Dynamic interaction networks in a hierarchically organized tissue by Kirouac, Daniel C., Ito, Caryn, Csaszar, Elizabeth, Roch, Aline, Yu, Mei, Sykes, Edward A., Bader, Gary D., Zandstra, Peter W.

“…We reconstruct a stem cell intracellular network, and identify PI3K, Raf, Akt, and PLC as functionally distinct signal integration nodes, linking extracellular, and intracellular signaling. …”
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Controlled molecular self-assembly of complex three-dimensional structures in soft materials by Huang, Changjin, Quinn, David, Suresh, Subra, Hsia, K. Jimmy

“…Our strategy effectively utilizes the three essential components dictating living tissue morphogenesis to produce complex 3D architectures: modulation of local chemistry, material transport, and mechanics, which can be engineered by controlling the local distribution of polymerization inhibitor (i.e., oxygen), diffusion of monomers/cross-linkers through the porous structures of cross-linked polymer network, and mechanical constraints, respectively. …”
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Highly stretchable, elastic, and ionic conductive hydrogel for artificial soft electronics by Zhou, Yang, Wan, Changjin, Yang, Yongsheng, Yang, Hui, Wang, Shancheng, Dai, Zhendong, Ji, Keju, Jiang, Hui, Chen, Xiaodong, Long, Yi

“…The proposed ionic conductive hydrogel is achieved by physically cross-linking the tough biocompatible polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) gel as the matrix and embedding hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) biopolymer fibers inside matrix followed by salt solution soaking. …”
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Elucidation of thermally induced internal porosity in zinc oxide nanorods by Handoko, Albertus D., Liew, Laura-Lynn, Lin, Ming, Sankar, Gopinathan, Du, Yonghua, Su, Haibin, Dong, Zhili, Goh, Gregory Kia Liang

“…Mechanistic studies using X-ray absorption spectroscopy indicated that the pore formation is linked to the significant reduction of the number of zinc vacancies after heat treatment. …”
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Robustness to training disturbances in SpikeProp Learning by Shrestha, Sumit Bam, Song, Qing

“…The weight convergence analysis is further extended to robust stability analysis linked with overall system error. This ensures boundedness of the total learning error with minimal assumption of bounded disturbance signals. …”
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Understanding the outcomes of enterococcus faecalis and pseudomonas aeruginosa dual-species biofilms by Ong, Qian Wei

“…It was hypothesized that the increase and decrease in biofilm production was linked to the viability of P. aeruginosa as the species was found to be the major producer in biofilm when in co-culture with E. faecalis. …”
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Design rationale for stimuli-responsive, semi-interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels–a quantitative approach by Gupta, Nupur, Liang, Yen Nan, Lim, Jacob Song Kiat, Hu, Xiao

“…The study shows that PSA retention is significantly affected not only by PSA molecular weight and concentration, but also by polymerization temperature, which could be linked to homogeneity and internal morphology of the hydrogel. …”
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Exploration of a gallic acid-based alternative to bisphenol A by Muhammad Naziruddin Mohd Ali

“…Two gallic acid molecules were linked by a di-functional bridge to mimic the structure of bisphenol A. …”
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Microfiltration of oil emulsions stabilized by different surfactants by Trinh, Thien An, Han, Qi, Ma, Yunqiao, Chew, Jia Wei

“…Secondly, the extent of membrane fouling was tied to the repulsive energy magnitudes rather than attractive ones, specifically in that the least repulsive energy values of the Tween 20 – stabilized oil emulsion was linked to the most extensive fouling.…”
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A theory driven identificationand ranking of critical success factors of logistics digitalisation by Ng, Jie Qin

“…Moreover, the results of the study showed that among the sub-criteria of DA, the most important ones are primarily linked to tangible and intangible internal resources of a logistics firm. …”
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Chiral 2D-perovskite nanowires for stokes photodetectors by Zhao, Yingjie, Qiu, Yuchen, Feng, Jiangang, Zhao, Jiahui, Chen, Gaosong, Gao, Hanfei, Zhao, Yuyan, Jiang, Lei, Wu, Yuchen

“…Layered perovskites are capable of cross-linking efficient carrier transport originating from few-layer perovskite frameworks with extended functionalities contributed by designable bulky organic cations and nanostructures, thus providing a platform for multiscale material engineering. …”
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Phosphorous-nitrogen-silicon modified graphene oxide based fire retardant coating for cotton fabric by Vishwakarma, Ajay, Reddy, Vennapusa Jagadeeswara, Parvate, Sumit, Sharma, Preeti, Kandola, Baljinder K., Dasari, Aravind, Chattopadhyay, Sujay

“…The PA-GO coating cross-linked with cotton fabric at higher temperature formed thermally stable structure and opposed the exposure of fire to the underlined fibre. …”
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Identifying geodesic acoustic modes in WEST tokamak plasmas by Soh, Kerwin Chuen Han

“…GAMs oscillate at a frequency linked to the plasma sound speed and the magnetic field geometry, mediating the transfer of energy between turbulent eddies and ZFs. …”
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Exploring gunshot residue detection in fingerprints by functionalized particle-coupled matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry by Adav, Sunil S., Tan, Crystal Yan Wen, Low, Choon Teck, Loo, Song Wei, Ridhwan Yusoff, Gautam, Archana, Yong, Yuk Lin, Yang, Chiew Yung, Lim, Chin Chin, Ng, Kee Woei

“…In firearm forensic investigations, detecting gunshot residue (GSR) is crucial for linking firearms to suspects and determining firing distance for forensic reconstruction. …”
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Printing of HS-5 cells using DIY bioprinter by Yeo, Chee Wee

“…Upon contact of the ink and alginate, cell encapsulation in the alginate is made possible through cross-linking of the alginate with calcium chloride. …”
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Mef2c regulates the morphology and synapse formation of cerebellar Purkinje cells by Poon, Dennis Jun Jie

“…Together, these result indicate that Mef2c plays crucial roles in the development and maintenance of cerebellar Purkinje cells and could serve as a potential target for therapeutic intervention for cerebellum linked neurological disorders.…”
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Aerogel and ionogel strain sensors by Tan, Melissa Siew Ting

“…In the first part, a low density and electrically conductive aerogel polymer composite was fabricated using resorcinol formaldehyde and cross-linked carbon nanotubes. While the aerogel displayed high piezoresistive sensitivity, its low compressibility rendered it unsuitable for electronic-skin applications. …”
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Structural and molecular characterization of ligands activating the orphan nuclear receptor Nurr1 (NR4A2) by Ng, Xin Yi

“…By employing Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), C3 was identified to bind to the co-regulator binding pocket and is a strong candidate to be chemically-linked to L1, in hopes of increasing its potency as well as its binding affinity and specificity to Nurr1. …”
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Scaling of the velocity profile in strongly drag reduced turbulent flows over an oscillating wall by Skote, Martin

“…As a result, logarithmic part is influenced by both velocity scales and the slope of the velocity profile is directly linked to the DR. The theoretically obtained results are verified by data from six previously performed direct numerical simulations (DNSs) of boundary layers over spatial and temporal wall oscillations, with a wide range of resulting DR. …”
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The discrete-time second-best dynamic road pricing scheme by Han, Linghui, Wang, David Zhi Wei, Zhu, Chengjuan

“…In this study, we aim to develop a more practical second-best dynamic road pricing scheme implemented on a subset of links, which can drive the traffic evolution towards the desired second-best traffic user equilibrium state from any initial traffic state. …”
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