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Open AccessVersatile human cardiac tissues engineered with perfusable heart extracellular microenvironment for biomedical applications
Engineered human cardiac tissues have been utilized for various biomedical applications, including drug testing, disease modeling, and regenerative medicine. However, the applications of cardiac tissues derive...
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Open AccessLuminescent solar concentrator efficiency enhanced via nearly lossless propagation pathways
Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) have the potential to serve as energy-harvesting windows in buildings. Although recent advances in nanotechnology have led to the emergence of novel fluorophores such as ...
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Open AccessVascular regeneration and skeletal muscle repair induced by long-term exposure to SDF-1α derived from engineered mesenchymal stem cells after hindlimb ischemia
Despite recent progress in medical and endovascular therapy, the prognosis for patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI) remains poor. In response, various stem cells and growth factors have been assessed for...
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Open AccessEnhancement strategy for effective vascular regeneration following myocardial infarction through a dual stem cell approach
Since an impaired coronary blood supply following myocardial infarction (MI) negatively affects heart function, therapeutic neovascularization is considered one of the major therapeutic strategies for cell-bas...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Human cardiac stem cells rejuvenated by modulating autophagy with MHY-1685 enhance the therapeutic potential for cardiac repair
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Open AccessCU06-1004 enhances vascular integrity and improves cardiac remodeling by suppressing edema and inflammation in myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury
Ischemia–reperfusion (I/R) injury accelerates the cardiomyocytes (CMs) death by oxidative stress, and thereby deteriorates cardiac function. There has been a paradigm shift in the therapeutic perspective more ...
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Open AccessHuman cardiac stem cells rejuvenated by modulating autophagy with MHY-1685 enhance the therapeutic potential for cardiac repair
Stem cell-based therapies with clinical applications require millions of cells. Therefore, repeated subculture is essential for cellular expansion, which is often complicated by replicative senescence. Cellula...
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Importance of Architectural Asymmetry for Improved Triboelectric Nanogenerators with 3D Spacer Fabrics
We investigated the importance of architectural asymmetry to improve the output voltage of the triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) with polyester/spandex blend 3D spacer fabrics. Different types of TENGs were...
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Pre-bent Flow-Field Plates for Enhanced Performance in Flexible Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells in Curved Shape
This article reports on a flexible polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) with a pre-bent flow field. The performances in the flat and bent positions were lower and higher, respectively than that of th...
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Open AccessFabrication of piezoelectric poly(l-lactic acid)/BaTiO3 fibre by the melt-spinning process
Poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA) based piezoelectric polymers are gradually becoming the substitute for the conventional piezoelectric ceramic and polymeric materials due to their low cost and biodegradable, non-toxic,...
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Open AccessTriboelectric touch sensor for position map** during total hip arthroplasty
In this research, a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) was utilized to determine if a pressure-based sensor could detect bearing friction in a total hip arthroplasty (THA) and detect the contact of specific ar...
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Open AccessInjection-modulated polarity conversion by charge carrier density control via a self-assembled monolayer for all-solution-processed organic field-effect transistors
We demonstrated modulation of charge carrier densities in all-solution-processed organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) by modifying the injection properties with self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). The all-so...
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Path Planning Method for Collision Avoidance of Multiple UAVs
In recent years, the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has increased significantly and they are currently used in various fields and applications. In some applications, multiple UAVs need to be co...
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Organic complementary ring oscillators using a functional polymer interfacial layer for highly improved oscillation frequency
We report the improved oscillation frequency of the organic complementary ring oscillators by balancing mobilities of p- and n-type organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) with a functional polymer interfacia...
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Surface coverage enhancement of a mixed halide perovskite film by using an UV-ozone treatment
Recently, a significant breakthrough in emerging photovoltaics occurred. Now, perovskite solar cells, hybrid types of organic and inorganic solar cells, are considered as reliable next-generation solar cells d...
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Efficiently-designed hybrid tandem photovoltaic with organic and inorganic single cells
Conjugated polymers for solar-cell applications have been extensively studied and have proven highly beneficial in tandem solar-cell structures. This study focuses on achieving power conversion efficiencies of...
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Vapor-phase-processed fluorinated self-assembled monolayer for organic thin-film transistors
A vapor-phase-processed fluorinated silazane self-assembled monolayer (SAM), 1,3-bis(trifluoropropyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisilazane (FPDS), was introduced as a surface modifier for pentacene-based organic thin...
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Open AccessTriple-Junction Hybrid Tandem Solar Cells with Amorphous Silicon and Polymer-Fullerene Blends
Organic-inorganic hybrid tandem solar cells attract a considerable amount of attention due to their potential for realizing high efficiency photovoltaic devices at a low cost. Here, highly efficient triple-jun...
