Thiete Dioxides as Templates Towards Twisted Scaffolds and Macrocyclic Structures

Proangiogenic scaffolds as functional templates for cardiac tissue engineering.

We demonstrate here a cardiac tissue-engineering strategy addressing multicellular organization, integration into host myocardium, and directional cues to reconstruct the functional architecture of heart muscle. Microtemplating is used to shape poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic acid) hydrogel into a tissue-engineering scaffold with architectures driving heart tissue integration. T...

Synthesis and Biological Evolution of Macrocyclic Peptidomimetic Scaffolds as a Protein- Protein Interaction (PPI) Inhibitor

Twisted Toric Structures

This paper introduces the notion of twisted toric manifolds which is a generalization of one of symplectic toric manifolds, and proves the weak Delzant type classification theorem for them. The computation methods for their fundamental groups, cohomology groups in general cases, and signatures in four-dimensional cases are also given.

Investigation of Twisted Waveguides as Slow-Wave Structures

Twisted hollow waveguides with noncircular cross sections may be considered as slow-wave structures. In a twisted waveguide, propagating radio frequency (rf) waveguide modes can have phase velocities slower than those of similar modes in a straight waveguide. This property is interesting since a twisted waveguide basically has a uniform cross section along the propagation direction. In such a w...

Three-dimensional mesostructures as high-temperature growth templates, electronic cellular scaffolds, and self-propelled microrobots

Recent work demonstrates that processes of stress release in prestrained elastomeric substrates can guide the assembly of sophisticated 3D micro/nanostructures in advanced materials. Reported application examples include soft electronic components, tunable electromagnetic and optical devices, vibrational metrology platforms, and other unusual technologies, each enabled by uniquely engineered 3D...