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Sustainable Poly(Lactic Acid)/Graphene Oxide Bioelectronic Platform for Neurotransmitters Sensing and Tunable Stimulation of Astrocytes

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces sustainable PLA/graphene oxide bioelectronic interfaces featuring electrodes with tunable conductivity and strong electrocatalytic performance. These platforms were used to implement a new method for tuning astrocyte Ca2+ signaling and for the efficient detection of key biomarkers.
Alessandra Scidà, Giulia Cazzador, Roberta Fabbri, Matteo Calosi, Alessandro Silvestri, Andrea Candini, Fabiola Liscio, Franco Corticelli, Aikaterini Konstantoulaki, Andrea D'Iorio, Marco Caprini, Vincenzo Palermo, Monica Bertoldo, Valentina Benfenati, Chiara Zanardi, Emanuele Treossi   +15 more
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Assembly of vermiculite/SnO2 composite membranes with high ion selectivity for enhancing osmotic energy conversion performance

Frontiers in Materials
For osmotic energy harvesting based on nanofluidic membranes, aqueous instability, less-than-optimal ion selectivity, and moderately high internal resistance can somewhat restrict its performance advancement.
Yuyang Fu, Zhibo Chen, Yating Zhang, Bichen Xie   +3 more
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MXene‐Based Membranes for Separation Applications

Small Science, 2021
MXenes are a new type of 2D material, featuring numerous favorable properties, such as excellent flexibility, hydrophilicity, abundant functional groups, and high conductivity. Currently, MXene is a hot topic in the field of membrane separation processes.
Lingzhi Huang, Li Ding, Haihui Wang
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Polyphenol‐Inspired Materials for Agricultural Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review outlines the use of polyphenol‐inspired materials for sustainable agriculture, highlighting their molecular design, interfacial assembly, structure–property relationships, and prospects toward precision agriculture, climate resilience, ecosystem protection, and circular bioeconomy strategies.
Haofu Liu, Omid Mazaheri, Zhixing Lin, Tianzheng Wang, Jingqu Chen, Yuang Gu, Xia Liang, Deli Chen, Frank Caruso   +8 more
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Damage evolution and fluid–solid coupling fine-scale simulation of sandstones under osmotic pressure–stress effects

AIP Advances
The seepage, deformation, and failure processes of deep rock masses, influenced by pore water pressure and external loads, are highly complex. This study investigates the damage evolution and fluid–solid coupling behavior of sandstone under combined ...
Kang Mu
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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
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Nuclear Pore Mechanotransduction in Oncology: A Structural Axis of Vulnerability for Targeted Intervention

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Cancer‐associated NPC remodeling creates a high‐flux, low‐stringency nuclear state that supports malignant adaptation but increases mechanical fragility. Targeting the FG‐barrier or NPC scaffold may drive mechanostat failure, envelope rupture, DNA damage, and loss of nuclear integrity.
Sílvio Terra Stefanello, Caren Rigon Mizdal, Aline Franzen da Silva, Yun Qian, Wei‐En Yuan, Victor Shahin   +5 more
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Surfactants as a Tool for Coupling Light Into Hydrodynamic Flow: The Influence of Surfactant Hydrophobicity and Head Polarity

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Reversible light‐induced gradients at solid–liquid interfaces enable controllable interfacial transport via light‐driven diffusioosmosis. We demonstrate directed particle manipulation based on dynamically generated concentration gradients. The mechanism is broadly applicable to cationic, anionic, and non‐ionic surfactants with varying hydrophobicity ...
Maren Umlandt, David Feldmann, Nino Lomadze, Svetlana Santer   +3 more
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Chaotropic Surface Arginine Correlates With Protein Corona Formation on Anti‐Fouling Biomaterial Surfaces: A Quantitative Proteomics and Protein Structure Study

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Why do specific proteins accumulate on “non‐fouling” surfaces? Quantitative proteomics and structural analysis reveal surface‐exposed arginine as the key molecular determinant. ABSTRACT The protein corona determines the biocompatibility of medical devices, yet predicting its composition on anti‐fouling surfaces remains challenging.
Ayano Nomura, Guanghao Hu, Ang Art Wei Yao, Chisato Komura, Hideharu Kurioka, Tomohiro Hayashi   +5 more
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A Soft, Flexible Implant for Wireless Photothermal–Pyroelectric Neurostimulation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A replication strategy is used to enlarge the exposed surface area of barium titanate within flexible films with embedded carbon nanotubes, enabling efficient photothermal‐pyroelectric stimulation. Polar crystalline nanosheets show superior performance in guiding neural progenitor cells toward neuronal differentiation.
Jiang Wu, Minmin Mao, Beltzane Garcia Cirera, Hao Ye, Xiangzhong Chen, Josep Puigmartí‐Luis, Ni Qin, Salvador Pané   +7 more
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