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Tissue-on-a-chip design for skin modeling

, 2015
Overcoming the challenges that the pharmaceutical industry currently faces requires the development of more sophisticated models of the human body. Tissue- and organ-on-a-chip technologies have arisen as a new enabling platform for organ modeling and drug screening based on bioinspired microfluidic systems. These devices have the potential to replicate
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Comparison of Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Energy Absorbers Under Uniaxial Compressive Loading

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This study investigates LCD 3D printed Triply Periodic Minimal Surface (TPMS) structures as mechanical energy absorbers. By comparing various base designs and layered combinations under uniaxial compression, it identifies that a Diamond‐Gyroid sandwich structure offers superior performance.
Sergej Grednev, Noah‐Lean Roschlaub, Anne Jung   +2 more
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Construction And Application Of A Peri-Implant Tissue-On-Chip

International Dental Journal
Aim or purpose: This study aimed to develop a a biomimetic microfluidic model of peri-implant soft tissue, recapitulating basement membrane formation and enabling investigation of oral inflammation, immune responses, and tissue regeneration.
Mengmeng Lu, Siqing Yao, Zhenyu Sun, Yue Hu, Gu Yangqian   +4 more
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Wearable Smart Patches on Sustainable Chitosan With Reversible Microbial Growth‐Inhibitory Properties

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chitosan, a polysaccharide upcycled from biowaste, has long promised sustainable, biocompatible, and antimicrobial films and devices, an appeal reinforced by its recent regulatory recognition, with several chitosan‐based antibacterial dressings gaining clearance through the Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) pathway.
Jacopo Nicoletti, Kubra Kocak, Andrea Michel, Enrico Cavarzerani, Ali Raza, Petr Rohzin, Nouha Loudhaief, Saimir Frroku, Nicolò Baldovin, Hazrat Bilal, Alvise Perosa, Maurizio Selva, Flavio Rizzolio, Luca Sbuelz, Sabrina Tamburini, Domenico De Fazio, Giovanni Antonio Salvatore   +16 more
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Organ-on-a-Chip and Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies in Cardiac Tissue Engineering

Biomimetics
Microfluidic technologies have ushered in a new era in cardiac tissue engineering, providing more predictive in vitro models compared to two-dimensional culture studies. This review examines Organ-on-a-Chip (OoC) and Lab-on-a-Chip (LoC) platforms, with a
Daniele Marazzi, Federica Trovalusci, Paolo Di Nardo, Felicia Carotenuto   +3 more
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Implantable Ionic Memristors Based on Natural Polymer Heterojunctions

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
We report an implantable natural polymer‐based ionic memristor composed of hyaluronic acid, chitosan, and PDMS. The device achieved 98.94% accuracy in MNIST classification while reducing training time by 36.8% compared with a conventional artificial neural network (ANN).
Dong‐yup Lee, Byung Ik Park, Gihyeon Yim, Hyunjae Yoo, Sangjun Ma, Jundong Park, Jeong‐Yun Sun   +6 more
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Biodegradable and Biocompatible Functional Polymers for Biomedical Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Biodegradable and biocompatible functional polymers integrate electrical, mechanical, and stimuli‐responsive functionalities while enabling programmed degradation under physiological conditions. This review introduces recent advances in conductive, shape‐memory, self‐healing, photocurable, and adhesive polymer systems, emphasizing material design ...
Won Bae Han, Shuvra Mondal, Sungkeun Han, Chan‐Hwi Eom, Venkata Ramesh Naganaboina, Suk‐Won Hwang   +5 more
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An Edible Chitosan‐Based Acoustic Sensor for Sound‐Responsive Actuation in Edible Robots

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces an edible acoustic sensor for robotic food and edible robotics. Built from a chitosan piezoelectric film between gold electrodes, the sensor enables acoustic communication through ON/OFF keying. Integrated into an edible robot with pneumatically actuated arms and neck, it responds to high‐frequency tones.
Valerio Francesco Annese, Bokeon Kwak, Gaia de Marzo, Giulia Coco, Valentina Antonaci, Leonardo Lamanna, Massimo De Vittorio, Dario Floreano, Mario Caironi   +8 more
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Heart-on-a-chip systems with tissue-specific functionalities for physiological, pathological, and pharmacological studies

Materials Today Bio
Recent advances in heart-on-a-chip systems hold great promise to facilitate cardiac physiological, pathological, and pharmacological studies. This review focuses on the development of heart-on-a-chip systems with tissue-specific functionalities.
Bingsong Gu, Kang Han, Hanbo Cao, Xinxin Huang, Xiao Li, Mao Mao, Hui Zhu, Hu Cai, Dichen Li, Jiankang He   +9 more
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Enabling living in space through modern innovations in space medicine: a perspective on tissue-on-a-chip technology

Frontiers in Space Technologies
Human spaceflight has evolved from the short missions of the 1960s to more recent, longer-term missions, such as those aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and future missions to the Moon and Mars. These missions have provided valuable insights into the effects of space-based phenomena, such as microgravity, radiation, and isolation, on human ...
Subhajit Hazra, Sibsankar Palit, Thais Russomano, Gaurab Ghosh, Polash Sannigrahi   +4 more
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