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Smart Bioinks for 4D Bioprinting: Requirements, Design, and Applications

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Smart bioinks empower 4D‐bioprinted constructs to dynamically adapt and remodel in response to stimuli, effectively biomimicking native tissues. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) play a guiding role in their rational design by optimizing relevant properties.
Shangsi Chen, Jiahui Lai, Qiongjiao Zeng, Liangbin Zhou, Boguang Yang, Bin Zhang, Min Wang, Jiajing Zhou, Kieran Lau, Khoon S. Lim, Zhong Alan Li, Rocky S. Tuan   +11 more
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Influence of a Solid Surface on PNIPAM Microgel Films

Gels
Stimuli-responsive microgels have attracted great interest in recent years as building blocks for fabricating smart surfaces with many technological applications. In particular, PNIPAM microgels are promising candidates for creating thermo-responsive scaffolds to control cell growth and detachment via temperature stimuli.
Valentina Nigro, Roberta Angelini, Elena Buratti, Claudia Colantonio, Rosaria D’Amato, Franco Dinelli, Silvia Franco, Francesca Limosani, Rosa Maria Montereali, Enrico Nichelatti, Massimo Piccinini, Maria Aurora Vincenti, Barbara Ruzicka   +12 more
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AuNPs-Based Thermoresponsive Nanoreactor as an Efficient Catalyst for the Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol

Nanomaterials, 2018
A new AuNPs-based thermosensitive nanoreactor (SiO2@PMBA@Au@PNIPAM) was designed and prepared by stabilizing AuNPs in the layer of poly(N,N’-methylenebisacrylamide) (PMBA) and subsequent wrapping with the temperature-sensitive poly(N ...
Wei Liu, Xiaolian Zhu, Chengcheng Xu, Zhao Dai, Zhaohui Meng   +4 more
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Bioenergetic Materials for Tissue Regeneration: Modulating Metabolism to Promote Cellular Anabolism

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Bioenergetic materials (BEMs) modulate cellular metabolism to promote tissue regeneration. Their principal mechanisms of action include metabolic substrate supplementation, metabolic enzyme modulation, organelle transfer, electrical current regulation, redox homeostasis modulation, and oxygen tension modulation.
Yuchen He, Yuwen Wang, Jonathan F. Gong, Yiting Lei, Fei Jin, Weihong Zhu, Rocky S. Tuan, Zhong Alan Li   +7 more
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Effect of Polymer Network Architecture on Adsorption Kinetics at Liquid–Liquid Interfaces: A Comparison Between Poly(NIPAM-co-AA) Copolymer Microgels and Interpenetrating Network Microgels

Gels
Understanding the adsorption features of polymer microgels with different chemical compositions and structures is crucial in studying the mechanisms of respective emulsion stabilization. Specifically, the use of stimuli-responsive particles can introduce
Galina A. Komarova, Elena Yu. Kozhunova, Rustam A. Gumerov, Igor I. Potemkin, Irina R. Nasimova   +4 more
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Filtration of Elastic Polymers and Spherical Gels through a Silica-Deposited Layer on a Porous Membrane

Membranes, 2020
A 120-nm silica suspension was permeated through a porous polyethylene (PE) hollow-fiber membrane, as was a solution of deformable elastic particles of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) gel and dextran.
Takanori Hidane, Hidemi Kitani, Shintaro Morisada, Keisuke Ohto, Hidetaka Kawakita, Sachiko Furuta   +5 more
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Polyproline: A Synthetic Polypeptide With Unique Properties

Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
Poly‐L‐proline is a unique polypeptide distinguished by its well‐defined secondary structures and unusual thermal behavior. This mini review highlights recent advances in the synthesis of poly‐L‐proline by N‐carboxyanhydride (NCA) polymerization, the formation of structurally defined architectures and nanostructures, and emerging strategies that ...
Rosanna Le Scouarnec, Josué M. Galindo, Colin Bonduelle, Andreas Heise   +3 more
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A novel PNIPAM-Modified polyurethane/carboxymethyl cellulose photo-thermoresponsive hydrogel loaded with gemcitabine to suppress esophageal cancer cells via VEGF-mediated angiogenic pathway inhibition

Journal of Biological Engineering
This study reports the development of a thermoresponsive hydrogel composed of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-modified polyurethane (PNIPAM-PU) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) for the controlled delivery of gemcitabine (GEM) in esophageal cancer treatment.
Shirong Wu, Huachuan Zhang, Yu Zhang, Ya Zhao, Mengqi Xiang, Liqiong Hao, Jing Chen   +6 more
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Intelligent Polymer Electrolytes for Next‐Generation Zinc‐Based Energy Storage Devices

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Intelligent polymer electrolytes are organized into a three‐level hierarchy that advances zinc‐based energy storage from passive ion conduction toward active, adaptive, and intelligent operation. Molecular regulation of Zn+ coordination, water activity, desolvation, ion flux, and interfaces underpins adaptive self‐healing, anti‐freezing, adhesion, and ...
Sanath Kumar, Jhansirani Kesavan, Muhammad Asim, Atul Verma, Yen‐Pei Fu   +4 more
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Self‐Driving Laboratory Optimizes the Lower Critical Solution Temperature of Thermoresponsive Polymers

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
A low‐cost, self‐driving laboratory is developed to democratize autonomous materials discovery. Using this "frugal twin" hardware architecture with Bayesian optimization, the platform rapidly converges to target lower critical solution temperature (LCST) values while self‐correcting from off‐target experiments, demonstrating an accessible route to data‐
Guoyue Xu, Renzheng Zhang, Tengfei Luo
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