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Micro‐ and Nano‐Bots for Infection Control

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review presents a strategic vision for integrating micro‐ and nanobots in the pipeline for infection diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. To develop these robots as a practical solution for infection management, their design principles are clarified based on their propulsion mechanisms and then categorized infection management domains based on ...
Azin Rashidy Ahmady   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Materials Advances in Devices for Heart Disease Interventions

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines the crucial role of materials in heart disease interventions, focusing on strategies for monitoring, managing, and repairing heart conditions. It discusses the material requirements for medical devices, highlighting recent innovations and their impact on cardiovascular health.
Gagan K. Jalandhra   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incapacitating hypersensitivity to one's own body sounds due to a dehiscence of bone overlying the superior semicircular canal. A case report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
We present a case study of a 49-year-old patient with an 8-year history of hypersensitivity to sound produced by intrinsic but not extrinsic sources. Findings that indicated an organic problem were: a supranormal bone conduction threshold of −25 to −15dB
Allum, John   +3 more
core  

Topology in Biological Piezoelectric Materials

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the topological structures in biological piezoelectric materials, covering morphology evolution, spatial arrangement, and biomimetic strategies. These topologies modulate structure‐property relationships across multiple scales, enabling performance enhancement and multifunctional integration.
Chen Chen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Harnessing Photo‐Energy Conversion in Nanomaterials for Precision Theranostics

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Harnessing photo‐energy conversion in nanomaterials enables precision theranostics through light‐driven mechanisms such as photoluminescence, photothermal, photoelectric, photoacoustic, photo‐triggered surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), and photodynamic processes. This review explores six fundamental principles of photo‐energy conversion, recent
Jingyu Shi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structure from Articulated Motion: Accurate and Stable Monocular 3D Reconstruction without Training Data

open access: yes, 2019
Recovery of articulated 3D structure from 2D observations is a challenging computer vision problem with many applications. Current learning-based approaches achieve state-of-the-art accuracy on public benchmarks but are restricted to specific types of ...
Elhayek, Ahmed   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Miniaturized Devices for On‐the‐Spot Generation of Small‐Diameter Vascular Grafts

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
An intracorporeal extrusion device is developed for on‐the‐spot generation of vascular grafts with tunable diameters spanning from 1 to 6 mm. The device uses biomimetic polymers and light, to promptly obtaining biocompatible and high‐burst pressure‐resistant grafts.
Deyanira Hernandez‐Sanchez   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Longitudinal Assessment of In Vivo Bone Dynamics in a Mouse Tail Model of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Recently, it has been shown that transient bone biology can be observed in vivo using time-lapse micro-computed tomography (μCT) in the mouse tail bone. Nevertheless, in order for the mouse tail bone to be a model for human disease, the hallmarks of any ...
Koch, Kathleen   +4 more
core  

Intrinsically Soft Implantable Electronics for Long‐term Biosensing Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Sensor Research, EarlyView.
Intrinsically soft implantable biosensors address the mechanical mismatch of conventional rigid implants, improving biocompatibility and stability. This review explores soft encapsulation matrices, stretchable conductors, implantation strategies, and chronic fixation techniques.
Su Hyeon Lee   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intelligent Eye Tracker Integrated with Cylindrical Capacitive Sensors for Chronic Fatigue Assessment

open access: yesAdvanced Sensor Research, EarlyView.
A wearable capacitive eye tracker for chronic fatigue assessment is presented, utilizing cylindrically shaped capacitive sensors made of a carbon nanotube‐paper composite. By integrating a novel fatigue‐induction protocol with machine learning, the device achieves 0.75‐sensitivity and 0.73‐specificity, providing a practical alternative to existing ...
Tianyi Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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