Bio-inspired sensors based on photonic structures of Morpho butterfly wings: a review

Qingsong Li; Qi Zeng; Lei Shi; Xiaohua Zhang; Ke-Qin Zhang

doi:10.1039/c5tc04029a

Bio-inspired sensors based on photonic structures of Morpho butterfly wings: a review

Journal of Materials Chemistry C ◽

10.1039/c5tc04029a ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (9) ◽

pp. 1752-1763 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

Qingsong Li ◽

Qi Zeng ◽

Lei Shi ◽

Xiaohua Zhang ◽

Ke-Qin Zhang

Keyword(s):

Chemical Sensors ◽

State Of The Art ◽

The State ◽

Photonic Structures ◽

Butterfly Wings ◽

Physical And Chemical ◽

Morpho Butterfly

This review summarizes the state-of-the-art development of Morpho butterfly wings used for various physical and chemical sensors.

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Bioanalytical and chemical sensors using living taste, olfactory, and neural cells and tissues: a short review

The Analyst ◽

10.1039/c5an01288k ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 140 (21) ◽

pp. 7048-7061 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Chunsheng Wu ◽

Peter B. Lillehoj ◽

Ping Wang

Keyword(s):

Chemical Sensors ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Neural Tissue ◽

Short Review ◽

The State ◽

Neural Cells

This review summarizes the state of the art in taste, olfactory, and neural tissue- and cell-based biosensors.

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The current state and promising innovative directions to development methods for bioimplant sterilization

Almanac of Clinical Medicine ◽

10.18786/2072-0505-2019-47-063 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 47 (7) ◽

pp. 634-646

Author(s):

V. V. Rozanov ◽

I. V. Matveychuk

Keyword(s):

Radiation Dose ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Optimal Solution ◽

The State ◽

Radiation Sterilization ◽

Individual Factor ◽

Current State ◽

Chemical Factors ◽

Physical And Chemical ◽

Development Methods

We have analyzed the state-of-the-art methods for sterilization of bone implants. The problem of finding effective bioimplant sterilization methods is still far from its optimal solution and remains as urgent as before. The factors limiting further development of the main biomaterial sterilization methods include limitations related to each existing method and the use of technologies with sterilizing effect. Comparative analysis of the main techniques for bioimplant sterilization that are used in medical and biological areas (treatment with ethylene oxide, radiation, wet warmth, liquid media, and ozone) allows for a conclusion on the advantages of the radiation sterilization. However, the choice is challenged by the dilemma: higher radiation dose would increase the sterilization effect, but at the same time can lead to multiple morphological abnormalities in the tissues, deterioration of their mechanical characteristics, destruction of morphogenetic proteins and consequently to lower efficacy of the reparative bone formation. As a result, the material can become unsuitable for clinical use. One of the real approaches to solve this problem is to use as low absorbed radiation dose as possible during irradiation of biomaterials, at least to 15 kGy. The developments made by the authors within the last years have shown that such a result can be achieved by the use of combines sterilization techniques based on combines effects of a number of physical and chemical factors on the biomaterial being sterilized. Mutual enhancement of the sterilizing effects of these factors creates prerequisites for their synergy, whereby the intensity of each factor can be reduced. This makes it possible to decrease the degree of harmful adverse events associated with each individual factor with higher total effect. The search for innovative solutions for the urgent problems of the bone bioimplant sterilization, for the development of the state-of-the-art health-sparing technologies can be successful only with unification of the efforts by specialists from related sciences. This would allow for creating of breakthrough technologies for sterilization and for optimization of this procedure with achievement of its high efficacy.

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Practical Picture Processing

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100051700 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 32 ◽

pp. 338-339

Author(s):

T. A. Welton

Keyword(s):

Radiation Damage ◽

Coherence Length ◽

Spatial Information ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Coherent Radiation ◽

The State ◽

Energy Spread ◽

Electron Micrograph ◽

Picture Processing ◽

Molecular Skeleton

Various authors have emphasized the spatial information resident in an electron micrograph taken with adequately coherent radiation. In view of the completion of at least one such instrument, this opportunity is taken to summarize the state of the art of processing such micrographs. We use the usual symbols for the aberration coefficients, and supplement these with £ and 6 for the transverse coherence length and the fractional energy spread respectively. He also assume a weak, biologically interesting sample, with principal interest lying in the molecular skeleton remaining after obvious hydrogen loss and other radiation damage has occurred.

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