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Magnetic Field Driven Microrobot Based on Hydrogels

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Hydrogel‐based magnetic microrobots synergize remote magnetic control with the biocompatibility of flexible hydrogels, emerging as promising tools for minimally invasive biomedicine. This enables remotely controllable, untethered navigation within complex biological microenvironments.
Juncai Song, Yubing Guo
wiley   +1 more source

Hemozoin-catalyzed precipitation polymerization as an assay for malaria diagnosis

Nature Communications, 2019
Methods to diagnose malaria are of interest but can be costly or not sensitive enough to detect low levels of parasitemia. Here the authors report an ultrasensitive method by using hemozoin (a biomarker of all Plasmodium species) to catalyse the ...
Omar Rifaie-Graham, Jonas Pollard, Samuel Raccio, Sandor Balog, Sebastian Rusch, María Andrea Hernández-Castañeda, Pierre-Yves Mantel, Hans-Peter Beck, Nico Bruns   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Waveguide Photoactuators: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Waveguide photoactuators convert guided light into mechanical motion. Their tethered‐flexible design enables minimally invasive surgery and confined‐space robotics. This review aims to guide materials selection, device design, and system integration, accelerating the transition of waveguide photoactuators from laboratory prototypes to versatile ...
Minjie Xi, Hemin Pan, Yang Zong, Yongfeng Mei, Jizhai Cui   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ultra‐High Friction and Adhesion in Hydrogel Layer Driven by Wet‐to‐Dry Transition Dynamics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work reveals a critical wet‐to‐dry transition in polyacrylamide hydrogel layers that induces volumetric shrinkage, resulting in enhanced interfacial contact and dramatically increased friction and adhesion. Leveraging this transition enables strong, reversible gripping on diverse surfaces, offering new insights for hydrogel‐based gripping ...
Chenxu Liu, Tianhui Sun, Wenqing Chen, Hongjian Zhang, Pan Huang, Lin Yang, Yuan Yao, Qiongyao Peng, Ying Hu, Yonggang Meng, Yu Tian, Hongbo Zeng   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smart Hydrogel Doped by Metal–Organic Frameworks for Renewable Self‐Pumping Enzymatic Reactors

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Renewable self‐pumping enzymatic reactors based on thermo‐stimulated cyclic contraction/expansion of metal‐organic frameworks‐doped hydrogel. Abstract The construction of high‐performance immobilized enzymes is vastly desired for green biotransformation.
Yuxi Zhu, Shenghao Wang, Yueyuan Luo, Linbo Cao, Xiuxiu Guo, Yue Zhang, Mingmin Li, Tie Wang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Robotic Materials With Bioinspired Microstructures for High Sensitivity and Fast Actuation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In the review paper, design rationale and approaches for bioinspired sensors and actuators in robotics applications are presented. These bioinspired microstructure strategies implemented in both can improve the performance in several ways. Also, recent ideas and innovations that embed robotic materials with logic and computation with it are part of the
Sakshi Sakshi, Rohit Pratyush Behera, Hongyu Zhou, Yifan Wang, Hortense Le Ferrand   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Precise Regulation of Membrane Proteins: From Physical Technology to Biomolecular Strategy

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the emerging strategies for the precise regulation of membrane proteins using physical stimuli and biomolecule‐based tools. These methods provide new insights into cell regulation and offer promising directions for future disease treatment.
Xiu Zhao, Qingqing Zhou, Mengli Li, Wen Zou, Zhenzhong Zhang, Jinjin Shi, Junjie Liu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating the Ethereal Tightrope: The Nanogenerator Manipulates Neurons for Immune Equilibrium

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review explores how nanogenerators modulate neuroimmune responses, offering innovative strategies for treating neurological disorders. By interfacing with neural pathways, they enable precise control of immune activity, especially via vagus nerve stimulation.
Jia Du, Rui Deng, Ya Wu, Hong‐Xia Ren, Zong‐Hong Lin, Yang‐Bao Miao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thermo-responsive gels that absorb moisture and ooze water

Nature Communications, 2018
Most smart hydrogels are used in their wet state and determination of their phase transition behaviour in the dried state is lacking. Here the authors investigate the thermo-responsive behaviour of an interpenetrating polymer network gel comprising of ...
Kazuya Matsumoto, Nobuki Sakikawa, Takashi Miyata   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wall slip across the jamming transition of soft thermoresponsive particles

, 2015
Flows of suspensions are often affected by wall slip, that is the fluid velocity $v_{f}$ in the vicinity of a boundary differs from the wall velocity $v_{w}$ due to the presence of a lubrication layer. While the slip velocity $v_s=\vert v_{f}-v_{w}\vert$
Divoux, Thibaut, Lapeyre, Véronique, Manneville, Sébastien, Ravaine, Valérie   +3 more
core   +3 more sources