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VE-PTP controls a fluid shear stress set point that governs cell morphological responses through Tie-2

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
Blood flow differs between arteries and veins, hence endothelial cells in these vessels are exposed to different magnitudes of shear stress. Deviation from physiological blood flow triggers vascular remodeling, with increased or decreased flow leading to
Keisuke Shirakura, Mana Ghanbarpour Houshangi, Kevin G. Peters, Dietmar Vestweber   +3 more
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Geometry‐Dependent Adhesion in Transparent Monodomain Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Liquid Crystal Elastomers (LCEs) are emerging as exciting pressure‐sensitive adhesives. We examine adhesion in chemically identical elastomer films, exploring the influence of geometry (director orientation) and phase (nematic or isotropic). We demonstrate the potential of these aligned films as transparent, tunable, broad‐temperature‐range smart ...
Aidan Street, Devesh Mistry, Johan Mattsson, Helen F. Gleeson   +3 more
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Bio‐Orthogonally Crosslinked Supramolecular Polymer Bottlebrush Hydrogels for Long‐Term 3D Cell Culture

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Fibrous benzenetrispeptide (BTP) hydrogels, fabricated via strain‐promoted azide‐alkyne cycloaddition (SPAAC) crosslinking, form robust, bioinert networks. These hydrogels can support 3D cell culture, where cell viability and colony growth depend on the fiber content.
Ceren C. Pihlamagi, David Pretzel, Peer Nölte, Kourosh Rezaei, Ulrich S. Schubert, Johannes C. Brendel   +5 more
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Ceramic Particle‐Reinforced Medium‐Entropy Alloys With Outstanding Mechanical Properties Prepared by Novel Micro‐LPBF

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An innovative medium entropy alloy (MEA) composite material was fabricated via micro laser powder bed fusion (μ‐LPBF) with appropriate nano‐ceramic particles doping and exhibited markedly improved overall performance, including synergistically enhanced strength and ductility, increased hardness and compressive strength, improved wear resistance and ...
Zhonglin Shen, Mingwang Fu
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Ionic‐Electronic Hydrogel‐Liquid Metal Composite Bilayer with Tissue‐Adaptive and Adhesive Properties for Closed‐Loop Neuroprosthetic System

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A hydrogel–liquid metal composite peripheral nerve interface (HLB‐PNI) combines electrically durable electrodes and tissue‐adhesive hydrogel for tissue‐adaptive implantation. In nerve‐injured rats, it enables the diagnosis of sensory‐motor connectivity via stimulation and neural signal recording.
Yewon Kim, Kyoungryong Kim, Jaehyon Kim, Heewon Choi, Mikyung Shin, Donghee Son   +5 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, Hemish B. Thakkar, Jiaen Wu, Emily C. Davidson   +3 more
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Switchable Supramolecular Adhesive by Tuning Interfacial Bonding and Modulus

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The supramolecular adhesive (HyDiP) shows reversible adhesion and recyclability. In the dehydrated state, it is dense, stiff (E ≈445 MPa), transparent, and provides strong bonding with adhesion strengths up to 4.65 MPa. In the hydrated state, it becomes porous, soft (E ≈0.11 MPa), and detaches easily, enabling sustainable high‐strength applications ...
Rumin Fu, Cairong Xiao, Zihao Du, Changhong Linghu, Yongdong Shi, Chuyang Xiang, Mingxin Wan, Guoxin Tan, Limin Lu, Chengyun Ning, K Jimmy Hsia   +10 more
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Granular behaviour under bi-directional shear with constant vertical stress and constant volume

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
This paper aims to investigate the role of bi-directional shear in the mechanical behaviour of granular materials and macro-micro relations by conducting experiments and discrete element method (DEM) modelling.
Min Zhang, Yunming Yang, Hanwen Zhang, Qi Li   +3 more
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Engineering a Sonotherapeutic RBC Membrane‐Derived Nanoparticle Platform for the Treatment of Liver Cancer

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Herein, an RBC membrane‐derived nanoparticle (CMN‐ICG) is engineered to efficiently deliver a sonosensitizing agent, indocyanine green (ICG), for sonotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). CMN‐ICG exhibits excellent cytocompatibility, significantly enhances hepatocyte uptake, and produces excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon ultrasound ...
Alap Ali Zahid, Aishik Chakraborty, Wei Luo, Juhi Bora, John Joseph Kelly, John Andrew Ronald, Arghya Paul   +6 more
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Vascular-type heterogeneity is associated with differential gene expression profiles of endothelial cells under shear stress

Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Background: Endothelial cell (EC) heterogeneity is an emerging area of research in EC biology. Vein, artery, and microvascular ECs have been shown to have heterogeneity in gene expression and function, termed “vascular-type” heterogeneity in this report.
Allaura A. Cox, Christopher James Ng
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