Abstract Hydrogels are a class of soft materials, which display unique biomimetic properties to biological tissues. Their mechanical properties, high water content, and porosity resemble that extracellular matrix so cell growth proliferation can be reliably supported. In vitro studies report mechanosensitive cells found in the central nervous system, such as astrocytes glia, reduced activation,...

Front Cover: Direct ink writing (DIW) has been used in this work to create the alignment of one-dimensional nanoparticles inside nanocomposites for constructing anisotropic nanostructures, which endowing polymerbased materials with multiphysical functions terms electromechanical responses, uniaxial mechanical reinforcement, or enhanced self-powering properties. The developed technique potential...

A. Fraiwan, S. Sundermier, D. Han, A. J. Steckl, D. J. Hassett, S. Choi* 1 Bioelectronics and Microsystems Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SUNY Binghamton, 4400 Vestal Pkwy, Binghamton, NY 13902, USA 2 Nanoelectronics Laboratory, School of Electronic and Computing Systems, University of Cincinnati, 839 Rhodes Hall, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA 3 Department of Molecul...

SCIENCE sciencemag.org P H O T O S : L IE B E R G R O U P , H A R V A R D U N IV E R S IT Y T he wires emerging from the heads of the small black mice—strain C57BL6—are a tip-off. If you’re a scifi aficionado, you know that this is how cyborgs get their start. Charles Lieber, a chemist at Harvard University, and his colleagues have injected the brains of the mice with tiny, meshlike electronic ...

J. T. Friedlein, Prof. S. E. Shaheen, Prof. R. R. McLeod Department of Electrical Computer and Energy Engineering University of Colorado at Boulder 425 UCB , Boulder , CO 80309 , USA E-mail: [email protected] Prof. S. E. Shaheen Department of Electrical Computer and Energy Engineering University of Colorado at Boulder 425 UCB , Boulder , CO 80309 , USA Prof. G. G. Malliaras Department ...

Biosensors can be excellent analytical tools for monitoring programs working to implement legislation. In this article, biosensors for environmental analysis and monitoring are extensively reviewed. Examples of biosensors for the most important families of environmental pollutants, including some commercial devices, are presented. Finally, future trends in biosensor development are discussed. I...