From protein building blocks to functional materials

Y Shen, A Levin, A Kamada, Z Toprakcioglu… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Proteins are the fundamental building blocks for high-performance materials in nature. Such
materials fulfill structural roles, as in the case of silk and collagen, and can generate active …

Advances in protein-based microcapsules and their applications: A review

D Ma, B Yang, J Zhao, D Yuan, Q Li - International Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to their excellent emulsification, biocompatibility, and biological activity, proteins are
widely used as microcapsule wall materials for encapsulating drugs, natural bioactive …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging delivery systems based on aqueous two-phase systems: A review

Y Zhang, Y Luo, J Zhao, W Zheng, J Zhan… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2023 - Elsevier
The aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) is an all-aqueous system fabricated from two
immiscible aqueous phases. It is spontaneously assembled through physical liquid-liquid …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in the microfluidic generation of shape-controllable hydrogel microparticles and their applications

Y Liu, Z Chen, J Xu - Green Chemical Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrogel microparticles, generally accepted as significant green materials, have been
widely used in chemical, biological, and biomedical fields owing to their excellent …

Engineering bioinspired microfluidics; biomimetic self-healing/cleaning coating designs and unique advanced materials

A Hossain, P Rajput, Z Li, AV Soldatov… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Advanced microfluidics coating methods, inspired by nature's self-repair and self-cleaning
mechanisms, hold promises for diverse applications across biomedical, material …

Breakups of Chitosan microcapsules in extensional flow

R Chachanidze, K Xie, J Lyu, M Jaeger… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The controlled rupture of a core–shell capsule and the timely release of encapsulated
materials are essential steps of the efficient design of such carriers. The mechanical and …

[PDF][PDF] Mechanical characterization of core-shell microcapsules

K Xie, M Leonetti - Comptes Rendus …, 2023 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
Core-shell configurations are ubiquitous in nature such as in the form of bacterial and cells.
Inspired by this, microcapsules are designed with actives as the cores surrounded by thin …

Investigating ageing of neurodegenerative disease relevant protein condensates

A Zhou - 2023 - repository.cam.ac.uk
The phenomenon of liquid-liquid separation (LLPS) has been a popular topic within soft
matter physics. There is now a substantial body of literature on biological macromolecules …

Complex single-cell analysis using hydrogel microcapsules

G Leonavičienė - 2023 - epublications.vu.lt
Abstract [eng] Biological samples are intrinsically heterogeneous. Unraveling this
heterogeneity is important for a better understanding of the biological functions of individual …

Construction of a liquid-liquid phase separation system from the gel-sol transition of elongated protein microgels in a crowding agent

Y Xu, R Qi, H Zhu, B Li, Y Shen, G Krainer… - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Liquid proteinaceous materials have been frequently found in cells or tissues and are crucial
for various biological processes. Unlike their solid-state counterparts, liquid-state protein …