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 +5 more
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Negotiating modernism in Cape Town: 1918-1948 : an investigation into the introduction, contestation, negotiation and adaptation of modernism in the architecture of Cape Town [PDF]
, 2011 In the early twentieth century modernism radically changed the world, affecting all aspects of life. Twentieth century modernism incorporated new inventions that changed the modes of travel, it restructured methods of production and the way in which ...
Van Graan, André
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Biomimetic Microfractals Based Flexible Triboelectric Nanogenerators
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A leaf‐skeleton‐based microfractal architecture is integrated with guided CuNW networks and biomimetic triboelectric polymer layers, enabling breathable, flexible, and material‐efficient triboelectric nanogenerators. The resulting system combines enhanced charge generation and charge transport, offering potential for next‐generation self‐powered ...
Amit Barua +7 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.This review examines how cellular behavior is regulated by mechanical cues transmitted through soft biomaterials, from single‐cell mechanosensing to tissue‐level adaptation. It highlights why physiological relevance, rather than model complexity alone, is critical for translational mechanobiology and introduces a scoring framework linking material ...
Mathias Polz +9 more
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ITALIANS NEW TOWNS AS AN EXPERIMENTAL TERRITORY FOR THE MODERN MOVEMENT IN ITALY. The case study of Oriolo Frezzotti and his architecture for public facilities in Littoria, Sabaudia and Pontinia. [PDF]
, 2018 During the 30’s, the Fascist Party achieves its most significant territorial project: the reclamation of the Pontine Marshes and the construction of New Towns.
MARGIONE, EMANUELA
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Preserving a modern housing model
Docomomo Journal, 2021 This paper examines the history of Pedregulho Housing Neighborhood, built between 1948 and 1960 by the Department of Popular Housing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from the first concepts to the restoration in 2015.
Flávia Brito do Nascimento
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Efficient recovery from traumatic or degenerative diseases is a great challenge, even after all the advancements in bone and cartilage regeneration. Machine learning (ML) algorithms have presented opportunities to enhance these aspects by accurately analyzing imaging data.
Maryam Kamaei +9 more
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The modern image as a producer and product of modern architecture: Marcel Gautherot’s and Mario Fontenelle’s documentary photographs of the construction of Brasilia [PDF]
, 2016 This paper aims to examine the photographic images taken by Marcelle Gautherot and Mario Fontenelle for the publications brasília and Módulo, periodicals established during the construction of Brasília in the 1950s to justify the construction and to ...
Bauer, S., Cappello, M.B.
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Housing explorations. Unidad Vecinal Portales in Santiago
Docomomo Journal, 2021 This article explores the contribution of Unidad Vecinal Portales – built in Santiago de Chile by the studio Bresciani, Valdés, Castillo y Huidobro – to the debates on social housing in Chile between the 1940s and 1960s.
Umberto Bonomo
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Encoded Cell‐Material Interactions to Reroute Cytokine Signaling for Regenerative Medicine
Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.We present native MATRIX (Material Activated To Regulate Inducible gene eXpression), a co‐engineered material‐cell platform. Surfaces functionalized with antibodies for endogenous soluble ligands (e.g., IL‐1β or IL‐6) capture and immobilize ligands for presentation to a cognate, engineered synthetic Notch receptor, releasing a transcription factor (TF)
Zachary M. Eidman +7 more
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