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Engineering Topographical Cues to Enhance Neural Regeneration in Spinal Cord Injury: Overcoming Challenges and Advancing Therapies

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) poses significant challenges for regeneration due to a series of secondary injury mechanisms. How to use biomaterial approach to target the failed regeneration after SCI remains a critical challenge. This review systematically evaluates current strategies to optimize biomaterial topographies for neurite outgrowth, axonal ...
Wei Xu, Fenghui Wang, Joshua Stein, Siqiao Wang, Pengfei Jiang, Letao Yang, Liming Cheng, Ki‐Bum Lee   +7 more
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Adsorption of Cu(II) on silica gel synthesized from chemical bottle glass waste: Response surface methodology-Box Behnken design optimization

South African Journal of Chemical Engineering
Recent research has reported on the extraction and synthesis of silica gels from a waste glass of chemicals. This study aims to optimize silica gel synthesized from chemical glass waste as heavy metal adsorbent Cu2+.
Yatim Lailun Ni'mah, Anggun Cahyaning Pertiwi, Suprapto Suprapto   +2 more
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Biomaterial Strategies for Targeted Intracellular Delivery to Phagocytes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Phagocytes are essential to a functional immune system, and their behavior defines disease outcomes. Engineered particles offer a strategic opportunity to target phagocytes, harnessing inflammatory modulation in disease. By tuning features like size, shape, and surface, these systems can modulate immune responses and improve targeted treatment for a ...
Kaitlyn E. Woodworth, Neal I. Callaghan, Locke Davenport Huyer   +2 more
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Production of silica gel from residual rice husk ash

Química Nova, 2011
This paper presents a study on the production of silica gel in hydrothermal process using residual rice husk ash. Measurements of the chemical composition, X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, particle size distribution, and pozzolanic activity were
Samantha Pinheiro Buás de Lima, Raimundo Pereira de Vasconcelos, Otávio Augusto Paiva, Guilherme Chagas Cordeiro, Márcia Rodrigues de Morais Chaves, Romildo Dias Toledo Filho, Eduardo de Moraes Rego Fairbairn   +6 more
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Hyaluronic Acid–Silica Nanohybrid Gels

Biomacromolecules, 2013
Excessive water sorption and low mechanical properties are a severe drawback in some biomedical applications of hyaluronic acid (HA). A way to improve these properties is here explored through the novel concept of nanohybrid hydrogels consisting of a HA matrix including different amounts of silica-derived species.
Vallés Lluch, Ana, Poveda-Reyes, S., Amoros del Toro, Pedro Jose, Beltran, D., Monleón Pradas, Manuel   +4 more
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Surface Wrinkling of Plasma‐Exposed PDMS is Caused by Water Vapor Sorption: An Optical Environmental Sensor

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Wrinkling of soft materials, such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), underpins a myriad of technologies. Plasma‐oxidation of PDMS induces spontaneous wrinkling, which is canonically attributed to thermal expansion‐contraction of bilayers. Employing experiments and modelling, it is demonstrated that sorption of water vapor is instead responsible for ...
Zain Ahmad, Gunjan Tyagi, Shuning Xiang, Jerry Heng, Pedro Patrício, Paulo I. C. Teixeira, Christopher M. Stafford, Jack F. Douglas, João T. Cabral   +8 more
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Enhancing fire resistance in wood with high-water retention silica gel: A promising flame-retardant solution [PDF]

Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society
This study aims to evaluate water retention and flame-retardant properties of silica gel prepared using anionic polyacrylamide (HPAM), gluconate- delta-lactone (GDL) and aluminum citrate (AlCit).
Fei Zhongbin, Zhang Yingnan, Wang Zhi, Duan Yiling, Zhang Bin   +4 more
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3D Concrete Printing of Triply Periodic Minimum Surfaces for Enhanced Carbon Capture and Storage

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A 3D‐printable and carbon‐capturing concrete is developed by replacing cement with diatomaceous earth (DE), which enhances rheology, provides hierarchical porosity, and serves as a nucleation site for carbonation. Maximum absorption of 488.7 gCO2 kgcement−1 is achieved in 7 days, a 142% increase over conventional concrete, and the triply periodic ...
Kun‐Hao Yu, Teng Teng, So Hee Nah, Hua Chai, Yefan Zhi, Kun‐Yu Wang, Yinding Chi, Peter Psarras, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Shu Yang   +9 more
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Preparation of Silica Modified with 2-Mercaptoimidazole and its SorptionProperties of Chromium(III)

E-Journal of Chemistry, 2009
Modified silica gel was prepared to remove the heavy metal of chromium(III) from water sample. Silica gel was used as supporting material and the 2-mercaptoimidazole was immobilized onto surface silica so that the silica would have selective properties ...
Harry Budiman, H. K. Fransiska Sri, Achmad. H. Setiawan   +2 more
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Bicontinuous Microarchitected Scaffolds Provide Topographic Cues That Govern Neuronal Behavior and Maturation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A scalable biomimetic platform transforms bioinert poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate into neuroinstructive matrices via integrating solvent transfer‐induced phase separation, microfluidics, and 3D bioprinting. Bicontinuous, hyperbolically curved microporous networks embedded within a fibrous construct elicit rapid adhesion, robust proliferation, and ...
Prince D. Okoro, Kevin Dalsania, Shiril B. Iragavarapu, Benjamin Dela Cruz, Aihik Banerjee, Merve Basaranbilek, Martin F. Haase, Bahman Anvari, Iman Noshadi   +8 more
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