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Injectable tissue prosthesis for instantaneous closed-loop rehabilitation
An injectable hydrogel for use as a scaffold to aid tissue repair is described, the material of which is conductive so that it can be used both for electrophysiological measurement and electrostimulation in closed-loop robot-assisted rehabilitation.
- Subin Jin
- , Heewon Choi
- & Mikyung Shin
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Dry double-sided tape for adhesion of wet tissues and devices
A new strong, biocompatible and biodegradable double-sided tape can adhere to wet tissues and devices through a mechanism involving rapid water removal from the surface, swift hydrogen and electrostatic interactions, and covalent bonding.
- Hyunwoo Yuk
- , Claudia E. Varela
- & Xuanhe Zhao
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Skin electronics from scalable fabrication of an intrinsically stretchable transistor array
A scalable process is described for fabricating skin-like electronic circuitry that can be bent and stretched while retaining desirable electronic functionality.
- Sihong Wang
- , Jie Xu
- & Zhenan Bao
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Bioresorbable silicon electronic sensors for the brain
Electronic implants are often used in diagnosing and treating human illness, but permanent implants come with problems; here, devices are described that can sense temperature, pressure, pH or thermal characteristics, and—crucially—are fully resorbable by the body.
- Seung-Kyun Kang
- , Rory K. J. Murphy
- & John A. Rogers
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Biodegradable electronics here today, gone tomorrow
Dissolvable electronic materials could be used in medical implants and environmentally friendly gadgets.
- Katherine Bourzac
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Smart way to seal cuts
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Synthetic homeostatic materials with chemo-mechano-chemical self-regulation
A bilayer material comprising catalyst-bearing microstructures embedded in a responsive gel and actuated into and out of a reactant-containing ‘nutrient’ layer continuously interconverts chemical, thermal and mechanical energy and thereby shows autonomous, self-sustained homeostatic behaviour, which regulates the temperature of the system in a narrow range.
- Ximin He
- , Michael Aizenberg
- & Joanna Aizenberg
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Sterilization-ready transistors
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Bioelectronics: The bionic material
Graphene could make an ideal basis for a medical repair kit.
- Charles Schmidt
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Silkworms spin spider-like silk
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Biomaterials: Surgical solution
Monolithic silicon for high spatiotemporal translational photostimulation