Recently,organ-on-chips have become a fast-growing research field with the widespread development of microfluidic chips and synthetic materials in tissue engineering.Due to the existing cardiotoxicity of many cardiova...Recently,organ-on-chips have become a fast-growing research field with the widespread development of microfluidic chips and synthetic materials in tissue engineering.Due to the existing cardiotoxicity of many cardiovascular drugs,heart-onchips which are promising to replace traditional animal models have been extensively researched and developed to mimic human organ functions in vitro.The heart-on-chips mainly focus on cardiac mechanics,which is regarded as the central indicator of in vitro heart models and drug testing.Traditional methods for the detection of myocardial mechanics have been demonstrated complex and inefficient in heart-on-chips.Therefore,photonic crystal materials with unique optical properties have attracted interests and have been introduced into the heart-on-chips,developing a visualized self-reporting system for cardiomyocytes activity monitoring.In this review,photonic crystal-based heart-on-chips for biosensing are introduced,as well as the fabricationmethods and design criteria of them.The characterizations of the photonic crystal materials are classified into optical properties and structural properties,and their applications in cell culture and biosensing are further discussed.Then,several representative examples and developments of the integration of photonic crystal materials into microfluidic chips are described in detail.Finally,potentials and limitations are put forward to promote the development of the photonic crystal-based intelligent heart-on-chips.展开更多
Municipal Solid Waste(MSW)management in China has been transitioning from a mixed collection and treatment system to a separated collection and treatment system.The continuous rise of MSW treatment capacity and the op...Municipal Solid Waste(MSW)management in China has been transitioning from a mixed collection and treatment system to a separated collection and treatment system.The continuous rise of MSW treatment capacity and the optimization of technology structure provided basic facility support for China to promote MSW separation at source.China preferred a four-type separation system.Regulated recycling should be enhanced to improve the efficiency and sustainability of recycling industry.As food waste is the main composition of MSW in China,20%-30%of the food waste diversion and land application could maximize the comprehensive environmental performance.Incineration is to be the pillar technology in MSW separated treatment system in China.展开更多
Fluid manipulation plays an important role in biomedical applications such as biochemical assays,medical diag-nostics,and drug development.Programmable fluidic manipulation at the microscale is highly desired in both ...Fluid manipulation plays an important role in biomedical applications such as biochemical assays,medical diag-nostics,and drug development.Programmable fluidic manipulation at the microscale is highly desired in both fundamental and practical aspects.In this paper,we summarize some of the latest studies that achieve pro-grammable fluidic manipulation through intricate capillaric circuits design,construction of biomimetic metasur-face,and responsive surface wettability control.We highlight the working principle of each system and concisely discuss their design criterion,technical improvements,and implications for future study.We envision that with multidisciplinary efforts,microfluidics would continue to bring vast opportunities to biomedical fields and make contributions to human health.展开更多
Poly-L-lysine(PLL)is a water-soluble biopolymer consist of repeating unit of L-lysine.It displays intrinsic non-antigenicity,antibacterial property,biocompatibility,and biodegradability,and facile synthesis procedure,...Poly-L-lysine(PLL)is a water-soluble biopolymer consist of repeating unit of L-lysine.It displays intrinsic non-antigenicity,antibacterial property,biocompatibility,and biodegradability,and facile synthesis procedure,there-fore has attracted particular attention in various biomedical and pharmaceutical applications.Following a brief introduction to PLL synthesis,this review focuses on the significant advances of PLL and PLL-derived complexes utilized in cargo delivery,tissue adhesives,and antibacterial materials.Meanwhile,this review summarized the modification and optimization of PLL complexes for further clinical translational studies.The final section dis-cusses the challenges and opportunities of PLL-based complexes in the biomedical areas.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants 61927805)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu(Grant No.BE2018707)the Scientific Research Foundation of Nanjing University and Drum Tower Hospital.
文摘Recently,organ-on-chips have become a fast-growing research field with the widespread development of microfluidic chips and synthetic materials in tissue engineering.Due to the existing cardiotoxicity of many cardiovascular drugs,heart-onchips which are promising to replace traditional animal models have been extensively researched and developed to mimic human organ functions in vitro.The heart-on-chips mainly focus on cardiac mechanics,which is regarded as the central indicator of in vitro heart models and drug testing.Traditional methods for the detection of myocardial mechanics have been demonstrated complex and inefficient in heart-on-chips.Therefore,photonic crystal materials with unique optical properties have attracted interests and have been introduced into the heart-on-chips,developing a visualized self-reporting system for cardiomyocytes activity monitoring.In this review,photonic crystal-based heart-on-chips for biosensing are introduced,as well as the fabricationmethods and design criteria of them.The characterizations of the photonic crystal materials are classified into optical properties and structural properties,and their applications in cell culture and biosensing are further discussed.Then,several representative examples and developments of the integration of photonic crystal materials into microfluidic chips are described in detail.Finally,potentials and limitations are put forward to promote the development of the photonic crystal-based intelligent heart-on-chips.
基金National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2108YFC1902906).
文摘Municipal Solid Waste(MSW)management in China has been transitioning from a mixed collection and treatment system to a separated collection and treatment system.The continuous rise of MSW treatment capacity and the optimization of technology structure provided basic facility support for China to promote MSW separation at source.China preferred a four-type separation system.Regulated recycling should be enhanced to improve the efficiency and sustainability of recycling industry.As food waste is the main composition of MSW in China,20%-30%of the food waste diversion and land application could maximize the comprehensive environmental performance.Incineration is to be the pillar technology in MSW separated treatment system in China.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Develop-ment Program of China(2020YFB1313100)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22002018 and 82102511)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu(BK20210021).
文摘Fluid manipulation plays an important role in biomedical applications such as biochemical assays,medical diag-nostics,and drug development.Programmable fluidic manipulation at the microscale is highly desired in both fundamental and practical aspects.In this paper,we summarize some of the latest studies that achieve pro-grammable fluidic manipulation through intricate capillaric circuits design,construction of biomimetic metasur-face,and responsive surface wettability control.We highlight the working principle of each system and concisely discuss their design criterion,technical improvements,and implications for future study.We envision that with multidisciplinary efforts,microfluidics would continue to bring vast opportunities to biomedical fields and make contributions to human health.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20210016)the National Key R&D Program of China (2020YFA0710800)+2 种基金the Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no.81930043)the Major International (Regional)Joint Research Project of China (grant no.81720108020)the Jiangsu Provincial Key Research and Development Program (BE2020621).
文摘Poly-L-lysine(PLL)is a water-soluble biopolymer consist of repeating unit of L-lysine.It displays intrinsic non-antigenicity,antibacterial property,biocompatibility,and biodegradability,and facile synthesis procedure,there-fore has attracted particular attention in various biomedical and pharmaceutical applications.Following a brief introduction to PLL synthesis,this review focuses on the significant advances of PLL and PLL-derived complexes utilized in cargo delivery,tissue adhesives,and antibacterial materials.Meanwhile,this review summarized the modification and optimization of PLL complexes for further clinical translational studies.The final section dis-cusses the challenges and opportunities of PLL-based complexes in the biomedical areas.
