Biomimetic natural biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine: new biosynthesis methods, recent advances, and emerging applications

S Liu, JM Yu, YC Gan, XZ Qiu, ZC Gao, H Wang… - Military Medical …, 2023 - Springer
Biomimetic materials have emerged as attractive and competitive alternatives for tissue
engineering (TE) and regenerative medicine. In contrast to conventional biomaterials or …

Droplet-based microfluidics

T Moragues, D Arguijo, T Beneyton, C Modavi… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Droplet-based microfluidic systems generate, manipulate and control sub-microlitre droplets
enclosed within an immiscible carrier fluid. Owing to a number of remarkable features, such …

Engineered living materials for sustainability

B An, Y Wang, Y Huang, X Wang, Y Liu, D Xun… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in synthetic biology and materials science have given rise to a new form of
materials, namely engineered living materials (ELMs), which are composed of living matter …

Colloidal self-assembly approaches to smart nanostructured materials

Z Li, Q Fan, Y Yin - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Colloidal self-assembly refers to a solution-processed assembly of nanometer-/micrometer-
sized, well-dispersed particles into secondary structures, whose collective properties are …

Microfluidic technologies and devices for lipid nanoparticle-based RNA delivery

M Maeki, S Uno, A Niwa, Y Okada, M Tokeshi - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
In 2021, mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 were approved by the Food and Drug
Administration. mRNA vaccines are important for preventing severe COVID-19 and returning …

Polymer-based responsive structural color materials

H Wang, H Zhang, Z Chen, Y Zhao, Z Gu… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymer-based responsive structural color materials are polymers with ordered
microstructures that can change colors. They offer unique advantages and present a novel …

Artificial structural colors and applications

Z Xuan, J Li, Q Liu, F Yi, S Wang, W Lu - The Innovation, 2021 - cell.com
Structural colors are colors generated by the interaction between incident light and
nanostructures. Structural colors have been studied for decades due to their promising …

Ice inhibition for cryopreservation: materials, strategies, and challenges

T Chang, G Zhao - Advanced Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cryopreservation technology has developed into a fundamental and important supporting
method for biomedical applications such as cell‐based therapeutics, tissue engineering …

Recent advances in droplet microfluidics for single-cell analysis

Z Jiang, H Shi, X Tang, J Qin - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Single-cell manipulation and analysis is essential for studying many fundamental biological
processes and discovering cellular heterogeneity. Multi-parameter studies of intercellular …

Geminate labels programmed by two-tone microdroplets combining structural and fluorescent color

L Qin, X Liu, K He, G Yu, H Yuan, M Xu, F Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Creating a security label that carries entirely distinct information in reflective and fluorescent
states would enhance anti-counterfeiting levels to deter counterfeits ranging from currencies …