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Nanothermometry in Living Cells: Physical Limits, Conceptual and Material Challenges

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Heat and temperature are fundamental to life. When nanothermometers began probing regions as small as a living cell, they triggered controversial claims of large intracellular temperature gradients. We review physical constraints energy‐conservation, entropy production, thermodynamic fluctuations, and molecular dynamics.
Taras Plakhotnik
wiley   +1 more source

Bio‐Inspired Magnetically Tunable Structural Colors from Elliptical Self‐Assembled Block Copolymer Microparticles

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Cephalopod‐inspired photonic microparticles with dynamic structural coloration are fabricated via confined self‐assembly of linear block copolymers into ellipsoids containing stacked lamellae. Embedded superparamagnetic nanoparticles enable rapid magnetic alignment, restoring vivid, angle‐dependent color.
Gianluca Mazzotta, Simone Bertucci, Jose Mendoza‐Carreño, Agustín Mihi, Paola Lova, Davide Comoretto, Ullrich Steiner, Marco Lattuada, Andrea Dodero   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strain‐Programmable Luminescent Adhesive Patch With Tartrazine‐Mediated Optical Skin Clearing for Photochemical Tissue Bonding

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
We propose a suture‐complementary approach that integrates optical skin clearing with a strain‐programmable luminescent adhesive patch. Hyaluronic acid promotes transdermal delivery of tartrazine to improve optical clearing and stabilizes its interaction with a photosensitizer. Optical clearing increases the penetration depth of visible light into skin,
Seong‐Jong Kim, Kyungjoo Jo, Kwanghyeon Park, Jun Hee Kim, Jong Hyeong Cho, Inhoo Choi, Sei Kwang Hahn   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Clinic to Computation: Multiscale Bioengineering Strategies for Durable Biological Aortic Valve Replacements

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bioprosthetic aortic valves have revolutionized the treatment of aortic stenosis, but their durability is limited by structural valve deterioration (SVD). This review focuses on the pericardial tissue at the heart of these valves, examining how its mechanical properties and calcification drive fatigue and failure.
Gabriele Greco, Pierfrancesco Gaziano, Serena Anglese, Simone Morganti, Carlo de Vincentiis, Ferdinando Auricchio, Michele Marino, Michele Conti   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resonator-based nanoscale plasmonic sensor made of metal–graphene–insulator interfaces

Results in Physics
We present a nanoscale refractive index plasmonic sensor based on Fano resonance. We simulate and numerically analyze a novel double T-shaped resonator structure made of conductor–insulator waveguides.
Fariba Lotfi, Nafiseh Sang-Nourpour, Reza Kheradmand   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Color Routing and Beam Steering of Single‐Molecule Emission with a Spherical Silicon Nanoantenna

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
We experimentally demonstrate broadband directional emission from single molecules using a single spherical silicon nanoparticle assembled via DNA origami. By varying nanoparticle (NP) size and emitter position, we achieve unidirectional emission, beam steering, and color routing at the nanoscale, revealing modal interference as the underlying ...
María Sanz‐Paz, Nicole Siegel, Guillermo Serrera, Javier González‐Colsa, Fangjia Zhu, Karol Kołątaj, Minoru Fujii, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Pablo Albella, Guillermo P. Acuna   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nanoscale Temperature Sensor with Dual Circular and Square Structures Based on MIM Waveguides

Photonics
This paper proposes a refractive index sensor with high sensitivity, which operates based on the Fano resonance phenomenon. The sensor is constructed using a metal–insulator–metal (MIM) waveguide integrated with a double square ring (DSR) configuration ...
Shubin Yan, Hongfu Chen, Yuanyuan Gao, Weixin Liu, Xiaoran Yan, Aiwei Xu, Taiquan Wu   +6 more
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Triplet‐Triplet Annihilation Enhances Photochemical Curing Contrast for Vat‐Based 3D Printing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Triplet–triplet annihilation photopolymerization (TTAP) resins enhance curing contrast for digital light processing (DLP) 3D printing compared to conventional Type I and II photopolymerizations at matched optical densities. By exploiting a superlinear initiation response, TTAP preserves fine details, allowing reliable fabrication of complex structures ...
Connor J. O'Dea, Evan P. Scruggs, Zachariah A. Page   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing refractive index sensing through a cascaded Mach–Zehnder interferometer with double-tapered segment in bent fiber

AIP Advances
A novel refractive index sensor has been developed based on the Mach–Zehnder interferometer principle. This sensor was fabricated using a cascaded structure with double-tapered segments in one single mode fiber.
Zhichun Fan, Yizheng Sun, Weiming Zeng, Hengwei Shen, Wen Chen, Yushan Chen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Refractive index-based soil moisture sensor

JOURNAL OF SENSOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2021
Eun-Seon Sim, Su-Bin Hwa, Ik-Hoon Jang, Jun-Hee Na, Min-Hoi Kim   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source