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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A hydrogel for intra‐articular injection for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is formulated and comprehensively studied. After administration, the hydrogel induces a metabolic reprogramming of immunometabolism of macrophages to trigger fatty acid oxidation subsequently inducing polarization of anti‐inflammatory M2 macrophages. This results in
Yutong Song +8 more
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Electromechanical performance of a viscoelastic dielectric elastomer balloon
International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials, 2014 In this paper, we present a theoretical study about the effect of viscoelasticity on the electromechanical performance of a dielectric elastomer (DE) balloon.
Junshi Zhang, Hualing Chen
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A Comparison of the Mechanical Properties of ECM Components and Synthetic Self‐Assembling Peptides
Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Self‐assembling peptide hydrogels are increasingly utilized in biomedical applications. The authors review the key mechanical properties of these structures across multiple size scales and compare them to that of native extracellular matrix components, which are found to display a much wider range of structural attributes.
Alex Hartley +2 more
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The linear viscoelastic fracture theory applies to soft solids better when they are... viscoelastic [PDF]
Proc. R. Soc. A.480:20230561 (2024)Over the last half-century, linear viscoelastic models for crack growth in soft solids have flourished but their predictions have rarely been compared to experiments. In fact, most available models are either very approximate or cast in forms which are not quite suitable for the analysis of actual data.
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Probiotic‐Based Mineralized Living Materials to Produce Antimicrobial Yogurts
Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.The self‐assembly and mineralization of collagen in the presence of probiotics produces hybrid living materials that hosts and protects the cells. Intra‐ and interfibrillar mineralization of collagen fibers, as occurring in bone, results, respectively, in a bulk and single‐cell protective layer of cells, that survive in simulated gastric conditions and,
Gloria B. Ramírez‐Rodríguez +5 more
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Homogenization of a viscoelastic model for plant cell wall biomechanics [PDF]
arXiv, 2015 The microscopic structure of a plant cell wall is given by cellulose microfibrils embedded in a cell wall matrix. In this paper we consider a microscopic model for interactions between viscoelastic deformations of a plant cell wall and chemical processes in the cell wall matrix.
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.The PVA‐GA hydrogel is formed through hydrogen bonding between PVA hydroxyl groups and GA galloyl units, enabling sustainable GA release and its extended biological activity. The hydrogel scavenges ROS to reduce oxidative stress, preventing mitochondrial damage from excessive ROS, mitigating hADSC senescence, and preserving VEGF secretion, offering a ...
Yiduo Zhou +11 more
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Damping control in viscoelastic beam dynamics [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 Viscoelasticity plays a key role in many practical applications and in different reasearch fields, such as in seals, sliding-rolling contacts and crack propagation. In all these contexts, a proper knowledge of the viscoelastic modulus is very important.
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Exosomes can reduce tissue damage in temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis (TMJOA), but rapid clearance limits their efficacy. This study encapsulates exosomes in hyaluronic acid hydrogels for controlled release. In a rat model, hydrogel‐encapsulated exosomes outperform free exosomes in preserving bone integrity and reducing tissue destruction ...
Victor Diez‐Guardia +7 more
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Sharp control time for viscoelastic bodys [PDF]
arXiv, 2013 It is now well understood that equations of viscoelasticity can be seen as perturbation of wave type equations. This observation can be exploited in several different ways and it turns out that it is a usefull tool when studying controllability. Here we compare a viscoelastic system which fills a surface of a solid region (the string case has already ...
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