Engineering living functional materials

AY Chen, C Zhong, TK Lu - ACS synthetic biology, 2015 - ACS Publications
living systems with inorganic components to create ‘living materials-synthesis platforms’ and
living functional materials’ has … to dramatically change the fabrication and use of materials. …

Biological engineered living materials: growing functional materials with genetically programmable properties

C Gilbert, T Ellis - ACS synthetic biology, 2018 - ACS Publications
living materials with novel functional properties, focusing on microbial systems that can be
engineered to grow materials … and engineering the natural processes of biological material

Living materials for life healthcare

L Shang, C Shao, J Chi, Y Zhao - Accounts of Materials Research, 2020 - ACS Publications
living materials and bring it into the context of addressing life healthcare concerns. We start
with the fabrication of living materials, including the engineering of living … , functional materials

Engineered living bioassemblies for biomedical and functional material applications

CF Guimarães, F Soto, J Wang, D Akin, RL Reis… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
… -up assembly of living entities could drive … as functional robots and construction materials.
Finally, we address the potential challenges and opportunities in the field of engineering living

In Situ Synthesis and Assembly of Functional Materials and Devices in Living Systems

W Wang, CD Sessler, X Wang, J Liu - Accounts of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
… the in situ assembly of functional materials as an alternative, … locations and then integrate
into the living system (Figure 1). First… to combine genetic engineering with polymer chemistry for …

Engineering functional materials through bacteria-assisted living grafting

R Zhu, J Zhang, L Wang, Y Zhang, Y Zhao, Y Han… - Cell Systems, 2024 - cell.com
… out to engineer cells to confer the materials with unique functional properties. Stimuli-responsive
materials … release have extensive potentials in drug delivery and electronic engineering. …

Materials Inspired by Living Functions

MA Kostiainen, A Priimagi, JVI Timonen… - … Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Engineering or mimicking living materials found in nature has the potential to transform the
use of materials. … Man-made artificial functional materials are profoundly different from living

Organic functional substance engineered living materials for biomedical applications

T Wang, M Wu, L Cao, B Liu - Biomaterials, 2023 - Elsevier
… This review emphasizes how the OFSs could be used to engineer different living materials,
including microorganisms, immune cells, stem cells, red blood cells, and organelles, which is …

Engineered living materials: prospects and challenges for using biological systems to direct the assembly of smart materials

PQ Nguyen, NMD Courchesne… - … Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
engineering of materials is a fertile area of exploration. A core strategy that … materials that
biology is capable of generating. Such ability to encode for a rich palate of functional materials, …

Hylozoic by design: Converging material and biological complexities for cell‐driven living materials with 4D behaviors

K Shariati, AS Ling, S Fuchs… - … Functional Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… outlined here describe the engineering of cell-only living material, techniques that leverage
… extensively in engineering composite living materials, especially to engineer appropriate …