The application of nanotechnology concepts to medicine joins two large cross‐disciplinary
fields with an unprecedented societal and economical potential arising from the natural …

Microfluidics, a toolbox comprising methods for precise manipulation of fluids at small length
scales (micrometers to millimeters), has become useful for manipulating cells. Its uses range …

It is recorded that Théophile-Jules Pelouze first synthesized poly (lactic acid)(PLA) by
polycondensation of lactic acid in 1845. 1 In 1932, Wallace Hume Carothers et al …

We present a scaling formula for size-dependent viscosity coefficients for proteins, polymers,
and fluorescent dyes diffusing in complex liquids. The formula was used to analyze the …

The material properties of a cell determine how mechanical forces are transmitted through
and sensed by that cell. Some types of cells stiffen passively under large external forces, but …

As a substructure of cell cytoskeleton, the crosslinked actin filament networks (CAFNs) play
a major role in different cell functions, however, the elastic properties and the deformation …

Bundles of filamentous actin are dominant cytoskeletal structures, which play a crucial role
in various cellular processes. As yet quantifying the fundamental interaction between two …

Holographic optical tweezers (HOT) are a versatile technology, with which complex arrays
and movements of optical traps can be realized to manipulate multiple microparticles in …

The transfer of mechanical signals through cells is a complex phenomenon. To uncover a
new mechanotransduction pathway, we study the frequency-dependent transport of …

Abstract Die Anwendung nanotechnologischer Konzepte in der Medizin verbindet zwei
große interdisziplinäre Wissenschaftsgebiete mit einem beispiellosen sozialen und …