Technology roadmap for flexible sensors

Y Luo, MR Abidian, JH Ahn, D Akinwande… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Humans rely increasingly on sensors to address grand challenges and to improve quality of
life in the era of digitalization and big data. For ubiquitous sensing, flexible sensors are …

Skin-interfaced wearable sweat sensors for precision medicine

J Min, J Tu, C Xu, H Lukas, S Shin, Y Yang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Wearable sensors hold great potential in empowering personalized health monitoring,
predictive analytics, and timely intervention toward personalized healthcare. Advances in …

Engineered living materials for sustainability

B An, Y Wang, Y Huang, X Wang, Y Liu, D Xun… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in synthetic biology and materials science have given rise to a new form of
materials, namely engineered living materials (ELMs), which are composed of living matter …

Real-time bioelectronic sensing of environmental contaminants

JT Atkinson, L Su, X Zhang, GN Bennett, JJ Silberg… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Real-time chemical sensing is crucial for applications in environmental and health
monitoring. Biosensors can detect a variety of molecules through genetic circuits that use …

Drinkable in situ-forming tough hydrogels for gastrointestinal therapeutics

GW Liu, MJ Pickett, JLP Kuosmanen, K Ishida… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Pills are a cornerstone of medicine but can be challenging to swallow. While liquid
formulations are easier to ingest, they lack the capacity to localize therapeutics with …

A single-cell nanocoating of probiotics for enhanced amelioration of antibiotic-associated diarrhea

J Pan, G Gong, Q Wang, J Shang, Y He… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The gut microbiota represents a large community of microorganisms that play an important
role in immune regulation and maintenance of homeostasis. Living bacteria receive …

Engineered living hydrogels

X Liu, ME Inda, Y Lai, TK Lu, X Zhao - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Living biological systems, ranging from single cells to whole organisms, can sense, process
information, and actuate in response to changing environmental conditions. Inspired by …

Entanglement in smart hydrogels: fast response time, anti‐freezing and anti‐drying

Y Feng, S Wang, Y Li, W Ma, G Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The common techniques to improve hydrogel's mechanical properties include increasing
crosslinking density and forming crosslinked double‐network hydrogel, which may cause …

Living bacterial hydrogels for accelerated infected wound healing

Z Ming, L Han, M Bao, H Zhu, S Qiang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Damaged skin cannot prevent harmful bacteria from invading tissues, causing infected
wounds and even serious tissue damage. Traditional treatments can not only kill pathogenic …

Hydrogels as functional components in artificial cell systems

ME Allen, JW Hindley, DK Baxani, O Ces… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Recent years have seen substantial efforts aimed at constructing artificial cells from various
molecular components with the aim of mimicking the processes, behaviours and …