Investigation of soft matter nanomechanics by atomic force microscopy and optical tweezers: A comprehensive review

A Magazzù, C Marcuello - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Soft matter exhibits a multitude of intrinsic physico-chemical attributes. Their mechanical
properties are crucial characteristics to define their performance. In this context, the rigidity of …

Synthetic biology: bottom-up assembly of molecular systems

S Hirschi, TR Ward, WP Meier, DJ Müller… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The bottom-up assembly of biological and chemical components opens exciting
opportunities to engineer artificial vesicular systems for applications with previously unmet …

Azobenzene as a photoswitchable mechanophore

Y Li, B Xue, J Yang, J Jiang, J Liu, Y Zhou, J Zhang… - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Azobenzene has been widely explored as a photoresponsive element in materials science.
Although some studies have investigated the force-induced isomerization of azobenzene …

Force spectroscopy of single cells using atomic force microscopy

A Viljoen, M Mathelié-Guinlet, A Ray… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Physical forces and mechanical properties have critical roles in cellular function, physiology
and disease. Over the past decade, atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques have …

Multivalent 9-O-Acetylated-sialic acid glycoclusters as potent inhibitors for SARS-CoV-2 infection

SJL Petitjean, W Chen, M Koehler, R Jimmidi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The recent emergence of highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variants illustrates the urgent
need to better understand the molecular details of the virus binding to its host cell and to …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in sensing the inter-biomolecular interactions at the nanoscale–A comprehensive review of AFM-based force spectroscopy

A Lostao, KS Lim, MC Pallarés, A Ptak… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biomolecular interactions underpin most processes inside the cell. Hence, a precise and
quantitative understanding of molecular association and dissociation events is crucial, not …

Experimental discovery of structure–property relationships in ferroelectric materials via active learning

Y Liu, KP Kelley, RK Vasudevan, H Funakubo… - Nature Machine …, 2022 - nature.com
Emergent functionalities of structural and topological defects in ferroelectric materials
underpin an extremely broad spectrum of applications ranging from domain wall electronics …

Influence of surface chemistry of fiber and lignocellulosic materials on adhesion properties with polybutylene succinate at nanoscale

C Marcuello, B Chabbert, F Berzin, NB Bercu… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The production of bio-based composites with enhanced characteristics constitutes a
strategic action to minimize the use of fossil fuel resources. The mechanical performances of …

Effect of polyethylene glycol on polysaccharides: From molecular modification, composite matrixes, synergetic properties to embeddable application in food fields

L Gong, J Zhu, Y Yang, S Qiao, L Ma, H Wang… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is a flexible, water-soluble, non-immunogenic, as well as
biocompatible polymer, and it could synergize with polysaccharides for food applications …

Trends in mechanobiology guided tissue engineering and tools to study cell-substrate interactions: a brief review

AK Rajendran, D Sankar, S Amirthalingam… - Biomaterials …, 2023 - Springer
Sensing the mechanical properties of the substrates or the matrix by the cells and the
tissues, the subsequent downstream responses at the cellular, nuclear and epigenetic levels …