Advanced materials for personal thermal and moisture management of health care workers wearing PPE [0.03%]
用于穿戴个人防护装备的医护人员的热湿舒适功能的新材料
Lun Lou,Kaikai Chen,Jintu Fan
Lun Lou
In recent years, the development of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers (HCWs) attracted enormous attention, especially during the pandemic of COVID-19. The semi-permeable protective clothing and the prolonged workin...
Collagen- and hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels and their biomedical applications [0.03%]
基于胶原蛋白和透明质酸的水凝胶及其生物医学应用
Qinghua Xu,Jessica E Torres,Mazin Hakim et al.
Qinghua Xu et al.
Hydrogels have been widely investigated in biomedical fields due to their similar physical and biochemical properties to the extracellular matrix (ECM). Collagen and hyaluronic acid (HA) are the main components of the ECM in many tissues. A...
Amit Bandyopadhyay,Kellen D Traxel,Susmita Bose
Amit Bandyopadhyay
Emulating the unique combination of structural, compositional, and functional gradation in natural materials is exceptionally challenging. Many natural structures have proved too complex or expensive to imitate using traditional processing ...
Magali P Ferro,Sarah C Heilshorn,Roisin M Owens
Magali P Ferro
Brain homeostasis relies on the selective permeability property of the blood brain barrier (BBB). The BBB is formed by a continuous endothelium that regulates exchange between the blood stream and the brain. This physiological barrier also ...
Zhenfang Zhang,Dongxiao Ji,Haijun He et al.
Zhenfang Zhang et al.
The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has triggered great global public health concern. Face masks are essential tools to reduce the spread of S...
Jeroen Leijten,Jungmok Seo,Kan Yue et al.
Jeroen Leijten et al.
Recent years have seen tremendous advances in the field of hydrogel-based biomaterials. One of the most prominent revolutions in this field has been the integration of elements or techniques that enable spatial and temporal control over hyd...
Injectable scaffolds: Preparation and application in dental and craniofacial regeneration [0.03%]
可注射支架：制备及其在牙科和颅面组织再生中的应用
Bei Chang,Neelam Ahuja,Chi Ma et al.
Bei Chang et al.
Injectable scaffolds are appealing for tissue regeneration because they offer many advantages over pre-formed scaffolds. This article provides a comprehensive review of the injectable scaffolds currently being investigated for dental and cr...
Stimulus-responsive hydrogels: Theory, modern advances, and applications [0.03%]
响应刺激的水凝胶：理论、现代进展及应用
Michael C Koetting,Jonathan T Peters,Stephanie D Steichen et al.
Michael C Koetting et al.
Over the past century, hydrogels have emerged as effective materials for an immense variety of applications. The unique network structure of hydrogels enables very high levels of hydrophilicity and biocompatibility, while at the same time e...
Gang Liu,Shujun Zhang,Wenhua Jiang et al.
Gang Liu et al.
Ferroelectric materials are the best dielectric and piezoelectric materials known today. Since the discovery of barium titanate in the 1940s, lead zirconate titanate ceramics in the 1950s and relaxor-PT single crystals (such as lead magnesi...
Hongmin Chen,Zipeng Zhen,Trever Todd et al.
Hongmin Chen et al.
Despite the progress in developing new therapeutic modalities, cancer remains one of the leading diseases causing human mortality. This is mainly attributed to the inability to diagnose tumors in their early stage. By the time the tumor is ...