Microalgae: therapeutic potentials and applications

F Khavari, M Saidijam, M Taheri, F Nouri - Molecular biology reports, 2021 - Springer
Recently, special attention has been paid to marine origin compounds such as
carbohydrates, peptides, lipids, and carotenoids, which are extracted from microalgae and …

Biohybrid microalgae robots: Design, fabrication, materials, and applications

F Zhang, Z Li, C Chen, H Luan, RH Fang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The integration of microorganisms and engineered artificial components has shown
considerable promise for creating biohybrid microrobots. The unique features of microalgae …

Surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization: state-of-the-art, opportunities, and challenges in surface and interface engineering with polymer brushes

JO Zoppe, NC Ataman, P Mocny, J Wang… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The generation of polymer brushes by surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization (SI-
CRP) techniques has become a powerful approach to tailor the chemical and physical …

Diatoms with invaluable applications in nanotechnology, biotechnology, and biomedicine: recent advances

N Rabiee, M Khatami, G Jamalipour Soufi… - ACS biomaterials …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Diatoms are unicellular microalga found in soil and almost every aquatic environment
(marine and fresh water). Biogenic silica and diatoms are attractive for biotechnological and …

Robust superhydrophobic graphene-based composite coatings with self-cleaning and corrosion barrier properties

MJ Nine, MA Cole, L Johnson, DNH Tran… - ACS applied materials …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Superhydrophobic surfaces for self-cleaning applications often suffer from mechanical
instability and do not function well after abrasion/scratching. To address this problem, we …

Self-healing anti-corrosion coatings based on micron-nano containers with different structural morphologies

L Wang, SN Li, JJ Fu - Progress in Organic Coatings, 2023 - Elsevier
The introduction of stimuli-responsive micron-nano containers endows traditional coatings
with intelligent self-healing functions. Recently, the research on stimuli-responsive micron …

Nature engineered diatom biosilica as drug delivery systems

UT Uthappa, V Brahmkhatri, G Sriram, HY Jung… - Journal of Controlled …, 2018 - Elsevier
Diatoms, unicellular photosynthetic algae covered with siliceous cell wall, are also called
frustule. These are the most potential naturally available materials for the development of …

Diatoms biotechnology: various industrial applications for a greener tomorrow

N Sharma, DP Simon, AM Diaz-Garza… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The benefits of the complex microscopic and industrially important group of microalgae such
as diatoms is not hidden and have lately surprised the scientific community with their …

Diatom silica for biomedical applications: recent progress and advances

S Maher, T Kumeria, MS Aw… - Advanced healthcare …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Diatoms are unicellular photosynthetic algae enclosed in porous 3D nanopatterned silica
enclosures called “frustules.” The diatom frustules are made from biosilica self‐assembled …

New trends in biotechnological applications of photosynthetic microorganisms

A Dawiec-Liśniewska, D Podstawczyk, A Bastrzyk… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a source of several valuable products, photosynthetic microorganisms (microalgae and
cyanobacteria) have many applications in biomedical, electrochemical, and urban-space …