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Charge‐Induced Morphing Gels for Bioinspired Actuation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces a novel electroactive actuation mechanism that enables the gel material to generate substantial and reversible shape‐changing while preserving topological and isochoric (volumetric) equivalence. The resultant morphing behaviors can mimic the movements of muscle‐driven organelles in nature, including cilia‐like beating and ...
Ciqun Xu, Saba Firouznia, Charl F. J. Faul, Majid Taghavi, Jonathan Rossiter   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bacterial strain type and TEM-1 enzyme allele impact antibiotic susceptibility distribution in monoclonal populations: a single-cell droplet approach

Royal Society Open Science
Bacterial populations can display different susceptibilities to antibiotics among individual cells, even though they originate from the same parent cell.
Shahab Shahryari, Shakeel Ahmad, Ilona Paulina Foik, Paweł Jankowski, Adam Samborski, Marcin Równicki, Shreyas Kandhadai Vasantham, Piotr Garstecki   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The use of digital microfluidics for a silicon photonic sensors platform [PDF]

, 2012
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Bienstman, Peter, Lammertyn, J, Lerma Arce, Cristina, Puers, R, Witters, Daan   +4 more
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Microsphere Autolithography—A Scalable Approach for Arbitrary Patterning of Dielectric Spheres

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
MicroSphere Autolithography (µSAL) enables scalable fabrication of patchy particles with customizable surface motifs. Focusing light through dielectric microspheres creates well defined, tunable patches via a conformal poly(dopamine) photoresist. Nearly arbitrary surface patterns can be achieved, with the resolution set by the index contrast between ...
Elliott D. Kunkel, Alec G. Burnett, Katherine E. Scheiber, Hans D. Robinson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Robust Bio‐Textiles Via Mycelium‐Cellulose Interface Engineering

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces a new class of sustainable textiles by growing mycelium, the root‐like structure of fungi, into cellulose‐based fabrics. This semi‐interpenetrating mycelium‐cellulose fiber network combines the strength and breathability of natural fibers with the water‐resistant and adhesive properties of mycelium, resulting in a robust, scalable,
Wenhui Xu, Qilong Cheng, Waqas Alam, Yanpei Tian, Pengfei Deng, Zhenyuan Niu, David Warsinger, Tian Li   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unusual Swelling Behavior of Hydrogels Modified with Spiropyran as Appendage or Crosslinker

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Not so innocent after all—spiropyran crosslinkers in methylenebisacrylamide‐crosslinked poly(acrylamide‐co‐acrylic acid) hydrogels increase crosslinking density, but also, counterintuitively, increase swelling. Charge complexation, cooperative chemo‐mechanical effects, and aggregation may explain these observations.
Michael M. Lerch, Ankita Shastri, Thomas B. H. Schroeder, Amos Meeks, Shucong Li, Anna V. Shneidman, Michael Aizenberg, Joanna Aizenberg   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fluid Flow Dynamics in Partially Saturated Paper

Micromachines
This study presents an integrated approach to understanding fluid dynamics in Microfluidic Paper-Based Analytical Devices (µPADs), combining empirical investigations with advanced numerical modeling. Paper-based devices are recognized for their low cost,
Ashutosh Kumar, Jun Hatayama, Alex Soucy, Ethan Carpio, Nassim Rahmani, Constantine Anagnostopoulos, Mohammad Faghri   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Design automation of microfluidic droplet sorting platforms [PDF]

, 2019
Both basic research and biological design require high throughput screening to parse through the massive amounts of variants generated in experiments. However, the cost and expertise needed for use of such technology limit accessibility.
Densmore, Douglas, McIntyre, David
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Concentration-adjustable micromixer using droplet injection into a microchannel

, 2018
A novel micromixing technique that exploit a thrust of droplets into the mixing interface is developed. The technique enhances the mixing by injecting immiscible droplets in a mixing channel and the methodology enables a control of the mixing level ...
Motosuke, Masahiro, Sakurai, Ryosuke, Yamamoto, Ken   +2 more
core   +1 more source

3D Digital Light Processing of Redox‐Active Polymers for Electrochemical Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
3D printing of electrochemically switchable conducting polymers is achieved by Digital Light Processing of redox‐active carbazole‐based polymer materials. Complex 2D and 3D architectures including dot arrays and pyramids clearly show the potential for novel 3D switchable electrochemical devices for sensors, electrochromic displays as well as 3D printed
Christian Delavier, Svenja Bechtold, Marcus H. Dodds, Eva Blasco, Sabine Ludwigs   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source