of a butterfly-shaped grafting clip and cutting mechanism based on finite element simulation. [PDF]
PLoS OneSu Q, Wu L, Yue Q, Gao X, Cao X, Shi H.
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.AI‐Assisted Workflow for (Scanning) Transmission Electron Microscopy: From Data Analysis Automation to Materials Knowledge Unveiling. Abstract (Scanning) transmission electron microscopy ((S)TEM) has significantly advanced materials science but faces challenges in correlating precise atomic structure information with the functional properties of ...
Marc Botifoll +19 more
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