Facile Method for Fabrication of Meter-Long Multifunctional Hydrogel Fibers with Controllable Biophysical and Biochemical Features.

Hydrogel structures with microscale morphological features have extensive application in tissue engineering owing to their capacity to induce desired cellular behavior. Herein, we describe a novel biofabrication method for fabrication of grooved solid and hollow hydrogel fibers with control over their cross-sectional shape, surface morphology, porosity, and material composition. These fibers were further configured into three-dimensional structures using textile technologies such as weaving, braiding, and embroidering methods.

Field-directed assembly of nanowires: identifying directors, disruptors and indices to maximize the device yield.

Individually-addressable nano-electro-mechanical (NEMS) devices have been used to demonstrate sensitive mass detection to the single-proton level, as well as neutral-particle mass spectrometry. The cost of individually securing or patterning such devices is proportional to their number or the chip area covered. This limits statistical support for new research, as well as paths to the commercial availability of extraordinarily sensitive instruments.