The vanishing friction, known as superlubricity, is potentially a significant performance
indicator in the development of nanostructured materials and has become increasingly …

In the last two decades, an increasing amount of studies have investigated the use of
components based on carbon-(nano) materials in the engineering of neural interfaces, to …

Cells in vivo are situated in a complicated microenvironment composed of diverse
biochemical and biophysical cues. To regulate biological functions of cells, tissues and …

Tissue engineering is a promising therapeutic approach in medicine, targeting the
replacement of a diseased tissue with a healthy one grown within an artificial scaffold. Due …

It has been well recognized that the development and use of artificial materials with high
osteogenic ability is one of the most promising means to replace bone grafting that has …

As scientists discovered that raw neurological signals could translate into bioelectric
information, brain–machine interfaces (BMI) for experimental and clinical studies have …

During the last decades, neuroscientists have increasingly exploited a variety of artificial, de-
novo synthesized materials with controlled nano-sized features. For instance, a renewed …

Heart failure is a disease of epidemic proportion and a leading cause of mortality in the
world. Because cardiac myocytes are terminally differentiated cells with minimal intrinsic …

Neural interface is a powerful tool to control the varying neuron activities in the brain, where
the performance can directly affect the quality of recording neural signals and the reliability …

Three-dimensional scaffolds for cellular organization need to enjoy a series of specific
properties. On the one hand, the morphology, shape and porosity are critical parameters …