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 …

Engineering extracellular electron transfer pathways of electroactive microorganisms by synthetic biology for energy and chemicals production

J Zhang, F Li, D Liu, Q Liu, H Song - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The excessive consumption of fossil fuels causes massive emission of CO2, leading to
climate deterioration and environmental pollution. The development of substitutes and …

Directed evolution of material-producing microorganisms

JM Laurent, A Jain, A Kan, M Steinacher… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Nature is home to a variety of microorganisms that create materials under environmentally
friendly conditions. While this offers an attractive approach for sustainable manufacturing …

Complex Living Materials Made by Light‐Based Printing of Genetically Programmed Bacteria

MR Binelli, A Kan, LEA Rozas, G Pisaturo… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Living materials with embedded microorganisms can genetically encode attractive sensing,
self‐repairing, and responsive functionalities for applications in medicine, robotics, and …

Living electronics: A catalogue of engineered living electronic components

JT Atkinson, MS Chavez, CM Niman… - Microbial …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biology leverages a range of electrical phenomena to extract and store energy, control
molecular reactions and enable multicellular communication. Microbes, in particular, have …

Mg-based micromotors for efficient electrochemical detection of circulating tumor cells

Q Chen, W Guo, D Fang, T Li, L Chen, C Mao… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2023 - Elsevier
The efficient capture and detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in blood is very
important for the early detection of cancer. In this work, efficient detection of CTCs through …

Microwave-excited, antibacterial core-shell BaSO4/BaTi5O11@ PPy heterostructures for rapid treatment of S. aureus-infected osteomyelitis

Y Lv, C Chen, L **, Y Zheng, S Wu, Y Zhang, Z Li… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Owing to its deep penetration capability, microwave (MW) therapy has emerged as a
promising method to eradicate deep-seated acute bone infection diseases such as …

Poly (3, 4‐Ethylenedioxythiophene): Sulfamic Acid Modified Aramid Nanofibers: An Innovative Conductive Polymer With Enhanced Electromagnetic Interference …

J Zhou, Y Zhu, K Qian, M Miao, X Feng - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The development of alternative conductive polymers for the well‐known poly (3, 4‐
ethylenedioxythiophene): polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT: PSS) is of great significance for …

Light-induced patterning of electroactive bacterial biofilms

F Zhao, MS Chavez, KL Naughton… - ACS synthetic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electroactive bacterial biofilms can function as living biomaterials that merge the
functionality of living cells with electronic components. However, the development of such …

Eutectogels as a Semisolid Electrolyte for Organic Electrochemical Transistors

Y Zhong, N Lopez-Larrea, M Alvarez-Tirado… - Chemistry of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) are signal transducers offering high
amplification, which makes them particularly advantageous for detecting weak biological …