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 …

Sol–gel‐based advanced porous silica materials for biomedical applications

Q Lei, J Guo, A Noureddine, A Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Porous silica‐based materials have burgeoning applications ranging from fillers and
additives, to adsorbents, catalysts, and recently therapeutic agents and vaccines in …

Symbiotic algae–bacteria dressing for producing hydrogen to accelerate diabetic wound healing

H Chen, Y Guo, Z Zhang, W Mao, C Shen, W **ong… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Oxidative stress induced by hyperglycemia or chronic inflammation can limit diabetic wound
healing, resulting in diabetic foot ulcers. Hydrogen has the potential to act as an antioxidant …

Biomineralization: from material tactics to biological strategy

S Yao, B **, Z Liu, C Shao, R Zhao, X Wang… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Biomineralization is an important tactic by which biological organisms produce hierarchically
structured minerals with marvellous functions. Biomineralization studies typically focus on …

Carbon material‐based anodes in the microbial fuel cells

X Fan, Y Zhou, X **, RB Song, Z Li, Q Zhang - Carbon Energy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
For the performance improvement of microbial fuel cells (MFCs), the anode becomes a
breakthrough point due to its influence on bacterial attachment and extracellular electron …

Living and conducting: coating individual bacterial cells with in situ formed polypyrrole

RB Song, YC Wu, ZQ Lin, J **e, CH Tan… - Angewandte …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Coating individual bacterial cells with conjugated polymers to endow them with more
functionalities is highly desirable. Here, we developed an in situ polymerization method to …

Microalgae–material hybrid for enhanced photosynthetic energy conversion: a promising path towards carbon neutrality

W **ong, Y Peng, W Ma, X Xu, Y Zhao… - National Science …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Photosynthetic energy conversion for high-energy chemicals generation is one of the most
viable solutions in the quest for sustainable energy towards carbon neutrality. Microalgae …

A surface-display biohybrid approach to light-driven hydrogen production in air

W Wei, P Sun, Z Li, K Song, W Su, B Wang, Y Liu… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Solar-to-chemical production by artificial and bioinspired photosynthetic systems is of
tremendous interest to help solve current global energy and environmental problems. We …

Algal cell bionics as a step towards photosynthesis-independent hydrogen production

Z Xu, J Qi, S Wang, X Liu, M Li, S Mann… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The engineering and modulation of living micro-organisms is a key challenge in green bio-
manufacturing for the development of sustainable and carbon-neutral energy technologies …

Artificially sporulated Escherichia coli cells as a robust cell factory for interfacial biocatalysis

Z Sun, R Hübner, J Li, C Wu - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
The natural bacterial spores have inspired the development of artificial spores, through
coating cells with protective materials, for durable whole-cell catalysis. Despite …