Advances, challenges, and prospects for surgical suture materials

Y Li, Q Meng, S Chen, P Ling, MA Kuss, B Duan, S Wu - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
As one of the long-established and necessary medical devices, surgical sutures play an
essentially important role in the closing and healing of damaged tissues and organs …

Recent trends of microfluidics in food science and technology: Fabrications and applications

R Mu, N Bu, J Pang, L Wang, Y Zhang - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
The development of novel materials with microstructures is now a trend in food science and
technology. These microscale materials may be applied across all steps in food …

Conducting polymer‐based nanostructured materials for brain–machine interfaces

Y Ziai, SS Zargarian, C Rinoldi… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As scientists discovered that raw neurological signals could translate into bioelectric
information, brain–machine interfaces (BMI) for experimental and clinical studies have …

Recent advances in fabricating, characterizing, and applying food-derived fibers using microfluidic spinning technology

R Li, Y Feng, H Zhang, J Liu, J Wang - Food Hydrocolloids, 2023 - Elsevier
Food-derived fiber materials are receiving significant attention due to their excellent
biocompatibility and degradability. However, traditional spinning methods like melt spinning …

The dynamics of bubble breakup in heart-shaped microchannels: Effect of structure

W He, C Zhu, T Fu, X Gao, Y Ma, HZ Li - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Heart-shaped microreactor (Advanced Flow Reactor, AFR) has been widely applied
in industry, in which heart-shaped structure is important to break droplet or bubble up for …

Electrospinning nanofibers as a dressing to treat diabetic wounds

EJ Jang, R Patel, M Patel - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Globally, diabetic mellitus (DM) is a common metabolic disease that effectively inhibits
insulin production, destroys pancreatic β cells, and consequently, promotes hyperglycemia …

Recent advances in MXene-based fibers, yarns, and fabrics for wearable energy storage devices applications

J Zhang, X Wang, G Hang, Y Wei, H Wang… - ACS Applied …, 2023 - ACS Publications
With the rapid development of wearable electronic textiles, the study of flexible wearable
energy storage devices has been pushed to the forefront. The discovery of two-dimensional …

Unravelling hierarchical patterning of biomaterial inks with 3D microfluidic-assisted spinning: a paradigm shift in bioprinting technologies

S Mohammadi, G Cidonio - Frontiers in Biomaterials Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
For decades, 3D bioprinting has offered a revolutionising approach to combine living cells
and biomaterials to engineer complex, yet functional constructs. However, traditional 3D …

Recent advances in responsive photonic crystals and their applications in anti-counterfeiting solutions for the textile industry

H Huang, X Wang, X Li, Y Li, G Liu, L Zhou, J Shao - Dyes and Pigments, 2023 - Elsevier
Responsive photonic crystals (RPCs) have the advantages of visual response, controllable
response speed, and reasonable response sensitivity, enabling them attractive in sensing …

Coaxial microfluidic spinning design produced high strength alginate membranes for antibacterial activity and drug release

Y Zhang, TT Li, Z Wang, BC Shiu, JH Lin… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Directional drug delivery and sufficient strength are two conditions that need to be met for
wound dressing. In this paper, an oriented fibrous alginate membrane with sufficient strength …