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Functional Differentiation of Type II and Type I Collagen Articular Models in Synovial Fluid Film Formation and Recombinant Equine Lubricin Retention

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Collagen II coatings support the formation of synovial fluid nanofilms, while collagen I coatings do not. Both bind recombinant equine lubricin similarly. These findings may help explain articular cartilage surface joint dysfunction, inform biomaterial design for synovial joint repair, and expand on lubricin‐based osteoarthritis therapies.
Diego R. Jaramillo Pinto, Nicolas L. Mendoza, Syeda Tajin Ahmed, Yidan Wen, Lenka Vitkova, Spencer M. Witt, Kaleb A. Cutter, Ummay Honey, Matthew J. Paszek, Heidi L. Reesink, Lawrence J. Bonassar, Kevin De France, Roberto C. Andresen Eguiluz   +12 more
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Fabrication of ordered nanoporous anodic alumina prepatterned by mold-assisted chemical etching

Nanoscale Research Letters, 2011
In this article, a simple and cost-effective method to create patterned nanoindentations on Al surface via mold-assisted chemical etching process is demonstrated. This report shows the reaction-diffusion method which formed nanoscale shallow etch pits by
Leu Ing-Chi, Lai Kuan-Liang, Hon Min-Hsiung   +2 more
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Freeze‐Thaw Engineered Dual Conductivity Polymeric Binder Stabilizes Large‐Volume‐Change Lithium–Ion Battery Anodes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work developed an all‐aqueous freeze‐thaw strategy to create a dual‐conductive PVA/P3KBT binder for high volume‐change lithium–ion battery anodes. The resulting binder system strengthens the electrode structure, supports ion and electron transport, and accommodates repeated volume changes, reducing cracking and improving long‐term cycling ...
Haoze Ren, Jeremy Wang, Han Li, Marie Francoise C. Millares, Hao Guo, Sz‐Chian Liou, Siyu Qin, Ryan Thorpe, Melissa A. Guercio, Dali Yang, Lu Ma, Siyu Wu, Ruipeng Li, Esther S. Takeuchi, Amy C. Marschilok, Shan Yan, Kenneth J. Takeuchi, Elsa Reichmanis   +17 more
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Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy in Bionanotechnology: Current Advances and Future Perspectives

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) enables the nanoscale mapping of electrostatic surface potentials. While widely applied in materials science, its use in biological systems remains emerging. This review presents recent advances in KPFM applied to biological samples and provides a critical perspective on current limitations and future directions for
Ehsan Rahimi, Mario Palacios‐Corella, Arjan Mol, Salvador Pané, Josep Puigmartí‐Luis   +4 more
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Effects of Buoyancy and Surface Roughness on Mechanical Characterization of Shipbuilding Steel by Immersion Instrumented Indentation

Micromachines
To develop the applications of nanoindentation in a liquid environment, a higher requirement has been presented for evaluating measured errors of micromechanical performance, particularly for the immersion indentation.
Xiaoyuan Zhang, Zhongyu Zhao, Zhaoxin Wang, Shuai Li, Chao Sun, Yan Xia, Zhanqiang Liu, Yukui Cai, Bing Wang, Shunbo Wang   +9 more
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Transient Cytoskeletal Anisotropy Encodes Short‐Term Mechanical Memory in Glioblastoma Cells

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The same mechanical deformation can produce distinct cytoskeletal states depending on loading history. Experiments and constitutive modeling reveal that transient actin–vimentin anisotropy stores mechanical information and governs short‐term mechanical memory in glioblastoma cells.
Clara Gomez‐Cruz, Matthieu Gelin, Lucas Pradeau‐Phélut, Arrate Muñoz‐Barrutia, Sandrine Etienne‐Manneville, Daniel Garcia‐Gonzalez   +5 more
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Liquid Crystal Elastomer‐Based Haptic Pixel Arrays at Your Fingertips for Advanced Human–Machine Interfaces

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We mechanically program liquid crystal elastomer coatings as a stimuli‐responsive and digitally addressable platform for refreshable tactile displays; we validate the perceptual performance of our dynamic device matches conventional static tactile media.
Tom Bruining, Enjun Lin, Yu Zou, Meike Heldoorn, Pengrong Lyu, Samuël A. M. Weima, Astrid M. L. Kappers, Myrthe A. Plaisier, Satoshi Aya, Danqing Liu   +9 more
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Elastomeric 3D‐Printed Microenvironments Enable Nanonewton Force Measurements in Healthy and Diseased Human Pluripotent Stem Cell‐Derived Neuroepithelial Cells

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We present elastomeric three‐dimensional (3D) microstructures fabricated via two‐photon polymerization (2PP) and post‐processed through wet etching, for quantifying nanonewton (nN)‐scale forces applied by healthy and diseased neural cells. The mechanically characterized free‐standing beam architectures enable measurement of traction forces of ...
Pieter F. J. van Altena, Lucia Castillo Ransanz, Ruben H. Guis, Giulia Bergamaschi, Nanne J. Paauw, Urs Staufer, Vivi M. Heine, Angelo Accardo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

S‐Nitrosothiols as Thiol‐Protecting Groups for Controlled Thiol‐Maleimide Crosslinking of Homogeneous Soft Hydrogels

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Rapid thiol‐maleimide addition frequently outpaces mixing, resulting in heterogeneous hydrogels. S‐nitrosothiols act as thiol‐protecting groups, allowing uniform mixing with maleimide‐functionalized polymers before gelation. Sodium thiosulfate or sodium ascorbate then regenerates thiols on demand, triggering controlled thiol‐maleimide crosslinking ...
Julian A. Serna, Michelle J. Iwohn, Maximilian Seifermann, Stefan Heißler, Maike Schliephake, Franziska Dopp, Claudia Muhle‐Goll, Pavel A. Levkin   +7 more
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Upscaling the Fabrication of Rod‐Shaped Microgels: A Microfluidic Method Combining Step‐Emulsification With Consecutive Droplet Confinement in Parallelized Microchannels

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A microfluidic method is presented which enables parallelized fabrication of rod‐shaped microgels, based on step‐emulsification (SE) droplet generation and subsequent droplet distribution and confinement, combined in a single device. Microgel rods are fabricated in parallel at different flow rates based on two light‐mediated crosslinking chemistries ...
Matthias Mork, Ninon Möhl, Greta Romahn, Laura Klasen, Cédric Bergerbit, Laura De Laporte   +5 more
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