Advances in health rehabilitation devices based on triboelectric nanogenerators

Y Gai, Y Jiang, Z Li - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Timely information feedback combined with active therapeutic schedule can significantly
shorten the rehabilitation period and reduce the pain of patients. Intelligent wearable and …

Microneedle technology as a new standpoint in agriculture: Treatment and sensing

E Ece, I Eş, F Inci - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Preventing plant loss and improving their health status are essential for agricultural industry.
Correspondingly, the deprivation of plants severely impacts our ecological system. As such …

Diverting organic waste from landfills via insect biomanufacturing using engineered black soldier flies (Hermetia illucens)

K Tepper, O Edwards, A Sunna, IT Paulsen… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
A major roadblock towards the realisation of a circular economy are the lack of high-value
products that can be generated from waste. Black soldier flies (BSF; Hermetia illucens) are …

Unveiling Potassium and Sodium Ion Dynamics in Living Plants with an In-Planta Potentiometric Microneedle Sensor

Q Wang, Á Molinero-Fernández, JR Acosta-Motos… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Potassium and sodium ions (K+ and Na+) play crucial roles in influencing plant growth and
health status. Unfortunately, current strategies to determine the concentrations of such ions …

Precise and High‐Throughput Delivery of Micronutrients in Plants Enabled by Pollen‐inspired Spiny and Biodegradable Microcapsules

M Liu, Y Cao, Z Li, E Wang, RJ Ram… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Decarbonizing food production and mitigating agriculture's environmental impact require
new technologies for precise delivery of fertilizers and pesticides to plants. The cuticle, a …

An “Ion Harvester” Battery in Soil Empowered by a Microfluidic Pump and Interlayer Confinement within Micro‐Swiss‐Rolls

H Tang, LMM Ferro, DD Karnaushenko… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A significant challenge arises in powering distributed tiny sensors that gather high‐
resolution soil data are crucial for advancing digital and geospatial technologies in the field …

Chromatic covalent organic frameworks enabling in-vivo chemical tomography

S Wang, Y Han, VA Reddy, MCY Ang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Covalent organic frameworks designed as chromatic sensors offer opportunities to probe
biological interfaces, particularly when combined with biocompatible matrices. Particularly …

Polymeric Nanocarriers Autonomously Cross the Plant Cell Wall and Enable Protein Delivery for Stress Sensing

Y Zhang, Y Cao, W Jiang, Q Ma, J Shin… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Delivery of proteins in plant cells can facilitate the design of desired functions by modulation
of biological processes and plant traits but is currently limited by narrow host range, tissue …

Antibody‐Targeted Phytohormone Delivery Using Foliar Sprayed Silk Fibroin Pickering Emulsions

Y Hu, Y Cao, FM Nguyen, BD Frank… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient delivery systems based on biopolymers offer new solutions to enhance food
security by boosting crop yield and quality while decreasing agrochemical input and …

Directed Assembly of Proteinaceous–Polysaccharide Nanofibrils to Fabricate Membranes for Emerging Contaminant Remediation

Y Zhang, H Sun, Y Cao, MJ Kalinowski, M Li… - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
Emerging contaminants, including per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances and heavy metals,
are threatening the health of humans and ecosystems. Their removal from the environment …