Magnetic hydrogels and soft composites have fueled the development of next generation
biomimetic soft robotics due to their precise control and non-cytotoxic nature. Bare magnetic …

Magnetically responsive soft materials are soft composites where magnetic fillers are
embedded into soft polymeric matrices. These active materials have attracted extensive …

Stem cells and their local microenvironment, or niche, communicate through mechanical
cues to regulate cell fate and cell behaviour and to guide developmental processes. During …

Magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) are emerging as an important class of biomedical functional
nanomaterials in areas such as hyperthermia, drug release, tissue engineering, theranostic …

Tissue engineering (TE) is an interdisciplinary field integrating engineering, material science
and medical biology that aims to develop biological substitutes to repair, replace, retain, or …

Genetic modification plays a vital role in breeding new crops with excellent traits. Almost all
the current genetic modification methods require regeneration from tissue culture, involving …

The recent introduction of surface acoustic wave (SAW) technology onto lab-on-a-chip
platforms has opened a new frontier in microfluidics. The advantages provided by such SAW …

Multi-chambered architectures have attracted much attention due to the ability to establish
multifunctional partitions in different chambers, but manipulating the chamber numbers and …

Magnetic hyperthermia mediated by magnetic nanomaterials is one promising antitumoral
nanotherapy, particularly for its ability to remotely destroy deep tumors. More and more new …

Size, surface charge, and material compositions are known to influence cell uptake of
nanoparticles. However, the effect of particle geometry, ie, the interplay between nanoscale …