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Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy in Bionanotechnology: Current Advances and Future Perspectives

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) enables the nanoscale mapping of electrostatic surface potentials. While widely applied in materials science, its use in biological systems remains emerging. This review presents recent advances in KPFM applied to biological samples and provides a critical perspective on current limitations and future directions for
Ehsan Rahimi, Mario Palacios‐Corella, Arjan Mol, Salvador Pané, Josep Puigmartí‐Luis   +4 more
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Miniature Soft Robot With Magnetically Reprogrammable Surgical Functions

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Miniature soft robots have great prospects to revolutionize minimally invasive treatments. Here we present a miniature soft robot, which can be reprogrammed to perform five surgical functionalities with six‐degrees‐of‐freedom motions. This soft robot can prospectively make minimally invasive surgery considerably safer and painless, and enable ...
Chelsea Shan Xian Ng, Yu Xuan Yeoh, Nicholas Yong Wei Foo, Keerthana Radhakrishnan, Guo Zhan Lum   +4 more
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Dexime: A Selectively Enzyme‐Degradable Hydrogel for Protein Therapeutic Release

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A dextrin‐oxime hydrogel (dexime) is produced using ketone or aldehyde modified dextrin and tetra‐oxyamine modified poly(ethylene glycol). The rheological and mechanical properties of dexime are tunable. Dexime is injectable, cytocompatible, hydrolytically stable, and selectively degradable by α‐amylase.
Quinton E. A. Sirianni, Nitzan Letko Khait, Adam Forman, Edward A. Armstrong, Karim Fouad, Molly S. Shoichet   +5 more
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Neurogenesis and apoptosis in the developmentally regulated loss of spinal cord regeneration.

, 2006
Unlike the adult mammal, the chick can successfully regenerate its spinal cord until embryonic day (E) 13. Multiple factors may contribute to the subsequent loss of regenerative capacity, although most research has concentrated on axonal re-growth ...
Whalley, K.A., Whalley, Katherine Ann
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Developing a Functional Polyelectrolyte Hybrid Layer Scaffold Coating and Evaluation of Its Performance for Interaction With Neural Cells

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Polyelectrolyte scaffold coatings modified with Cu and Fe3O4 nanoparticles regulate neural stem cell behavior in vitro. Increased Fe3O4 content enhances mitochondrial activity and neuronal differentiation, whereas higher Cu levels reduce cell viability.
Anna Grzeczkowicz, Agata Lipko, Angelika Kwiatkowska, Marcin Strawski, Monika Drabik, Ludomira H. Granicka   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent Advances of Slip Sensors for Smart Robotics

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review summarizes recent progress in robotic slip sensors across mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, magnetic, and acoustic mechanisms, offering a comprehensive reference for the selection of slip sensors in robotic applications. In addition, current challenges and emerging trends are identified to advance the development of robust, adaptive,
Xingyu Zhang, Liao Wu, Shuai He, Zhao Sha, Yuwan Huang, Shuying Wu, Dewei Chu, Chun H. Wang, Shuhua Peng   +8 more
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Electrophysiologic Evidence of Spinal Accessory Neuropathy in Patients with Cervical Myofascial Pain Syndrome

, 2012
Objectives: To evaluate whether or not there exists spinal accessory neuropathy in patients with cervical myofascial pain syndrome (MFPS). Design: Prospective study. Setting: A neurophysiologic laboratory in a university hospital.
CHANG, CHEIN-WEI;CHANG, KAI-YIN;CHEN, YU-REN;KUO, BOR-LIN, 張權維;張凱茵;陳毓仁;郭柏齡   +1 more
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Bamboo Medical Application: A State‐of‐the‐Art Review

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review presents a structured classification of bamboo's current use in healthcare. It organizes applications into medical textiles and medical devices, with further divisions based on function and level of invasiveness. It also examines material utilization based on bamboo's structural role, highlighting how it supports both protective and ...
Haymanot Beza Lamesgin, Koosje van der Stoel, Vera Popovich, Paul Breedveld   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toward Wireless Implantable Robotic Systems Driven by Magnetic Field for Personalized Therapy

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Robotic materials are playing an increasingly vital role in enabling sensing and actuation at small scales. This perspective highlights recent advances in magnetic materials and magnetically actuated devices for wireless sensing, actuation, and energy harvesting toward implantable robotic systems for closed‐loop therapy.
Yusheng Wang, Ruijian Ge, Xiaoguang Dong
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A Soft Robotic Fish With a Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Body and Negative Stiffness Spine

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work introduces a bio‐mimetic soft robotic fish driven by fiber‐reinforced dielectric elastomer actuators integrated as its body. By prestretching this active skin against a flexible spine, a negative stiffness system is created, enabling large‐amplitude bending.
Markus Koenigsdorff, Simon Holzer, Stefania Konstantinidi, Yoan Civet, Yves Perriard   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source