Electroactive biomaterials and systems for cell fate determination and tissue regeneration: design and applications

Z Liu, X Wan, ZL Wang, L Li - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
During natural tissue regeneration, tissue microenvironment and stem cell niche including
cell–cell interaction, soluble factors, and extracellular matrix (ECM) provide a train of …

Modulation of immune responses by particle size and shape

MV Baranov, M Kumar, S Sacanna… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The immune system has to cope with a wide range of irregularly shaped pathogens that can
actively move (eg, by flagella) and also dynamically remodel their shape (eg, transition from …

A biohybrid synapse with neurotransmitter-mediated plasticity

ST Keene, C Lubrano, S Kazemzadeh, A Melianas… - Nature Materials, 2020 - nature.com
Brain-inspired computing paradigms have led to substantial advances in the automation of
visual and linguistic tasks by emulating the distributed information processing of biological …

High‐aspect‐ratio nanostructured surfaces as biological metamaterials

SG Higgins, M Becce… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Materials patterned with high‐aspect‐ratio nanostructures have features on similar length
scales to cellular components. These surfaces are an extreme topography on the cellular …

Tutorial: using nanoneedles for intracellular delivery

C Chiappini, Y Chen, S Aslanoglou, A Mariano… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Intracellular delivery of advanced therapeutics, including biologicals and supramolecular
agents, is complex because of the natural biological barriers that have evolved to protect the …

Curved adhesions mediate cell attachment to soft matrix fibres in three dimensions

W Zhang, CH Lu, ML Nakamoto, CT Tsai, AR Roy… - Nature Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Integrin-mediated focal adhesions are the primary architectures that transmit forces between
the extracellular matrix (ECM) and the actin cytoskeleton. Although focal adhesions are …

Membrane curvature underlies actin reorganization in response to nanoscale surface topography

HY Lou, W Zhao, X Li, L Duan… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Surface topography profoundly influences cell adhesion, differentiation, and stem cell fate
control. Numerous studies using a variety of materials demonstrate that nanoscale …

Soft materials as biological and artificial membranes

S Tang, Z Davoudi, G Wang, Z Xu, T Rehman… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The past few decades have seen emerging growth in the field of soft materials for synthetic
biology. This review focuses on soft materials involved in biological and artificial …

3D electrodes for bioelectronics

YH Cho, YG Park, S Kim, JU Park - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In recent studies related to bioelectronics, significant efforts have been made to form 3D
electrodes to increase the effective surface area or to optimize the transfer of signals at …

Electroactive nanoinjection platform for intracellular delivery and gene silencing

AR Shokouhi, Y Chen, HZ Yoh, T Murayama… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Nanoinjection—the process of intracellular delivery using vertically configured
nanostructures—is a physical route that efficiently negotiates the plasma membrane, with …