Biocompatible Material‐Based Flexible Biosensors: From Materials Design to Wearable/Implantable Devices and Integrated Sensing Systems

G Liu, Z Lv, S Batool, MZ Li, P Zhao, L Guo, Y Wang… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Human beings have a greater need to pursue life and manage personal or family health in
the context of the rapid growth of artificial intelligence, big data, the Internet of Things, and …

Bio-optics and bio-inspired optical materials

S Tadepalli, JM Slocik, MK Gupta, RR Naik… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Through the use of the limited materials palette, optimally designed micro-and
nanostructures, and tightly regulated processes, nature demonstrates exquisite control of …

Crystallization pathways in biomineralization

S Weiner, L Addadi - Annual review of materials research, 2011 - annualreviews.org
A crystallization pathway describes the movement of ions from their source to the final
product. Cells are intimately involved in biological crystallization pathways. In many …

Biocompatible and biodegradable materials for organic field‐effect transistors

M Irimia‐Vladu, PA Troshin, M Reisinger… - Advanced Functional …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Biocompatible‐ingestible electronic circuits and capsules for medical diagnosis and
monitoring are currently based on traditional silicon technology. Organic electronics has …

Total purine and purine base content of common foodstuffs for facilitating nutritional therapy for gout and hyperuricemia

K Kaneko, Y Aoyagi, T Fukuuchi, K Inazawa… - Biological and …, 2014 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Purines are natural substances found in all of the body's cells and in virtually all foods. In
humans, purines are metabolized to uric acid, which serves as an antioxidant and helps to …

Biogenic guanine crystals are solid solutions of guanine and other purine metabolites

N Pinsk, A Wagner, L Cohen… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Highly reflective crystals of the nucleotide base guanine are widely distributed in animal
coloration and visual systems. Organisms precisely control the morphology and organization …

Light manipulation by guanine crystals in organisms: biogenic scatterers, mirrors, multilayer reflectors and photonic crystals

D Gur, BA Palmer, S Weiner… - Advanced functional …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Guanine crystals are widely used in nature to manipulate light. The first part of this feature
article explores how organisms are able to construct an extraordinary array of optical …

The mechanism of color change in the neon tetra fish: A light‐induced tunable photonic crystal array

D Gur, BA Palmer, B Leshem, D Oron… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The fresh water fish neon tetra has the ability to change the structural color of its lateral stripe
in response to a change in the light conditions, from blue‐green in the light‐adapted state to …

Multi‐level convergence of complex traits and the evolution of bioluminescence

ES Lau, TH Oakley - Biological Reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Evolutionary convergence provides natural opportunities to investigate how, when, and why
novel traits evolve. Many convergent traits are complex, highlighting the importance of …

The image-forming mirror in the eye of the scallop

BA Palmer, GJ Taylor, V Brumfeld, D Gur, M Shemesh… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Scallops possess a visual system comprising up to 200 eyes, each containing a concave
mirror rather than a lens to focus light. The hierarchical organization of the multilayered …