Protein‐based structural biomaterials are of great interest for various applications because
the sequence flexibility within the proteins may result in their improved mechanical and …

The application of acoustic and optical waves to exert non-contact forces on microscopic
and mesoscopic objects has grown considerably in importance in the past few decades …

Acoustophoresis is promising as a rapid, biocompatible, noncontact cell manipulation
method, where cells are arranged along the nodes or antinodes of the acoustic field …

Contactless manipulation of microparticles using acoustic waves holds promise for
applications ranging from cell sorting to three-dimensional (3D) printing and tissue …

The great demand for tissue and organ grafts, compounded by an aging demographic and a
shortage of available donors, has driven the development of bioengineering approaches …

Acoustic-based techniques can manipulate particles in a label-free, contact-free, and
biocompatible manner. However, most previous work in acoustic manipulation has been …

Recent years have witnessed significant progress in skeletal muscle tissue regeneration.
Numerous bioengineering approaches have been implemented to construct in vitro skeletal …

Great strides have been taken towards the in vitro engineering of clinically relevant tissue
constructs using the classic triad of cells, materials, and biochemical factors. In this …

Morphogenesis, a complex process, ubiquitous in developmental biology and many
pathologies, is based on self-patterning of cells. Spatial patterns of cells, organoids, or …

Knots and links have been conjectured to play a fundamental role in a wide range of
scientific fields. Recently, tying isolated vortex knots in the complex optical field has been …