From protein building blocks to functional materials

Y Shen, A Levin, A Kamada, Z Toprakcioglu… - ACS …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Proteins are the fundamental building blocks for high-performance materials in nature. Such
materials fulfill structural roles, as in the case of silk and collagen, and can generate active …

Advances in protein-based microcapsules and their applications: A review

D Ma, B Yang, J Zhao, D Yuan, Q Li - International Journal of Biological …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Due to their excellent emulsification, biocompatibility, and biological activity, proteins are
widely used as microcapsule wall materials for encapsulating drugs, natural bioactive …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in the microfluidic generation of shape-controllable hydrogel microparticles and their applications

Y Liu, Z Chen, J Xu - Green Chemical Engineering, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Hydrogel microparticles, generally accepted as significant green materials, have been
widely used in chemical, biological, and biomedical fields owing to their excellent …

Engineering bioinspired microfluidics; biomimetic self-healing/cleaning coating designs and unique advanced materials

A Hossain, P Rajput, Z Li, AV Soldatov… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Advanced microfluidics coating methods, inspired by nature's self-repair and self-cleaning
mechanisms, hold promises for diverse applications across biomedical, material …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging delivery systems based on aqueous two-phase systems: A review

Y Zhang, Y Luo, J Zhao, W Zheng, J Zhan… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) is an all-aqueous system fabricated from two
immiscible aqueous phases. It is spontaneously assembled through physical liquid-liquid …

Interfacial Tensions of Polyelectrolyte Multiphase Coacervation

J Wang, X Chen, EQ Chen, S Yang - Macromolecules, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Interfacial tension is a crucial property for a charged polymer system undergoing liquid–
liquid phase separation as it governs the structure and morphology of condensate phases …

Breakups of Chitosan microcapsules in extensional flow

R Chachanidze, K **e, J Lyu, M Jaeger… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The controlled rupture of a core–shell capsule and the timely release of encapsulated
materials are essential steps of the efficient design of such carriers. The mechanical and …

Hierarchical Plant Protein Microcapsules for Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Cargo Molecules

ND Dinh, M Rodriguez-Garcia, Z Toprakcioglu… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024‏ - arxiv.org
Microscale hydrogels comprised of macromolecular networks have increasingly been used
for applications involving cell encapsulation, tissue engineering and for the storage and …

[PDF][PDF] Mechanical characterization of core-shell microcapsules

K **e, M Leonetti - Comptes Rendus …, 2023‏ - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
Core-shell configurations are ubiquitous in nature such as in the form of bacterial and cells.
Inspired by this, microcapsules are designed with actives as the cores surrounded by thin …

Construction of a liquid-liquid phase separation system from the gel-sol transition of elongated protein microgels in a crowding agent

Y Xu, R Qi, H Zhu, B Li, Y Shen, G Krainer… - bioRxiv, 2020‏ - biorxiv.org
Liquid proteinaceous materials have been frequently found in cells or tissues and are crucial
for various biological processes. Unlike their solid-state counterparts, liquid-state protein …