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Open AccessArtificially innervated self-healing foams as synthetic piezo-impedance sensor skins
Human skin is a self-healing mechanosensory system that detects various mechanical contact forces efficiently through three-dimensional innervations. Here, we propose a biomimetic artificially innervated foam ...
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Open AccessThe effect of milrinone on mortality in adult patients who underwent CABG surgery: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials with a meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis
As an inodilator, milrinone is commonly used for patients who undergo coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery because of its effectiveness in decreasing the cardiac index and mitral regurgitation. The aim ...
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A transparent, self-healing and high-κ dielectric for low-field-emission stretchable optoelectronics
Stretchable optoelectronic materials are essential for applications in wearable electronics, human–machine interfaces and soft robots. However, intrinsically stretchable optoelectronic devices such as light-em...
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Wireless body sensor networks based on metamaterial textiles
Wireless networks of sensors, displays and smart devices that can be placed on a person’s body could have applications in health monitoring, medical interventions and human–machine interfaces. Such wireless bo...
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Self-healing electronic skins for aquatic environments
Gelatinous underwater invertebrates such as jellyfish have organs that are transparent, stretchable, touch-sensitive and self-healing, which allow the creatures to navigate, camouflage themselves and, indeed, ...
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Open AccessHybrid microscaffold-based 3D bioprinting of multi-cellular constructs with high compressive strength: A new biofabrication strategy
A hybrid 3D bioprinting approach using porous microscaffolds and extrusion-based printing method is presented. Bioink constitutes of cell-laden poly(D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) porous microspheres with...
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Open AccessRevealing martensitic transformation and α/β interface evolution in electron beam melting three-dimensional-printed Ti-6Al-4V
As an important metal three-dimensional printing technology, electron beam melting (EBM) is gaining increasing attention due to its huge potential applications in aerospace and biomedical fields. EBM processin...
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Precipitation of ß-NiAl/Laves eutectics in a Ru-containing single crystal Ni-Based superalloy
The precipitation of B2 ß-NiAl/C14-Laves eutectics with a volume fraction of ∼0.5% in the interdendritic γ/γ′ eutectic regions of a 3 wt% Ru-containing single crystal Ni-based superalloy has been characterized...
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Characteristics of plankton communities in Chinese integrated fish ponds: effects of excessive grazing by planktivorous carps on plankton communities
Biomass and production of plankton communities were investigated in two Chinese integrated fish culture ponds in August, Dianshanhu Pond (with high density of planktivorous carp) and **wang Pond (with low de...
