Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Liquid crystalline inverted lipid phases and reverse micelles are self‐assembled lipid nanostructures that enhance the solubility, stability, and delivery of diverse therapeutics. This review integrates their physicochemical principles, formulation strategies, drug loading mechanisms, and biomedical applications, highlighting their growing ...
Numan Eczacioglu +3 more
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Chiral Nanohoops as an Efficient Spin Polarization System
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Chiral conjugated nanohoops with a central dibenzopentalene unit exhibit 90% spin polarization at low voltage and high conductivity. These properties make them ideal components in molecular spintronics applications. Abstract A central challenge in molecular spintronics is to achieve a high spin polarization at low operating voltages and ambient ...
Anu Gupta +4 more
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Bioengineering of extracellular vesicles with scaffold proteins for drug delivery. [PDF]
J NanobiotechnologyZhang C +6 more
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Block Copolymers: Emerging Building Blocks for Additive Manufacturing
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This review addresses how block copolymer (BCP) physics and rheology have led to the widespread use of BCPs in advanced additive manufacturing techniques, with particular emphasis on the untapped potential of these nanostructured materials toward achieving multi‐scale architected materials with unique, programmable material properties.
Alice S. Fergerson +3 more
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Hierarchical periosteum-bone composite scaffold with staged release of dexamethasone and endothelial cell derivatives for efficient critical-sized bone defect repair. [PDF]
Mater Today BioYu C, Wang Y, Xie L, He Q, Yu T, Wu T.
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Real‐Time, Label‐Free Monitoring of Cell Behavior on a Bioelectronic Scaffold
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A bioelectronic nanofibrous scaffold is introduced that supports cell growth while enabling real‐time, label‐free monitoring of cellular behavior through impedance measurements. The system correlates electrical signals with cell viability and surface coverage, offering an integrated platform for studying dynamic biological processes and advancing next ...
Dana Cohen‐Gerassi +10 more
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Coaxial nanofiber design for traumatic brain injury: a review and framework for phase-responsive therapeutics. [PDF]
Discov NanoMahumane GD, Choonara YE.
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Proteins, Processing, and Properties of Adhesive Fluid Condensates Purified from Mussels
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Mussels exhibit an unmatched proficiency for adhering to wet surfaces in salty environments—a remarkable ability that could inspire new biomedical and technical glues. The fluid protein condensates used to form the underwater mussel glue are extracted, reconstituted and characterized with advanced spectroscopy and nanomechanical analysis, revealing ...
Mathieu D. Rivard +8 more
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Biocompatible protein-nanomaterial scaffolds for controlled drug delivery. [PDF]
RSC AdvBoro B +5 more
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Encoding Magnetic Anisotropies in Digital Light Processing 3D Printing
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A hybrid magnetic device—combining a coaxial coil within a nested Halbach array—is presented, integrated into a DLP 3D printer to enable spatially resolved magnetic field control. This system enables complex, multimodal responses by programming liquid crystal elastomer resins for magnetic and thermal actuation, and by inducing electrically conductive ...
Eléonore Aïdonidis +11 more
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