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FlexMat, EarlyView.Abstract Soft robots, engineered from highly compliant materials, offer superior adaptability and safety in unstructured environments compared to their rigid counterparts. Recent advancements, fueled by bio‐inspiration and material programmability, have led to the rapid co‐evolution of their core modules: actuation, sensing, protection, energy, and ...
Qiulei Liu +3 more
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Flexibilizing inorganic thermoelectrics
FlexMat, EarlyView.This perspective reviews advances in flexible inorganic thermoelectric materials, covering ductile bulks, thin films, and fibers/yarns. It highlights strategies like warm metalworking, van der Waals material screening, orientation and sandwich engineering, and device integration, offering pathways to combine flexibility and performance for wearable ...
Xiao‐Lei Shi +3 more
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Food Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.Abstract Edible coatings have emerged as a significant advancement in the food industry. This review explains the different materials, methods, and applications of edible coatings, with a special focus on the integration of nanotechnology and its contribution to the circular economy.
Shankar Senthilkumar +4 more
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Guidelines for the preparation of hydrogels with protective function
Food Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.Abstract As three dimensional network structure functional materials, protective hydrogels, with their excellent biocompatibility, high water content, and the ability to provide physical barriers and regulate the environment for active substances/cells, have shown broad prospects in fields such as drug delivery, tissue engineering, and food ...
Xiao‐Lin Yu +4 more
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Guideline for the electrospinning of food biomacromolecules
Food Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.Abstract Electrospinning, an efficient method for producing micro‐ and nanoscale fibers, has undergone a notable resurgence in recent decades since its origin in the early 20th century, largely driven by advances in nanotechnology. Subsequently, it has been extensively applied across various disciplines, including materials science, biomedicine ...
Manjun Kang, Shengyang Ji, Yucheng Zou
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Food Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.Abstract Alginate, a renewable polysaccharide produced by brown seaweeds and selected bacterial species, has gained significant attention due to its tunable gelation behavior, biocompatibility, and wide utility in food, biomedical, and packaging applications.
Mehvish Habib +3 more
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Food Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.Abstract Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the leading cause of global mortality, necessitating effective preventive and adjunct therapeutic strategies beyond conventional pharmacological interventions. Although previous reviews have focused on individual nutrients or dietary patterns, this review provides a mechanism‐based, integrative perspective
Sridevi Shanmugam +7 more
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Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.Aloe vera‐derived biopolymers and nanoformulations enhance antimicrobial, antioxidant, and barrier functions in clean‐label edible coatings and films, whereas safety‐critical anthraquinone thresholds and regulatory constraints shape their translational potential.
Acharya Balkrishna +6 more
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Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.In this review, we critically summarized the application of natural polysaccharides (NPs) for the treatment of IBD. This approach combines, in a unique way (right), the basic structure–activity relationships of NPs from different origins (left) with their multipronged mode of action, which involves modulation of the gut microbiota and other ...
Felix Danso +3 more
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Sustainable Isotropic Meta‐Wood‐Materials by Topological Reconstruction of Plant Fibers
Interdisciplinary Materials, EarlyView.Meta‐wood, a novel dense and hard sustainable material, is reconstructed by pure plant fibers without adhesive. It has a 3D network with fibers mechanically interlocked together. This unique structure gives it unique properties that are very different from traditional wood and paper.
Dafang Huang +9 more
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