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Open AccessNanoengineered Shear-Thinning Hydrogel Barrier for Preventing Postoperative Abdominal Adhesions
A novel “nanoengineered hydrogel” barrier based on silicate nanoplatelets and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) was developed to prevent the formation of postoper...
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Wearable devices for the detection of COVID-19
Wearable electronic devices, which allow physiological signals to be continuously monitored, can be used in the early detection of asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic cases of COVID-19.
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Holographic Writing of Ink-Based Phase Conjugate Nanostructures via Laser Ablation
A correction to this article has been published and is linked from the HTML and PDF versions of this paper. The error has been fixed in the paper.
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Open AccessCarbon Nanotube Array Based Binary Gabor Zone Plate Lenses
Diffractive zone plates have a wide range of applications from focusing x-ray to extreme UV radiation. The Gabor zone plate, which suppresses the higher-order foci to a pair of conjugate foci, is an attractive...
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Open AccessHolographic Writing of Ink-Based Phase Conjugate Nanostructures via Laser Ablation
The optical phase conjugation (OPC) through photonic nanostructures in coherent optics involves the utilization of a nonlinear optical mechanism through real-time processing of electromagnetic fields. Their ap...
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Open AccessBiodegradable elastic nanofibrous platforms with integrated flexible heaters for on-demand drug delivery
Delivery of drugs with controlled temporal profiles is essential for wound treatment and regenerative medicine applications. For example, bacterial infection is a key challenge in the treatment of chronic and ...
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Open AccessPlasmid-based high-resolution melting analysis for accurate detection of rpoB mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Moroccan patients
Rapid diagnosis of drug resistance in tuberculosis (TB) is pivotal for the timely initiation of effective antibiotic treatment to prevent the spread of drug-resistant strains. The development of low-cost, rapi...
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Open AccessColor-selective holographic retroreflector array for sensing applications
Corner cube retroreflectors (CCRs) have applications in sensors, image processing, free space communication and wireless networks. The ability to construct low-loss wavelength filters embedded in CCRs can enab...
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Multiplex Smartphone Diagnostics
Increasing computing power in smartphones allows for their transformation into point-of-care diagnostic devices. Mobile medical diagnostic applications enable utilization of the processing capabilities of smar...
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Open AccessReconfigurable optical assembly of nanostructures
Arrangements of nanostructures in well-defined patterns are the basis of photonic crystals, metamaterials and holograms. Furthermore, rewritable optical materials can be achieved by dynamically manipulating na...
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Open AccessParametric Simulations of Slanted 1D Photonic Crystal Sensors
Photonic crystals and band gap materials act as manipulators of light and have a plethora of applications. They are made up of stacks of alternating dielectric constants. This article shows the simulations of ...