Titanium (Ti) and its alloys have been widely used as orthopedic implants, because of their
favorable mechanical properties, corrosion resistance and biocompatibility. Despite their …

Cell polarization exists in a variety of tissues to regulate cell behaviors and functions. Space
constraint (spatially limiting cell extension) and adhesion induction (guiding adhesome …

Metallic biomaterials are widely used in implants to strengthen, repair, or replace damaged
bone tissue, and their material characteristics have direct influences on short-and long-term …

Silicon photonic (SiP) sensors offer a promising platform for robust and low-cost
decentralized diagnostics due to their high scalability, low limit of detection, and ability to …

Surface biofunctionalization aims to create cell-instructive surfaces that control the behavior
of cells and modulate cellular interactions by incorporating cell signaling moieties at the …

Aiming at the realization of high precision angle adjusting, this article proposed a rotary
platform based on stick-slip principle, which adopted a dual-driven working mode to realize …

Background Tissue engineering provides various strategies to fabricate an appropriate
microenvironment to support the repair and regeneration of lost or damaged tissues. In this …

The hypothesis of the present research is that by altering the substrate topography and/or
stiffness to make it biomimetic, we can modulate cells behavior. Substrates with similar …

The liver is the largest internal organ in the human body with largest mass of glandular
tissue. Modeling the liver has been challenging due to its variety of major functions …

To achieve a wide operating velocity range, stepping without backward motion, and high
positioning resolution, a walking-type piezoelectric actuator with compliant mechanisms is …